Giorno: 10 Aprile 2023

From Largest Surplus to Largest Deficit, South Korea’s Economy Weighed Down by China

Read More News Analysis South Korea, heavily dependent on exports to China, has seen its exports deteriorate further due to China’s economic downturn. Exports to China, once Korea’s largest trade surplus, have turned into its largest deficit since 2023. According to statistics released by the Korea International Trade Association (KITA) in late March, South Korea’s […]

North Korea Refuses to Answer South Korean Military Hotline Calls Amid Tensions

Read More South Korea’s government stated on April 10 that North Korea has refused to answer its calls through both the joint liaison communication channel and the military hotline for a fourth day in a row. The two Koreas typically hold phone calls twice per day through the inter-Korean liaison channel and the military hotline, […]

China Ends Taiwan Drills After Practicing Blockades, Precision Strikes

Read More TAIPEI—China ended three days of military drills around Taiwan on Monday saying they had tested integrated military capabilities under actual combat conditions, having practiced precision strikes, and blockading the self-ruled island. Taiwan responded to Beijing’s announcement by saying it would “never relax” its efforts to strengthen combat readiness and would closely monitor China’s […]

World’s Top Chipmaker Posts Drop in Revenue, Its First Decline in Four Years

Read More Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. (TSMC), the world’s top chipmaker, posted a double-digit drop in revenue last month, its first decline in four years. The chip-making giant’s filing on April 10 showed that revenue for March fell 15 percent from the same month a year earlier, after economic headwinds hit the semiconductor market, according to Dow […]

Why Jagersfontein tailings dam failed

Read More Using public satellite and aerial imagery, Wits civil engineers find the dam’s construction history deviated from best engineering practice Using public satellite and aerial imagery, Wits civil engineers find the dam’s construction history deviated from best engineering practice This article is only available to subscribers. View subscription options If you are already a […]

Confronting grief, Part 2: The hard road back to hope

Read More On 8 March, Mbali Hlela Bulunga, a 12-year-old girl, passed through a portal of pain and went to her peace, after first being diagnosed with leukaemia six years earlier. On 8 March, Mbali Hlela Bulunga, a 12-year-old girl, passed through a portal of pain and went to her peace, after first being diagnosed […]

Labour to take aim at Sunak’s leadership on cost of living crisis

Read More Keir Starmer will shift his aim this week on to Rishi Sunak’s role in presiding over the cost of living crisis after days of anger over Labour’s crime campaign. The party will continue to single out the prime minister in the minds of voters, claiming “his fingerprints are all over their struggling household […]

Nashville council votes to reinstate expelled Democrat Justin Jones

Read More The city of Nashville’s governing council on Monday afternoon voted unanimously to return expelled Black lawmaker Justin Jones to the Tennessee state legislature. The body’s Republican majority state lawmakers had expelled Jones and fellow house member Justin Pearson late last week because they led protests in the chamber demanding gun control after yet […]

Leak of secret US defense papers could be ‘tip of the iceberg’, report says

Read More The recent leak of more than a hundred secret US defense documents could just be the “tip of the iceberg” of a trove of material that had started circulating long before it was widely noticed, according to a new report. The disclosure of highly classified material already represents Washington’s worst national security breach […]