https://www.bbc.com/news/world-australia-68915018 Rallies have taken place across Australia in response to a wave of recent violence against women. The protesters are advocating for gender-based violence to be declared a national emergency and stricter laws put in place to stop it. Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said the issue was a national crisis. In Australia, a woman has been killed on average every… Read more »
https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/taiwan-says-it-will-discuss-with-us-how-use-new-funding-2024-04-21 In a recent development Taiwan’s military stated on Sunday it will discuss with the United States how to use funding for Taiwan included in a $95 billion legislative package mostly assisting Ukraine and Israel, as Chinese warplanes again got close to the island. Furthermore, Taiwan has faced increased military pressure from China, which views the island as its territory…. Read more »
A senior U.S. intelligence official does not believe that China will not be able to reunify themselves with Taiwan by force on their self imposed deadline (2027). Many U.S. military officials have said that “Beijing’s own planning documents show President Xi Jinping has ordered the Chinese military to be ready to take Taiwan by force should efforts to reunify the… Read more »
The Philippines has decided to increase their ties with Japan and the United States of America at a recent summit of the country. US President Joe Biden hosted Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr and Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida in Washington last week where they discussed “serious concerns” over China’s actions in the South China Sea. The Philippine foreign ministry… Read more »
Five Chinese workers were killed by a suicide bomber in Pakistan Tuesday. The most recent in the string of terrorist attacks that the south asian country;s military and government say aims to disrupt Islamabad’s close ties with Beijing. The explosion happened when the bomber rammed a vehicle into the workers’ convoy. This was hit when they were traveling to the… Read more »