The campaign, with staff and backers around the US, is ramping up hiring to “meet the madness” and combat the “manufactured common sense” in the halls of Congress, Evans said. Along with disrupting hearings, it conducts congressional advocacy, hosts educational sessions and builds community-based, grass-roots coalitions. Code Pink’s congressional alliesContinue Reading
South Korean President Yoon Suk-Yeol said at the time that South Korea, a US ally, had not provided any weapons. His administration says it has no plans to change that policy. Yoon has said South Korean law makes it difficult to directly sell weapons to countries in active conflict. SeoulContinue Reading
FEARSOME DETERRENT For the last year and a half, detailed behind-the-scenes talks have taken place between Washington, Canberra and London about Australia obtaining sensitive nuclear-propulsion technologies. Australia has ruled out acquiring nuclear weapons. It is the first time US-derived nuclear submarine technologies will be exported since the 1960s, when theContinue Reading
WASHINGTON: The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is set to end on Friday (Mar 10) mandatory COVID-19 tests for travellers from China, joining other countries in dropping the requirements, a source briefed on the matter told Reuters. Last week, Japan dropped a requirement that everyone take aContinue Reading
GENEVA: United Nations rights chief Volker Turk on Tuesday (Mar 7) demanded action from Beijing to address “grave concerns” over the human rights situation in China’s Xinjiang province. Turk has been under pressure from Western nations and rights organisations to take a firm stand on Xinjiang following a bombshell reportContinue Reading
He censured Mali’s military for “serious violations” and stressed the need for continued independent oversight of the situation in Ethiopia, after Reuters reported Addis Ababa was seeking to end a UN probe into alleged Tigray war atrocities. In rarer criticism of Western democracies, Turk raised the issue of US policeContinue Reading
OTTAWA: Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will appoint an independent special rapporteur to investigate alleged Chinese interference in Canadian elections, he said on Monday (Mar 6) and also announced separate new probes into the suspected foreign interference. Canadian media have recently published detailed reports, citing anonymous intelligence sources, alleging schemesContinue Reading
BERLIN: German Chancellor Olaf Scholz says there would be “consequences” if China sent weapons to Russia for Moscow’s war in Ukraine, but he’s fairly optimistic that Beijing will refrain from doing so. Scholz’s comments came in an interview with CNN that aired on Sunday (Mar 5), two days after he metContinue Reading
BERLIN: German Chancellor Olaf Scholz says there would be “consequences” if China sent weapons to Russia for Moscow’s war in Ukraine, but he’s fairly optimistic that Beijing will refrain from doing so. Scholz’s comments came in an interview with CNN that aired on Sunday (Mar 5), two days after he metContinue Reading
THAILAND, Lopburi: American soldiers received Muay Thai lessons from a champion fighter in Thailand during the annual multilateral “Cobra Gold” military drills hosted by the Asian nation. Soldiers took instruction and punched and kicked alongside Thai champion Sombat Banchamek, or Buakaw (White Lotus) as he is widely known in theContinue Reading