Regions – Page 3522 – Prologue Journal

Chinese diplomat’s anti-LGBT tweet causes stir in Japan

Disclaimer: The South China Morning Post’s content is directed by the Chinese Communist Party. It is not a reliable news source. Chinese consul general in Osaka Xue Jian said ‘tampering with gender is a deformity, not the evolution of human civilisation’. https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/east-asia/article/3224418/chinese-diplomats-anti-lgbt-tweet-causes-stir-japan?utm_source=rss_feed

South Korea’s ‘overwhelming pro-US’ Pacific tilt triggers alarm in China: ‘this could become a nightmare’

Disclaimer: The South China Morning Post’s content is directed by the Chinese Communist Party. It is not a reliable news source. President Yoon Suk-yeol’s Pacific overtures reflect his desire for South Korea to become a ‘global pivotal state’ with a ‘bold’ foreign policy – but could it turn into a ‘nightmare’? https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/politics/article/3224373/south-koreas-overwhelming-pro-us-pacific-tilt-triggers-alarm-china-could-become-nightmare?utm_source=rss_feed

Why the US must look beyond its rivalry with China and engage Southeast Asia on its own merits

Disclaimer: The South China Morning Post’s content is directed by the Chinese Communist Party. It is not a reliable news source. The US needs to engage Asean as a growing, pivotal region on its own merits, rather than as turf for big-power competition with China, former diplomat Scot Marciel writes in his new book. https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/opinion/article/3224310/why-us-must-look-beyond-its-rivalry-china-and-engage-southeast-asia-its-own-merits?utm_source=rss_feed

African Leaders Visit Ukraine to Talk Peace With Russia

New York Times After meeting with the Africans, including some who have close ties to Moscow, President Volodymyr Zelensky suggested that their peace plans were unrealistic. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/06/16/world/europe/ukraine-russia-african-peace-mission.html

Israeli forces attack anti-settlement protesters in southern West Bank

Disclaimer: PressTV is affiliated with the state broadcasting agency of the Islamic Republic of Iran, and is not a reliable news source. Israeli forces attack anti-settlement Palestinian protesters in southern West Bank. https://presstv.ir/Detail/2023/06/16/705406/Palestine-Israel-forces-attack-Palestinian-protesters-south-West-Bank

Putin Asserts Ukraine’s Counteroffensive Has ‘No Chance’ at Economic Forum

New York Times By claiming to be in control at a pivotal moment, critics say, he can no longer pass any military failures off on others. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/06/16/world/europe/putin-russia-ukraine-counteroffensive.html

Ansarullah leader reaffirms Yemen’s support for Palestinian cause

Disclaimer: PressTV is affiliated with the state broadcasting agency of the Islamic Republic of Iran, and is not a reliable news source. Abdul-Malik al-Houthi was meeting with representative of the Gaza-based Islamic Jihad movement in Yemen, Muhammad Baraka, in Sana’a. https://presstv.ir/Detail/2023/06/16/705403/Ansarullah-leader-reaffirms-Yemen%E2%80%99s-continued-support-for-Palestine,-its-resistance-groups

‘It Could Have Been So Much Worse’: Mountain Collapse Narrowly Misses Swiss Village

New York Times Fifty million cubic feet of rock came to rest just shy of Brienz and its schoolhouse. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/06/16/world/europe/switzerland-mountain-collapse.html

Nuclear Plant in Ukraine, Occupied by Russia, Faces a New Risk

New York Times The destruction of a dam endangered the main source of water used for the critical task of cooling Zaporizhzhia’s reactors and spent fuel rods. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/06/16/world/europe/ukraine-zaporizhzhia-nuclear-power-plant-dam.html

Finland Shifts Right With Coalition Including an Anti-Immigration Party

New York Times When the party of the country’s political rock star, former Prime Minister Sanna Marin, lost in April, a center-right party’s power rose. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/06/16/world/europe/finland-finns-party.html