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Sri Lanka Won’t Get IMF Bailout by Year End
SINGAPORE — The executive board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) is not expected to formally authorize Sri Lanka’s planned US$2.9 billion bailout...
China Removes 6 Diplomats From Britain Over Manchester Violence
Bob Chan, from Hong Kong, was protesting Xi Jinping outside China's consulate in the U.K. when he was apparently attacked by Chinese diplomats....
Read morePro-Beijing Student Arrested After Threatening Pro-democracy Activist in Boston
The student reported the activist's actions to Chinese authorities to investigate her family in China, and threatened to cut off her hands. ...
Read moreJapan Expanding Military Presence in Okinawa to Counter China
SINGAPORE — Japan is planning to expand an Okinawa-based ground force unit to protect remote southwestern islands and prepare for a Taiwan-linked military...
Read moreReport: CCP Operating More Than 100 Illegal “Police Stations” Globally
SINGAPORE — The communist regime in China has established more than 100 “police stations” globally for surveillance of its citizens based overseas. Occasionally,...
Read moreChinese Surveillance Tech Helping Iran Clamp Down on Protests
SINGAPORE — Iran has been witnessing escalating nationwide demonstrations protesting the death of Mahsa Amini, a 22-year-old woman who died on September 16...
Read moreG7 Nations Agree to Give Vietnam $15.5 Billion in “Loans” to Cut Coal Use
On Wednesday, the G7 nations announced that they are giving loans and grants totaling $15.5 billion to Vietnam in order to assist the...
Read moreTaiwan Braces Itself for Chinese Reprisals
SINGAPORE — In the wake of U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s visit to Taiwan in August 2022, observers have noted that it has...
Read moreWill Italy’s Meloni Hold or Fold Against Globalists and Media?
Giorgia Meloni accomplished the seemingly impossible on September 25 when a conservative coalition led by her Fratelli d’Italia (Brothers of Italy) party secured...
Read moreAustralia Signs Security Pact With Vanuatu to Counter China
SINGAPORE — Australia inked a security deal on Tuesday with the Pacific island nation of Vanuatu in a bid to counter communist China’s...
Read moreISIS-linked Group Assumes Responsibility for Kabul Hotel Attack Targeting Chinese
An Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) branch claimed responsibility for an attack on Monday at a Kabul hotel popular among Chinese...
Read moreIndian Army: Indian and Chinese Troops Injured in Border Clash
SINGAPORE — Last Friday, Indian and Chinese troops sustained mild injuries in a clash in the Tawang area of India’s Arunachal Pradesh state,...
Read moreChina Dispatches Unprecedented Number of Bombers to Taiwan Defense Zone
China dispatched an unprecedented 18 nuclear-capable bombers into Taiwan’s air-defense zone, according to Taipei on Tuesday, just days after Beijing forbade more Taiwanese...
Read moreEU to Tax Imports That Contribute to “Carbonization”
Negotiators in Brussels worked well into the night on Tuesday in order to codify a new carbon-dioxide emissions tariff on imported goods that...
Read moreProtests Erupt in Bangladesh Amid Fears of a “Sri Lanka-style” Economic Crisis
SINGAPORE — Tens of thousands of supporters of Bangladesh’s main opposition party gathered in Dhaka on December 10, ahead of elections in 2023,...
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