Nigel Farage’s suggestion that he will not return to frontline politics at the general election has been greeted with “huge relief” at GB News, where bosses fear losing the “channel’s biggest ratings draw”. The Reform UK party co-founder has played down the idea that he would run for a Parliamentary seat, a move which would … Read more
Filipino troops followed up by firing rockets aimed at wearing down the attackers, before the two forces finished the job with machine guns, Javelin missiles and more artillery rounds. Lieutenant General Michael Cederholm, commander of the US First Marine Expeditionary Force, said the exercise was “to prepare for the worst” by “securing key maritime terrain”. … Read more
LOS ANGELES: Police forcibly removed scores of defiant pro-Palestinian protesters at several colleges on Thursday, including taking down an encampment at UCLA in a jarring scene that underscored the heightened chaos that has erupted at universities this week. In the pre-dawn hours, helmeted police swarmed a tent city set up at the University of California … Read more
“We are confident that there will be no new major changes,” Romualdez said, as quoted by the Manila-based Daily Tribune newspaper. Is the Philippines becoming a US ‘proxy’ against Beijing in the South China Sea? Trump’s administration rejected China’s territorial claims in the South China Sea delineated by Beijing’s historical nine-dash line, which includes much … Read more
Seong-Hyon Lee, visiting scholar at the Harvard University Asia Centre, said South Korea’s reservations in getting involved in a Taiwan crisis stemmed from “uncertainty” as wars rage in Ukraine and the Middle East, and November’s US elections loom. “South Korea is sensing geopolitical uncertainty,” he said, noting that Seoul was “toning down the rhetoric” on … Read more
A senior US official emphasised the need to maintain the status quo when it came to US policy towards Taiwan on Tuesday, arguing the approach has “stood the test of time”. Testifying before the Senate Foreign Relations committee, Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs Daniel Kritenbrink said “it’s vitally important that … Read more
The plan was released by the National Development Reform Commission (NDRC) and the National Data Administration (NDA), and excerpts were made public on the NDA’s WeChat account on Monday. China’s new data agency plans fast track to powerful national computing network The NDA is supervised by the NDRC, China’s top economic planner, and was inaugurated … Read more
Sri Lanka’s relations with Iran go back to the fifth century, where both civilisations had sophisticated irrigation systems. Raisi is the first Iranian leader to visit Sri Lanka since former president Mahmoud Ahmedinejad’s trip in 2008. Right up to his arrival in Sri Lanka, there were doubts whether the Iranian president would visit the country. … Read more
Jerusalem: A US Navy ship and several Army vessels involved in an American-led effort to bring more aid into the besieged Gaza Strip are offshore of the enclave and building out a floating platform for the operation that the Pentagon has said will cost at least USD 320 million. Sabrina Singh, Pentagon spokeswoman, told reporters … Read more
In Venice, the pope’s first stop will be a women’s prison on the island of Giudecca, which houses the Vatican’s entry for this year’s Biennale festival of art. 01:46 Pope Francis washes the feet of 12 female inmates in break with Holy Week past Pope Francis washes the feet of 12 female inmates in break … Read more
