I have called myself a citizen of the world for a long time, but that does not stop me from loving my country. I believe that it is natural to love one’s own country. Loving one’s country has nothing to do with ideology. It is natural for Americans to love the United States; Germans to […]
A riot police officer fires tear gas during a riot after the league BRI Liga 1 football match between Arema vs Persebaya at Kanjuruhan Stadium in Malang, East Java province, Indonesia, Oct 2, 2022, in this photo taken by Antara Foto. (ANTARA FOTO / ARI BOWO SUCIPTO / REUTERS) JAKARTA – Indonesian police wrongly used tear […]
So much has been said about COVID-19 so many times over so many months across so much media space. We are all sick and tired not just of hearing about COVID-19 but of having to live under it. What more is there to say? Well, in my case, I’m back after nine weeks in France, […]
Hong Kong scrapped the mandatory hotel quarantine requirements for all coming to town last week. The decisive move marks a game changer for one of the world’s toughest anti-COVID regimes after more than two and a half years. Making such a choice is not easy, as Hong Kong, an aging and densely populated city, is […]
The Russia-Ukraine conflict shows no sign of easing largely due to a lack of diplomatic efforts by, and political will of, countries involved to help the two sides resolve their differences. In particular, the developments over the past few days should worry everyone, for the conflict could further intensify, even spread beyond the two countries' […]
The UK pound's exchange rate against the US dollar fell as low as 1.0327 in early trading on Monday, a 37-year low. The pound also fell against the euro to 1.0787 at the same time, the lowest since September 2020. This is related to the newly announced tax cuts in the United Kingdom. And falling […]
Syrian school children run to get to their makeshift school in the northern town of Tadif, located about 32 kilometers east of Aleppo city, on Sept 26, 2022. (BAKR ALKASEM / AFP) With the United Nations warning that Syria could return to large-scale combat, the international community should not forget the plight of the country […]
A woman arrives on a motorbike to search for a relative at a hospital in Kabul on Sept 30, 2022 after a blast in an education institute in the Dasht-e-Barchi area of Afghanistan's capital. (PHOTO / AFP) KABUL – A suicide attack at a tutoring center in the Afghan capital of Kabul killed 19 people […]
In a speech delivered at the opening of the Hungarian Parliament's autumn session on Monday, Hungary's Prime Minister Viktor Orban said Western countries' sanctions against Russia have turned the "local" conflict between Russia and Ukraine into a "global economic war". As Orban has correctly pointed out, an increasing number of countries around the world are […]
Editor's note: We should be grateful to the nation's real heroes, including war heroes — rather than merely film and online celebrities. All the Chinese people, especially the young, should cherish the heroic deeds of our true national heroes, writes a senior journalist with China Daily. Chinese People's Volunteers veteran Cui Longfu salutes those listed […]
Thanks to the older generation political leaders' strategic foresight and political wisdom, China and Japan established diplomatic relations in 1972, ushering in a new chapter of peaceful and friendly bilateral relations after the end of World War II. And the 50th anniversary of the establishment of Sino-Japanese ties therefore is an apt occasion to review […]
Toyota City, Japan, Sep 24, 2022 – (JCN Newswire via SEAPRWire.com) – Toyota has decided to end vehicle production at its Saint Petersburg plant in Russia. On March 4 we had to suspend manufacturing operations at our plant in Saint Petersburg due to the interruption in supply of key materials and parts. Since then, we […]
People queue to offer flowers and prayers for former prime minister Shinzo Abe, at Zojoji temple prior to his funeral on July 12, 2022, in Tokyo. (EUGENE HOSHIKO / AP) TOKYO – Japan will honor former prime minister Shinzo Abe with a rare state funeral on Tuesday, a ceremony that has become a flashpoint for […]
TOKYO, Sep 23, 2022 – (JCN Newswire via SEAPRWire.com) – The TOYOTA GAZOO Racing World Rally Team makes its first trip to Rally New Zealand determined to compete for the top positions when the event’s popular gravel roads return to the world stage for round 11 of the 2022 FIA World Rally Championship on September […]
The US Navy's nuclear-powered USS Ronald Reagan (CVN-76) aircraft carrier (bottom) and USS Barry Aegis-equipped destroyer (top) arrive at ROK Fleet Command in Busan, 390 kilometers south of Seoul, on Sept 23, 2022. (YONHAP / AFP) BUSAN, Republic of Korea – A US aircraft carrier arrived in the Republic of Korea on Friday for the […]
Relations between China and the Gulf Cooperation Council countries have been booming in recent years, with China being the largest trading partner of the regional bloc. Despite the negative impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, which have stalled a global economic recovery, their trade increased by 45 percent last year. And it is not just oil. […]
The European Union as a whole will prove to be the biggest loser no matter how the conflict between Russia and Ukraine plays out. The consequences for European countries are not just economic and well-being shocks but the geopolitical implications as well. That the share of EU enterprises losing money has risen from the normal […]
As two of the five permanent members of the United Nations Security Council, as well as two major pillars of the United Nations-centered international system, both China and Russia consider it a shared responsibility to deepen their strategic coordination to prevent the law-based international order from being hijacked by the United States and its clique […]
A currency trader walks by the screens showing the Korea Composite Stock Price Index (KOSPI), and the foreign exchange rate between US dollar and South Korean won at a foreign exchange dealing room in Seoul, South Korea, June 8, 2022. (LEE JIN-MAN / AP) SEOUL – The Republic of Korea plans to announce financial reforms […]
Iranians walk in a street in the capital city of Tehran, on Aug 25, 2022. (PHOTO / AFP) TEHRAN – Iran renews readiness for prisoners' exchange with the United States, said Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Nasser Kanaani. "We have already announced our readiness to exchange prisoners, and we still have this readiness," Kanaani was quoted […]
Residents and rescue workers search for bodies of landslides victims, following heavy rains in Bahrabise municipality of Sindhupalchok district, some 90 km northeast of Kathmandu on Sept 13, 2020. (NIROJ CHAOULAGAIN / AFP) KATHMANDU – Rescuers in Nepal battled against torrential rains to pull out bodies from the wreckage of homes buried by a landslide […]
(JIN DING / CHINA DAILY) The United States has been trying to coerce India into joining its anti-China front, and as part of its efforts, US troops even held a joint military drill with the Indian armed forces near the China-India border. But since India has its own interests to safeguard, it will not be […]
Displaced families who fled their flood-hit homes take refuge along a roadside in Jamshoro, southern Sindh province, Pakistan, Sept 16, 2022. (PERVEZ MASIH / AP) KARACHI, Pakistan – Children and women are becoming more vulnerable as tens of thousands of people suffer from infectious and water-borne diseases in flood-hit Pakistan, government data showed and UNICEF […]
Li Zhanshu, chairman of China's National People's Congress Standing Committee, meets with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Vladivostok, Russia, Sept 7, 2022. (PHOTO / XINHUA) Due to the ongoing Russia-Ukraine conflict and the rising energy prices in European countries, discussions on China-Russia relations at home and abroad have become increasingly fierce, with some questioning the […]
Pakistanis displaced by floods queue for food at a camp in Sehwan, Sindh Province, on Tuesday. (HUSNAIN ALI / AFP) ISLAMABAD－At least 54 people have been killed and six others injured in heavy monsoon rain-triggered flash floods in just 24 hours in Pakistan, the National Disaster Management Authority said, as the death toll from the […]
As the global Internet industry thrives, the online learning mode of “Internet + Education” becomes the new norm for education industries around the world. Committed to the corporate mission of “Empower All to Talk to the World”, English education platform 51Talk has officially gone international, embarking on a journey to reform English education. Founded in 2011 […]
This handout photo taken and received from Manolos Aviation on September 11, 2022, shows injured villagers arriving at a hospital in Lae after being evacuated by helicopter from Wauko Village following a 7.6-magnitude quake which struck off Papua New Guinea's coast. (EREBIRI ZURENUOC / MANOLOS AVIATION / AFP) SYDNEY – Seven people have been confirmed […]
In this July 2, 2009 photo, US Marines from the 2nd Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment of the 2nd Marine Expeditionary Brigade wait for helicopter transport as part of Operation Khanjar at Camp Dwyer in Helmand province in Afghanistan. (MANPREET ROMANA / AFP) Reflection on Afghan actions needed as 21st anniversary marked, experts say The United […]
TOKYO, Sep 12, 2022 – (JCN Newswire via SEAPRWire.com) – Eisai Co., Ltd. announced today results from a post hoc analysis of three randomized, pivotal, Phase 3 studies (EMBRACE trial/Study 305, Study 301 and Study304) evaluating the efficacy of eribulin mesylate (marketed as HALAVEN) versus other chemotherapies (Treatment of Physician’s Choice [TPC], capecitabine, and vinorelbine, […]
The warnings and threats the United States has issued to try and cajole and coerce countries not to trade with Russia have no legitimacy, as they represent only the will of Washington, if not just a small group of politicians who are trying to hijack the agenda of the country. Yet Western media outlets have […]