Japan’s latest defense white paper sends a message that goes well beyond Tokyo’s immediate security concerns: the country increasingly sees the Indo-Pacific as a connected military theatre where China, Russia and North Korea can reinforce one another. The 598-page assessment again identifies China as Japan’s greatest strategic challenge, while warning about growing Chinese military activity…
A new wave of U.S. import tariffs officially took effect on Friday, July 24, replacing the temporary 10% global tariff that had been in place since February and marking a significant shift in the Trump administration’s trade policy. The new measures impose tariffs ranging from 10% to 12.5% on imports from 60 trading partners, covering…
Abia State is set to host a $145 million solar panel manufacturing plant following a public-private partnership between MD Nwakanma Nigeria Limited and Chinese investors, in a move expected to strengthen the state’s industrial base and expand Nigeria’s renewable energy sector. The facility will be located in Umuelele, Isiala Ngwa South Local Government Area, with…
U.S. President Donald Trump has reignited debate over election security after using a nationally televised primetime address to accuse China of interfering in past American elections and to question the integrity of the U.S. voting system ahead of this year’s midterm elections. Speaking from the White House, Trump said newly declassified intelligence pointed to vulnerabilities…
Two devastating disasters have unfolded across Asia, as rescue teams in China race to find survivors trapped beneath a massive landslide while the United Nations warns that more than 500 Rohingya refugees are feared dead after two overcrowded boats reportedly capsized off the coast of Myanmar. In southwest China, torrential rainfall triggered a huge landslide…
China has confirmed that Chinese-born American seismologist Dr. Youlin Chen remains in detention on espionage charges, rejecting U.S. claims that he has been wrongfully detained. Chen has been held since November 2024, when he was arrested at Beijing International Airport during a personal visit to China. Chen, a U.S. citizen and Boston-based scientist, is known…
Former Chelsea and Brazil midfielder Oscar has revealed that he never spent a penny of the enormous salary he earned during his lucrative spell with Shanghai Port in China, choosing instead to live entirely off his match bonuses. Speaking on John Obi Mikel’s OBI One Podcast, Oscar said he placed his entire salary into a…
China has activated its highest emergency response measures as Typhoon Bavi made landfall in Zhejiang Province, forcing the evacuation of nearly two million people and bringing widespread disruption across eastern China. Authorities suspended schools, halted public transport, cancelled hundreds of flights and train services, and shut down workplaces in several cities as powerful winds and…
Severe flooding in southern China has triggered an unusual public safety emergency after 800 to 900 snakes, including venomous cobras, kraits and pit vipers, escaped from a commercial snake breeding farm in Dengwei village, Hengzhou, Guangxi. The reptiles were released when floodwaters breached reservoirs and inundated the farm during devastating storms linked to Typhoon Maysak….
Regional security tensions have intensified across the Pacific after China conducted a surprise long-range missile test just hours after Australia and Fiji signed a landmark bilateral defence agreement aimed at strengthening regional security cooperation. The missile, reportedly launched from a Chinese nuclear-powered submarine with a simulated warhead, travelled across the South Pacific before landing in…
