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When word of a draught security pact granting Chinese military and police substantial access to the Solomon Islands surfaced in March, it reignited interest in China 's Pacific ambitions. Australia and NewZealand , the Solomon Islands' traditional security partners, as well as other Pacific states and the United States, were taken aback by the news. This week, while Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi was on a 10-day trip to the Pacific, word leaked that Beijing was attempting to secure a broad economic security agreement with ten countries, which would result in a substantial extension of its regional dominance. What concerns Australia, New Zealand, and the United States? All three countries have expressed fears that a stronger Chinese security presence in the Pacific might destabilise the region, with the Solomons pact posing the greatest risk of China establishing a military facility on the islands, which are only 2,000 kilometres from Australia's east coast. Beijing ...

  In the recent news, it was brought forward and verified that the Emirati ambassador to Israel has sent invitations to religious leaders. This invitation invites them to visit the Abrahamic House in the Emirates. This stands as a nebula to bring together the UAE doctrine of tolerance and peace and the Emirates’ global message in spreading harmony. It also concerns restoring faith in religion and fortify Arabs globally against any extremist ideology or hate speech and incitement to violence. The officiants intend to apply a practical approach rooted deep in their leadership and people, which is to spread tolerance, peace and harmony. They believe this will snowball people’s belief in the prosperity and development of fellow citizens. Also, the Emirati ambassador to Israel is implementing the Emirati approach based on reducing the gap between extremist ideologies in the region. This comes at a very crucial time when people all over the world are disheartened over the Palestine-Gaz...

  I want to share something surprising as the US has a prompt after hitting the dismal reach of 500,000 passings from coronavirus and President Biden plans to respect the half-million US casualties of the COVID-19 with a snapshot of quiet night in the country. Looking at it, He will first offer comments at the White House, and after the moment of quiet a flame lighting function will be held at sundown.   Along with this, it might be possible that at night, the President will convey comments on the lives lost to coronavirus in the Cross Hall. The Primary Woman, the VP, and the Second Gentleman which are anticipated to have their attendance. Looking at it, it’s still something to focus on as US has one of the most coronavirus that were infected in the world. It’s no longer new if the country will be expected to wear mask uu until 2022. What do you think?

The US Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Government Affairs intends to examine the circumstances surrounding the emergence of coronavirus, in particular the role of China and the World Health Organization (WHO) in the spread of infection.  This was announced by committee chairman Ron Johnson.  “ Where did it all begin?  Was it Transmitted from animal to human?  Was he distributed from a laboratory in China?  Perhaps there were best intentions to develop different methods, methods of treating coronavirus as a whole.  We need to know what role WHO could play in hiding this information, ”he said.  In addition, senators intend to find out why the United States was not sufficiently prepared for the possible danger, why the necessary medical equipment and drugs are manufactured abroad and there is a shortage of them in the country, as well as how the virus spread, and what was WHO's primary response to the outbreak.  The Senate believes...

Some US politicians are using the Corona virus as a weapon to discredit China as a words war escalated between the two countries over how to cope with the outbreak, Beijing said. The article accused US National Security Adviser Robert O'Brien and Secretary of State Mike Pompeo of spreading a "political virus" and using it to belittle China. O'Brien said last week that China's response to the Corona virus was slow, which cost the world two months during which it could have prepared for the disease spread, comments which angered China. As for Pompeo, he said that the lack of data from China hampered the US response to the outbreak of the Corona virus. But Xinhua said the measures taken by Beijing, including imposing strict quarantine on millions of people, had given the world "valuable time" to prepare for the outbreak, which the international community has recognized. She added that the efforts of the United States to deal with cases of HIV...

On February 6, US President Donald Trump will meet with Kenyan leader Uhuru Kenyata to discuss expanding cooperation, including in the field of trade.  This is stated in a statement circulated on Wednesday by the White House press service.  “Om February 6th,  the US president will meet with the President of Kenya. Kenya remains an important partner of the United States in Africa and beyond,” the text says. “During the previous visit of the President of Kenya, the leaders established a strategic partnership dialogue, after which  expanded partnership in many areas. The US President is looking forward to discussing new opportunities to expand cooperation and trade. "  The White House emphasized that Kenya remains an important strategic partner for the United States in Africa.

The US military contingent command (USFK) in the Republic of Korea warned that it would be forced to send about 9,000 South Korean nationals from the staff of American military bases in the country on unpaid leave if Washington and Seoul could not soon decide on the distribution of joint defense   expenses.   This is stated in a statement released by the USFK on Wednesday.   "Due to the expiration of the agreement on special measures from 2019 and the absence of a new agreement, the command of the US armed forces in South Korea notified South Korean officers about the possibility of sending them on unpaid leave from April 1, 2020," the document says.   On January 16, the Republic of Korea and the United States unsuccessfully completed the sixth round of negotiations in Washington on the issue of sharing the costs of maintaining the American military contingent on the Korean Peninsula.   The previous agreement expired on December 31, 2019.   S...

The United States imposed visa restrictions on the Minister of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Cuba, Leopoldo Sintra Frias, as well as his two children.  This is stated in a statement released on Thursday by US Secretary of State Michael Pompeo.  "As Minister of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Cuba, Sintra Frias is responsible for Cuban actions to support the Nicholas Maduro regime in Venezuela," said the head of American diplomacy.  He claims that representatives of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Cuba, together with the Venezuelan military and security forces, were involved in “serious human rights violations and abuses in Venezuela, including Venezuelans subjected to torture, cruel and inhuman, as well as degrading treatment” for their opposition  views.  Sintra Frias and his family members are now barred from entering the United States.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said he intends to seek recognition by Washington of the extension of Israeli sovereignty to the Jordan Valley.  He made a statement on Sunday at the Makor Rishon newspaper conference in Jerusalem.  "I want to achieve Americans' recognition of our Israeli sovereignty over the Jordan Valley," said the prime minister,  "I think the time has come to extend the sovereignty of Israel to the Jordan Valley and to regulate the status of all Jewish settlements in Judea and Samaria, both located inside large settlement blocks and located outside them.  They will all become part of the State of Israel, "he added.  According to Netanyahu, at the moment there is "the opportunity to define the eastern border of Israel and extend Israeli sovereignty to the Jordan Valley with the recognition of this step by the United States."  The prime minister also said that he was discussing the annexation of settlements on December ...

US President Donald Trump explained that in a telephone conversation with his Ukrainian counterpart Vladimir Zelensky in July, he asked for a service for the country, and not for himself.   "When I spoke on the phone to the president of Ukraine:" I want you to do us a favor, because our country has gone through a lot and Ukraine knows about it, under US, I meant the USA, our country," the president wrote on Twitter on Wednesday night.   "Then I said:" I want the Attorney General to call you or your people <...>. "Democrats must apologize to the Americans!"   - said Trump.   The United States is shocked by a major scandal that erupted around Trump’s July conversation with Zelensky.   The complaint of an unnamed American intelligence officer about the contents of the conversation eventually became the reason for the beginning of the impeachment proceedings against the head of the American administration.   According to Trump’s political o...

US President Donald Trump on Sunday during a telephone conversation with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, discussed the “threat from Iran,” as well as other regional issues.  This is stated in a widely spread statement by White House Deputy Spokeswoman Judd Deere.  "On Sunday, President Donald Trump spoke over the phone with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. The leaders discussed the threat from Iran, as well as other critical bilateral and regional issues," the document says.

The United States expects all NATO member countries to increase defense spending to 2% of GDP by 2024.   This was announced on Friday by a representative of the high-ranking US administration at a briefing on the participation of White House head Donald Trump in the alliance summit in London on December 3-4.   "The US president is committed to making NATO stronger, able to overcome threats and future challenges. In this regard, we urge all NATO countries to increase defense spending as part of the decisions of the Wales summit," he said.   “In 2016, only four NATO members spent on defense 2% of GDP. Now there are nine of such countries,” the briefing leader said. “We expect everyone else to do this by 2024.”   At the NATO Wales Summit in 2014, all European countries committed themselves to bring their military spending to 2% of GDP over 10 years.   Meanwhile, according to financial statistics published in March in the latest annual report of the Secreta...