Taiwan ally tells China 'Don't tell me who my friends can be': Palau president spurned China's offer to cut ties with Taiwan
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Palau president rejects Beijing, reaffirms ties with Taiwan - Focus Taiwan: Singapore, March 22 (CNA) Palau President Surangel Whipps Jr., who is scheduled to ...
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Palau president praises Taiwan partnership, rejects Chinese pressure: US Ambassador to Palau John Hennessey-Niland also in attendance
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China's carrot & stick approach counter-productive: Palau president - Focus Taiwan
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China's abusive overtures will get it no love: Palauan president: During Taiwan visit, Palauan president stresses primacy of trust in bilateral relationships
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US Ambassador Makes First Visit to Taiwan in More Than 40 Years: A visit from Palau’s president also highlighted a milestone for Taiwan-U.S. relations.
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New Palau president vows support for Taiwan amid Chinese bullying: Pacific country to continue backing Taiwan despite China cutting its economic lifeline
taiwannews.com.tw/en/news/4105432
Maximilian Krah: Public Prosecutor General's Office initiates preliminary investigations
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Quick Glance: Investigation of Possible Payments from China and Russia to Maximilian Krah
- The General Prosecutor's Office in Dresden has officially initiated investigations against Maximilian Krah due to potential financial flows from Russian and Chinese sources.
- The AfD lead candidate for the European Parliament elections, Maximilian Krah, is the subject of two preliminary investigations at the General Prosecutor's Office in Dresden.
- Towards the end of last year, Krah was questioned by the FBI about possible payments from Kremlin-related sources, allegedly carrying a four-digit sum of money at that time.
- On Monday evening, German authorities arrested Jian G., a close associate of Krah, who is suspected of spying for the Chinese intelligence service in Germany.
AfD leader Tino Chrupalla is being hard-pressed at Illner and is acting like a victim. As expected. Still an enlightening show - thanks to the writer Juli Zeh ... Show more www.sueddeutsche.de/medien/tino-chrupalla-armin-laschet-maybrit-illner-tv-kritik-juli-zeh-afd-china-russland-1.6616373
Quick Glance: Clash over AfD's Corruption Allegations
- Despite corruption allegations, the AfD stands by its EU lead candidates, sparking a heated debate on 'Maybrit Illner.'
- Concerns arise over potential bribery involving Krah and Bystron, despite no legal guilt being proven.
- Internal distancing within the AfD and criticism of a lack of transparency regarding the candidates ensue.
- The discussion concludes with the possibility of the AfD's list changes for the European elections being invalidated.
China warns Antony Blinken US must choose between ‘co-operation or confrontation’
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Quick Glance: China warns US to Choose Cooperation or Confrontation with Antony Blinken
- Blinken expected to demand Beijing cease support for Russia
- Tensions rise over accusations of China aiding Russia in Ukraine
- US accused of hindering Chinese industrial growth through export controls
- US and China seek to stabilize relations before US election campaign
Reuters World News: Blinken in China, Trump immunity, Haiti violence and Russian censors
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Von Notz in the Bundestag: "AfD is a shame for our country": Fierce exchange of blows in the Bundestag: The Greens are attacking the AfD head-on because of ...
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Quick Glance: AfD and Espionage: Intense Debate in Bundestag
- The Greens criticize the AfD for contacts with Russia and China.
- Von Notz calls the AfD a disgrace and anti-democratic.
- Faeser warns of espionage and criticizes the AfD objectively.
- Employee of AfD's lead candidate Krah arrested for espionage.
Blinken set to meet Chinese leaders as superpowers manage rivalry: Relations have improved since Blinken’s 10 months ago, enabling the world’s two biggest ...
washingtonpost.com/world/2024/04/25/blinken-china-wang-yi-beijing/
Inside the China-US Competition for AI Experts: Who’s winning the fight for top-tier AI talent?
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Krah's work and Höcke's contribution: And suddenly the AfD leadership has a problem
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WADA to review Chinese doping case after global backlash: The under-fire World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) said on Thursday it would launch an independent review ...
reuters.com/sports/wada-launch-independent-review-into-chinese-doping-case-2024-04-25/
Biden signs $95 billion military aid package for Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan: Ukraine will get most of the assistance as it struggles to combat Russia's ...
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Quick Glance: Biden signs Comprehensive Military Aid Package for Ukraine, Israel, and Taiwan
- President Biden announces the signing of a substantial $95 billion military assistance package for Ukraine, Israel, and Taiwan, with a significant portion of the funds directed towards Ukraine.
- Despite initial resistance from Republicans in Congress, Biden has signed the aid package, highlighting the reinforcement of allies and ensuring prompt deliveries to Ukraine.
- The assistance for Ukraine includes weapons and military equipment valued at around $1 billion, encompassing artillery shells and air defense missiles.
- Military analysts do not foresee significant changes on the frontlines in eastern Ukraine, while the US support aims to aid Ukraine in operations in southern Ukraine, particularly focusing on Crimea and the Black Sea.
Through Aramco, Peak China courts Peak Oil: Exchanges between China and Arab states stretch back centuries along the ancient Silk Road. More recently ...
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TikTok ban: ByteDance would rather shut app down than sell, insiders say: TikTok owner ByteDance would prefer shutting down its loss-making app rather than sell ...
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Quick Glance: TikTok Ban Threat: ByteDance Prefers Closure Over Sale, Insiders Say
- ByteDance, the owner of TikTok, would prefer to shut down its loss-making app rather than sell it if all legal options to fight legislation to ban the platform from app stores in the US are exhausted, said four sources.
- TikTok accounts for a small share of ByteDance’s total revenues and daily active users, so the parent would rather have the app shut down in the US in a worst-case scenario than sell it to a potential American buyer, they said.
- ByteDance would not agree to sell one of its most valuable assets – its “secret source” – to rivals, said the four sources, referring to the TikTok algorithm.
- After facing challenges regarding bans, the short-form video app has encountered partial and attempted prohibitions in the US and other nations.
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-Blinken visits China, warns Beijing over Russia support
-US Supreme Court hears Trump’s immunity case
-Gang violence spreads as ...
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Reuters World News: Blinken in China, Trump immunity, Haiti violence and Russian censors
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Taiwan 2024 GDP forecast is 3.29% | Taiwan News | Apr. 25, 2024 14:16
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Beijing Xinzhida Neurotechnology, a Chinese state-backed company, unveiled a brain chip similar to the technology developed by Elon Musk's startup Neuralink
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Biden signs aid package with $17B for Israel, $1B extra humanitarian aid for Gazans
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China seeks capability to seize Taiwan by 2027 | Taiwan News | Apr. 25, 2024 15:53
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A Chinese student in the US received a 9-month jail term for threatening to cut off the hands of a fellow student at a prestigious music institute over ... Show more www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/4/25/chinese-student-jailed-in-us-for-threatening-to-cut-off-hands-of-activist
TikTok ban: ByteDance promised to sue. Will it succeed?: Legislation forcing TikTok’s parent company to sell the video-sharing platform or face a ban in the U.S ...
apnews.com/article/tiktok-ban-bytedance-lawsuit-biden-386e6d81e2eef61a756bcdea96cd0aef
Russian President Vladimir Putin to visit China in May as Moscow seeks to bolster ties with Beijing
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AfD members' connections to Russia and China have dominated the headlines for weeks. Today, at the request of the traffic light coalition factions ... Show more #phoenix #politik #bundestag #aktuellestunde #spionage #schmiergeld #vorwürfe
Huber on ntv Frühstart: "The AfD is a danger for Germany": The top candidate is no longer acceptable, the AfD is a danger to Germany: clear words from CSU ...
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Tesla needs to fire Elon Musk as CEO if it wants to save itself: Tesla is in trouble: sales are falling and competition from China is ramping up ...
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Quick Glance: Elon Musk must be removed as CEO to save Tesla
- Tesla is struggling with declining sales, layoffs, and issues in China.
- Elon Musk is blamed for the company's state and his departure could save Tesla.
- Tesla has failed to craft a strategy for chaotic times, resulting in a shrinking market share in China.
The US Is no longer the arsenal of democracy: For the first several decades after World War II, the United States championed free trade ...
asiatimes.com/2024/04/the-us-is-no-longer-the-arsenal-of-democracy/
Political scientist: Espionage allegations are unlikely to harm the AfD: Few people will reconsider their attitude towards the party, says political scientist ...
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Chinese student jailed for stalking activist over Boston campus fliers: Prosecutors say Xiaolei Wu, 26, harassed his victim, who was also from China ...
washingtonpost.com/nation/2024/04/25/xiaolei-wu-chinese-student-stalking/
No more facial scans needed at check-in, China tells hotels: Guests can now present a smart ID card. Residents say people are constantly scanned in public anyway ...
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EU conducts ‘dawn raid’ on Chinese security equipment supplier: Separate Brussels probe targets Chinese medical market amid growing trade tensions with Beijing
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A Daughter Reflects on What Philadelphia’s Chinatown Meant to Her Mother. - StoryCorps
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North Koreans in China vanish as border reopens: HELONG, China: After fleeing famine in North Korea, Kim Cheol Ok laid low in China for decades - until a doomed ...
channelnewsasia.com/asia/north-koreans-vanish-china-border-reopens-escape-4290816
ByteDance would shut down TikTok in US rather than sell it, sources say: App’s ‘secret source’ algorithm reportedly core to operations of parent company ...
theguardian.com/technology/2024/apr/25/bytedance-shut-down-tiktok-than-sell
Quick Glance: What Lies Ahead for TikTok in the US?
- The US Senate has unanimously approved a bill that could potentially lead to the banning of TikTok within nine months, unless its Chinese owner, ByteDance, withdraws from the video-sharing app due to concerns about national security threats.
- President Joe Biden has confirmed his intention to sign the legislation on Wednesday.
- ByteDance acquired the well-known karaoke app Musical.ly and rebranded it as TikTok back in 2017. It has become one of the fastest-growing applications in the United States, boasting 150 million monthly subscribers.
China should have confidence to talk to us, Taiwan's president-elect says: China should have the confidence to talk to Taiwan's legally elected government ...
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President Biden signed a $95.3 billion package of aid to Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan on Wednesday, after months of gridlock that put the centerpiece of his ...
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China taking preventative measures to head off US secondary-sanction threat: Russia’s economy is feeling squeezed.
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The Solomon Islands election has delivered no clear winner leaving pro-China PM Manasseh Sogavare in a race with rival opposition politicians to form a ... Show more www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/4/24/solomon-islands-pro-china-pm-manasseh-sogavare-fails-to-secure-majority
Business files class-action suit against Dali managers in bridge collapse: A small business in Baltimore became the first private entity to file a lawsuit ...
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First on ARD, now on ZDF: Maybrit Illner invites Tino Chrupalla for a discussion: Under the title "Russia, China, espionage - does the AfD represent German ...
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Taiwan’s president-elect appoints new foreign, defense ministers as island faces continued threats | The Asahi Shimbun: Breaking News, Japan News and Analysis
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India sends 1st BrahMos cruise missiles to Philippines | Taiwan News | Apr. 24, 2024 18:00
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Taichung Japanese barbecue restaurant suspected of using expired meat - Focus Taiwan
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Blinken visits Beijing: now the US wants to sanction Chinese banks: The threat from Washington is already affecting payment transactions between Russia and China ...
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Victims of China floods race to salvage property: QINGYUAN: Victims of severe floods in southern China raced on Wednesday (Apr 24) to salvage property from the ...
channelnewsasia.com/asia/victims-southern-china-rain-floods-guangdong-race-salvage-property-4288016
US overtakes mainland China as Taiwan’s main export market, sign of ‘strategic shift’ amid tech decoupling
scmp.com/economy/global-economy/article/3260212/us-overtakes-mainland-china-taiwans-main-export-market-sign-strategic-shift-amid-tech-decoupling
Mitch McConnell Wants Military-Spending Buildup After Big Win on Ukraine Aid: The Senate minority leader is pushing to boost defense spending to confront China ...
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‘Audio deepfake’ of Marcos Jnr ordering military action against China prompts Manila to debunk clip
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Chinese tourist reunites with Thai rescuers after being pushed off cliff by husband in 2019
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Taiwan defense minister rejects fears of Chinese air attack on Presidential Office | Taiwan News | Apr. 24, 2024 15:16
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Ukraine and the Middle East: the West's stakes are rising: The Moscow-Beijing-Tehran axis is using the two current flashpoints in world politics to test its ...
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US report says 41 military personnel stationed in Taiwan: Bringing Taiwan to the World and the World to Taiwan
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The tiny republic of San Marino is alarmingly friendly to Russia: Intelligence sources are concerned about the country, which is surrounded by Italy
economist.com/europe/2024/04/24/the-tiny-republic-of-san-marino-is-alarmingly-friendly-to-russia
Ahead of Blinken Visit, China Condemns U.S. for Placing Missile Launchers in the Philippines
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Chinese, Cambodian martial artists present joint performance at famed Angkor: SIEM REAP: China's Shaolin Kung Fu martial artists and Cambodian Bokator ...
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Senate OKs $95 Billion for Ukraine, Israel & Taiwan: The U.S. Senate has approved a $95 billion foreign and military aid package to help Ukraine ...
democracynow.org/2024/4/24/headlines/senate_oks_95_billion_for_ukraine_israel_taiwan
Espionage for China: Are critics monitored in Germany?: The suspected spy in the office of AfD politician Krah is also said to have spied on critics of China ...
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War in Ukraine: US to send new aid right away, Biden says: “It’s going to make America safer, it’s going to make the world safer ...
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Beijing says US strengthening military ties with Taiwan will escalate tensions: Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson Wang Wenbin on Wednesday (April 24) said ...
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The president on Wednesday signed a national security measure into law that also includes war aid to Israel and Taiwan.
Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen arrives at the Presidential Office in Taipei, Taiwan April 27, 2017.
Chinese military aircraft are now flying closer to Taipei on ... Show more
Mitch McConnell blasts Tucker Carlson on aid package, criticizes Biden on Afghan withdrawal
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Quick Glance: McConnell Attributes Delay in Crucial Ukraine Aid to Tucker Carlson and Trump
- Mitch McConnell celebrated new U.S. aid to Ukraine and blamed Tucker Carlson and Donald Trump for the delay.
- McConnell emphasized the importance of Ukraine aid, criticized Carlson and Trump for the delay, and praised the expected passage of the bill.
- He expressed support for Ukraine aid and highlighted the significance of supporting freedom-loving countries globally.
- McConnell expressed optimism about the GOP Senate nominees and confidence in winning the majority to transition into the role of majority leader.
Another Belgian MP falls victim to Chinese cyberattack: "I don't intend to give in and will continue to express my opinion on Taiwan and on the situation of ...
brusselstimes.com/belgium/1021142/another-belgian-mp-falls-victim-to-chinese-cyberattack
Politico: China "in fact picking a side" in Russia’s war against Ukraine, says US Ambassador to NATO - Euromaidan Press
euromaidanpress.com/2024/04/25/politico-china-in-fact-picking-a-side-in-russias-war-against-ukraine-says-us-ambassador-to-nato/
How the Chinese state is hollowing out religion in Xinjiang: Our weekly podcast on China. This week our co-host travels to Xinjiang during Ramadan to see the ...
economist.com/podcasts/2024/04/23/how-the-chinese-state-is-hollowing-out-religion-in-xinjiang
Paid articlePaid Taiwan happy with US aid package, China objects to arms sales: Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen said on Wednesday she was happy the U.S. Congress had passed a ...
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Blinken begins China visit as tensions rise over new U.S. bill forcing TikTok sale
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Quick Glance: Blinken Discusses Key Issues with China
- USA and China discuss global conflicts and tensions in Shanghai and Beijing.
- Discussions on Russia, Ukraine, Middle East, Taiwan, South China Sea.
- Calls for China to exert influence on Iran and maintain stability in the region.
- Disputes over human rights, synthetic opioids, and illegal activities.
Congress starts clock on TikTok ban in foreign aid bill: Lawmakers believe that the popular social media app TikTok poses a national security threat
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The US Senate voted resoundingly to approve $95bn in aid for Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan, as a bipartisan super-majority united to send the long-stalled package ... Show more ab.co/abcnewsapp
Partnership between China and Bahamas will see 'life-changing' eye surgeries, Darville says
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After months of discussions, the US Congress approved $61 billion in funding for Ukraine on Wednesday. Israel and Taiwan should also receive financial aid ... Show more www.handelsblatt.com/politik/international/usa-us-senat-bringt-ukraine-hilfen-und-anti-tiktok-gesetz-auf-den-weg/100034693.html
“China-Liberia Relations Ushering in a New Stage Under of President Xi Jinping and President Joseph Boakai,” Chinese Ambassador Asserted
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TikTok ban: ByteDance would rather shut app down than sell, insiders say: TikTok owner ByteDance would prefer shutting down its loss-making app rather than sell ...
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Quick Glance: TikTok Ban Threat: ByteDance Prefers Closure Over Sale, Insiders Say
- ByteDance, the owner of TikTok, would prefer to shut down its loss-making app rather than sell it if all legal options to fight legislation to ban the platform from app stores in the US are exhausted, said four sources.
- TikTok accounts for a small share of ByteDance’s total revenues and daily active users, so the parent would rather have the app shut down in the US in a worst-case scenario than sell it to a potential American buyer, they said.
- ByteDance would not agree to sell one of its most valuable assets – its “secret source” – to rivals, said the four sources, referring to the TikTok algorithm.
- After facing challenges regarding bans, the short-form video app has encountered partial and attempted prohibitions in the US and other nations.
Wang Yi tells Antony Blinken not to step on China's red lines: US Secretary of State Antony Blinken is in China in an attempt to put relations on an even keel.
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Blinken meets Chinese counterpart Wang Yi in Beijing: U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken met Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi in Beijing on Friday for talks ...
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RIP, SSF: Unpacking the PLA’s Latest Restructuring: The Strategic Support Force is no more, and its functions are being separated into three separate arms: the ...
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Chinese President Xi to Visit Hungary on May 8-10, Minister Says: Chinese President Xi Jinping will visit Hungary from May 8 to 10 as part of a trip to Europe ...
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China warns US of rising ‘negative factors’ in bilateral ties: World is watching to see if rivalry will ‘break out into conflict’, foreign minister Wang Yi tells ...
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