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Taiwan voters deliver rebuke to China
Published on 13/01/2024
» TAIPEI — Taiwanese voters swept Lai Ching-te, the presidential candidate of the ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP), into power on Saturday in an explicit rejection of China’s warnings not to vote for him in an election Beijing framed as a choice between war and peace.
Coming in hot in 2024
Guru, Nianne-Lynn Hendricks, Published on 03/01/2024
» To welcome 2024, here’s a round-up of what to look forward to outside the country we call home.
‘Hawkish’ China awaits Taiwan vote
Published on 03/01/2024
» BEIJING - The arms race across the Taiwan Strait and Chinese military pressure against the island Beijing claims as its “sacred” territory is unlikely to end no matter who wins Taiwan’s closely watched elections.
From community to union: Jacques Delors, champion of Europe
AFP, Published on 28/12/2023
» PARIS - For both fans and foes of the European project, Jacques Delors was Brussels' driving force during the EU's greatest period of integration, the creation of the single market and the euro.
US hits targets in Iraq after drone attack
Published on 26/12/2023
» BAGHDAD - The government of Iraq on Tuesday condemned overnight US air strikes on Iraqi military positions that it said killed one serviceman and wounded 18 other people, calling them a “clear hostile act”.
'Third way': Turkey's whirling dancers celebrate mystic Rumi
AFP, Published on 19/12/2023
» KONYA, Turkey - The skirts of whirling dervishes twirl in a symphony of disco colours celebrating mystic Sufi poet Rumi at a cultural centre in central Turkey's Konya.
Ruling on ‘unlawful’ Zulu king stuns South Africa
AFP, Published on 13/12/2023
» JOHANNESBURG - South Africa's president and Zulu monarch have been stunned by a court ruling that the state's recognition of King Misuzulu Zulu was "unlawful", in a move that risks reopening old succession wounds.
When tech meets art
Guru, Pornchai Sereemongkonpol, Published on 13/12/2023
» Kantapon "Gongkan" Metheekul joins the rank of Thai artists who have collaborated with Casetify, the global lifestyle brand known for phone cases and tech accessories, alongside the likes of Phannapast "Yoon" Taychamaythakool and Nakrob Moonmanas.
Asian century's geopolitics mapped
Oped, Published on 13/12/2023
» What is the relationship between maps and peace among nations? Maps depicting state territories, often attached to a peace treaty, were historically inked on paper. Two things call for attention here: first, a treaty by definition must have at least two parties and, consequently, a harmonious interpretation of treaty and its annexed maps is an exercise in treaty interpretation. International law, not power, must dictate map readings in international law.
US forces in South Korea on regional agile combat mission with joint drill in Singapore
South China Morning Post, Published on 10/12/2023
» The US will increase cooperation between its troops stationed in the Indo-Pacific and other militaries to deter armed conflict with China in the Taiwan Strait and South China Sea, analysts said.