BBC News: Ukrainian forces outnumbered Russians by eight to one in last week’s counter-attack in the Kharkiv region, Russia’s top occupation official there says. Vitaly Ganchev told Russian TV that Ukraine’s army had taken villages in the north and broken through to the Russian border. Ukraine says it has regained control over 3,000 sq km […]
ABC News: WELLINGTON, New Zealand — Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said Monday that her government will not be pursuing any moves toward changing New Zealand to a republic following the death of Queen Elizabeth II. Ardern said she thought New Zealand would eventually become a republic, and it would probably happen within her lifetime, but […]
Reuters: Sept 12 – An Australian city councilman who met Britain’s Queen Elizabeth on her final trip to his country in 2011 remembered a warm and engaging monarch who showed a genuine interest in his life. “She chatted to us, and I’m sure she had conversations like that a thousand times a day but, when […]
Reuters: KYIV/KHARKIV, Ukraine, Sept 12 – Ukraine accused the Russian military of attacking civilian infrastructure in response to a rapid weekend offensive by Ukrainian troops that forced Russia to abandon its main bastion in the Kharkiv region. Ukrainian officials said targets of the retaliatory attacks included water facilities and a thermal power station in Kharkiv, […]
BBC News: Japanese officials may further relax border controls for foreign travellers as a way to boost its economy, local reports say. Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary Seiji Kihara told local TV a weak yen was “most effective in attracting inbound tourism”. The yen slid to its lowest point against the US dollar in 24 years […]
ZEE News: India is keen to strengthen its partnership with Russia on Arctic subjects and there is immense scope for cooperation in the field of energy as well, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Wednesday. In an online plenary session address at the Eastern Economic Forum, being organised in the Russian city of Vladivostok and […]
ALJAZEERA: The search for dozens of missing people has been hit by rain, flash floods and mudslides days after a strong earthquake rocked mountainous southwest China and killed at least 82. The national weather service issued a yellow alert until Thursday night warning of a “risk of geological disaster” and forecast moderate rain to continue […]
ALJAZEERA: South Korea has proposed talks with North Korea to discuss how to help the thousands of families who were separated by the 1950-53 Korean War, in its latest direct overture to Pyongyang since President Yoon Suk-yeol took office in May. Unification Minister Kwon Young-se extended the invitation to dialogue on the eve of Chuseok, […]
Reuters: TAIPEI, Sept 8 – Taiwan is confident it can sign a “high standard” trade deal with the United States under a new framework, President Tsai Ing-wen told a visiting group of U.S. lawmakers on Thursday. Washington and Taipei unveiled the U.S.-Taiwan Initiative on 21st Century Trade in June, days after the Biden administration excluded […]
ABC News: TOKYO — Japan and India are holding security talks Thursday between their foreign and defense ministers in Tokyo, seeking to further strengthen their military ties amid growing tension from China and Russia in the region. Japanese Defense Minister Yasukazu Hamada met with Indian counterpart Rajnat Singh before they join foreign ministers Yoshimasa Hayashi […]
