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by Giles Hewitt SEOUL, South Korea (AFP) — South Korea and the United States kicked off their largest-ever joint military drills on Monday, prompting fresh warnings from North Korea of “indiscriminate” nuclear strikes against Seoul and the US mainland. The annual exercises always raise tensions on the divided Korean peninsula and the situation is particularly volatile this year, given the North’s recent nuclear test and long-range rocket launch and its fury over the tough UN […]
Singapore (AFP)—Oil prices recovered in Asia on Monday after a steep fall in the previous session, with US crude back above $30 a barrel as traders mulled the impact of a potential freeze by key producers. Oil spiked sharply last week after major exporters held talks on a potential agreement to reduce a global supply glut that has dragged prices to their lowest levels in nearly 13 years this month. Saudi Arabia and Russia, […]
The United States has seen increased activity around a North Korean missile site, suggesting preparations for a possible space launch in the near future, U.S. officials told Reuters on Thursday (January 28). The finding was revealed as Washington shows growing concern that Pyongyang could use space technology to enhance its missile capability and while United Nations Security Council members discuss fresh sanctions against North Korea after it conducted its fourth nuclear test on Jan. 6. […]
A massive winter storm was barreling toward Washington D.C. on Friday, (January 22) with the system poised to drop near-record snowfall on the U.S. capital before walloping New York and other East Coast cities with blizzard conditions. The National Weather Service described the storm as “potentially crippling” for a swath of the Northeast, with snowfall exceeding two feet (61 cm) in the Baltimore and Washington D.C. metro areas. In the suburbs of the nation’s capital, […]
Washington, D.C. and another five U.S. states along the U.S. East Coast on Thursday declared state of emergency as the region was bracing itself for a historic snowstorm over the weekend. As authorities in Washington, D.C., and the states of Tennessee, North Carolina, Virginia, Maryland, Pennsylvania declared the state of emergency on Thursday, blizzard watches were also issued by the National Weather Service along the storm’s path, stretching from Arkansas through Tennessee and Kentucky to […]
Australian foreign minister Julie Bishop said the U.S. and Australia aren’t taking a position on the competing territorial claims in the South China Sea, but are simply focused on stability in the region. “What we are concerned about is maintaining the relative peace and stability in the South China Sea. And from Australia’s perspective we have a direct national interest in peace and stability in the South China Sea because about two thirds of our […]
The U.S. state of Georgia executed its only woman on death row on Wednesday (September 30), marking the first time in 70 years the state has carried out a death sentence on a woman, a prison official said. Kelly Gissendaner, 47, died by lethal injection at 12:21 a.m. EDT at Georgia Diagnostic and Classification Prison in Jackson, a prison spokeswoman said. “She was praying, and when she was not singing she was praying, and became […]
By Andrew Chubb, UWA (Courtesy East Asia Forum) — The US defence establishment’s provocative plan to assert freedom of navigation by patrolling near China’s artificial islands in the South China Sea appears to have stalled. But if the United States abandons the policy it will forego an important opportunity to help stabilise Asia’s contested waters. In May, Secretary of Defense Ashton Carter reportedly asked the US military to develop plans to send planes and ships within 12 nautical miles (nm) of China’s new […]
The price of U.S. crude rising about three percent after U.S. drillers cut the number of rigs in operation for the third straight week. That reduction was a response to crude halving in value over the last year as global production soared and demand slowed. Oil has risen more than 20 percent since its recent low in August, but the price still remains low. Leo Kelly, CEO of Kelly Wealth Management at Hightower, says it’s […]
SEPTEMBER 7 (Reuters) — Asian shares got off on the back foot on Wednesday (September 2) after weak manufacturing activity reports from both the U.S. and China sent Wall Street reeling, while the dollar steadied after steep losses. The Nikkei rose 0.6 percent to 18,275.60 in mid-morning trade after falling to a low of 17,857.30 soon after the market opened. The benchmark index tumbled 3.8 percent on Tuesday (September 1) after surveys showed China’s factory […]
UNITED States of America, August 12 (Eagle News) — The price of United States oil crashed in the world market at $43.08 per barrel, the lowest price of oil since March 2009. Said price crash was brought about by the devaluation of the Chinese yuan due to slow economic growth of China. (Eagle News Service Jay Paul Carlos, Jericho Morales, MRFaith Bonalos) https://youtu.be/hY1GYR9g5Wc
(Reuters) — U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry met with Chinese President Xi Jinping in Beijing on Sunday (May 17). Kerry is on a two-day visit to China officially to advance U.S. priorities ahead of the Strategic and Economic dialogue in Washington later in the year and President Xi’s visit to Washington in September. On Saturday (May 16), Kerry met with senior Chinese officials including Premier Li Keqiang and his counterpart Foreign Minister Wang Yi. […]
