Dates as staple food of the Middle East & the Indus valley for thousands...
Ismat Sabir
The prices of all the food items are skyrocketing likewise the price of dates reached Rs300 per kg. Arvi Rs180 per kg, Tinda...
Shanghai Cooperation Organization
In the last few years, following the amazing development and regional connectivity program Belt and Road initiated by visionary President of China Xi Jinping,...
In China’s heartland, once-flush shoppers turn cautious
Stella Qiu, Yawen Chen & Philip Wen
Dressed in a smart black pantsuit behind the wheel of her pearl-white Audi, Zhao Na has come a...
How a Chinese venture in Venezuela made millions while locals grew hungry
Angus Berwick
The project was meant to feed millions.
In Delta Amacuro, a remote Venezuelan state on the Caribbean Sea, a Chinese construction giant struck a...
Potatoes are the staple food for millions
Ismat Sabir
The potato is a starchy, tuberous crop from the perennial nightshade Solana tuberous. In many contexts, potato refers to the edible tuber, but...
China’s furtive underwater nukes test the Pentagon
Greg Torode & David Lague
Recent visitors to the bay surrounding a submarine base on the southern coast of China's Hainan Island describe a curious...
Ship breaking is an important source of steel
Ismat Sabir
Worldwide center of the ship breaking and recycling industry is in South Asia, especially in Pakistan, India and Bangladesh. These three states account...
How Russia contaminated $2.7bn of oil exports to Europe
Olga Yagova, Gleb Gorodyankin & Dmitry ZhdannikovIt was a quiet Easter holiday at the offices of major European oil companies and refiners when an...
New missile gap leaves US scrambling to counter China
David Lague & Benjamin Kang Lim
China's powerful military is considered to be a master at concealing its intentions. But there is no secret about...
‘Black sheep’: The mastermind of Sri Lanka’s Easter Sunday bombs
Tom Lasseter & Shri Navaratnam
Mohamed Hashim Mohamed Zahran was 12 years old when he began his studies at the Jamiathul Falah Arabic College. He...
