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Australia joins military drills with France, Japan & US as tensions with China intensify

Posted on May 13, 2021By Editor

US, French and Japanese soldiers have begun their first-ever joint military exercise in the southwest of Japan, with Australia also joining the week-long drill as tensions between China and other countries in the region intensify. … Read More >Australia joins military drills with France, Japan & US as tensions with China intensify

Shows

Debate: Son of Israeli founder blasts what Israel has become (Full show)

Posted on May 12, 2021May 12, 2021By Editor

A gunman killed numerous people in a surprise school shooting in Russia before being apprehended on Tuesday. Rick Sanchez breaks the news. Cross-border violence between Gaza and Israel has become its most fatal since 2019, and includes rocket attacks launched upon Israeli civilians. … Read More >Debate: Son of Israeli founder blasts what Israel has become (Full show)

Asia & Pacific

‘Don’t learn from ostriches’: Beijing tells Tokyo not to bury its head in the sand over Fukushima wastewater row

Posted on May 9, 2021May 9, 2021By Editor

The Chinese Foreign Ministry has hit out at Tokyo once again as Japan refuses to respond to international criticism over its plans to dump supposedly treated nuclear wastewater from the Fukushima plant into the sea. … Read More >‘Don’t learn from ostriches’: Beijing tells Tokyo not to bury its head in the sand over Fukushima wastewater row

Business

Weaker dollar & coronavirus surge boost gold’s safe-haven appeal

Posted on April 29, 2021April 29, 2021By Editor

Gold prices rose on Monday as the number of coronavirus cases globally continued to grow. Ahead of the Federal Reserve’s meeting, scheduled for his week, bullion was also given a boost, thanks to a weakened US dollar. … Read More >Weaker dollar & coronavirus surge boost gold’s safe-haven appeal

World

Stop targeting China if you want it to support global trade reforms, WTO head tells world powers

Posted on April 28, 2021April 28, 2021By Editor

World Trade Organization (WTO) chief Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala has called on countries to stop targeting China if they want cooperation on global reforms, claiming that putting pressure on Beijing will only get “resistance.” … Read More >Stop targeting China if you want it to support global trade reforms, WTO head tells world powers

Asia & Pacific

IAEA invites Chinese experts to join the technical working group on Japan’s nuclear wastewater disposal, Beijing says

Posted on April 26, 2021April 26, 2021By Editor

The Chinese foreign ministry has said that the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has confirmed to Beijing that it will be inviting its experts to join a working group on Japan’s disposal of nuclear waste into the ocean. … Read More >IAEA invites Chinese experts to join the technical working group on Japan’s nuclear wastewater disposal, Beijing says

Asia & Pacific

Tokyo enters ‘short and powerful’ state of emergency as Japan races to contain Covid outbreak before Olympics begin

Posted on April 25, 2021April 25, 2021By Editor

Japan has imposed a “short and powerful” state of emergency on Tokyo and three other areas in an attempt to bring a recent spike in Covid cases under control as the nation battles to be ready for the already delayed sports event. … Read More >Tokyo enters ‘short and powerful’ state of emergency as Japan races to contain Covid outbreak before Olympics begin

Asia & Pacific

Japan to hold 1st large-scale military drills with US and France amid South China Sea tensions

Posted on April 24, 2021April 24, 2021By Editor

The exercise will start in the south of Japan from May 11, marking the first time the three nations will have held a drill with ground troops, as tensions simmer with Beijing over activity in the East and South China Seas. … Read More >Japan to hold 1st large-scale military drills with US and France amid South China Sea tensions

Asia & Pacific

Disposing of Fukushima’s nuclear water is ‘not Japanese housework,’ countries have every right to claim compensation, China says

Posted on April 24, 2021April 24, 2021By Editor

The Chinese Foreign Ministry says neighboring countries will bear the brunt of the problems created by Japan’s decision to dump radioactive wastewater into the ocean, adding that Tokyo should be ready to compensate. … Read More >Disposing of Fukushima’s nuclear water is ‘not Japanese housework,’ countries have every right to claim compensation, China says

Asia & Pacific

Seoul students shave heads in front of Japanese embassy to protest Tokyo’s plan for dumping Fukushima nuclear wastewater

Posted on April 21, 2021April 21, 2021By Editor

More than 30 college students in South Korea’s capital have shaved their heads in front of the Japanese embassy to show their opposition to Tokyo’s plan to dump more than a million tons of nuclear wastewater into the ocean. … Read More >Seoul students shave heads in front of Japanese embassy to protest Tokyo’s plan for dumping Fukushima nuclear wastewater