Tag: International

EU Threatens More Sanctions If Russia Stations Tactical Nuclear Weapons in Belarus

The European Union is threatening more sanctions on Russia if it stations tactical nuclear weapons in Belarus. It comes after Russian President Vladimir Putin announced on March 25 that his government would move tactical nuclear weapons to Belarus, in a clear warning to Ukraine and allied Western nations as they continue to provide military and…


Global Financial Risks Have Risen Amid Bank Turmoil, IMF Chief Warns

The recent collapse of Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) and the rescue of Credit Suisse by rival UBS show that risks to global financial stability have increased, International Monetary Fund (IMF) chief Kristalina Georgieva said at a conference in Beijing on March 26. Speaking at the 2023 China Development Forum in the capital, Georgieva warned that rapid interest rate hikes by the Federal Reserve combined with…


The CCP Consuming Russia in Its Desire for World Domination

Commentary The recent visit by Chinese leader Xi Jinping to his “friend forever” in Moscow, Vladimir Putin, marks a new phase in Xi’s efforts to create a new world order dominated by authoritarian regimes. The ostensible reason for the visit was to promote China’s peace plan for the war in Ukraine, but the outcome of…


The Dragon Consumes the Bear in Its Quest for World Domination

Commentary The recent visit by Chinese leader Xi Jinping to his “friend forever” in Moscow, Vladimir Putin, marks a new phase in Xi’s efforts to create a new world order dominated by authoritarian regimes. The ostensible reason for the visit was to promote China’s peace plan for the war in Ukraine, but the outcome of…


Data of 14 Million Customers Stolen in Cyber Attack

The hack of Australian finance firm, Latitude Financial, is worse than initially thought. In mid-March, the consumer finance provider estimated around 328,000 customers had their data stolen by hackers, now that number has ballooned to over 14 million, according to an investor statement. Latitude Group confirmed on March 27 that 7.9 million Australian and New…


A Red Wave Sweeps Australia

Commentary The comprehensive electoral wipe-out of the centre-right in Australia appears to continue unabated with the defeat of the ruling Liberal-National government in the largest state, New South Wales (NSW) over the weekend. It’s 5.5 million voters (Australia has about 17.3 million voters in all) delivered their verdict in a forceful manner with an approximate…


Daniel Andrews Announces Surprise Visit to China

Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews will be the first state leader to visit China, ahead of Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, since the outbreak of COVID-19. Andrews will leave on March 27 and visit Beijing, as well as the provinces of Jiangsu and Sichuan, before returning to Melbourne on April 1. He will meet with Chinese…


Putin Says Russia Will Place Tactical Nuclear Weapons in Neighboring Country

A senior White House official on Sunday said that there is no indication that Russia will station nuclear weapons in nearby Belarus after Russian President Vladimir Putin made a public pledge to do so a day earlier “We have not seen any indication that he’s made good on this pledge, or moved any nuclear weapons…


Peru’s Garcia Leon Breaks 35 Kilometers Race Walk World Record

Peru’s Kimberly Garcia Leon broke the 35 kilometers race walk world record on Saturday with a time of two hours 37 minutes and 44 seconds in Dudince, Slovakia. The world champion in both the 20 kilometers and 35 kilometers walk broke the previous record of 2:38:24 set by Russian Klavdiya Afanasyeva in 2019, in a…


As Climate Experts Warn of Looming Catastrophe, Past Bad Predictions Hurt Their Message

Humanity only has a few years to act before the world may irreversibly plunge into an environmental catastrophe of global proportions, climate experts warned in a recent report. Their calls are muffled, however, by a ballast of dozens of past dramatic predictions that have failed to pan out. Environmental experts have been predicting upcoming doom…