China has a new foreign minister, and in his first news conference since taking office, he directed a warning to the U.S. He said that if Washington stays on its current path, there will be inevitable “confrontation and conflict” between the United States and China. The new Foreign Minister Qin Gang shares the same sentiments…

South Korea announced it will provide compensation to victims who were forced to work while the country was under Japanese rule. It’s an attempt to heal an old wound that goes back more than 100 years.   Japan ruled the Korean Peninsula from 1910 to 1945. Throughout that time, hundreds of thousands of Koreans were forced…

China has increased its 2023 defense budget by 7.2%. In U.S. dollars, China’s defense budget is equivalent to $230 billion, marking an increase of about $16 billion over its 2022 defense budget. Similarly, the U.S. increased its 2023 defense budget, but its defense budget totals roughly $800 billion. China’s increase in military spending comes as tensions…

The United States and its Western allies have repeatedly shot down any request from Ukraine to send fighter jets. In addition to pilot training, ground crews also require extensive training to maintain the aircraft, and Ukraine’s airfields aren’t suited to operate modern Western fighters. However, like tanks and air defense systems, Ukraine thinks it’s just…

Finland has begun constructing a 124-mile fence along the country’s 800-mile border with Russia, in an effort to boost security. The move comes as Russia’s invasion of Ukraine enters its second year and reports of Russians fleeing the military draft continue. Some in the Nordic nation have expressed concerns of Russian threats, as the invasion…

Since their introduction to the battlefield, tanks have been an integral part of warfare. While Ukraine waits for the promised main battle tanks from the West to bolster its armored divisions, Russia is on its own. WATCH ➡️ “Our tanks will be on Red Square + that will be justice.” That’s what Ukraine’s national security…

White House unveils proposal targeting Covid relief fraud – The White House announced a $1.6 billion dollar proposal to combat COVID relief fraud Thursday morning. Since the pandemic, the U.S. government has spent $5 trillion in COVID relief funds. Some experts predict hundreds of billions was misused. The White House’s plan targets fraudsters who took…

The United States is forming new, and building on, existing military partnerships in the Pacific. China knows that and is busy building up military alliances of its own. New satellite imagery from a company called BlackSky shows what Western intelligence firms dubbed a “secret” Chinese naval base. It’s just the second staging facility China has outside…

The West is worried about possibly triggering World War III if it helps Ukraine too much. Meanwhile, Russia’s top mercenary is recruiting soldiers on the promise of World War III. Yevgeny Prigozhin is the infamous leader of Russia’s Wagner Group, a private military company. In a recently released recruiting video, the accused murderer-for-hire is seen…

Switzerland is a small European nation known for things like the Alps, neutrality and weapons development. Because of the latter two, the Swiss government finds itself at the center of a nearly global effort to ship weapons and ammunition to Ukraine. Ukraine’s ambassador to Switzerland Iryna Venediktova says she respects Swiss neutrality. “But please let other…