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Japan PM Takaichi defends Taiwan views after China envoy’s violent threat
Bloomberg, Published on 10/11/2025
» Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi on Monday defended her description of a conflict over Taiwan as potentially amounting to an existential risk for Japan after a Chinese diplomat accused her of meddling in Beijing’s internal affairs.
Trump 'Golden Dome' plan tricky and expensive: experts
AFP, Published on 20/06/2025
» LE BOURGET (FRANCE) - President Donald Trump's proposed "Golden Dome" defence system is a plan that will face mammoth technical and financial hurdles, and could increase global insecurity, experts say.
Hopes rise on second day of US-China talks
AFP, Published on 10/06/2025
» LONDON - The United States and China began a second day of trade talks on Tuesday, seeking to shore up a shaky tariff truce in a bitter row deepened by export curbs.
Trump freezes VOA, Radio Free Asia, Radio Free Europe
AFP, Published on 16/03/2025
» WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump's administration on Saturday put journalists at Voice of America and other US-funded broadcasters on leave, abruptly freezing outlets long seen as critical to countering a Russian and Chinese information offensive.
Stock markets plunge on US recession fears
AFP, Published on 11/03/2025
» NEW YORK - Global markets slumped Monday, with Wall Street logging sharp losses over fears that US President Donald Trump's trade policies could tip the world's biggest economy into a recession.
No home, no insurance: The double hit from Los Angeles fires
AFP, Published on 22/01/2025
» MALIBU — As he looks at the ruins of his home razed when deadly fires tore through the Los Angeles area, Sebastian Harrison knows it will never be the same again, because he was not insured.
There could be up to '600 lost lives' in aftermath of storm Helene
New York Times and Reuters, Published on 01/10/2024
» GERTON — National Guard units swarmed over the North Carolina mountains in helicopters, high-water vehicles and a cargo plane Monday, joining the desperate effort to deliver food, water and emergency supplies to remote mountain communities hit hard by Hurricane Helene.
Hong Kong man jailed for ‘seditious’ T-shirt
Reuters, Published on 19/09/2024
» HONG KONG - A Hong Kong judge on Thursday jailed two men in the city’s first sedition cases under a new national security law — one for wearing a T-shirt with a protest slogan and another for writing similar messages on bus seats
Kamala Harris hits the campaign trail
Reuters, Published on 23/07/2024
» WASHINGTON - US Vice President Kamala Harris was preparing to campaign in the critical battleground state of Wisconsin for the first time as a presidential candidate on Tuesday after securing enough Democratic Party delegate support to clear a path to the nomination.
Biden ends failing reelection campaign, backs Harris as nominee
Reuters, Published on 22/07/2024
» REHOBOTH BEACH, Delaware: US President Joe Biden abandoned his floundering reelection bid on Sunday under growing pressure from his fellow Democrats and endorsed Vice President Kamala Harris to replace him as the party's candidate to face Republican Donald Trump in the November election.