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GLOBAL HEADLINES

WORLD IN VIEW

NEWS ANALYSIS

GLOBAL HEADLINES

Iran defiant over Strait of Hormuz as US-Iran tensions continue

Japanese PM makes offering to Yasukuni Shrine on WWII surrender anniv.

WORLD IN VIEW

00:30

At least 20 dead after M7.7 quake hits off Indonesia's Flores Island

DR Congo Ebola outbreak spreads to a sixth province

UN: 650,000 refugees in South Sudan could lose food aid within weeks

NEWS ANALYSIS

How Japan is hollowing out its pacifist constitution

Japan's war memory: Remembering pain, forgetting responsibility

GLOBAL IN-DEPTH

Imran Khalid

A triangular hedge of regional security

09-Aug-2026

Xiang Haoyu

$A fractured consensus: Beware of Japan's nuclear ambitions$

A fractured consensus: Beware of Japan's nuclear ambitions

09-Aug-2026

Saxon Zvina

Africa's new generation sees a better partner in China than US

11-Aug-2026

CGTN

28:26

China's Economy: Resilience, Innovation and Opportunities

11-Aug-2026

HOT TAKES

PRO TALK

HOT TAKES

02:45

Yasukuni's ghost: Japan's self-inflicted wound

81 years after surrender: Japan downplays wartime aggression

01:23

Seoul photo exhibition honors 13 Korean 'comfort women'

China deplores Japan's negative moves regarding Yasukuni Shrine

PRO TALK

Five years of GDI – from concept to practice

Wang Yichen

As Hiroshima remembers peace, Japan moves towards remilitarization

Xu Ying

Japan's 2026 Defense White Paper: Rearmament in the name of prosperity

Cao Cong

Japan's nuclear moves at odds with public opinion

GLOBAL TRADE WATCH

00:45

Economist: Diversified markets sustain China's robust foreign trade

10-Aug-2026

China's foreign trade expands 19.2% in July

07-Aug-2026

Brazil accuses US of extending trade powers on 'baseless' claims

30-Jul-2026

Global governments respond to US's new Section 301 tariff regime

24-Jul-2026

'World's supermarket' Yiwu sees double-digit trade growth in H1

29-Jul-2026

ASIA-PACIFIC

Firsthand stories shaping the region

What signals does Putin's visit to Iturup island send?

15-Aug-2026

03:08

The past is not past: Why Japan's actions on August 15 raise alarms

15-Aug-2026

China: Japanese officials' Yasukuni visit violates historical justice

In response to Japanese officials' donation and visit to the Yasukuni Shrine on Saturday, a Chinese spokesperson said such behavior is an open violation of historical justice and seriously hurts the feelings of people in countries that suffered from Japan's aggression.

15-Aug-2026

Japan's new intelligence bureau: The costly price of a security pivot

15-Aug-2026

Yasukuni Shrine visits spark opposition in Japan, South Korea

15-Aug-2026

MIDDLE EAST

Local stories, global relevance

At least 14 killed in attack near El Obeid in central Sudan

At least 14 civilians were killed and dozens injured on Friday after an attack on Um Arada, about 15 kilometers southwest of El Obeid, the capital of Sudan's North Kordofan State, according to Sudanese sources.

15-Aug-2026

DRC, Rwanda advance Washington Accords implementation

Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of Congo have agreed on additional measures to strengthen the monitoring and verification of commitments under the Washington Accords, as both countries seek to advance their peace process.

15-Aug-2026