The world is full of obvious things that many choose not to observe. Such as the fact that, despite all its cries of alarm about this or that country being a threat to peace and stability, it is the United States that is the most gung ho and habitual destroyer of both. This has been […]
Afghan female students walk near Kabul University in Kabul, Afghanistan, Dec 21, 2022. (ALI KHARA / REUTERS) KABUL- The United Nations' aid chief visited Kabul on Monday and raised concerns over women's education and work with the Taliban administration's acting minister of foreign affairs, an Afghan ministry statement said. The Taliban-run administration last month ordered […]
With the refining of the COVID-19 pandemic prevention and control measures, the Chinese economy is set for a robust rebound in growth, and China took the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, as an opportunity to consolidate the world's confidence that the rebound will be sustained and to welcome foreign investment. For that purpose, in […]
With the United States' federal debt expected to hit the existing ceiling on Thursday, the US Treasury Department has announced that it will have to take unusual means to sustain the operation of the government if the ceiling is not raised. US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen urged lawmakers to act quickly to raise the debt […]
When theft cases are solved by the police, the recovered loot is invariably returned to the owners. That the owner has full discretion to dispose of the recovered property in a manner of their choosing is a matter of course. Yet, British politicians have, in effect, taken issue with this universally accepted rule. Whenever they […]
Israeli Prime Minister-designate Benjamin Netanyahu (center) attends a session to elect the new speaker of the Knesset (Israeli parliament) at its Plenum Hall in Jerusalem on Dec 13, 2022. (GIL COHEN-MAGEN / AFP) JERUSALEM – Senior Israeli military officials and veterans have voiced concerns over possible control over key posts by the ultra-nationalist partners in […]
Israeli prime minister-designate Benjamin Netanyahu (center) attends a session to elect the new speaker of the Knesset (Israeli parliament) at its Plenum Hall in Jerusalem on Dec 13, 2022. (GIL COHEN-MAGEN / AFP) JERUSALEM – Israel's longest-serving prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, said on Wednesday he had secured a deal to form a new government after […]
The United States is fond of portraying itself as a champion of human rights and pointing an accusing finger at what it alleges are human rights abuses in countries that are in its bad books. Thus it will have surprised few, if any, that US Ambassador to China Nicholas Burns issued a statement on Saturday, […]
Dubai, UAE, December 12, 2022 – (SEAPRWire) – BestChange (https://www.bestchange.com/) is proud to celebrate 15 years of operating a vetted exchange directory. This legacy provides increased customer security and safety; especially over the holidays when crypto scams are expected to increase. BestChange selects each exchanger for its reliability and range – providing hundreds of cryptocurrencies like bitcoin (BTC) via e-payment […]
A smartphone with a Google app icon is seen in front of the displayed Australian flag in this illustration, Jan 22, 2021. (DADO RUVIC / REUTERS) Australia's competition regulator said on Friday its lawsuit against Alphabet Inc's Google that alleged consumers were misled about expanded use of personal data for targeted advertising had been dismissed […]
Banknotes of Japanese yen are seen in this illustration picture taken Sept 23, 2022. (FLORENCE LO / ILLUSTRATION / REUTERS) TOKYO- Japan is set to earmark 40 trillion to 45 trillion yen ($295 billion-$333 billion) for defense spending over five years starting in the next fiscal year, which begins in April, three sources with knowledge […]
A commuter waits in the rain in Sydney, Australia, Oct 6, 2022. (MARK BAKER / AP) SYDNEY – Flood-weary residents in Australia's southeast were urged to remain on high alert for major flooding through the weekend, authorities said on Friday, as swollen rivers continued to roll downstream despite an ease in severe weather conditions. Relentless […]
South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol walks at the scene where many people died and were injured in a stampede during a Halloween festival in Seoul, South Korea, Oct 30, 2022. (HEO RAN / REUTERS) SEOUL – South Korea moved to calm public outrage on Tuesday over a Halloween party crush that killed more than 150 […]
On Oct 16, General Secretary Xi Jinping pointed out in his report to the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China that “one country, two systems” (OCTS) is a pioneering project emanating from “socialism with Chinese characteristics” as well as its integral component. It is the best institutional arrangement for maintaining the long-term […]
Shenzhou XIV astronauts Chen Dong (center), Liu Yang (right) and Cai Xuzhe salute from the Wentian lab module on July 25. The Shenzhou XIV astronauts opened the hatch of Wentian, the first lab module of China’s space station, on July 25 at 10:03 am (Beijing time) and entered the module, according to the China Manned […]
The 19th National Congress of the Communist Party of China set two centenary goals: build a moderately prosperous society in all respects by 2021, or the centenary of the CPC; and build a modern socialist country that is prosperous, strong, democratic, culturally advanced and harmonious by 2049, or the centenary of the People’s Republic of […]
A woman covers herself with a plastic sheet and crosses a street in the rain in Hyderabad, India, Oct 1, 2022. (MAHESH KUMAR A. / AP) NEW DELHI – Incessant rain lashed parts of northern India on Monday, forcing schools to close in several cities as an unusually late rainy season prolonged havoc across the […]
A TV screen showing a news program reporting about the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea’s missile launch with file footage is seen at the Seoul Railway Station in Seoul, the Republic of Korea, on Oct 4, 2022. (LEE JIN-MAN / AP) SEOUL/TOKYO – The Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) fired a ballistic missile over […]
Residents jog along the Sydney Harbor on Sept 13, 2021. (SAEED KHAN / AFP) SYDNEY – Australia's government said on Tuesday it will introduce legislation to create a National Anti-Corruption Commission, after years of debate over the need for an independent watchdog for politicians. Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and Attorney General Mark Dreyfus said in […]
The pandemic is by no means over. "We are still in the tunnel. We are just beginning to glimpse the light at the end of that tunnel," Director-General of the World Health Organization Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus told reporters on Thursday, on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly. The end "is still a long […]
A man holds on to his umbrella while walking in Baseco, Manila as Typhoon Noru approaches the Philippines on Sept 25, 2022. (JAM STA ROSA / AFP) MANILA – A typhoon gained strength as it approached the Philippines on Sunday, forcing thousands of people from their homes in coastal communities on the main island of Luzon […]
In an interview on Sunday, US President Joe Biden announced "the pandemic is over". A conclusion that surprised even his own senior health officials. "We are not where we need to be if we are going to quote 'live with the virus'," Anthony Fauci, Biden's chief medical adviser, said on Monday. But although Biden admitted, […]
State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi meets with former US secretary of state Henry Kissinger in New York, Sept 19, 2022. (PHOTO / XINHUA) In his meeting with former US secretary of state Henry Kissinger in New York on Monday, State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi, who apparently agrees with Kissinger's previous remarks […]
In its report released on Wednesday, the Lancet Covid-19 Commission, drawing on more than two years of work from over 170 global experts, painted a lamentable picture of how many members of the world community failed to timely and effectively respond to the pandemic, resulting in "millions of preventable deaths". "This staggering death toll is […]
In this image taken from a YouTube footage released by Armenian Defense Ministry on Sept 13, 2022, shows Azerbaijanian servicemen crossing the Armenian-Azerbaijani border and approaching the Armenian positions. (ARMENIAN DEFENSE MINISTRY VIA AP) UNITED NATIONS – UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Tuesday voiced deep concern about reports of renewed fighting along the Armenian-Azerbaijani border, […]
Toyota City, Japan, Sep 12, 2022 – (JCN Newswire via SEAPRWire.com) – TOYOTA GAZOO Racing achieved a perfect one-two victory in the 6 Hours of Fuji to celebrate the return of the FIA World Endurance Championship (WEC) to Japan in impressive style. Fuji Speedway hosted WEC for the first time since 2019 and TOYOTA GAZOO […]
Since the restoration of diplomatic relations between the People’s Republic of China and the United States, there have been three strands of thought in the US about the appropriate relationship between the US and Taiwan. The mainstream view considers Taiwan neither a strategic asset nor a strategic liability, and deems “strategic ambiguity” as the right […]
AMMAN – Jordan's Foreign Minister Ayman Safadi and his visiting Norwegian counterpart Anniken Huitfeldt on Monday vowed to expand bilateral cooperation in various fields. At a meeting in the Jordanian capital city, the two ministers also discussed ways to advance economic, trade, tourism, environmental protection, and food security-related partnerships, in addition to defense cooperation and […]
Nobody knows why the United Kingdom's embassy to Argentina has decided to organize a short-video contest for college students from South America on Argentina's Malvinas Islands, which the UK has illegally occupied since 1833 and calls the Falkland Islands. The participants in the contest have to make a one-minute video in English, answering the question: […]
President Yoon Suk-yeol of the Republic of Korea speaks at a news conference to mark his first 100 days in office at the presidential office in Seoul, South Korea, Aug 17, 2022. (CHUNG SUNG-JUN / POOL PHOTO VIA AP) SEOUL – A minister of the Republic of Korea expressed regret on Friday over the Democratic […]