China’s loans to Africa plummet as Beijing pivots to strategic investments
Total lending in 2024 amounted to $2.1 billion, down by more than 90% from its 2016 peak.
Total lending in 2024 amounted to $2.1 billion, down by more than 90% from its 2016 peak.
Experts have long urged Beijing to increase domestic demand in order to rebalance its investment- and export-dependent economy.
Washington believes Havana’s Communist government has never been weaker, with the economy on the verge of collapse.
Trump’s envoy is set to meet with Russia’s president today.
A statewide shutdown looms in Minnesota as mass opposition to ICE builds into a general strike with implications far beyond the Twin Cities.
The wealthiest 15 billionaires in America saw their wealth grow over 30 percent in 2025.
The 2026 elections are on track to become the most expensive midterm cycle in U.S. history, driven in large part by huge increases in political advertising.
The Europeans have run out of postures and gestures in the way of performative statecraft, and the Russians see no point in indulging them any further.