Since Russia invaded Ukraine in February, he has imposed sanctions on Moscow, agreed to pursue a nuclear-free world with the Pope and taken a diplomatic tour of Southeast Asia and Europe to rally world leaders to protect democracy. But it’s not just democracy in Ukraine...
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Biden set to wrap up South Korean leg of his first Asia trip as President with visit to US troops 💥💥💥
Biden plans to observe a joint airspace control center where members of the US and South Korean militaries work alongside each other to monitor airspace made tense by North Korea’s intensifying missile tests. Earlier in the day, the President is expected to meet with Hyundai...
Biden arrives in South Korea with worries growing over possible North Korean missile test | CNN Politics 💥💥💥
Seoul CNN — President Joe Biden arrived here Friday on a mission to reaffirm a key alliance at an uncertain moment in East Asia. Even as the war in Ukraine has preoccupied Washington – and took up the first half of Biden’s day before he...
Analysis: North Korea is facing a Covid disaster. What does that mean for Kim Jong Un? 💥💥💥
In a largely undeveloped and famously isolated country of 25 million, where the vast majority of people are thought to be unvaccinated, it has the potential to be a humanitarian disaster on the sort of scale that would threaten the grip on power of just...
5 Asian military hotspots and how they play into Biden’s visit | CNN 💥💥💥
Seoul, South Korea CNN — United States President Joe Biden arrives in Asia this week, visiting South Korea and Japan, with the region facing its most volatile security environment in decades. Hot spots including Taiwan, North Korea, the South China Sea, the India-China border and...
Analysis: South Korea and Japan just don’t get along. That’s a problem for Biden 💥💥💥
Before Moscow’s unprovoked war, European nations were split over issues ranging from Russian energy pipelines to Brexit and — with lingering resentments dating back to Trump-era trade disputes and the Iraq war — some even appeared to be rethinking their relationship with Washington. The stakes...
Kim Jong Un mobilizes North Korea’s military in response to Covid-19 outbreak 💥💥💥
Despite having placed all cities under lockdown on Thursday, a further 392,920 new cases of “fever” and eight deaths were recorded between Saturday and Sunday evening alone, state media outlet KCNA reported on Monday, though it did not specify Covid-19 as the cause of death....
China tensions loom as Okinawa marks 50 years since US handover 💥💥💥
Okinawa, a string of tropical islands off far southwest Japan much closer to Taiwan than Tokyo, suffered massive devastation in World War II. Two months of bloody battles between US and Japanese forces left as many as a third of its people dead. Nearly 30...
What we know (and don’t know) about North Korea’s Covid outbreak 💥💥💥
North Korea reported 21 more deaths and 174,440 new “fever cases” Friday, according to state media KCNA, though it did not specify how many of the deaths and cases were linked to Covid, likely due to the country’s extremely limited testing capacity. But given the...
With eye on China’s zero-Covid chaos, Taiwan seizes chance to open up 💥💥💥
The tables at his diner in the Taiwanese capital are buzzing with customers, waiters bustle with dishes of squid soup and rice noodles, and talk and laughter fills the air. Chen considers himself lucky. Taiwan is allowing restaurants like his to remain open despite a...