Saif al-Adel is seen in this undated handout image. Al-Adel, a former Egyptian special forces officer and a high-ranking member of al-Qaeda with a $10 million US bounty on his head, is now the "uncontested" leader of the militant group, according to a new UN report on the organization. (PHOTO / REUTERS) DUBAI – Seif al-Adel, a […]
A Turkish paramedic (right) looks at a rescue operation in Antakya, southeastern Turkey, Feb 15, 2023. (PHOTO / AP) KAHRAMANMARAS, Türkiye/JANDARIS, Syria – Two women were pulled from the rubble in Türkiye's southern city of Kahramanmaras and a mother and two children were rescued from the city of Antakya on Wednesday, as rescue efforts shifted […]
In this photograph taken on Nov 4, 2022, commuters alight from a suburban train at the Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus railway station in Mumbai. (PHOTO / AFP) NEW DELHI – In two months, India is projected to become the world's most populous country with over 1.4 billion people. But for at least a year, and […]
A man, identified as Philip Mehrtens, the New Zealand pilot who is said to be held hostage by a pro-independence group, stands among the separatist fighters in Indonesia's Papua region, in this undated picture released on Feb 14, 2023. (PHOTO / REUTERS) JAKARTA – Separatists in Indonesia's restive Papua region have released images that they […]
The mainstream US media outlets have maintained a studied silence on the claim by Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative journalist Seymour Hersh that the United States sabotaged the Nord Stream natural gas pipelines in the Baltic Sea in September with the assistance of Norway. Were it not for the Russian State Duma proposing on Tuesday that Russia […]
Burned train cars lie at the derailment site in East Palestine, Ohio, the United States, on Monday. The train derailed on Feb 3, releasing toxic fumes and forcing the evacuation of residents. (PHOTO PROVIDED TO CHINA DAILY) How will the derailment of a train carrying hazardous chemicals affect the local environment and the lives of […]
With the Ukraine conflict set to enter a second year, there is still no sign that the hostilities that erupted in Europe on Feb 24, 2022, will cease. On the contrary, the pledge by NATO defense ministers to provide more and continuous military assistance to Ukraine in their meeting this week only guarantees that the […]
HONG KONG, Feb 14, 2023 – (ACN Newswire via SEAPRWire.com) – Earlier this month, Apple Inc. (AAPL) released earnings for first quarter that decreased from the same period last year and missed Wall Street expectations driven by a combination of a stronger US dollar, global economic malaise, and more strife at its China factories. The […]
Gindie, Queensland, Australia, Feb 15, 2023 – (ACN Newswire via SEAPRWire.com) – SwarmFarm Robotics today announced it has raised AU$12 million Series A (US$8.3 million) to develop and grow the Integrated Autonomy category in agriculture through the versatile SwarmBot platform and a breakthrough operating system network, SwarmConnect, that enables developers to create an array of […]
Chaguan (Teahouse) is the title of a lively weekly column on China, written by David Rennie, which appears in The Economist. Rennie is the Beijing bureau chief for this leading British weekly. A recent column reviewed a new 24-part Chinese television drama titled, Rennie explained, County Party Committee Courtyard, which he categorizes as a form […]
There are many who speak of the inevitability of the Thucydides trap when analyzing geopolitical trends. Recalling the historian of ancient Greece, they claim that the competition between the United States and China has similarities to that between Sparta and Athens in the Peloponnesian wars: China is like Athens, the rising power in the Hellenic […]
(LI MIN / CHINA DAILY) Indeed, according to established international law, no country should fly balloon or any other flying object in the territorial airspace of another country without the latter's consent. To put it in another way, if a country (country A) flies a balloon or some other flying object in the territorial airspace […]
The hyping up of the meteorological research balloon that inadvertently entered United States' airspace as a security threat shows no signs of abating. Vocal anti-China hawk NATO General Secretary Jens Stoltenberg has thrown his hat into the ring. With his trademark hyperbole, he claimed that China was carrying out a surveillance flight program that represents […]
The United States is living its dream. Well a Hollywood one, at least. Defending itself from an invasion by UFOs. A US fighter jet shot down an "unidentified object" over Lake Huron on Sunday in the fourth such downing in little more than a week. The unprecedented air defense activity in peacetime was triggered in […]
Reportedly, the Joe Biden administration is to roll out a policy that has been in the works for months aimed at curbing US enterprises and individuals' investment in high-tech fields in China. Set to be introduced within two months, the policy, which covers semiconductors, high-capacity batteries, pharmaceuticals, rare earths, biotechnology, artificial intelligence, quantum computing, hypersonic […]
HONG KONG, Feb 14, 2023 – (ACN Newswire via SEAPRWire.com) – Earlier this month, Apple Inc. (AAPL) released earnings for first quarter that decreased from the same period last year and missed Wall Street expectations driven by a combination of a stronger US dollar, global economic malaise, and more strife at its China factories. The […]
TOKYO, Feb 14, 2023 – (JCN Newswire via SEAPRWire.com) – NEC Corporation (TSE: 6701) and ADVA will jointly deploy time synchronization solutions for Telkom Indonesia, the largest fixed network operator in Indonesia, to help the operator prepare its transport network to deliver time-sensitive 5G services across the country. New service monetization, such as the provision […]
A business visitor interacts with an official at the Adani Gas stall during an exhibition held as part of the ongoing 'India Energy Week 2023' under India’s G20 Presidency, in Bengaluru on Feb 7, 2023. Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's party has "nothing to hide or be afraid of" on the controversy over Adani group, […]
Syrians gather at a shelter in Antakya, southeastern Türkiye, Feb 10, 2023. (PHOTO / AP) ANKARA — Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said on Monday that Türkiye will not accept more refugees from Syria after the earthquakes, denying claims that Syrians were flooding into the country following the deadly quakes. "Claims that there is a […]
In this file photo released on Aug 11, 2022, by the Iranian Foreign Ministry, Foreign Ministry spokesperson Nasser Kanaani speaks in Tehran, Iran. Kanaani said on Feb 13, 2023 that Iran will take "decisive and serious" actions against security threats and those that pose them, official news agency IRNA reported. (PHOTO / AP) TEHRAN – […]
Seoul, Korea, February 14, 2023 – (SEAPRWire) – KSTARDREAM, a platform that allows you to check K-POP-related news the fastest and most accurately, was launched in February. KSTARDREAM is a multi-platform that allows you to quickly check K-POP-related news and use community activities, shopping, and live commerce with one ID. In addition, various K-pop singers’ goods can be […]
Chinese tourists arrive at the Ngurah Rai International Airport in Bali, Indonesia, Jan 22, 2023. (PHOTO / VCG) In traditional Chinese culture, the rabbit is regarded as the luckiest of the Chinese zodiac signs. It represents peace, longevity, prosperity, which all reasonable and sensible people look forward to. Chinese folklore considers the rabbit, the fourth […]
"We are providing humanitarian assistance to help Syrian earthquake victims. We are their leading humanitarian donor since the start of the war — the US has provided more than $15 billion to the Syrian people in Syria and the region. These funds go to the Syrian people, not the regime." This is what US Secretary […]
The meeting between Wang Huning, a member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, and visiting Hsia Li-yan, vice-chairman of the Chinese Kuomintang party, in Beijing on Friday has undoubtedly provided the two sides with a valuable opportunity to promote exchanges and cooperation. That Hsia also […]
On Friday, the US Department of Commerce announced it was adding five Chinese companies and one research institute to its export blacklist. The US Commerce Department justified the move by claiming that the six entities support "China's military modernization efforts, specifically the People's Liberation Army's aerospace programs including airships and balloons". Although US President Joe […]
President of the State of Israel Isaac Herzog delivers a speech following a meeting with Nato Secretary general at the NATO Headquarters in Brussels on Jan 26, 2023. (PHOTO / AFP) JERUSALEM — Israel's president floated a compromise plan on Sunday to spare the country what he described as a "constitutional collapse" and possible violence, […]
You know the old cliche that it’s not news when dog bites man, but it is when man bites dog. That’s why this made headlines around the world: “Dog shoots owner dead”. In late January, a man in the US state of Kansas was killed after his American pit bull terrier accidentally stepped on the […]
January marked a turning point for Hong Kong and the Chinese mainland after three years of anti-pandemic measures. Though World Health Organization Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus decided COVID-19 still represents a public health emergency of international concern, the United Nations’ highest level of alert, he said he believed the pandemic to be at an inflection […]
As China grows and prospers many in the US want us to believe that China will follow the same path that the US itself pursued- global military aggression, the overthrow of numerous governments around the world and persecution of minorities at home. But the record so far suggests that China is different. As former US […]
Visitors gather in front of the Marina Bay Sands hotel and resorts building in Singapore on July 27, 2022. (PHOTO / AFP) Singapore’s lifting of all border restrictions over the pandemic is expected to speed up the city-state’s economic rebound, reinstating its status as one of the global hubs for travel and business, experts said. […]