Chinese PLA J-16 fighter jet 47 aircraft crossed the central line of the Taiwan Strait. The strait separates Taiwan from mainland China. (Photo: AP) Taipei China has been provoking the island republic of Taiwan with warships and military jets. According to the Taiwanese defense ministry, 71 Chinese aircraft and seven vessels were located near Taiwan … Read more
BRUSSELS According to the Commission, the markets in these regions have in the past been supplied with medicines from or through Great Britain. After Brexit, concerns arose that Britain’s exit from the common internal market and related trade restrictions could lead to supply bottlenecks. Northern Ireland is affected because it is a British province and … Read more
NEW ORLEANS/WASHINGTON Since Musk’s takeover of Twitter, there have been widespread concerns that more hate speech and abuse could end up on the platform under his leadership and after the big job cuts he implemented. Musk himself had raised those concerns with repeated criticism that Twitter had restricted free speech on the platform too much. … Read more
FLY In the course of the Russian war of aggression against Ukraine, numerous countries and even the EU have imposed far-reaching sanctions on Moscow since February. Russia responds regularly with countermeasures. In May, for example, Moscow banned business with some 30 companies, most of which are former subsidiaries of the Russian energy group Gazprom. The … Read more
Bangkok These were airports and highways, ports and railway lines. Many already heavily indebted countries have made their expensive dreams come true with the help of China in the past, now they are suffering from the loss of control. The global economic crisis drives them bankrupt, but the former granting China’s wishes often thwarts their … Read more
Kishore Mahbubani The Asian political scientist believes that the war in Ukraine will ultimately be just a “footnote in the epochal conflict between the US and China for world domination”. Dusseldorf Sometimes a change of perspective helps to understand. Kishore Mahbubani, one of Asia’s most prominent geostrategists, has a different view of the West that … Read more
– Rainbow flag in Taiwan Pedestrians in Taipei, Taiwan: China statements the country for alone. – (Image: dpa) – – – – Berlin Eight MPs from all events represented in the Bundestag want to journey to Taiwan at the stop of October. In accordance to details from the Handelsblatt, a corresponding software is expected to … Read more
– BRUSSELS Considering that the start of the war, Ukraine beneath assault by Russia has already been given € 5.4 billion in financial loans and grants from the EU. In addition, € 2.5 billion was mobilized for armed forces aid. The Commission also resolved on Monday to connection Ukraine to the “Digital Europe” application. The … Read more