https://www.bbc.com/news/world-australia-68915018 Rallies have taken place across Australia in response to a wave of recent violence against women. The protesters are advocating for gender-based violence to be declared a national emergency and stricter laws put in place to stop it. Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said the issue was a national crisis. In Australia, a woman has been killed on average every… Read more »
https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/taiwan-says-it-will-discuss-with-us-how-use-new-funding-2024-04-21 In a recent development Taiwan’s military stated on Sunday it will discuss with the United States how to use funding for Taiwan included in a $95 billion legislative package mostly assisting Ukraine and Israel, as Chinese warplanes again got close to the island. Furthermore, Taiwan has faced increased military pressure from China, which views the island as its territory…. Read more »
A senior U.S. intelligence official does not believe that China will not be able to reunify themselves with Taiwan by force on their self imposed deadline (2027). Many U.S. military officials have said that “Beijing’s own planning documents show President Xi Jinping has ordered the Chinese military to be ready to take Taiwan by force should efforts to reunify the… Read more »
The Philippines has decided to increase their ties with Japan and the United States of America at a recent summit of the country. US President Joe Biden hosted Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr and Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida in Washington last week where they discussed “serious concerns” over China’s actions in the South China Sea. The Philippine foreign ministry… Read more »
Five Chinese workers were killed by a suicide bomber in Pakistan Tuesday. The most recent in the string of terrorist attacks that the south asian country;s military and government say aims to disrupt Islamabad’s close ties with Beijing. The explosion happened when the bomber rammed a vehicle into the workers’ convoy. This was hit when they were traveling to the… Read more »
Link to article: https://apnews.com/article/china-congress-economy-jinping-beijing-5f80fc62081cb8bd06efc74fd4810972?utm_source=copy&utm_medium=share 3000 strong National People’s Congress in China near unanimously approves a revised state council law directing China’s “cabinet” to follow Xi Jinping’s vision. Zhao Leji the legislation’s top official urges uniting closer under the communist party’s leadership “with comrade Xi Jinping at its core.” Party leaders used to set economic policies more freely than now, according… Read more »
Link to article: ‘Turn around immediately’: Taiwan warns off Chinese coast guard boats again as tensions simmer | Reuters Taiwan warned off China coast guard ships that entered restricted waters two days in a row. Since last month, Chinese coast guard ships have been regularly patrolling the restricted waters near Kinmen, islands that hug China’s coast since two Chinese nationals… Read more »
Kim Jong Un of North Korea ordered his troops to make preparations for war during a military exercise as the U.S. and South Korea were wrapping up their own large military exercises. Kim oversaw the training for the tank crew on Thursday and praised his troops’ abilities and the tanks saying they are the most powerful tanks in the world…. Read more »
Link to article: North Korean defectors seek more U.N. monitoring of abuses | Reuters North Korean defectors spoke at a UN event, exposing human rights violations in North Korea. They are advocating for a stronger UN mandate to investigate and document the violations. Diplomats say the UN Human Rights Council is considering a EU-led update to the landmark 2014 report… Read more »
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/australia-confident-receiving-nuclear-submarines-us-funding-cut-aukus-rcna143120 Despite cuts to US funding for nuclear weapons programs, Australia is confident the United States will follow through with the sale of nuclear-powered submarines as part of the AUKUS deal. The weapons deal is under the AUKUS partnership signed in 2021. Under the deal, the U.S. will sell Australia between three and five Virginia-class attack submarines starting in the… Read more »