Three people have reportedly been rushed to hospital after mistakenly eating laundry detergent pods. The colourful pods were handed out for free during Taiwan’s presidential election campaign, with one victim sharing she accidentally mistook them as sweets, the Central News Agency reported. The pods were wrapped in clear packaging whichContinue Reading
TAIPEI: Taiwan‘s ruling party presidential candidate Lai Ching-te said on Tuesday he would maintain the status quo and pursue peace through strength if elected, remaining open to engagement with Beijing under the preconditions of equality and dignity. Beijing claims Taiwan as its own territory and has cast the island‘s presidentialContinue Reading
ANKARA: Twelve Turkish soldiers have been killed over two days in separate attacks on bases in northern Iraq, the defence ministry said Saturday.Turkey has operated several dozen military posts in northern Iraq for the past 25 years in its decades-old war against the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK), a group blacklistedContinue Reading
A serial protester has lashed out at a magistrate after she sentenced him for his involvement in a pro-Palestinian blockade that caused operations at a busy port to coming to a grinding halt. Eric Herbert appeared in Sydney Downing Centre Local Court on Thursday after pleading guilty to seriously disruptingContinue Reading
Russian forces have foiled several attempts by Ukrainian units to cross the Dnipro River in the southern Kherson region over the past day, Russia’s defence ministry said on Sunday. According to the ministry, Ukrainian “sabotage and reconnaissance” teams were stopped while trying to cross the river near the villages ofContinue Reading
The murky world of covert submarine operations has again been highlighted with unsubstantiated reports of 55 deaths of a Chinese crew. But not all may be as it seems. Rumours began circulating on August 21 after anti-Chinese Communist Party activist social media account “Lude Media” posted a claim that ChairmanContinue Reading
Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Tuesday he backed a Defence Ministry order for mercenary groups fighting in Ukraine to sign contracts with it before July 1, something the high-profile Wagner Group has pointedly refused to do. Yevgeny Prigozhin, founder of Wagner and Russia’s most powerful mercenary, has said hisContinue Reading
COPENHAGEN: Denmark will send a Nato battalion to Latvia next year to help support the Baltic state following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the defence ministry said Tuesday.“As of mid-2024, Denmark will make a battalion available to Nato for the defence of the Baltic states, which will be deployed in LatviaContinue Reading
A former Chinese diplomat has labelled Australia’s TikTok ban on government devices “racism”, telling the Government: “You do not want to have an enemy with 1.4 billion people.” In an interview with 60 Minutes, former diplomat and CCP mouthpiece Victor Gao said of the ban: “Probably it’s racism, probably it’sContinue Reading
Chinese and US aircraft carrier battle groups are squaring off in the Philippine Sea as Beijing’s diplomatic tantrum over a visit by Taiwan’s President enters its third day. Amid mock air and sea battles aimed at demonstrating the “isolation” of Taiwan, China’s second aircraft carrier – the PLAN Shandong –Continue Reading