Taiwan residents say China’s threats against Nancy Pelosi visit are just hot air

Taiwan’s residents are largely undisturbed by China’s recent threats of military action should House Speaker Nancy Pelosi visit the island. News of Pelosi’s potential trip to Taiwan leaked last week. She would be the highest-level U.S. official to visit the island since House Speaker Newt Gingrich in 1997. China has warned the U.S. that it […]

China gun attack kills 3, despite strict firearm regulations

Chinese police are looking for a suspect in a mass shooting that took place Tuesday afternoon. The suspect, Li Qiang, allegedly killed three people and injured two in a violent rampage on Tuesday, according to the South China Morning Post. The shooting took place in the Sichuan province. Police are offering a bounty close to […]

Brazil president rips Leonardo DiCaprio over Amazon deforestation tweet: ‘Give up your yacht before lecturing’

Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro called out Leonardo DiCaprio’s recent tweet about deforestation in the Amazon rainforest, telling the actor and climate activist, “give up your yacht before lecturing the world.” DiCaprio posed the question to his 19.6 million Twitter followers: “How extensive is deforestation in Amazonia, one of the most important places on the planet […]

US Military Makes Move in South China Sea Before Potential Pelosi Visit

Read More The Pentagon sent a U.S. aircraft carrier group to the South China Sea amid speculation that House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) would visit Taiwan, according to a Navy spokesperson. “I can confirm USS Ronald Reagan and her strike group are now underway, operating in the South China Sea following a successful port visit […]

‘The premier and I are good,’ insists Babalo Madikizela after resigning

Read More Former Eastern Cape member of the executive council public works Babalo Madikizela — who fought and lost against Oscar Mabuyane for the post of ANC provincial chairperson — says he is leaving his department in a better state than it was when he arrived. Madikizela announced that he had resigned from his position […]

Warring Zithulele Hospital leaders transferred

Read More The feuding clinical manager and chief executive of Zithulele Hospital, near Mthatha, were transferred on Thursday.  The transfer of clinical manager Dr Ben Gaunt has triggered disquiet among the Rural Doctors Association of South Africa’s (Rudasa) members, veteran rural public sector physicians and the local Zithulele community, who support four long-service senior doctors […]

Numsa’s Irvin Jim claims media takedown campaign

Read More Numsa general secretary, Irvin Jim, claims there has been a media campaign aimed at bringing him down. Amid the war of words that has stalked the National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa’s (Numsa’s) congress, the union’s general secretary, Irvin Jim, claims there has been a media campaign aimed at bringing him […]