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(Analysis) China’s energy security faces a significant challenge due to its heavy reliance on the Strait of Malacca. This strategic chokepoint is crucial for global trade, with about 40% of maritime trade passing through it. For China, approximately 80% of its oil imports traverse this narrow passage, making it a potential target for disruption by […]
Author Leigh Harlen has organized an online auction to raise money for the Trans Lifeline, which provides trans peer support and is run by and for trans people. The auction includes signed books, Advanced Reader Copies, and promo boxes for books as well as book-adjacent items like merch, bookmarks, and bookish jewelry. There are non-bookish […]
November 9, 2024 09:17 | News Recovering from a brain aneurysm that left him fighting for life, Dirk Fielding had to contend with the taxman skimming his accounts and threatening his business when he woke. Mr Fielding does not dispute owing money to the Australian Tax Office after falling behind in his finances, before the […]
JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli lawmakers passed two laws on Monday that could threaten the work of the main U.N. agency providing aid to people in Gaza by barring it from operating on Israeli soil, severing ties with it. The laws, which do not immediately take effect, signal a new low for a long-troubled relationship between […]
The China-Russia trade relationship has transformed significantly since the Russia-Ukraine conflict began in February 2022. Western sanctions on Russia have reshaped economic ties between the two nations, with China’s exports to Russia reaching new heights while imports decline due to payment complications. Chinese companies have quickly filled gaps left by departing Western firms in the […]