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Shultz, 24, had been charged with conspiring to transmit national defence information, exporting defence-related technical data without a licence, and bribing a public official, after selling sensitive military documents to a foreign national believed to be associated with the Chinese government. He reportedly received at least 14 payments totalling US$42,000.
NEW DELHI (AP) — The foreign and defense ministers of India and Japan Tuesday held security talks in New Delhi, aiming to bolster their strategic partnership in the Indo-Pacific as they seek to counter China’s increasingly assertive economic and military activities in the region.
BAKU, Azerbaijan (AP) — Azerbaijan formally applied Tuesday to join the BRICS bloc of developing economies, a day after Russian leader Vladimir Putin’s visit to the oil-rich South Caucasus country to shore up regional ties and secure Moscow’s under-pressure trade routes.
Even to the casual observer, the streets of China look very different compared to a few short years ago.
“Because if we would be going beyond a diplomatic or peaceful approach, you can just imagine, maybe if you’re referring to more kinetic [military] actions, that would not be to the best interest of our country and of China and even in the region,” Alexander Lopez, the newly appointed presidential palace spokesman for the council, said in his first press briefing.
As criticism intensified, the tourism committee of Thailand’s House of Representatives said it would summon Apple for clarification. In a swift response, Apple pulled its video – which had garnered 5 million views – off YouTube and issued an apology. The incident underlined how attempts to wield soft power can have unpredictable outcomes, even backfire.
Wong, who is usually reticent to speak about personal experiences, gave a candid account about dealing with racism as a child when she delivered the inaugural lecture on Monday at the Centre for Asian-Australian Leadership in Canberra, which was set up in 2020 to tackle the so-called “bamboo ceiling” in Australia.
The nature of the mpox virus would unlikely overwhelm Singapore’s capacities to contain it, said Dale Fisher, director at the National University of Singapore’s Centre for Infectious Disease Emergency Response.