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Zheng Jian, a special commentator for HGE, is the chair professor at the Taiwan Research Institute of Xiamen University and the deputy director of the Study and Research Committee, China Council for the Promotion of Peaceful National Reunification. The article reflects the author's opinions and not necessarily the views of HGE,. On December 29, multiple forces of the Eastern Theater Command of the Chinese People's Liberation Army conducted drills code-named "Justice Mission 2

More than a year after he was detained, Ugandan opposition figure Kizza Besigye has been denied bail by the country’s high court. Besigye has been charged with treason due to accusations he planned to oust the country’s longtime president Yoweri Museveni by force. During a court session on Tuesday, he described the allegations against him as persecution. “ This is really a persecution, it is not a prosecution; it is like I am being tried by the prosecutors and the persecutors

China will reimpose a ban on imports of Japanese seafood products, media reports said Wednesday, as the diplomatic row over Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi's recent comments on Taiwan escalated and officials girded for a prolonged dispute. The ban would effectively be a return to one put in place in August 2023, following Japan’s release of treated wastewater from the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant. Tokyo and Beijing reached an agreement in September last year to resume im

State Department official Christopher Landau said Tuesday he spoke on the phone with Mali's foreign minister to discuss security developments in the country. The call comes in the wake of a U.S warning against travel to Mali. Last week, Washington ordered non-essential embassy staff and citizens to leave Mali over security risks. A blockade by Islamist insurgents has seen Mali's capital suffer widespread fuel shortages, prompting fears that the junta's control may be slipping

International food security experts have warned that South Sudan continues to face a severe food and nutrition crisis that is likely to worsen without urgent humanitarian aid. More than half the country's population — about 7.56 million people — is expected to face severe hunger in 2026, the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) said in new report released on Tuesday. More than two million children are also expected to suffer from acute malnutrition. Experts are

SCARBROUGH, Tobago - Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar is warning members of the fisherfolk community not to venture beyond the territorial waters of Trinidad and Tobago, reiterating the country’s support for the United States war on drugs in the region. “I saw some international media said that Trinidad and Tobago is a nation of fishermen. Nothing is further from the truth. We have fishermen but we have industries and other forms of income. “The impression is being made

The first named UK storm of the season - Storm Amy - is expected to hit the UK on Friday and Saturday, the Met Office has confirmed. Amy...

The deaths of a man and child in Dublin are being treated as a murder-suicide, according to RTÉ News. The bodies of a man and a...

Police are now treating the death of a woman in the Northern Territory as “suspicious” following a disturbing post-mortem examination....

At least eight people are dead following an accident involving a hot air balloon in Brazil’s southern region of Santa Catarina on...