Link to Article: https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/vietnam-pm-vows-fight-against-counterfeits-trade-frauds-2025-05-14/ The Prime Minister of Vietnam, Pham Minh Chinh urged the country’s anti-counterfeit task force to devise new ways to fight back against the rising threat of counterfeit and fake goods across Vietnam, including that of trade fraud, and smuggling in and out of Vietnam’s borders. The pledge came in part as a response to the crippling… Read more »
Link to Article: https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/australian-writer-yang-hengjun-jailed-china-shows-profound-courage-canberra-says-2025-05-14/ An Australian writer, by the name of Yang Hengjun has been sentenced a suspended death penalty by a court in Beijing, Hengjun has written to the Australian government in a plea attempt to seek support for the medical transfer of himself back to Australia, away from the Chinese government. An Australian born in China, Yang had… Read more »
Link to Article: https://www.reuters.com/business/healthcare-pharmaceuticals/australia-says-it-will-not-compromise-drug-subsidies-trump-reviews-us-prices-2025-05-14/ The Australian government will not compromise on its policy to subsidize the cost of important medicines, as was reported publicly by them in a statement made today. This comes following the executive order of President Trump of the United States to lower domestic drug prices has thrown off the global pharmaceutical industry, doing so in an… Read more »
Link to Article: https://www.reuters.com/business/retail-consumer/us-tariffs-vietnam-would-be-blow-nike-other-sportswear-brands-2025-04-01/. Nike is likely to face major issues in the attempts it has been taking to revitalize and revive its brand and sales in the United States as the Trump Administration is set to announce a new series of tariffs to aim at encouraging further domestic production over foreign, cheap labor. This will heavily affect major sportswear… Read more »
Link to Article: https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/chinese-military-says-it-is-conducting-exercises-around-taiwan-2025-03-31/. As reported this morning by Reuters the Chinese military has organized and executed drills off the North, South and eastern coasts of Taiwan as a “stern warning” by the government in Beijing against Taiwanese separatism and has reportedly come out in a statement calling the president of Taiwan, Lai Ching-te, a “parasite” as Taiwan responded by… Read more »
Link to Article: https://www.jpost.com/breaking-news/article-848425 (*this article was sourced through Reuters and re-reported). Early this morning the Jerusalem Post broke news on reports from Reuters that a rebel alliance group in Myanmar has declared a unilateral ceasefire amid disaster response to the recent earthquake and its damage. Known as the Three Brotherhood Alliance , consisting of the three largest rebel groups… Read more »
Link to Article: https://apnews.com/article/taiwan-china-spying-president-lai-defenses-31be72adb44f826d265cdc17a6559cbd The president of Taiwan, William Lai Ching-te stated early this morning that efforts need to be taken by its allies and its own domestic security bureaus to step up against enhanced Chinese infiltration and spying on Taiwanese military assets, in attempts to undermine Taiwan and speed up China’s attempts to reoccupy the island. President Lai has… Read more »
Link to Article: https://apnews.com/article/australia-tariffs-steel-aluminum-exemption-fe8ad2239a20c65d42c9249c05ae9303 The Prime Minister of Australia, Anthony Albanese said in a public statement on Wednesday that despite the unjustified new U.S tariffs imposed on its steel and aluminum, that the Australian government would not retaliate with tariffs, or sanctions, of their own. This comes in conclusion to President Donald Trump of the United States making a statement… Read more »
Link to Article: https://apnews.com/article/philippines-president-rodrigo-duterte-international-criminal-court-cfc234f22120aefd95248f2785a34b4a Philippine ex-President, Rodrigo Duterte, who will leave behind a disturbingly successful legacy of en-masse deadly anti-drug crackdowns, has been arrested and is being charged by the International Criminal Court for crimes against humanity in the anti-drug war he raged throughout his entire political career. His arrest by the ICC has caped the end of an internal… Read more »
