France’s prime minister has visited the site of the 1954 battle of Dien Bien Phu in Vietnam, which led to the end of French presence in Indochina. Édouard Philippe is the second French leader to travel there, after then-President François Mitterrand in 1993. Mr Philippe laid flowers at memorials for the dead on both sides, and called for France and… Read more »
On November 4, 2018, New Caledonia said “yes” to France. The Pacific territory should, therefore, remain French for a few more years, but according to the Noumea Accord, a new referendum should take place in 2020, and if, once again, the result is a “no” to independence, a last referendum could be organized in 2022. In this case, if Caledonians… Read more »
With an American father, the new governor of Okinawa may seem like the ideal negotiator to deal with a dispute between the Japanese authorities and the island’s residents over the construction of a new US military base there. Denny Tamaki, the newly elected governor of Okinawa, has made reducing the Americanmilitarypresence on the island a key priority. When the Japanese government announced this… Read more »
Over the past couple of weeks, the UN has done a lot of investigating/expressed concern in many parts of East Asia. More specifically they have been focusing on events in the states of China and Myanmar. In both of these countries there have been suspected genocides/ethenic descrimination against certain minority groups, which both countries thoroughly decline. The sad part of… Read more »
Last week, data miners were able to uncover security spending reports in the Xinjiang region of China, which showed a massive increase in funding. This is of concern to the global community because of the alleged Muslim internment camps that are stationed there and the potential meanings of the term “security spending”. Credible reports coming out if China suggest brutal… Read more »
More than 7,000 people are thought to have lost their lives in the Philippines’ worst storm on record. The Philippines are very susceptible to natural disasters such as typhoons. Which is why for the most part, the defense against them are pretty strong. However, the typhoon that struck was too strong. Thousands of people are forced to relocate because the… Read more »
Recently, Mohammed Dewji had been kidnapped by masked gunman who had believed to be foreign nationals. Before the abduction Mohammed was going for his usual workout when the kidnappers waited for him outside. The motive for the abduction is still unclear. The abduction took place in the neighborhood of Oyster Bay. I believe that this happened because the abductors disagreed… Read more »
Nine farmers were killed in Manila. Three gunman had come up to the property of nine local farmers and killed them. Police claim they don’t know why this occurred however, they are trying to find an explanation. The people who were killed included 4 women and 2 minors, who belonged to the National Federation of Sugar Workers. Police identified the… Read more »
A freight train was deliberately derailed after hurtling through Western Australia at high speed for 50 minutes without its driver. The 268-wagon train, owned by mining giant BHP, travelled for 92km (57 miles) with no-one on board in the outback Pilbara region on Monday.
Facebook has said it agrees with a report that found it had failed to prevent its platform being used to “incite offline violence” in Myanmar. The independent report, commissioned by Facebook, said the platform had created an “enabling environment” for the proliferation of human rights abuse.