Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong and President Donald Trump on Monday (Oct 23, US time) witnessed the signing of an agreement between Singapore Airlines and aircraft manufacturer Boeing to buy 39 aeroplanes, worth close to US$14 billion (S$19 billion). Singapore Airlines CEO Goh Choon Phong and Boeing president and CEO Kevin McAllister signed the deal for SIA to buy 20… Read more »
http://www.cnn.com/2017/10/15/asia/china-party-congress-internet-censorship/index.html One of the things we hold closely to us in the United States is our freedom of speech. From everything to newspapers to protests to Facebook posts. We’re allowed to share our opinions with each other about anything we want. However, some countries aren’t so lucky. China isn’t able to broadcast their feelings without the threat of being kidnapped… Read more »
Source CNN http://www.cnn.com/2017/10/15/asia/us-north-korea-tensions/index.html North Korea continued its harsh anti-US rhetoric Sunday, calling President Donald Trump a “war merchant and strangler of peace.” The administration of US President Donald Trump is selling weapons to South Korea and Japan with the intent of enriching the makers of US arms while creating “a hair trigger situation” on the Korean Peninsula, said a commentary… Read more »
Source: new.com/AU http://www.news.com.au/lifestyle/gay-marriage/poll-shows-australians-have-overwhelmingly-voted-yes/news-story/fa0bd193eb073ce7dcf576ad0b1b71b0 THE latest same-sex marriage poll shows the Yes campaign is comfortably ahead, with overwhelming support among those who have already voted. A special Newspoll survey shows a massive 59 per cent of those who have returned their postal ballots are in favour of legalising gay marriage. Just 38 per cent of the millions of Australians who have… Read more »
Source: CNN http://www.cnn.com/2017/10/06/asia/bangladesh-rohingya-new-camp/index.html The events occurring along the Myanmar/ Bangladesh border have been absolutely horrific, with hundreds of thousands living in terrible conditions and violence everywhere. The Bangladeshi government is having trouble finding a solution to this horrific problem for men, women and children. A new camp has been under way in the Coxś Bazar region of Bangladesh right along… Read more »
http://www.cnn.com/2017/10/18/politics/tillerson-china-rebuke-speech/index.html Washington (CNN) — Secretary of State Rex Tillerson rebuked China on Wednesday for subverting the global order, undermining the sovereignty of its neighbors and for being an irresponsible international actor prone to predatory economic policies. “China, while rising alongside India, has done so less responsibly, at times undermining the international rules-based order,” the top US diplomat said in… Read more »
THE JAPAN TIMES | October 19, 2017 The government is arranging a meeting between Emperor Akihito and U.S. President Donald Trump when the U.S. leader visits Tokyo from Nov. 5-7, a government source said Wednesday. When Trump’s predecessor, Barack Obama, made his first visit to Japan as president in 2009, he met with Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko and had… Read more »
Source: BBC Imagine the world as a global waste disposal system. Now imagine it with a blockage. And what if that waste is backing up around the world, reappearing in places where you really don’t want it to be. That blockage is about to happen in China and the flood is going to start seeping out into waste disposal operations… Read more »
http://www.cnn.com/2017/10/10/asia/un-ship-bans-north-korea/index.html The United Nations has slapped a global port ban on four ships for their dealings with North Korea, including one that was caught smuggling 30,000 North Korean-made rocketpropelled grenades in 2016. Hugh Griths, the coordinator for the UN Panel of Experts on North Korea, called the move “swift and decisive.” The port bans were enacted under UN Security… Read more »
SINGAPORE – Singapore will commit $100,000 to help humanitarian efforts in the Myanmar’s Rakhine state through the Asean Humanitarian Assistance (AHA) centre, Parliamentary Secretary for Home Affairs Amrin Amin has said. About 582,000 Rohingya have fled an army campaign in Myanmar’s Rakhine state since late August. The United Nations’ refugee agency has said in Geneva that some 10,000 to 15,000… Read more »