WASHINGTON: United States Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Thursday (Dec 22) he will seek China’s help in persuading North Korea to sit down for talks after Pyongyang’s slew of missile tests ratcheted up tensions. Blinken, who plans to visit Beijing in early 2023 in the first trip byContinue Reading
WELLINGTON: Australian Federal Police (AFP) said on Thursday (Dec 22) it had taken the head of a global drug trafficking syndicate, dubbed “Asia’s El Chapo”, into custody after he was extradited from the Netherlands. The AFP said the arrest is the culmination of a long-running investigation into an organised crimeContinue Reading
The World Health Organization is concerned about a spike in COVID-19 infections in China and is supporting the government to focus its efforts on vaccinating people at the highest risk across the country, the head of the UN agency said on Wednesday (Dec 21). Infections have recently spiked in theContinue Reading
“NO GRIEVANCES” Wang told his counterpart that China and Australia had no fundamental conflicts of interest and they should use the 50th anniversary of ties to reorganise and restart relations, China’s foreign ministry said. “China and Australia have no historical grievances and no fundamental conflicts of interest, and should andContinue Reading
TAIPEI: A British minister will visit Taiwan this week for trade talks and meet President Tsai Ing-wen, his office said on Monday (Nov 7), drawing an angry reaction from Beijing to the latest high-level engagement between a Western government and the island. China views democratically-governed Taiwan as its own territoryContinue Reading
TAIPEI: A British minister will visit Taiwan this week for trade talks and meet President Tsai Ing-wen, his office said on Monday (Nov 7), the latest high-level engagement between a Western government and the island which China claims as its own territory. Britain’s Department for International Trade said Greg Hands,Continue Reading
TAIPEI: A Taiwanese man who volunteered to fight in Ukraine has died on the battlefield, Taipei’s foreign ministry said, believed to be the first person from the island killed in the conflict. The ministry said a Ukrainian field commander had confirmed the death of 25-year-old Tseng Sheng-kuang, who was servingContinue Reading
Disturbing footage showing emergency rescue officials and citizens providing cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) to unconscious victims quickly went viral on social media even before the nature and the scale of the disaster became known. The graphic images were replayed on mainstream news media. Then speculation about what caused the disaster beganContinue Reading
If the Republicans control Congress, they can seriously inhibit the ability of President Joe Biden’s administration – which is seen as more Asia-friendly – to push legislation through.Continue Reading
A Republican win would likely see a more isolationist American approach to foreign affairs, constraining the Biden administration’s actions in South Korea.Continue Reading