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By Jing Xuan Teng and Martin Abbugao SINGAPORE, June 2, 2024 (AFP) – Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky accused China on Sunday of working hard to stop countries from going to a peace summit, which Beijing has publicly criticised because Russia is not invited. Zelensky made the remarks at a security forum in Singapore as he sought to rally support for the conference and appealed for more military aid for Ukraine, which has been ceding ground […]
By Jing Xuan TENG SINGAPORE, June 2, 2024 (AFP) – Chinese Defence Minister Dong Jun warned Sunday his military is ready to “forcefully” stop Taiwan independence but called for greater exchanges with the United States. The remarks at an annual security forum in Singapore followed the first substantive face-to-face talks in 18 months between the two countries’ defence chiefs. “We have always been open to exchanges and cooperation, but this requires both sides to meet […]
Tokyo, Japan | AFP | Monday 4/10/2023 Japan’s new central bank chief said Monday no major rate hikes were on the horizon, and that a long-standing loose monetary policy remained “appropriate”. Kazuo Ueda took over this month from Haruhiko Kuroda, the bank’s longest-serving governor and architect of a monetary policy intended to help boost the world’s third-largest economy. Ueda, 71, takes the reins with the central bank under pressure to join international peers that have […]
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — The US Department of Homeland Security issued a new terrorism threat advisory on Friday ahead of the anniversary of the September 11 terror attacks and amid a resurgence of the coronavirus pandemic. The National Terrorism Advisory System Bulletin said the United States faces a “heightened threat environment” from both domestic terrorists “and those inspired or motivated by foreign terrorists and other malign foreign influences.” It cited increased use of “online […]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kuHfsoujiXc QUEZON CITY, Philippines (Eagle News) — The National Anti-Poverty Commission (NAPC) on Thursday called for reforms in the government’s anti-poverty policies, noting that the creation of decent and sufficient jobs and incomes should be the main strategy in poverty eradication. The NAPC made the call as it launched its book, “Reforming Philippine Anti-Poverty Policy,” in a forum held in Quezon City. “Many Filipinos are still trapped in poverty and inequality…we have subscribed to the same neoliberal framework that has been proven as a development […]
RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (AFP) — Saudi Arabia on Monday lifted a decades-long ban on cinemas, part of a series of social reforms by the powerful crown prince that are shaking up the ultra-conservative kingdom. “Commercial cinemas will be allowed to operate in the kingdom as of early 2018, for the first time in more than 35 years,” the culture and information ministry said in a statement, adding that the government will begin licensing cinemas immediately. […]
HAVANA, Cuba (AFP) — Cuba’s government on Friday criticized new restrictions on ties with the United States that were announced by Donald Trump, but reiterated its willingness to hold “respectful dialogue” with Washington. “The government of Cuba denounces the new measures toughening the embargo” imposed on the island nation since 1962, according to a statement read on state television. However, Havana “reiterates its willingness to continue the respectful dialogue and cooperation” that has taken […]
BEIJING, China (AFP) — Chinese media warned Donald Trump Monday that the one-China policy is “non-negotiable” and dropping it could lead to Beijing supporting US enemies, after the president-elect said he might do so unless Beijing made concessions. “The one-China policy cannot be traded,” an unsigned online commentary in the nationalistic Global Times said Monday, calling Trump “as ignorant of diplomacy as a child”. It warned that if the US openly supports Taiwan’s independence and […]
by Park Chan-Kyong PYONGYANG, North Korea (AFP) — North Korea has created a new, supreme governing commission with leader Kim Jong-Un as its chairman, underlining the 33-year-old’s absolute control over every aspect of state policy in the isolated, nuclear-armed nation. The country’s legislative body, the Supreme People’s Assembly (SPA), unanimously voted Kim as head of the State Affairs Commission on Wednesday, the North’s official KCNA news agency said. The new agency replaces the National Defence […]
