Tag: USA

Pakistan hosts US, China, Russia to discuss Afghanistan (Al Jazeera)

Pakistan has hosted senior diplomats from the United States, China and Russia in Islamabad to discuss the situation in neighbouring Afghanistan, where a deepening...

Wholesale Prices May Accelerate Again: Labor Department (IndustryWeek)

U.S. wholesale prices remained high in October and showed signs of accelerating again, the government reported on Nov. 9, as the world's largest economy...

Where Brookings experts read about China (Richard C. Bush, David Dollar, Ryan Hass, Jamie P. Horsley, and Shuxian Luo, Brookings)

As U.S.-China tensions rise and news and developments regarding the People’s Republic of China (PRC) and U.S.-China relations are never far from the headlines,...

The monthly jobs report ignores Native Americans. How are they faring economically? (Gabriel R. Sanchez, Robert Maxim, and Raymond Foxworth, Brookings)

Friday’s jobs report was an optimistic signal after a string of disappointing reports the past few months. As the worst effect of the delta variant waned,...

The Resistible Rise of US-China Conflict (Dani Rodrik, Project-Syndicate)

US President Joe Biden’s economic and foreign policies may represent a sharp departure from those of his predecessor, Donald Trump. But when it comes...

Russian Foreign Ministry sees closer ties with US on cyberspace issues (TASS)

Moscow believes that Russia and the US are coming closer together in cyberspace cooperation after a UN committee passed their joint draft resolution on...

Russia tracked US surveillance plane during flight near border — Defense Ministry (TASS)

The radars of Russia’s Aerospace Defense Forces tracked a US E-8C surveillance and target attack radar system plane, which approached the Russian border over...

US spy plane E-8C spotted 35 km away from Russia’s border, says Defense Ministry (TASS)

A US E-8C reconnaissance aircraft that took off from Germany’s USAF Ramstein Air Base was spotted 35 kilometers away from Russia's border, the Russian...

Evergrande liquidity crunch is closely managed, no need to play it up (Yu Xiang, Global Times)

The US Federal Reserve has just released its bi-annual financial stability report, in which it picked up "stresses in China's real estate sector which...

Misreading of China’s BRI and aid data by US think tanks is disappointing (Zhang Chuanhong, Global Times)

US research institute AidData recently issued a report claiming in an average year during the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) era, China spent $85...

Xi delivers letter to National Committee on US-China Relations, ‘reflects positive attitude to develop ties’ (Global Times)

China stands ready to work with the US to enhance exchanges, jointly address global challenges and properly manage differences in an effort to bring...

Facebook Can Sue Israel’s NSO Group, Appeals Court Says (Mariam Baksh, Nextgov)

The U.S. Court of Appeals’ ninth circuit rejected Israel-based NSO Group’s claim of immunity as a foreign sovereign, allowing a lawsuit brought by Facebook—and...

Follow These 3 Ts for Faster, More Effective Application Development (Ian Tien, Nextgov)

Modern application development is supposed to be about agility and speed. So why do so many government IT teams feel so bogged down? The truth...

DHS Researching Public Perception of Facial Recognition and AI Use (Alexandra Kelley, Nextgov)

The Department of Homeland Security is looking for feedback on new applications of artificial intelligence and facial recognition that the American public could encounter. Kathleen...

Tech Association Pushes Long-Term Approach to Semiconductor Shortage (Frank Konkel, Nextgov)

The Information Technology Industry Council, which represents dozens of global tech firms, issued several recommendations to the Commerce Department following the agency’s September call to industry for ideas...

Thousands of Afghan Refugees Await Rescue. Here’s What the US Needs to Do (Mike Edwards, Zak Kallenborn, Defense One)

The rapid fall of the Afghan government left a national-security and humanitarian mess. Thousands of American citizens and green-card holders were left stranded. Interpreters and translators who risked...