2023-08-27 13:36:55 Clever bison sees red on the road to the moon. On the one hand, the historic powers of the conquest of space are once again turning to it: the United States wants to send astronauts in 2025, and Russia tried unsuccessfully to land a spacecraft there in early August, its first lunar mission. … Read more
A new era is dawning for China… and the world. In his very brief first speech as president who begins his historic third term at the head of the second world power, Xi Jinping, 69, did not hide his priorities. “Security is the foundation of development, while stability is a prerequisite for prosperity”he launched Monday, … Read more
“A deeply regrettable act. » It is with these words that the Indian Ministry of Defense reacted on Friday March 11 after acknowledging that it had “accidentally” sent a missile into Pakistani territory two days earlier. “As part of routine maintenance, a technical malfunction led to the accidental firing of a missile” and this one … Read more
While the whole world is watching with dread the Russian military invasion in Ukraine, the coronavirus and especially its variant Omicron continue to circulate throughout China. Chinese health authorities on Monday (March 7) reported the highest number of daily cases of Covid-19 infections since the virus emerged in Wuhan in late 2019. 500 infections in … Read more
This political ritual remains immutable. Every year in early spring, the annual session of the National People’s Congress opens for a week in Tiananmen Square in the heart of Beijing. And like every year, the 3,000 Chinese deputies from all the provinces of the country will unanimously ratify, without any possible challenge, the decisions of … Read more
► The post-tsunami origins of Indonesia in 2004 After the 2004 Indonesia earthquake and tsunami that killed 230,000 in the Indian Ocean, the United States, India, Australia and Japan, which had provided relief, came together for the first times on January 26, 2004. Three years later, they formed the “Quadrilateral Dialogue for Security”, the Quad. … Read more
After two years of almost closing its borders to foreigners, Japan is slowly emerging from its isolation. Following long negotiations between different ministries (immigration, education, health, economy), the Japanese Prime Minister, Fumio Kishida, is due to announce on Thursday February 17 a relaxation of the rules for entering the country for non-resident foreigners. He would … Read more
North Korea carried out its seventh test launch of the year on Sunday (January 30th) for what appeared to be its most powerful missile since 2017. The South Korean Joint Chiefs of Staff said it detected a missile intermediate-range ballistic fire, fired from the northern province of Jagang, towards its east coast and into the … Read more