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Members of the small delegation accompanying Jaishankar to the UK tested positive for Covid-19, forcing the minister to take his remaining schedule in London virtual as a "measure of abundant caution".
Image by Getty Images George Soros donated $500 million to Bard College last week, building on previous donations to the school with what college officials said was the largest single gift ever made to an American institution of higher education. “This is the most historic moment since the college’s founding in 1860,” said Bard College President Leon Botstein in a statement. Soros, a Jewish investor and major philanthropist to liberal causes, donated $60 million to Bard in 2011 and $100 million last July through his Open Societies Foundation. Bard is a founding member of the Open Socie...
Baku, March 2, AZERTAC The French news portal Musulmansenfrance.fr has published an article by researcher at the French National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS), Doctor of the Practical School of Higher Studies (EPHE), specialist in the history of texts and contemporary ideologies Karim Ifrak headlined “Azerbaijan, from “land of fire” to “land of tolerance”. The article provides an insight into Azerbaijan’s history, its multiethnic, multi-religious and multicultural values. “A multi-faith, multicultural and multi-ethnic country, the Democratic Republic of Azerbaijan has co...
Japan has raised concerns about British proposals to invite Australia, India and South Korea to a meeting of Group of Seven foreign ministers and have them sign up to a joint charter with the forum, according to a diplomatic cable seen by Bloomberg. Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga’s government “pushed back strongly,” the note says, arguing that the aim of the summit should be to rebuild the G-7 after a difficult year, and not “institutionalize” a relationship with the invited guests. The forum’s European members –- France, Italy and Germany –- hold similar views, and some of i...
Japan Pushes Back Against U.K. Plan to Boost G-7 Asia Reach Bloomberg 1/27/2021 Alberto Nardelli and Isabel Reynolds (Bloomberg) -- Japan has raised concerns about British proposals to invite Australia, India and South Korea to a meeting of Group of Seven foreign ministers and have them sign up to a joint charter with the forum, according to a diplomatic cable seen by Bloomberg. Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga’s government “pushed back strongly,” the note says, arguing that the aim of the summit should be to rebuild the G-7 after a difficult year, and not “institutiona...