William Calley, officer convicted for his role in My Lai massacre during the Vietnam War, dead at 80
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Asia markets are mixed ahead of Bank of Japan rate decision, China business activity data
Asia-Pacific markets were mixed on Wednesday as investors awaited the Bank of Japan's rate decision and China's business activity data.
‘Unprecedented’: US pledges US$500 million in military aid to Manila, risking Beijing’s ire
Blinken and Austin held their annual 2+2 Ministerial Dialogue at Camp Aguinaldo with Philippine Secretary of Foreign Affairs Enrique Manalo and Secretary of National Defense Gilberto Teodoro. During the meeting, they discussed a wide range of security issues and announced Washington’s new military funding package for Manila.
The US election and North Korean denuclearization
To no one’s surprise, 2024 is turning out to be a unique US election year in which speculation about changes in US foreign policy under each of the two candidates if elected far exceeds actual comments or insights provided by either camp.
William Calley, the only American convicted for Vietnam war My Lai massacre, dead at 80
William Calley, a former US Army lieutenant convicted of war crimes in a Vietnam-era tragedy called the My Lai massacre, has died at age 80, according to media reports.
‘Signal to China’: US military command upgrade in Japan mark of commitment to region, analysts say
The upgrading of the command and control of US forces in Japan will allow both countries to better deal with “fluid circumstances” and sends a “powerful geopolitical signal to China” on the strength of Washington’s commitment to Tokyo and the region, according to observers.
William Calley, Convicted of Mass Murder in My Lai Massacre, Dies at 80
William L. Calley Jr., who as a young Army lieutenant during the Vietnam War was the only American convicted in the murder of hundreds of unarmed, unresisting Vietnamese civilians in the atrocity known as the My Lai Massacre, died on April 28 in hospice in Gainesville, Fla, according to Social Security Administration records. He was 80.
Japan to sell $19m in Patriot missiles to U.S.
WASHINGTON -- Japan will sell an undisclosed number of Japanese-made Patriot missiles to the U.S. for 3 billion yen ($19 million) to help replenish American stockpiles that have been running low after boosting Ukraine's air defenses.