The US believes a suspected Chinese surveillance balloon that was shot down over its territory is part of a wider fleet that has spanned five continents. “The United States was not the only target of this broader programme,” Secretary of State Antony Blinken said. He added that the US had shared information gathered from the […]
BBC News: Turkey’s president Recep Tayyip Erdogan has defended his government’s response to two catastrophic earthquakes, saying it was impossible to prepare for the scale of the disaster. At least 15,000 people are confirmed dead in Turkey and northern Syria. Critics claimed the emergency services’ response was too slow and the government was poorly prepared. […]
BBC News: Ukraine’s leader has taken his request for fighter jets to France and Germany after meeting UK officials. President Volodymyr Zelensky met the two countries’ leaders in Paris on Wednesday evening, where they pledged ongoing support to Ukraine. France’s Emmanuel Macron and Germany’s Olaf Scholz restated their belief that Russia must not win the […]
Reuters: SEOUL, Feb 8 – South Korean lawmakers voted on Wednesday to impeach the interior minister over his responses to a deadly Halloween crush, setting the stage for him to become the first cabinet member ousted by the legislature. As many as 159 people were killed and 196 injured in the Oct. 29 incident, when […]
BBC News: More than 9,000 people have been killed and thousands injured by a huge earthquake which struck south-eastern Turkey, near the Syrian border, in the early hours of Monday morning. The earthquake, which hit near the town of Gaziantep, was closely followed by numerous aftershocks – including one quake which was almost as large […]
BBC News: US President Joe Biden called on Republicans to help “finish the job” of delivering for hardworking families, in his annual State of the Union address. The Democrat stressed the importance of bipartisanship to a divided Congress where the lower chamber now has a Republican majority. He also vowed to defend US sovereignty in […]
Reuters: ANTAKYA, Turkey, Feb 7 – The death toll of a devastating earthquake in southern Turkey and Syria jumped to more than 7,800 people on Tuesday as rescuers worked against time in harsh winter conditions to dig survivors out of the rubble of collapsed buildings. As the scale of the disaster became ever more apparent, […]
Reuters: SEOUL, Feb 8 – North Korean leader Kim Jong Un called for strengthening the country’s military, state media reported on Wednesday, as he paid tribute to soldiers and met with troops amid expectations for a major military parade showcasing the latest weapons. Kim attended a banquet with his wife and daughter on Tuesday to […]
BBC News: China has ditched zero-Covid but remnants of the policy are still everywhere – from sprawling temporary hospitals and empty testing booths, to posters of QR codes that ask for your travel history. Streets and malls are busy again after officials announced the end of the current wave, sparked by the sudden reversal of […]
BBC News: The US Navy has released photos of a suspected Chinese surveillance balloon that was shot out of the sky on Saturday. The US Fleet Forces Command posted several photos on its Facebook page showing large debris of the balloon being hauled into a boat. The post said the sailors retrieving the debris on […]