South Korea: Yoon warns of unprecedented joint response to North Korea nuclear test
Nov 30, 2022 07:55 am UTC| Politics
South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol warned that there would be an unprecedented response should North Korea move ahead with its nuclear test. Yoon also called on China to dissuade North Korea from making such a...
Canada's Indo-Pacific strategy: The same old starry-eyed thinking about Asian trade
Nov 30, 2022 07:27 am UTC| Politics
Canadas new Indo-Pacific strategy, announced with much fanfare by Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly, marks a welcome return of common sense in place of the illusions that have dominated Canadas approach to Asia...
UK foreign affairs committee visits Taiwan
Nov 30, 2022 07:26 am UTC| Politics
A British parliamentary committee is set to visit Taiwan this week in an effort to look into a shift in the countrys foreign policy surrounding the Indo-Pacific region. The panel will be meeting with Taiwanese President...
Networks and money: the inside story of how the teals won Australia's six richest electorates
Nov 30, 2022 07:24 am UTC| Politics
For many voters despairing about the gridlock and lack of integrity in Australian politics in recent years, the success of the teal independents in the May 2022 federal election was an exhilarating moment. They won six...
South China Sea: China says it drove out US ship into waters near Spratly islands
Nov 30, 2022 07:11 am UTC| Politics
The Chinese military claimed that it drove out a US ship that made an incursion into waters near the Spratly Islands in the contested South China Sea. The move comes as Beijing is taking more assertive actions in the...
Nordic, Baltic foreign ministers visit Kyiv, call for improvement of Ukrainian air defenses
Nov 30, 2022 06:11 am UTC| Politics
The foreign ministers of several Nordic and Baltic countries in the continent visited Ukraine this week. The visit to Kyiv comes ahead of a NATO summit, with the ministers all calling for an improvement in Ukraines air...
Russia-Ukraine war: Kyiv mayor clashes with Zelenskyy over power crisis
Nov 29, 2022 23:02 pm UTC| Politics
The mayor of Ukraines capital Kyiv defended himself against the criticisms by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy over the power crisis. Mayor Vitali Klitschko said hundreds of warming centers were fully in operation,...
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