Taiwan preparing for military conflict with China
A long-range Chinese combat drone capable of carrying a large weapons payload has circled Taiwan, the island’s defence ministry said Friday. ADVERTISING Democratic Taiwan lives under constant threat of an attack by Beijing, which views the island as part of its territory. Taiwan’s defence ministry said it detected 38 Chinese aircraft, including a TB-001 drone…
Budgets expected to increase further amid ‘deteriorating security landscape’ triggered by invasion of Ukraine Global defence spending increased by 9% to a record $2.2tn during 2023 driven by heightened geopolitical tensions caused by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, according to an annual assessment by a military thinktank. The International Institute of Strategic Studies added that it expected…
As Ukraine’s punishing counteroffensive continues to take its toll on Russian forces, and desperate not to rouse a finnicky nation with another conscription, Russia has turned to Kazakhstan in search of soldiers, Reuters reported on Aug. 3. Russia has launched an advertising campaign in its neighbor to the south to offer recruits a one-time payment…
The leader of the left-wing Social Democrat Party (SPD) of German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has suggested banning the Alternative for Germany (AfD) party amid the right-wing populist party’s surge in the polls. SPD leader Saskia Esken said this week that an outright ban of the AfD should not be off the table to protect democracy,…
Armenia has become the latest country to recognize a Palestinian state and said it was against “violence against the civilian population.” Armenia‘s Foreign Ministry on Friday announced that it was recognizing Palestine as a state. Yerevan becomes the latest government to recognize Palestinian statehood as the war in Gazacontinues, ongoing for over eight months. Yerevan calls…
Utah became the first state in the nation to impose a curfew on social media access for children and teens as part of sweeping reforms amid the dangers posed by harmful content on TikTok and other platforms. Republican Gov. Spencer Cox signed off on the Utah Social Media Regulation Act on Thursday as TikTok CEO…