Philippines accuses China of new water cannon attacks in South China Sea | South China Sea News

Philippines accuses China of new water cannon attacks in South China Sea | South China Sea News

Two countries involved in a second incident this month at disputed Second Thomas Shoal. Manila has accused China’s coastguard of firing water cannon at one of its supply boats, in the latest incident between the two countries in the disputed South China Sea. The Philippine military said the Saturday morning…

‘Imagine if just one dam is hit’: Russian-Ukrainian energy war heats up | Russia-Ukraine war News

‘Imagine if just one dam is hit’: Russian-Ukrainian energy war heats up | Russia-Ukraine war News

Olena Rozumovska is at the end of her rope. Her two-bedroom apartment in an Soviet-era concrete building has no electricity or water supply, and the central heating is off after Russian drones and missiles struck Kharkiv, Ukraine’s second largest city, on Friday. “It’s unbearable, impossible. I want to howl with…

Guns won’t stop goals from girl footballers in India’s violence-hit Manipur | Football

Guns won’t stop goals from girl footballers in India’s violence-hit Manipur | Football

Andro, India – Smart in her neon blue jacket and bright red sneakers, Hemarani slips out of the large thatched-roof mud hut and stands squinting up at the rising sun. The sky is streaked pink over the Nongmaiching Ching hills, and the wide open field before her is still swimming…

Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 758 | Russia-Ukraine war News

Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 758 | Russia-Ukraine war News

Here is the situation on Saturday, March 23, 2024. Fighting At least five people were killed and more than one million were left without power after Russia launched a wave of drone and missile strikes on Ukraine, targeting the country’s energy infrastructure. Eight of the Russian missiles hit Dnipro Hydroelectric…

‘Insane’: Xi’s call for ethnic Chinese to tell Beijing’s story stirs anger | Politics News

‘Insane’: Xi’s call for ethnic Chinese to tell Beijing’s story stirs anger | Politics News

In late February, 59-year-old Phillip Chan Man Ping became the first person in Singapore to be officially designated a “politically significant person”. The city-state’s authorities had already announced that Chan had “shown susceptibility to being influenced by foreign actors, and willingness to advance their interests” and that Chan’s activities “were…

Faced with an election ban, Venezuela opposition leader names alternate | Elections News

Faced with an election ban, Venezuela opposition leader names alternate | Elections News

Opposition leader María Corina Machado named professor Corina Yoris as her replacement in the 2024 presidential race. Maria Corina Machado, the opposition leader in Venezuela’s upcoming presidential election, has thrown her support behind an alternate candidate as she continues to face a ban from running for office. She named the…

Peruvian democracy weakened as government consolidates control: Report | Politics News

Peruvian democracy weakened as government consolidates control: Report | Politics News

Peruvian democracy has continued to deteriorate more than a year after the removal of former President Pedro Castillo, according to a recent report from the Washington-based nonprofit Freedom House. The report — released this month — traced the lingering effects of a government crackdown on protesters, as well as efforts…