Washington, D.C., Oct 25, 2021 – (ACN Newswire via SEAPRWire.com) – In August of 2021, the US Senate approved a $1 Trillion Infrastructure Bill, as part of the $3.5 Trillion Budget Bill. Language in this bill suggested that $28 Billion in funding would come from enforcing tax-reporting requirements on cryptocurrency brokers. In response, the Government […]
It is a very old story. Even when slave owing was legal in the United States before the American Civil War (1861-65), the country insisted on presenting itself as a democratic model to the world. Not even the bloodiest civil war ever fought to that point by any European or North American country changed its […]
Nay Pyi Taw, Oct 19, 2021 – (ACN Newswire via SEAPRWire.com) – The Myanmar Government announced today it would reopen schools from next month and take urgent measures to support its currency and accelerate economic recovery so as to restore national stability quickly amid an unprecedented ‘triple crisis’ situation in the country. Myanmar is facing […]
Xia Baolong, the director of the Hong Kong and Macao Affairs Office, implored Hong Kong to try to “say goodbye” to rented rooms made from subdivided flats. Chief Executive of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor told reporters that some of the rooms in subdivided flats were decent. She is right. […]
Taliban fighters check commuters along a road in Kunduz on Oct 10, 2021. (HOSHANG HASHIMI / AFP) DOHA – There is no clear path for unfreezing Afghan government funds, Qatar's foreign minister told a conference on Wednesday, highlighting the economic challenges Afghanistan faces under its new Taliban rulers. Qatar is hosting talks between the Taliban […]
Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida delivers his first policy speech during an extraordinary Diet session at the lower house of parliament in Tokyo, Japan, Oct 8, 2021. (EUGENE HOSHIKO / AP) TOKYO, Oct 12 (Reuters) – Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) unveiled on Tuesday its manifesto for an Oct 31 election with a focus […]
On Sept 30, the day before National Day, Luo Huining, director of the Liaison Office of the Central People’s Government in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, visited “cage homes” and community centers to proactively listen to the general public. “The central government and its Hong Kong office attach importance to the views of representatives […]
Luo Huining, director of the Liaison Office of the Central People’s Government in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, visited grassroots communities on National Day on Friday, and chatted with fishermen, youths working on their startups, residents, shop owners and subdivided residential-unit occupants to convey the goodwill of the central authorities to them and hear […]
Underpinned by thepicture of national development, Hong Kong is anticipating a brighter future in the coming years. Among others, the national 14th Five-Year Plan (2021-25) indicates clear support for Hong Kong’s development into an international innovation and technology center, better integration into the overall development of the country as well as deepening co-operation between the […]
The United Kingdom government under Prime Minister Boris Johnson is desperate to position the country as "Global Britain" after its messy withdrawal from the European Union. But such a dream can never come true if the Johnson government insists on realizing it through exacerbating geopolitical competition and raising regional tensions. On Monday, for the first […]
Hong Kong cannot afford to lose more time playing wait-and-see while the global, national and regional situations are all changing rapidly. It must make up its mind and focus on integrating its development into the overall development strategy of the country, or lag further behind the Chinese mainland and probably some other regional economies in […]
While addressing the 76th Session of the United Nations General Assembly on Tuesday, US President Joe Biden defended his decision to withdraw US troops from Afghanistan. Biden said:"We've ended 20 years of conflict in Afghanistan. And as we close this period of relentless war, we're opening a new era of relentless diplomacy; of using the […]
Charles Hoskinson, Founder of Cardano and Co-Founder of Ethereum, Educates Government Legislators, Regulators, & Administrators Washington, D.C., Sept 21, 2021 – (ACN Newswire) – The recent debate over the Infrastructure Bill has made two things clear: The government will be regulating blockchain activities, but they don’t understand it well enough to do an effective job. For that reason, the […]
Editor’s note: This is Part 3 of a series on the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region’s upcoming elections. It is safe to assume that anyone who genuinely cares about Hong Kong’s future would have found no fault with the patriotism requirement for candidates running for public office after witnessing the relentless social unrest and infighting […]
In this photo released by Malaysia's Department of Information, Malaysian Prime Minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob, (center) and opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim (left) sign documents during a ceremony at Parliament at the parliament house in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia on Sept. 13, 2021. (ZARITH ZULKIFLI / MALAYSIA'S DEPARTMENT OF INFORMATION VIA AP) KUALA LUMPUR – Malaysia's government […]
The Iranian national flag is seen outside the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) headquarters during the agency's Board of Governors meeting in Vienna on March 1, 2021. (JOE KLAMAR / AFP) TEHRAN – Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir Abdollahian said Monday the new Iranian administration is holding "internal consultations" on how to continue negotiations concerning […]
In this photo released by the Lebanese government, Lebanese President Michel Aoun, left, meets with Prime Minister Najib Mikat at the presidential palace, in Baabda, east of Beirut, Lebanon, Sept 10, 2021. (DALATI NOHRA / LEBANESE OFFICIAL GOVERNMENT VIA AP) BEIRUT – Lebanese leaders agreed a new government on Friday after a year of political […]
In this photo provided by the DPRK government, DPRK soldiers parade during a celebration of the nation’s 73rd anniversary that was overseen by leader Kim Jong-un, at Kim Il Sung Square in Pyongyang, DPRK, early Sept 9, 2021. (KCNA/KOREA NEWS SERVICE VIA AP) SEOUL – The Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) celebrated the 73rd […]
In this file photo taken on July 18, 2021 the leader of the Taliban negotiating team Mullah Baradar looks on the final declaration of the peace talks between the Afghan government and the Taliban presented in Qatar's capital Doha. (KARIM JAAFAR / AFP) Taliban co-founder Mullah Baradar will lead a new Afghan government set to […]
As some politics-leaning social and industry-based organizations disbanded over the past few weeks, or are facing the prospect of dissolution in the near future, accusations are in the air that the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region government is mounting crackdowns on organized pro-opposition groups. Such an imagined scenario is being promoted by groups exploiting the […]