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 »
There’s a new addition to the family tree: an extinct species of human that’s been found in the Philippines. It’s known as Homo luzonensis, after the site of its discovery on the country’s largest island Luzon. Its physical features are a mixture of those found in very ancient human ancestors and in more recent people. That could mean primitive human relatives… Read more »
Chinese social media users are voicing their outrage after the prosecution of an American who stole a thumb from a Chinese Terracotta Warrior ended in a mistrial. Michael Rohana, 24, admitted taking a thumb from a statue in Pennsylvania in December 2017. It was during a visiting exhibition at the Franklin Institute museum His lawyer argued that Mr Rohana was… Read more »
Australians will vote in a general election on 18 May, Prime Minister Scott Morrison has announced. The poll will decide whether the conservative government wins a third term or is replaced by a Labor administration led by Bill Shorten. All 151 seats in the House of Representatives will be contested, and half of the 76 seats in the Senate. The… Read more »
Australian actor Geoffrey Rush has won a defamation case against the publisher of a Sydney newspaper which accused him of inappropriate behaviour towards a former co-star. Judge Michael Wigney said he was “not satisfied” that the incidents detailed in The Daily Telegraph, published by Nationwide News, had occurred. He said Mr Rush’s former co-star Eryn Norvill’s evidence was “inconsistent”. He… Read more »
Seeing China crack down on corrupt rulers is interesting to see. Growing up I have always seen China as a communist run country with plenty of corruption. The first thing I thought about was who is leading this and its the president of China. With a strong figure leading this, it seems very likely that this crackdown will continue. The… Read more »