Author: Frank Allison

A Chinese warship came within 150 yards of hitting American destroyer USS Chung-Hoon, during a rare joint Canada-U.S. mission sailing through the Taiwan Strait, the latest aggressive military move from Beijing in the South China Sea. Global News has been travelling on HMCS Montreal, the Canadian frigate participating in the mission, since May 25 in the South China Sea and witnessed the near collision from the bridge wing of the ship. A People’s Liberation Navy ship picked up considerable speed and cut in front of the bow of the Chung-Hoon, a maneuver HMCS Montreal’s commander, Capt. Paul Mountford, called “not professional.” When the Chinese vessel altered its course, Mountford says the crew called…

The Philippines and the United States have agreed to finalize their plans of conducting joint naval sails in the waters encompassing the Indo-Pacific region, the Department of National Defense (DND) bared Saturday, April 29. (President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. witnesses the sinking exercise between the Armed Forces of the Philippines and United States Armed Forces where troops try to sink BRP Pangasinan by firing a variety of weapons as part of Exercise Balikatan 2023 in San Antonio, Zambales on April 26, 2023. File photo via Manila Bulletin) It was DND Officer in Charge (OIC) Senior Undersecretary Carlito Galvez Jr. who pitched…

Activists in Wollongong are organising against plans for nearby Port Kembla to host the East Coast base for the AUKUS nuclear submarines. Solidarity spoke to Alexander Brown from Wollongong Against War and Nukes about local opposition and how unions have dedicated this year’s May Day march to opposing the plan The cost is around $10 billion for an East Coast submarine base. The Treasurer says they can’t afford the $24 billion required to increase Centrelink payments above poverty levels and yet they can afford to spend $10 billion on a war base. And that’s a small part of the overall…

Two significant statements released over the past two months have sounded the alarm on the state of medical care at the Guantánamo Bay detention centre. In March, the United Nations Human Rights Council released a letter from seven UN experts criticising the inadequate medical care provided to detainees, noting “systematic shortcomings in medical expertise, equipment, treatment and accommodations”. Then, in April, in a break with traditional protocol, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) echoed the UN experts’ concerns and urged the United States to “find adequate and sustainable solutions … as a matter of priority”. The ICRC very rarely comments…

WASHINGTON (AP) — Warring factions trying to seize control of the east African nation of Sudan have plunged the country into chaos, and thousands are fleeing the capital of Khartoum and nearby battle zones. Some countries, including the U.S., have shuttered their embassies and many are coordinating daring evacuations of their staffs and other residents in an array of convoys, flights and frantic getaway drives. But over the past week there have been dramatically different responses by various governments as they try to get their citizens and embassy personnel to safety. The U.S. has come under scrutiny for evacuating roughly 70 embassy staff in a helicopter…

Since the 1990s, China has tried to build the China-Kyrgyzstan-Uzbekistan (CKU) railway. The railway would advance China’s geopolitical and economic interests in Central Asia. Until recently, China has been unable to overcome opposition to the project in Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan. However, local concerns about the railway may be giving way since Russia’s war in Ukraine has made new trade routes bypassing Russia more profitable, and a new Uzbek government is looking to expand regional and international engagement. China has struggled to gain support from its Central Asian neighbors to build the China-Kyrgyzstan-Uzbekistan (CKU) railway since the 1990s. The CKU railway…

On the 20th anniversary of the U.S. invasion of Iraq, the War on Terror left an indelible mark on thousands of men and women who came home with terrible injuries, but a former soldier is getting a new lease, on life, in a home built specifically for him.  On a blustery Spring day, near Tomball, in a relatively new neighborhood, the Patriot Guard rumbled to a stop while a crowd of dozens waited for retired Army corporal Nick Clark to arrive, with his family, for a Texas welcome. Since 2006, the Houston non-profit organization Helping a Hero has provided support for service members severely…

Austin: US to donate old refurbished Abrams tanks from Pentagon inventory The United States will supply Ukraine with Abrams tanks from the Pentagon warehouses, which will first be converted for export, said US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin. Austin said at a congressional hearing that the Abrams tanks for Ukraine would be stockpiled and the tanks would be redesigned to be exportable. According to him, all this is not being done as part of new purchases, tanks will not be built from scratch, RIA Novosti reports. Earlier, the New York Times reported that the United States decided to send old…

The Canadian government formally committed March 24 to an extension of the International Space Station to 2030, joining other Western partners but not Russia. As part of a summit meeting in Ottawa between Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and President Joe Biden, the two governments confirmed that Canada would participate in the ISS through 2030 as part of a renewed commitment to space exploration that includes contributions to the NASA-led lunar Gateway. “Prime Minister Trudeau agreed to extend Canada’s commitment to the International Space Station (ISS) and support science on the Lunar Gateway,” the Canadian government said in a statement outlining overall…

An immigration consultant who facilitated fake admission letters, students from Punjab who ended up in colleges they had not signed up for and are now facing deportation — the Canadian scandal shows the pitfalls of chasing dreams mindlessly and the loopholes that allow illegalities THE great Canadian dream has turned into a nightmare for many. And the man responsible for this is on the run. Search is on to nab Brijesh Mishra, immigration consultant and partner at Education Migration Services in Jalandhar, who has been named in various FIRs for issuing fake admission letters to students applying for various courses…