BBC News: Taiwan says it has found the remnants of what appears to be a crashed Chinese weather balloon. Taiwan’s military said it had spotted an unidentified object drifting above Dongyin – a Taiwanese-controlled island off China’s coast – at 11:00 local time (03:00 GMT) on Thursday. It later found a crash site on a […]
Reuters: TAIPEI, Feb 17 – Taiwan Defence Minister Chiu Kuo-cheng said on Friday he was “not very certain” about a reported upcoming visit of a senior Pentagon official, a rare trip that would most likely further inflame China-U.S. relations. The Financial Times, citing sources, said the Pentagon’s top China official, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense […]
BBC News: President Joe Biden has said he makes no apologies for shooting down an alleged Chinese spy balloon off the coast of the US. He said the balloon was used for surveillance, but three other objects shot down over North America were unlikely to be foreign spy crafts. The US would now improve its […]
ABC News: UNITED NATIONS — The European Union on Wednesday circulated the resolution to be voted on by the U.N. General Assembly on the eve of next week’s first anniversary of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, calling for a cessation of hostilities and a peace that ensures Ukraine’s “sovereignty, independence, unity and territorial integrity.” There are […]
BBC News: Crowds of retirees in China have again taken to the streets to protest against cuts to their medical benefits. They gathered on Wednesday for a second time in Wuhan, where Covid was first detected, and also in the north-eastern city of Dalian. The second round of protests in seven days puts pressure on […]
ABC News: UNITED NATIONS — The U.N. Security Council voted unanimously Wednesday to extend the arms embargo on Yemen’s Houthi rebels and an asset freeze and travel ban on Houthi leaders and top officials until Nov. 15. The British-drafted resolution also extends the mandate of the U.N. panel of experts monitoring the sanctions until Dec. […]
Reuters: TAIPEI, Feb 16 – Paraguay and Taiwan are united by destiny, Paraguayan President Mario Abdo said on Thursday during a visit to the island ahead of an election in April that could see the Latin American country ditch Taipei for Beijing. Paraguay is one of only 14 countries to have formal diplomatic relations with […]
Reuters: KYIV, Feb 16 – Russia said it had broken through two fortified defence lines in Ukraine’s east, while Western allies pledged to ramp up military aid to better arm Kyiv as it prepares for a counter-offensive. Bolstered by tens of thousands of reservists drafted in December, Russia has intensified attacks across southern and eastern […]