“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
WASHINGTON: North Korea on Monday (Oct 31) demanded that the United States and South Korea stop large-scale military exercises, calling them a provocation that may draw “more powerful follow-up measures” from Pyongyang. “The situation in the Korean Peninsula and its vicinity has entered the serious confrontation phase of power forContinue Reading
KARACHI, Pakistan: It was the kind of attack Pakistani authorities had dreaded. A highly educated female suicide bomber killed three Chinese teachers in Karachi in April along with their local driver, targeting nationals from Pakistan’s most important partner and seeking to undermine a relationship on which Islamabad’s financial survival largelyContinue Reading
AHMEDABAD: At least 40 individuals were killed when a people bridge in the western Indian state associated with Gujarat collapsed, falling hundreds of people right into a river, a state ressortchef (umgangssprachlich) said. More than 400 individuals were on the suspension link over the Machhu Lake in the town associatedContinue Reading