Russian Colonel Killed After Direct Strike on His Command Post—Reports
Posted 31/05/2023 | No Comment
BY ISABEL VAN BRUGEN ON 5/29/23 AT 9:41 AM EDT A Russian colonel was killed in Syria, months after he was deployed to the Middle Eastern country to carry out "special tasks," local government officials said. The death of Colonel Oleg Pechevisty, 49, was announced by the administration of Russia's Podporozhsky district in the Leningrad region, where he was born. ...
Prigozhin asks prosecutors to probe 'crime' by top Russian defence officials
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By Guy Faulconbridge May 31, 2023 8:07 PM GMT+7 Founder of Wagner private mercenary group Yevgeny Prigozhin makes a statement on the start of withdrawal of his forces from Bakhmut and handing over their positions to regular Russian troops, in the course of Russia-Ukraine conflict in Bakhmut, Ukraine, in this still image taken from video released May 25, 2023. Press ...
G-7 to support deep-sea cable network for emerging nations
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Digital chiefs to outline financial assistance with World Bank at Japan meeting Private-sector interests have been responsible for developing 90% of undersea cables since 1990. (Rendering courtesy of Sun Cable) MAYUMI HIROSAWA and RYOHEI YASOSHIMA, Nikkei staff writersApril 26, 2023 01:08 JST TOKYO -- Digital and technology ministers from the Group of Seven leading industrialized nations will adopt ...
Chinese and US jets tangle over South China Sea
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A Chinese fighter jet performed ‘an unnecessarily aggressive maneuver’ near an American jet, the U.S. said.Alex Willemyns for RFA 2023.05.30 Washington In this screen grab from video released by the U.S. military, a Chinese J-16 fighter jet carries out a maneuver that the U.S. military said was “unnecessarily aggressive” near an American reconnaissance plane flying above contested waters in the ...
Japan ramps up Russia sanctions with G7
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By Kantaro Komiya May 26, 2023 8:32 AM GMT+7 Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy is escorted by Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida to the Cenotaph for the Victims of the Atomic Bomb at the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park, after Zelenskiy was invited to the Group of Seven nations' summit in Hiroshima, Japan, May 21, 2023. Eugene Hoshiko/Pool via REUTERS TOKYO, May ...
Russia Opens Far East Port of Vladivostok to China
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The container terminal of the far-eastern Russian port of Vladivostok on Sept. 5, 2022. (Kirill Kudryavtsev/AFP via Getty Images) By Alex Wu May 21, 2023 Updated: May 22, 2023 Russia has recently opened its Far East port of Vladivostok, which it has occupied since 1860, to China for shipping, in what observers say is a strategic exchange between the ...
Hui Muslims and police clash in China's Yunnan over mosque dome demolition
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Destruction is part of "sinicization" of religion under XiBy Gu Ting for RFA Mandarin 2023.05.30A man smacks the face mask of a riot police officer during a standoff in Nagu in the Chinese province of Yunnan Police in the southwestern Chinese province of Yunnan have detained more than 30 people following clashes over the weekend between hundreds of armed police ...
Exclusive: Vietnam eyes multi-million-dollar handouts to Samsung, others to offset global tax
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By Francesco Guarascio and Khanh Vu May 30, 2023 3:31 PM GMT+7 Samsung centre building is seen in Hanoi Vietnam May 29, 2023. REUTERS/Francesco Guarascio HANOI, May 30 (Reuters) - Samsung and other foreign companies are pushing Vietnam to introduce a multi-million-dollar reform that would compensate them for higher levies they face from next year under a global overhaul of tax rules, ...
U.K. Royal Navy ‘Distressed and Concerned’ by Illegal Chinese Salvage of WWII Wrecks
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By: John Grady May 25, 2023 1:18 PM Illegal salvage earlier this year over the suspected site. Photo via New Straits TimesAn illegal Chinese salvage operation is raiding two United Kingdom World War II warship wrecks off the coast of Malaysia for scrap steel, aluminum and brass fittings, prompting a statement of concern from the Royal Navy, USNI News has learned.Chuan ...
Malaysia detains Chinese ship linked to suspected illegal salvage of British WW2 wrecks
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Reuters May 29, 2023 2:07 PM GMT+7 KUALA LUMPUR, May 29 (Reuters) - Malaysia's maritime authorities on Monday said cannon shells believed to be from World War Two have been found on a China-registered bulk carrier ship detained at the weekend for anchoring in its waters without permission. The discovery comes amid reports this month that scavengers have targeted ...
China’s S$31 trillion local debt mess is about to get worse
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Civil servants in wealthy cities like Shanghai are reportedly having their pay slashed. PHOTO: REUTERS MAY 22, 2023, 5:17 PM SGT BEIJING – In 2021, a remote coal town in north-eastern China was forced to undergo an unprecedented financial restructuring. Its struggles since are an ominous sign for President Xi Jinping as other heavily indebted municipalities look ...
Struggling with debt, local governments across China call for help from Beijing
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Analysts say there is a risk that regional governments could start declaring bankruptcy, one after the other.By Cheryl Tung for RFA Cantonese 2023.05.10 China Cinda Asset Management Co Ltd Chairman Hou Jianhang arrives for a news conference in Hong Kong on March 30, 2016 Authorities in the southwestern province of Guizhou have hired a state-owned debt management company, as ...
China-Backed Hackers Targeting Critical US Infrastructure, Microsoft and Five Eyes Warn
Posted 25/05/2023 | No Comment
Microsoft notes hits on strategic Pacific island of Guam A man walks past a Microsoft sign outside a Microsoft office building in Beijing, China, on July 31, 2014. (Greg Baker/AFP via Getty Images) By Mimi Nguyen Ly May 25, 2023 Updated: May 25, 2023 A Chinese cyber espionage group has been targeting a wide range of networks across U.S. critical ...
US lawmaker demands action against Chinese chip firm CXMT after Micron
Posted 25/05/2023 | No Comment
By Stephen Nellis and Karen FreifeldMay 24, 2023 9:58 AM GMT+7 WASHINGTON, May 23 (Reuters) - The U.S. Commerce Department should put trade curbs on Chinese memory chip maker Changxin Memory Technologies (CXMT) after Beijing earlier this week banned the sale of some chips by U.S.-based Micron Technology Inc (MU.O), the chair of the U.S. House of Representatives' committee on China said on Tuesday.The restrictions by ...
US House panel urges further action Uyghur forced labor
Posted 25/05/2023 | No Comment
Select Committee on China also tells Congress to more urgently prepare for a Taiwan conflict.Alex Willemyns and RFA Uyghur 2023.05.24 WashingtonA worker picks cotton during the harvest season in Hami, in northwest China's Xinjiang regionThe U.S. Congress should remove a loophole allowing apparel websites to sell clothes in the United States made by Uyghur slaves and create a list ...
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