Tag: International

Burma, Russia Sign Pact on Developing Nuclear Power

BANGKOK—The military-led government of Burma (also known as Myanmar), working with Russia’s state atomic energy company, has inaugurated a nuclear power information center as a step toward developing atomic power to fill energy shortages in the strife-torn Southeast Asian nation. Burma’s state media reported Tuesday that the head of the military government, Senior Gen. Min…


Why They Hated Pell

Commentary “I hope he rots in hell!” shouted the voice on the phone. He was furious with me for my defence of Cardinal George Pell, who at that time (this was a couple of years ago), faced the worst imaginable legal and personal persecution. My caller made it clear that he loathed Christianity equally. I…


LIVE 5 PM ET: NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg Meets With Senior US Officials

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken, Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin, and national security adviser Jake Sullivan meet with NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg at 5:00 p.m. ET on Feb. 8 at the Department of State. The Epoch Times will livestream the event. …


LIVE 2:30 PM ET: Defense Secretary Austin Welcomes NATO’s Secretary General to the Pentagon

U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin welcomes NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg to the Pentagon at 2:30 p.m. ET on Feb. 8. The Epoch Times will livestream the event. …


Defense Secretary Austin Welcomes NATO’s Secretary General to the Pentagon

U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin welcomes NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg to the Pentagon at 2:30 p.m. ET on Feb. 8. The Epoch Times will livestream the event. …


CCP Will Lift Trade Ban on Australia as It Failed: Former Australian PM

Former Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull said Beijing will lift its trade ban on Australia as it looks for a way out of the failure of its trade sanctions. The 29th Australian prime minister was speaking at an online forum on “Responses to China’s Economic Coercion” hosted by the Alliance of Democracies Foundation on Feb….


Bassino Edges Shiffrin as Italy Goes 2-for-2 at Ski Worlds

MERIBEL, France—Two days after Federica Brignone won the gold medal in the combined to open the skiing world championships, Italian teammate Marta Bassino added another in the super-G by edging Mikaela Shiffrin. And Sofia Goggia will be a favorite for yet another Italian victory in Saturday’s downhill, with Elena Curtoni a strong contender, too. Italy…


White House Responds to Report Claiming US Blew up Nord Stream Pipeline Last Year

White House officials on Wednesday dismissed a report from an investigative journalist alleging the United States was behind the bombing of the Nord Stream gas pipelines last year. “This is utterly false and complete fiction,” said Adrienne Watson, a spokesperson for the White House National Security Council, in a statement to news outlets on Wednesday….


Four Australians Missing After Deadly Turkey Earthquake

Four Australians are missing following the devastating earthquake in Turkey as the federal government sends a search and rescue team to assist recovery efforts. The foreign affairs department is providing consular assistance to the families of the missing as well as about 40 other Australians who were in the earthquake-hit region. Prime Minister Anthony Albanese…


Papuan Separatists in Indonesia Take New Zealand Pilot Hostage

A New Zealand pilot has been taken hostage while flying over Indonesia’s Papua province by an armed separatist group. The pilot has been identified as Captain Philip Merthens, and local authorities are currently investigating the case. Merthens was carrying five passengers on his plane, and Indonesia authorities are unclear on whether they were also taken….