Thousands of people protested in Hong Kong on Sunday over a proposed law change that would allow suspects to be sent to mainland China for trial. Officials say they need to amend the law before July so that they can extradite a murder suspect to Taiwan. Demonstrators – some marching with umbrellas – fear Beijing is trying to exert more… Read more »
Indonesia is moving its capital city away from Jakarta, according to the country’s planning minister. Bambang Brodjonegoro said President Joko Widodo had chosen to relocate the capital in “an important decision”. The new location is not yet known. However state media reports one of the front runners is Palangkaraya, on the island of Borneo. Jakarta, home to over 10 million… Read more »
Calls for Australia to repay a year’s worth of oil and gas revenue revenue to Timor-Leste will not be considered by the Labor party before the election, Penny Wong has said. Wong, the shadow minister for foreign affairs, expressed disappointment that the historic maritime border treaty – signed in March 2017 at the United Nations – had not been ratified. Last week Guardian Australia… Read more »
A blind Japanese sailor on Saturday successfully completed a near two-month, non-stop voyage from San Diego to Fukushima prefecture, making him the first to make a so-called blind sailing Pacific Ocean crossing. Joined by a sighted navigator, it was 52-year-old Mitsuhiro Iwamoto’s second two-handed attempt at the 14,000-kilometre journey. His first ended when his boat hit a whale and sank…. Read more »
The role I played in the simulation was for sure a more passive one. I found myself doing a lot of the behind the scene work and solving logistical problems. I feel like every delegation needed someone who was level-headed and able to connect and help solve problems with the other delegations. I think I was that key member for… Read more »
TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan is preparing to ease antitrust rules that will enable some regional banks to merge as they struggle to stay profitable amid low interest rates and a declining population.Pedestrians cast shadows as they make their way at a financial district in Tokyo, Japan, January 26, 2017. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s government wants to allow such… Read more »
OKINAWA (Reuters) – A month after Jinshiro Motoyama’s five-day hunger strike forced a referendum over a new U.S. military runway on Japan’s island of Okinawa, he came to bid farewell to a knot of protesters trying to block trucks heading for the building site.FILE PHOTO: People look at the U.S. Marine Corps’ Futenma Air Station in Ginowan on Japan’s southernmost… Read more »
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Thursday called on NATO allies to adapt to confront a wide variety of emerging threats, including Russia’s increased aggression, Chinese strategic competition and uncontrolled migration.Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu greets U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg at a meeting of the North Atlantic Treaty… Read more »
(Reuters) – The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) has severed ties with Huawei Technologies and ZTE Corp as U.S. authorities investigate the Chinese firms for alleged sanctions violations, it said on Wednesday.The Logo of Huawei is seen at its showroom in Shenzhen, Guangdong province, China March 29, 2019. REUTERS/Tyrone Siu MIT is the latest top U.S. education institution to unplug… Read more »
During Friday Prayer on March 15th, 2019 there were two consecutive terrorist shootings. It started at the Al Noor Mosque in the suburb of Riccarton and ended at the Linwood Islamic Centre. The shootings killed 50 people and injured 50 more. About a week after the shootings took place New Zealand has taken initiative to ban the sale of assault… Read more »