TOKYO (REUTERS) – Japan’s government on Friday (Dec 20) approved an eighth straight annual increase in defence spending to a record high as it buys US-made stealth fighters, interceptor missiles and other equipment to counter military build-ups by North Korea and China. Japan’s defence budget will rise 1.1 per cent to a record 5.31 trillion yen (S$65.87 billion) in the year starting… Read more »
BEIJING – President Xi Jinping warned foreign countries that China would not tolerate interference in Hong Kong and Macau, as he swore in the gambling hub’s new Chief Executive and government in a ceremony on Friday (Dec 20). China’s top leader also lavished praise on what he said was Macau’s successful implementation of the “one country, two systems” governing framework, pointing… Read more »
For decades, Papua New Guinean troops say they have watched as Indonesian forces violated PNG sovereignty “up to a dozen times per year”. At times the TNI (Indonesian armed forces) crossed the border between Indonesian Papua and PNG to hunt animals. Sometimes they entered to intimidate refugees living along the border. The PNG Defence Force (PNGDF) has long viewed such… Read more »
Wellington: The death toll from New Zealand’s White Island volcano eruption rose to 18 Sunday, including two people whose bodies have not been recovered, police said. A land search early Sunday failed to find any sign of the missing pair and a sea search resumed in the afternoon amid increasing speculation both could be in the water. “The stream where… Read more »
China is acting belligerent, are as its allies. North Korea is (likely) threatening another missile launch with their “Christmas present”, China is interfering in democracies across the world, copying Russia’s playbook and threatening the establishment of US allies in Taiwan, and the US-China trade war is continuing to heat up as China applies “reciprocal restrictions” on US diplomats. Perhaps most… Read more »
Recently the protest in China prove to rage on as protestors begin to reach outside of Hong Kong for assistance. After the United States passed a bill support the Hong Kong people they have been more adamant on other countries following the US lead. As of now the United states are threatening to put sanctions on China on the bounds… Read more »
the executioners used a government-owned backhoe to dig shallow graves on a rugged hilltop. When authorities in the small town in the southern Philippines arrived at the scene, they used the same backhoe to dig up 57 bullet-riddled corpses, including those of 32 journalists and media workers. The men and women had been en route to register an opposition candidate… Read more »
Camp Bagong Diwa, Philippines – A Philippine court has declared members of a powerful political family guilty of mass murder in the country’s deadliest incident of political violence. Brothers Datu Andal Unsay Jr and Zaldy Ampatuan and their accomplices were among those convicted of 57 counts of murder with a sentence of life imprisonment without parole bringing to an end… Read more »
A banner on the campus of Fudan University in Shanghai, calling for institutions to adhere to the political philosophy of Chinese President Xi Jinping. A banner on the campus of Fudan University in Shanghai, calling for institutions to adhere to the political philosophy of Chinese President Xi Jinping. SHANGHAI (AFP) – One of China’s top universities has removed references to… Read more »
Hong Kong protesters rallied outside diplomatic missions yesterday to urge foreign governments to follow the US and pass human rights Bills to raise pressure on Beijing and support their pro-democracy campaign. US President Donald Trump signed legislation last month requiring the State Department to certify, at least once a year, that Hong Kong retains enough autonomy from Beijing to justify… Read more »