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China turning Taiwan drills into invasion ‘not possible’: KMT ex-navy chief

April 14, 2025

China says Taiwan drills ‘completed’ after live-fire practice

April 2, 2025

Taiwan denies Chinese strikes as Beijing ups live naval drills

April 2, 2025

China escalates Taiwan drills with live-fire ‘precision strike’ practice

April 2, 2025

China 'closes in' on Taiwan with large-scale military drills

China ‘closes in’ on Taiwan with large-scale milit drills

April 1, 2025

China holds military drills around Taiwan, calling its president a ‘parasite’

China holds milit drills around Taiwan, calling its president a ‘parasite’

April 1, 2025

China launches drills ‘closing in’ on Taiwan from multiple directions

April 1, 2025

China earnings, Brazil’s Lula in Japan, Taiwan defense drills

March 23, 2025

A new type of self-propelled air defense system integrated with a rotary cannon and missile launchers affiliated with the Chinese People

PLA Army holds live-fire drills with new air defense weapons

December 2, 2024

Inundated with tourists, Japanese towns look to taxes on visitors
TOKYO — A growing number of municipalities in Japan are introducing lodging taxes as overseas tourists continue to flood into the country, while cities and towns are also devising new taxes that only target visitors while exempting local residents. On April 1, the city of Atami in Shizuoka prefecture began collecting a lodging tax of…
No safe place left in Gaza as Israel’s ‘humanitarian zones’ shrink
After launching its offensive following the Hamas-led terror attacks on Oct. 7, 2023, Israel created a sweeping buffer zone along the entirety of its western border with Gaza, while cutting off the north from the rest of the enclave with the establishment of the Netzarim Corridor. Sitting to the south of Gaza City it stretches…
Tariff impact data, Singapore bank earnings, major Indian IPO
Welcome to Your Week in Asia. The before-and-after of U.S. President Donald Trump’s seismic tariff announcement in early April will be on full display this week, with the U.S. and China revealing trade data from either side of that policy shift. Elsewhere, Singapore’s top lenders reveal their earnings over the course of three days, while…
Singapore PM Wong’s ‘conservatism’ delivers landslide, jolts rivals
SINGAPORE — The landslide win by Singapore’s ruling party in Saturday’s general election reflected voters’ preference for stability and continuity, analysts said, giving Prime Minister Lawrence Wong a strong mandate to lead the country through growing global uncertainty. The People’s Action Party, which has governed Singapore since its independence in 1965, won 87 out of…
Australia’s Labor vows to protect economy from trade war’s ‘dark shadow’
SYDNEY — The morning after leading his party to a massive election win, Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese told reporters on Sunday at a cafe near his home in western Sydney that his next term would be “disciplined and orderly” as he seeks to address daunting economic challenges. Australia’s rising cost of living was the…
Indian Muslims fear new law will uproot their communities
NEW DELHI — India’s sizable Muslim minority remains frantic about a new law it says will take away the land its mosques and schools occupy, despite Prime Minister Narendra Modi promising the legal amendment will settle a raft of ownership disputes once and for all. Protests have been rolling across India since the law —…
Earthquakes, including a 5.3 magnitude, shake remote West Texas
A magnitude 5.3 earthquake struck West Texas on Saturday night, part of a swarm of earthquakes to rock the area near the Texas border with New Mexico, the U.S. logical Survey said. The temblor struck at 7:47 p.m. about 35 miles south of Whites City, New Mexico, the USGS said. The area is roughly midway…
First-time Kentucky Derby winner Junior Alvarado dominates field with horse Sovereignty
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Less than two months before the Kentucky Derby, jockey Junior Alvarado was praying to god to heal him. On March 23, Alvarado was riding the horse Term at Gulfstream Park in Hallandale Beach, Fla., when his thoroughbred suffered a heart attack, sending Alvarado off his saddle. He was clipped by another horse…