Article: https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-55847572 Analysis: British National (Overseas) passport holders in Hong Kong are now eligible to submit visa applications to the United Kingdom. Those individuals who are able to secure a visa will apply for settlement after five years and British citizenship a year later. The UK predicts approximately 300,000 of the 2.9 million eligible applicants to utilize this offer. The… Read more »
https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/news/20210129_01/ South Korea states that it is trying to achieve herd mentality by at least november of 2021. They want to give 70 percent of their population the vaccine by this time. they have purchased enough vaccines from Pfizer and other pharmacies to give the vaccine to 56 million people. They plan on giving it to the elderly first from… Read more »
https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/news/20210128_34/ China has stepped up its military presence near the Taiwan strait in response to external interference by pro-independence forces in Taiwan. the chinese defence minister issued a warning to Taiwan that if it continues to strive for its independence, “taiwan independence means war.” Taiwan military says that they see multiple chinese airplanes fly by the border every day and… Read more »
http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2021-01/29/c_139705310.htm Xinjiang has been slowly been being developed into a more prosperous region. Xinjiang has been being developed in hopes of starting a trade deal with pakistan. China will gain massive advantage if it starts to get close to Pakistan because they will get access to the Arabian Sea. there is a port that is being developed in Pakistan by… Read more »
https://www.news.com.au/lifestyle/health/health-problems/federal-health-minister-greg-hunt-says-no-covid19-hot-spots-left-in-australia/news-story/35e101a55a2d489a24d7c357a6ce7c3b After the Pfizer vaccine had killed 29 people in Norway. Greg Hunt the federal health administrator from australia called of an immediate removal of all Pfizer hotspots in Australia until he can figure out why the vaccine is killing people. The people that have died in Norway have all been of elderly age, 75 and older. and if not… Read more »
https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/news/backstories/1484/ Japan has recently discovered that they have contracted small amounts of the new strand of covid going around in the UK. The scariest part of this is that all of the people who have contracted the new strand have not left the country or to their knowledge been in contact with anyone who has the new strand or left… Read more »
https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/news/20210128_05/ Joe Biden and Suga the prime minister of Japan had a 30 minute phone call on thursday. In the phone call they talked about a few different things, but the main thing Biden wanted to get across was that he wanted to strengthen the ties with Japan even more and continue their close bond. They also discussed that they… Read more »
https://www.dw.com/en/thailands-king-can-be-expelled-if-he-rules-from-germany-parliament/a-55690987 https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/politics/article/3107847/thai-political-crisis-can-king-vajiralongkorn-and-monarchy Upon first glance, the King of Thailand, Maha Vajiralongkorn, is a deeply comical and absurd person. However, to many of the people of Thailand, the King’s escapades of excess and luxury in the Bavarian alps thousands of miles away from Thailand is far from a laughing matter. As the successor to his revered father, Bhumibol, who had the… Read more »
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/nov/13/aung-san-suu-kyis-party-returns-to-power-in-myanmar In the second election cycle since the creation of Myanmar’s New Democratic system in 2015, the ruling party of President Aung San Suu Kyi has won enough votes to “form a new government”. The Myanmar president, a Nobel laureate who has built a complicated global reputation, has gained incredible popularity among the country’s Bamar (Burmese) majority ever since her… Read more »
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/jan/06/north-korea-congress-kim-jong-un-economic-plan-failure-mistake-biden In a very rare congress of the ruling Workers’ Party, North Korea’s leader Kim Jong Un gave a speech about the nation’s five-year economic plan. In a rather candid confession of self-failure (an occurrence which is becoming less and less rare from the ‘dear leader’), Kim Jong Un claimed that the plan was an unequivocal failure which did not… Read more »