State of the Union: Chinese entities provided intel to Iran before a deadly attack, U.S. officials say. The post Iran War Day 198: China’s Xi Pledges to Help End Conflict appeared first on The American Conservative .
President Xi Jinping said Saturday that China is willing to play its “due role” in helping bring peace to the Middle East. Xi’s comments came during his address at the ongoing BRICS summit of emerging economies. “The war has caused serious losses to people across the region and does not serve the common interests of the international community,” Xi said . The Chinese leader offered diplomatic assistance earlier in the war as well. Also in attendance are Iran’s President Masoud Pezeshkian and Russia’s President Vladimir Putin. The two-day conference is being held in New Delhi and hosted by India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi. It marks Xi’s first visit in seven years to India, with which China has tensions. The…Open
Trade between India and China has nearly doubled in five years, leaving New Delhi with a widening deficit and a difficult choice over how to build its industrial future.
CSP Senior Fellow Grant Newsham joined a Taiwan Talks panel to discuss multinational exercises including...
CSP Senior Fellow Grant Newsham joined a Taiwan Talks panel to discuss multinational exercises including Orient Shield by US allies and partners in the Indo-Pacific. “In Exercise Veer Guardian, Japanese F-2 fighter jets are deploying to India for the first time as part of four overlapping multinational exercises including Orient Shield by US allies and partners in the Indo-Pacific. Tokyo will also be training with Australia, South Korea, Canada and New Zealand in a series of increasingly complex drills designed to strengthen interoperability and regional deterrence. With an increasing number of these layered mini-alliances forming and rehearsing, is this a deliberate strategy by the US and Japan to create a new allied model of defense?…Open
A leopard struck by a vehicle on a busy motorway in southwest India turned on the Forest Department official sent to save it, knocking the man to the ground before a sedative finally took hold. The incident unfolded near Anagodu, a town in southwest India, after the leopard was hit by a vehicle on a […] The post Leopard attacks rescue worker on Indian motorway after vehicle collision appeared first on American Almanac .
A leopard struck by a vehicle on a busy motorway in southwest India turned on the Forest Department official sent to save it, knocking the man to the ground before a sedative finally took hold. The incident unfolded near Anagodu, a town in southwest India, after the leopard was hit by a vehicle on a motorway around 11 p.m. The injured animal wound up stranded in a roadside drain, where members of the public spotted it and called the Forest Department for help. What followed was a rescue operation that went sideways fast. The Forest Department dispatched a team to the scene, and workers administered a heavy sedative to the leopard in an effort to subdue it for medical transport. But the drug had not fully taken effect when the animal…Open
The U.S. green card backlog has reached 1.2 million applicants, with Indian nationals facing unprecedented wait times due to federal immigration caps.
PULSE POINTS WHAT HAPPENED: Indians seeking U.S. green cards now face wait times as long as 179 years due to federal caps on annual green card issuances and country-specific limits. The backlog has reached 1.2 million applicants, with countries like India and China experiencing the longest delays. DETAIL: U.S. immigration law limits green card issuances to 140,000 annually, with no more than seven percent allocated to any single country. This disproportionately affects applicants from populous nations like India and China, who can face decades-long wait times for approval. For Indian nationals with EB-2 status (advanced degree professionals), the wait time is estimated at 179 years, while Chinese applicants face waits of 25 years. In…Open