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 […]

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 […]

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