Reuters: TOKYO/SEOUL, March 16 – The leaders of Japan and South Korea promised to turn the page on years of animosity at a meeting on Thursday, putting aside their difficult, shared history and saying they needed to work more closely to counter the region’s security challenges. The comments from South Korea’s Yoon Suk Yeol and […]
BBC News: Global cocaine production has reached record levels as demand rebounds following Covid lockdowns, a new report has found. The UN Office on Drugs and Crime said coca cultivation rose by 35% between 2021 and 2022 to record levels. Findings suggest new hubs for trafficking have emerged in West and Central Africa. The report […]
Reuters: MOSCOW, March 16 – Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad said on Thursday that he would welcome any Russian proposals to set up new military bases and boost troop numbers in the Middle Eastern country, suggesting Russia’s military presence there should become permanent. When Russia intervened in the Syrian Civil War in 2015, it helped tip […]
Reuters: TAIPEI, March 16 – Taiwan warned Honduras on Thursday not to be tempted by the “poison” of aid from China no matter how indebted it was and ruled out getting involved in a bidding war for diplomatic allies with its mainland rival. Honduran President Xiomara Castro said on Tuesday she had asked her foreign […]
ABC News: BEIJING — China’s dispute with Japan over tiny Japanese-controlled islands in the East China Sea is heating up again, with both sides accusing the other of infringing on their maritime territory. China says the islands belong to it and refuses to recognize Japan’s claim to the uninhabited chain known as the Senkakus in […]
BBC News: Thousands were without power in the US on Wednesday as powerful storms brought rain, snow, flooding and high winds to both coasts of the US. California saw overflowing rivers and mudslides and is bracing for more, while New York and New England dig out from under up to three feet of snow. By […]
BBC News: North Korea has fired an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) just hours before the leaders of South Korea and Japan are due to meet for a landmark summit. Both Japanese and South Korean officials confirmed the long-range missile’s launch on Thursday morning. It flew about 1,000km (620 miles) landing in waters west of Japan. […]
BBC News: As the 1973 Bollywood hit film Abhimaan, with superstar Amitabh Bachchan and his wife Jaya in the lead, turns 50 this year, the BBC examines the enduring charm and impact of this movie. Amitabh Bachchan is best-known for his role as the angry young man of Bollywood who starred in such iconic films […]
BBC News: A group of foreign citizens have been arrested on suspicion of spying for Russia, two Polish government officials have told the BBC. Radio station RMF FM reported that Polish security services had broken up a spy network working for Russia. Six people were detained on suspicion of having installed secret cameras to film […]
Reuters: SEOUL, March 15 – North Korea’s latest missile launches were a military drill designed to train crews to carry out their mission at any time and “annihilate the enemy” if necessary, the country’s state media KCNA said on Wednesday. North Korea fired the two short-range ballistic missiles into the sea off its east coast […]