Human trafficking: China families appeal to free relatives held by scam gangs in Myanmar
LARISSA LIAO, KEVIN KROLICKI AND POPPY MCPHERSON, of Reuters, report on the people being kidnapped and trafficked into Myanmar to work in online scam centres…
Essay: Trump signals he will start pushing for a new world order in first 100 days
STEFAN WOLFF, professor of international security at the University of Birmingham, looks at how the Trump administration will approach foreign policy…
Trump vows again to take back Panama Canal, talks of “Manifest Destiny” in space
Washington DC, US Reuters Newly sworn-in President Donald Trump vowed on Monday that the United States would take back the Panama Canal as he delivered an inauguration speech in which he invoked the 19th century expansionist doctrine of “Manifest Destiny.” Doubling down on his pre-inauguration threat to reimpose US control over the canal, Trump again […]
TikTok is restoring service in US after brief shut-down; thanks Trump
Washington DC, US Reuters TikTok said on Sunday it was restoring its service after President-elect Donald Trump said he would revive the app’s access in the US when he returns to power on Monday. “As a result of president Trump’s efforts, TikTok is back in the US,” the platform said in a message to users. […]
StrangeSights – Does Giorgia Meloni step on ants?; Pakistan’s Trump lookalike; and, a new war game in Taiwan…
DAVID ADAMS provides a round-up of some stories on the odder side of life…
Essay: Trump’s Greenland bid is really about control of the Arctic and the coming battle with China
In an article first published on The Conversation, STEFAN WOLFF, professor of international security at the University of Birmingham, looks at why Donald Trump is making a renewed “bid” to acquire the world’s largest island…
Tibet quake highlights earthquake risk for dams on roof of the world
Beijing, China Reuters Tibet’s earthquake of magnitude 6.8 that killed at least 126 and damaged four water reservoirs last week highlights the risks from a hydropower building spree by Asian giants China and India in one of the world’s most remote, quake-prone regions, experts say. Some 68 major dams in the Himalayan region exploit the […]
Search widens for Tibet quake survivors as tens of thousands moved to shelters
Beijing, China Reuters Authorities moved more than 47,000 people to shelters in earthquake-hit Tibet, Chinese officials said on Thursday, while rescuers widen a massive combing effort for survivors near the foothills of the Himalayas, despite slim survival odds. It is not yet clear how many are still missing after Tuesday’s quake of magnitude 6.8 killed […]
Chad says military foiled “destabilisation attempt”
N’Djamena, Chad Reuters Chad’s government said security forces had foiled an attempt to destabilise the country on Wednesday evening, after bursts of gunfire rang out near the President’s office in the capital N’Djamena and the military blocked the surrounding streets. In a video shot at the presidential headquarters, government spokesperson Abderaman Koulamallah said the situation […]
Urgency mounts in search for survivors of powerful Tibet earthquake
Beijing, China Reuters More than 400 people trapped by rubble in earthquake-stricken Tibet have been rescued, Chinese officials said on Wednesday, with an unknown number still unaccounted for in freezing weather a day after a strong tremor rocked the Himalayan foothills. The epicentre of Tuesday’s magnitude 6.8 quake, one of the region’s most powerful tremors […]