The World Health Organization has accused China of “under-representing” the severity of its Covid outbreak and criticized its “narrow” definition of what constitutes a Covid death, as top global health officials urge Beijing to share more data about the explosive spread. “We continue to...
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea said Sunday its latest intercontinental ballistic missile test was meant to further bolster its “fatal” nuclear attack capacity and threatened additional powerful steps over upcoming military drills between the United States and South Korea. The...
GEOPOLITICAL tensions are rising again in the South China Sea, with the Philippines accusing a China coast guard vessel of using a “weapons-grade laser” on Feb 6 to “temporarily blind” a crew member of its own coast guard on a mission to supply rations to troops at...
Top diplomats hold ‘direct, candid’ talks in Munich amid tensions over Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and the downing of a suspected Chinese spying balloon. US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has warned China against providing “lethal support” for Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and...
Spy balloons continue to hog global media attention after a USAF F-22 Raptor shot down a suspected Chinese balloon over the US airspace, causing a diplomatic schism between Beijing and Washington. Not only the US, reports suggest that Washington’s key ally in the Indo-Pacific...
