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US-Iran War Spillover Shocks Global Energy, IMF and World Bank Bangkok Annual Meetings Criticized for 'Failing to Address the Current Crisis'
According to African news reports, the annual meetings of the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank opened this week in Bangkok, with the energy price shock triggered by the US war against Iran and the asymmetric costs borne by developing countries emerging as central issues; the United Nations Development Programme warned that a 'perfect storm' could push tens of millions or even hundreds of millions of people back below the poverty line, while the US Treasury Secretary skipped the con
Truth Era Newsroom · 0 viewsTrump loudly lobbies for Nobel Peace Prize, while 'mediation achievements' repeatedly collapse in the DRC and on the Cambodia-Thailand border
On October 7, Trump declared in the Oval Office that he deserves the Nobel Peace Prize, but admitted that the Norwegian committee "probably won't give it to someone like me." During his term he has waged war on Iran, the Russia-Ukraine conflict remains unresolved, and for some conflicts he claims to have "intervened in and resolved," the parties involved deny his diplomatic role, with fighting reigniting in the DRC and on the Cambodia-Thailand border. The Norwegian Nobel Committee will announce
Truth Era Newsroom · 0 viewsMin Aung Hlaing's Seven Trips in Half a Year to Break Isolation; Western Sanctions and Asian Normalization Highlight Power Asymmetry
Myanmar junta leader Min Aung Hlaing, since assuming the presidency in April this year, has made intensive visits to seven countries—China, Russia, India, Thailand, Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia—within five months in a bid to break international isolation. Western countries maintain sanctions but show no intention of prioritizing Myanmar affairs; ASEAN is divided; and once Thailand assumes the bloc's rotating chairmanship in 2028, Myanmar could be fully readmitted. This diplomatic contest risks fu
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