Bill Chappell, The Two-Way. North Korean leader Kim Jong Un reviewed his military’s plans to rain “an enveloping fire” around the U.S. territory of Guam — but opted not to fire missiles at this time, according to state media. Despite the stand-down, some Guamanians were alarmed after two radio stations […]
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In a truly bizarre bit of news, a minor political spat has erupted into claims of major political sabotage down-under! It all boils down to Blue Team Vs. Red Team: https://www.onenewspage.com/n/World/75edq130g/Malcolm-Turnbull-accuses-New-Zealand-Labour-of-conspiracy.htm Firstly; Should the Aussie Government really be making these claims a few weeks out from a New Zealand election? […]
https://www.msn.com/en-nz/news/national/australia-threatens-nz-labour-party-over-citizenship-scandal/ar-AAq7OGb?li=AAaeXZz&ocid=spartanntp Australia’s Foreign Minister Julie Bishop says it would be “very difficult to build trust” with Labour if they form a government after September’s election. After speaking to an acquaintance in the Australian Labor Party (ALP), Chris Hipkins put two Parliamentary questions to Internal Affairs Minister Peter Dunne about the citizenship of […]
WASHINGTON (AP) ” The Latest on the North Korea crisis (all times EDT): 12:35 a.m. Chinese state media say President Xi Jinping, in a call with President Donald Trump, said all sides should avoid rhetoric or action that would worsen tensions on the Korean Peninsula. China Central Television on Saturday […]
HAGÅTÑA, Guam — In the wake of North Korea’s threat to launch a missile attack against Guam, the territory’s Homeland Security department issued new guidelines to prepare for an imminent missile threat. The two-page fact sheet includes tips such as: “Do not look at the flash or fireball – It can […]
Personally, with all the technology available to the Superpowers these days. I’m amazed they need to bother with flying aircraft over each other’s secure airspaces. Or maybe Russia is sending a message to the Washington public, a psychological ploy? Maybe the US is “in’ on the ploy? Here’s the MSN […]
AFP The Chinese navy and air force flexed their muscles in live-fire drills in seas adjacent to the Korean Peninsula, the defence ministry said, amid regional tensions over North Korea’s pursuit of nuclear weaponry. The “large-scale” exercises were being conducted in the seas and skies off China’s east coast in […]
https://www.opednews.com/articles/1/On-the-Beach-2017-by-John-Pilger-History_Military_Threat-170804-233.html The US submarine captain says, “We’ve all got to die one day, some sooner and some later. The trouble always has been that you’re never ready, because you don’t know when it’s coming. Well, now we do know and there’s nothing to be done about it.” He says he […]
The Age Lindsay Murdoch Vietnam wants the 10-member Association of South-East Asian Nations (ASEAN) to stand stronger against China’s aggressive expansionism in the South China Sea. Weeks after China threatened to attack Vietnam over oil and gas drilling in the flash point waters, Vietnam insisted that ASEAN foreign ministers meeting in Manila refer to China’s build-up and arming of islands in a customary joint […]
”We do not seek a regime change, we do not seek the collapse of the regime, we do not seek an accelerated reunification of the peninsula, we do not seek an excuse to send our military north of the 38th parallel [the border with South Korea]. “But you are presenting […]