News, Views From Nepal

Yuba Nath Lamsal:- As the summit of the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation or APEC under the theme “Creating a Resilient and Sustainable Future for All” is underway in San Francisco of the United States, more spotlight is on the sideline meeting of US President Joe Biden and Chinese President Xi Jinping. APEC is an important regional economic forum, which consists of the countries in the Asia-Pacific region comprising nearly 40 per cent of world’s population (2.95 billion), 62 per cent of world’s GDP, and almost 50 per cent of global trade. APEC meeting is important as leaders of this group are expected to chart out a new economic course of the world. However, the world is watching more closely and with greater interest and concern the meeting between these two leaders instead of the broader outcome of the APEC summit. Xi-Biden meeting is expected to shape the political and economic architecture of the world in the 21st century. When the APEC was established in 1989 as a regional ec

Yuba Nath Lamsal: The entire world is watching the newer turns of events in West Asia with grief, shock and outrage. The manslaughter in Gaza began following the Palestine militant group, Hamas, unleashed attack in Israel firing barrage of rockets in civilian targets and broke through Israeli border on October 7. Israel immediately declared a state of war and began retaliating to flush out the Hamas militias in Gaza and other areas used as hideouts by them. While the rest of the world has condemned Hamas attacks, a handful of states have expressed cautionary notes seeking to restore peace and settle problem through peaceful means. Iran, perhaps, the only country that appears in jubilant mood congratulating the Hamas for the attack, while some others in the Islamic world are sympathetic to the Palestinians cause but are opposed to the violent and inhuman modus operandi. The Hamas attack has left little room for peaceful negotiation and diplomacy between Israel and Hamas. As Israel