The simulation was super fun. While going into it I didn’t feel super confident with what I had to work with, I got more comfortable and confident as it went along. I was the USDOS. I was very active in talking and talked to every single group with most of my talks happening Malil. I helped work out our deal… Read more »
China’s President Xi Jinping has sought to ease concerns about its Belt and Road project at a summit in Beijing. Speaking at the forum, Mr Xi vowed to ensure transparency and the “fiscal sustainability” of all projects. The initiative is seen by some as a bid for geopolitical influence and has been criticised for indebting recipient countries. Mr Xi also… Read more »
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has accused the US of acting in “bad faith” during the summit earlier this year with President Donald Trump, according to the Korean Central News Agency. He also said peace in the Korean peninsula would depend entirely on Washington. Mr Kim made his remarks at Thursday’s summit with Russia’s President Vladimir Putin in Vladivostok. The… Read more »
A British tourist who was acquitted of assaulting Australia’s former Rugby Sevens captain James Stannard has won a defamation case against a TV network. Sam Oliver, from Newcastle, said Australia’s Nine Network had wrongly depicted him as being guilty of a “cowardly” criminal act in Sydney. He was found not guilty last year. On Friday, a judge rejected Nine’s argument… Read more »
“You stood up and you stood together,” the Duke of Cambridge has told New Zealanders in the aftermath of March’s shootings which killed 50 people. Prince William called the attacks an “unspeakable act of hate” in a speech at the Masjid Al Noor mosque in Christchurch, where 42 people died. Praising the country’s response, he said “in a moment of… Read more »
BEIJING, April 26 (Xinhua) — The National Health Commission (NHC) has called for efforts to improve the quality of contracted family doctor services and enhance community-level medical services this year, according to an NHC circular. Local health authorities are urged to help expand the coverage of contracted family doctor services while at the same time guarantee service quality. Family doctors… Read more »
Chinese Vice President Wang Qishan (R) meets with the United Arab Emirates (UAE) Vice President and Prime Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, also ruler of Dubai, who is here to attend the Second Belt and Road Forum for International Cooperation, in Beijing, capital of China, April 26, 2019. (Xinhua/Ding Lin) BEIJING, April 26 (Xinhua) — Chinese Vice President… Read more »
The leader of an Islamic extremist group suspected of involvement in deadly bombings in Sri Lanka last Sunday says his organization expelled the alleged mastermind of the attacks two years ago. Mohamed Yoosuf Mohamed Thoufeek heads the group known as National Towheeth Jamaath. He held an interview with NHK in eastern Sri Lanka. Thoufeek referred to Mohamed Zahran, who Sri… Read more »
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un is heading home after his first summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin in the city of Vladivostok in Russia’s Far East. Kim and Putin discussed denuclearization, relations with the United States and economic cooperation during their meeting on Thursday. On Friday, Kim visited a war memorial and paid his respects to fallen Soviet soldiers…. Read more »
On Tuesday April 23, Japan announced that it plans to drop the plan to apply ‘maximum’ pressure to North Korea as a new installation to its official foreign policy. This move is a sudden and surprising ‘softening’ from the Japanese government, just as several major powers converge in policy discussions in Pyongyang. Last year tensions with North Korea and its… Read more »