The French nuclear-powered aircraft carrier has been deployed for a five-month Indo-Pacific mission since last November.

In Germany, Vice President JD Vance spoke at the Munich Security Conference. He told NATO allies that Europe’s biggest security threat is not Russia or China, but themselves.

Common damage to underwater infrastructure has been weaponised by Nato states and Taiwan in information warfare against mainland China.

Worse still, China has emerged as the big winner, as the conflict has ensnared NATO and Russia. China, significantly stronger than Russia in economic output, military spending and other strategic metrics,

China and Russia “cannot be moved away” from one another, Chinese leader Xi Jinping told his counterpart Vladimir Putin Monday, in their first phone call since US President Donald Trump upended American foreign policy with a sweeping pivot toward Moscow as he pushes for peace in Ukraine.

Trump’s capricious foreign policy and ambiguous commitment to alliances mean we need to become more self-sufficient in how we safeguard our security

Given this backdrop, the U.S. needs to return to its old grand strategy, which helped the West win the Cold War by driving a wedge between Moscow and Beijing. Ending the Ukraine war would also enable the U.S. to reallocate military resources from Europe to the Indo-Pacific, where its global primacy is truly at stake.

BEIJING: President Xi Jinping said China and Russia are "true friends" who "support each other", state media reported on Monday (Feb 24). Xinhua reported Xi as saying that "history and reality show that China and Russia are good neighbours that cannot be moved away,

Nuclear weapons are considered the most dangerous weapons on the face of the earth. Scientists believe that an explosion of 100 nuclear bombs could destroy the entire world. Meanwhile, Chinese scientists have developed a health shield that could protect even those affected by a nuclear attack.

China could fill a leadership vacuum left by the United States and Britain after they refused to sign a global joint declaration on "inclusive and sustainable" artificial intelligence (AI) at a recent Paris summit,

US President Donald Trump’s push to end the war in Ukraine appears poised to hand key concessions to Russia, leaving Kyiv and its European supporters on the sidelines as they face the prospect of a peace deal made over their heads.