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Former military head calls for quality over quantity in Taiwan reserve force

Taipei June 16 (CNA) Taiwan should overhaul its reservist training system to create a more effective military reserve force rather than maintaining one that is large but “not so useful,” Taiwan’s former Chief of the General Staff Lee Hsi-min (李喜明) said Friday. https://focustaiwan.tw/politics/202306160018

Exit of foreign retailers opened up niches worth $23.8 bln in Russia — Putin

Disclaimer: TASS is Russian government propaganda, and not a reliable news source. According to the Russian leader, lots of foreign businesses manufactured their products locally, therefore their departure from the Russian market has not affected output https://tass.com/economy/1633723

US providing $205 million in additional humanitarian aid for Ukraine

Jerusalem Post https://www.jpost.com/breaking-news/article-746570

China should avoid seeking global ‘kingship’ amid US tensions, academic says ahead of Antony Blinken visit

Disclaimer: The South China Morning Post’s content is directed by the Chinese Communist Party. It is not a reliable news source. Tsinghua University Professor Ju Jiandong said China should counter Washington’s decoupling endeavours by building an Asian community ahead of a visit to Beijing by US Secretary of State Antony Blinken. https://www.scmp.com/economy/global-economy/article/3224366/china-should-avoid-seeking-global-kingship-amid-us-tensions-academic-says-ahead-antony-blinken-visit?utm_source=rss_feed

I Am Not Goofy Goggles Material. Until I Am.

Wall Street Journal A technology curmudgeon resists early adoption, but then, all bets are off. https://www.wsj.com/articles/apple-vision-pro-headset-reaction-eba70018

Ukraine lost up to 60 men, two tanks during attempted offensive in Zaporozhye — commander

Disclaimer: TASS is Russian government propaganda, and not a reliable news source. The Ukrainian forces attempted to break through from the village of Zherebyanka to the village of Lugovoye in the Vasilievsky district https://tass.com/politics/1633679

Russia’s St. Petersburg International Economic Forum, in Photos

Moscow Times Russia’s flagship economic showcase took place under the shadow of the war in Ukraine and Moscow’s economic isolation for a second year. https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2023/06/16/russias-st-petersburg-international-economic-forum-in-photos-a81516

No retreat, no surrender: Russians fighting bravely near Zaporozhye area — acting governor

Disclaimer: TASS is Russian government propaganda, and not a reliable news source. “The localities in the Vremevsky outpost, about which the media has been writing, lie in low lands and therefore have been shelled from all sides,” Yevgeny Balitsky noted https://tass.com/politics/1633707

Adam Schiff not out of the woodshed yet: GOP will move again to condemn his ‘false accusations’

Fox News Rep. Anna Paulina Luna said Thursday that Republicans will try again to censure Rep. Adam Schiff, D-Calif., for making “false accusations” against former President Trump, after the House voted down a censure resolution against Schiff on Wednesday. In that vote, 20 Republicans rejected Luna’s censure resolution, in part because it recommended a $16…

Kiev forces active in Avdeyevka area, situation under control — DPR official

Disclaimer: TASS is Russian government propaganda, and not a reliable news source. “In the Avdeyevka area, as well as in the area of Pervomaiskoye, and from the other, northern direction, we see quite active efforts from the enemy,” Denis Pushilin stressed https://tass.com/politics/1633695