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Taiwan selects 'Left-Handed Girl' as Oscar submission
Taiwan's Ministry of Culture has revealed that 'Left-Handed Girl', directed by Tsou Shih-ching, has been selected as the country's submission for the best international feature category at the 98th Academy Awards, reported Variety.

Taiwan to hold disaster response drills, test quake alerts in September
Taipei, Aug. 28 (CNA) Taiwan will hold a series of drills in September, which will include trials of its earthquake warning system, the Ministry of the Interior (MOI) said Thursday. Scheduled for Sept. 17-19 to coincide with the annual National...

University Distinguished Professor to examine ‘America First’ influence on trade law
LAWRENCE — As one of the world’s foremost international trade law scholars and teachers, Raj Bhala is the first University of Kansas School of Law professor to earn the title of University Distinguished Professor. Bhala is renowned for his...

Taiwan selects 'Left-Handed Girl' as official entry for Oscars 2025
Washington DC [US], August 28 (ANI): Taiwan's Ministry of Culture has revealed that 'Left-Handed Girl', directed by Tsou Shih-ching, has been selected as the country's submission for the best international feature category at the 98th Academy...

Philippines Open To Talks With China On Filipino Safety In Taiwan: Foreign Minister
Home China Philippines Open To Talks With China On Filipino Safety In Taiwan: Foreign... Over the past five years, Taiwan has come under increasing military and political pressure from China, which views the island as its "sacred" territory. The...

Defying West, Xi gathers ‘Axis of Upheaval’ at military parade
Leaders from Russia, N Korea, Myanmar and Iran expected to join China’s solidarity show BEIJING: Chinese President Xi Jinping will be flanked by leaders of some of the world’s most heavily sanctioned nations - Russia, North Korea, Iran and Myanmar...
Xi invites ‘Axis of Upheaval’ to China military parade
Beijing — Chinese President Xi Jinping will be flanked by leaders of some of the world’s most heavily sanctioned nations — Russia, North Korea, Iran and Myanmar — at a military parade next week in Beijing, in a show of solidarity against the West....

AP News: North Korea's Kim will meet with Xi and Putin at Chinese military parade
BEIJING (AP) — North Korean leader Kim Jong Un will make his first visit to China in six years to attend a military parade next week, the two countries said Thursday, in an event that would bring him together with a large group of world leaders...
Global Production Quickly Ramping Up for Drone Industry Specific to Defense and Military Operations
MarketNewsUpdates News Commentary NEW YORK, Aug. 28, 2025 -- The military drone market is experiencing significant growth due to increasing demand for unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) in various military applications such as intelligence,...
Nvidia still hasn't finalized deal to kick 15% of H20 China chip sales back to the US government
Nvidia (NVDA) said Wednesday that the US government has not finalized a recent agreement that would require the AI chipmaker to share 15% of the revenue from sales of its H20 chips to China in exchange for export licenses. “[US government]...

Drone Production Revenues Booming Driven By Significant Defense Budgets And Ongoing Military Operations Worldwide - Financial News Media
(MENAFN- Financial News Media) data-id="165ecfe1" data-element_type="widget" data-widget_type="theme-post-content"> Palm Beach, FL – August 28, 2025 – The Global Military Drone Market has been growing steadily in the recent past and is destined to...

Global Production Quickly Ramping Up For Drone Industry Specific To Defense And Military Operations - Financial News Media
(MENAFN- Financial News Media) data-id="165ecfe1" data-element_type="widget" data-widget_type="theme-post-content"> New York, NY – August 28, 2025 – The military drone market is experiencing significant growth due to increasing demand for unmanned...

With Putin ‘stalling’ peace talks, NATO minister says US has ‘powerful leverage’
Russian President Vladimir Putin. (Contributor/Getty Images) (LONDON) — On NATO’s eastern edge, leaders of the Baltic nations have long considered themselves more awake to the threat from Moscow than their allies to the west, a collective memory...

Former Prime Minister Boris Johnson 'looks like a new man' in holiday snaps
While on holiday with his family, Johnson, who lives in Brightwell-cum-Sotwell near Oxford, was seen sporting a new haircut and appeared to have started growing facial hair. Known for his mop of long blonde hair, he was pictured on Instagram in a...

Top 10 scholarships in 2025 for international students to study abroad
Looking to study abroad but worried about finances? With thousands of dollars in scholarships going unclaimed every year, you might be leaving money on the table. Indian students aspiring to study abroad can tap into a wide range of scholarships...

Taiwan's economy remains stable for 3rd straight month in July
Taipei, Aug. 28 (CNA) Taiwan's economy flashed a "green" light, indicating stable growth, for the third consecutive month in July, according to a report released by the National Development Council (NDC) on Thursday. The NDC uses a five-color...
Putin, Kim to sign up with Xi at Tiananmen Square for China’s military parade
North Korea’s Supreme Leader Kim Jong Un and Russian President Vladimir Putin will be amongst more than 2 lots foreign leaders who will be going to China’s huge military parade next week. China’s foreign ministry on Thursday verified the news of...

American Military Power and World Peace: A Strategic Paradox?
Since the end of the Cold War, the United States has maintained an unparalleled global military posture, embodying what some analysts have called an “empire of bases” (Johnson, The Sorrows of Empire, 2004). With nearly 750 military facilities...

Trump revives Greenland-like land demand in tense meeting with South Korean President Lee Jae Myung
South Korea’s new President Lee Jae Myung visited Washington for his first official trip, expected to strengthen the U.S.–South Korea alliance. Instead of focusing only on military modernization, the big headline became Trump’s “Land for America”...

Taiwan authorities bust Chinese hacker group tied to data trafficking rings
Taiwan has traced a Chinese hacker group known as "CrazyHunter", accused of selling stolen personal data to human trafficking rings operating in both Taiwan and China, Taipei Times reported. According to Taiwan's Investigation Bureau, between...