The US House of Representatives voted 234-188 to censure Michigan lawmaker Rashida Tlaib, the chamber’s only Palestinian-American, for making public statements in favor of Palestinian rights and for calling for a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip after more than ten thousand Palestinians–the majority of them women and children–have been killed in retaliatory bombings.
Economic sanctions and corporate boycotts have not caused the rapid collapse of the Russian economy, as some Western commentators had hoped. Sanctions are, however, pressuring economic lifelines for the Russian people and forcing Moscow to embrace Eurasian ties.
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and the military, political, and economic confrontation which resulted from it has led to a food supply crisis which is expanding throughout the developing world.
Henry Johnstone Morland Scott-Stokes, patrician among Japan’s foreign correspondents since 1964, recently died in Tokyo at the age of 83, but not before he did untold damage by performing as a foreign handmaid to Japan’s fascists.
The world of business has become globalized at senior levels, but the one advanced nation that still treats its corporate leaders very differently based upon foreign nationality alone is Japan.
A political spat between high-ranking Nationalist Party (KMT) and Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) politicians broke out last month after comments by former President Ma Ying-jeou of the KMT regarding Taiwan’s national defense.
A roundup of the most significant news stories from Japan reported in the last half of August 2020.
While New York Times reporters have relocated to Taipei earlier this year due to media expulsions from China, it remains to be seen whether or not other western media outlets intend to open bureaus in Taiwan.
Nationalist Party (KMT) chair elections resulted in the election victory of Taichung legislator Johnny Chiang over his opponent, former Taipei Mayor Hau Lung-bin.
A roundup of the most significant news stories from Japan reported in the last half of January 2020.
