The Chinese Foreign Ministry on Monday struggled to manage the geopolitical fallout from President Donald Trump’s arrest of Venezuelan dictator Nicolás Maduro, a major ally of the Chinese Communist regime in South America.
Oil industry analysts expect China to replace its oil imports from Venezuela with increased purchases of Iranian crude, following the arrest of China’s ally Nicolas Maduro by U.S. forces over the weekend.
Russia’s response to the arrest of its ally in Venezuela, narco-terrorist kingpin Nicolás Maduro, has been low-key as of Tuesday afternoon.
South Korean President Lee Jae-myung met with Chinese dictator Xi Jinping on Monday, during Lee’s first visit to Beijing as president. Lee said he wanted 2026 to become “the first year of the full-scale restoration of Korea-China relations.”
The Chinese Foreign Ministry on Monday struggled to manage the geopolitical fallout from President Donald Trump’s arrest of Venezuelan dictator Nicolás Maduro, a major ally of the Chinese Communist regime in South America.
The Chinese Foreign Ministry issued an incensed statement on Saturday condemning the capture of Nicolás Maduro.
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) offered a dismaying projection for Japan’s economy on Friday, projecting mediocre growth in the first half of 2026 that will cause Japan’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) to fall behind India’s.
Genocidal communist dictator Xi Jinping proclaimed that the Chinese oppressed by his Communist Party and the nation of Taiwan “share a bond of blood and kinship,” insisting that China’s colonization of Taiwan was “unstoppable” in an address to mark the new year.
The South Korean Ministry of Education revealed this week that over 4,000 schools have shut down nationwide between 1980 and March 2025, responding to the rapid collapse of the child population in the past generation.
Multiple news outlets noted at the end of the year that the communist government of North Korea is prominently featuring the Wonsan Kalma Tourist Area on its official calendars, including those meant for Chinese tourists – an indication that it will be heavily promoting travel to the beach resort region in the next year.
Australia’s New Years Eve celebration was a more solemn affair than usual this year, with a heavy security presence on the streets and a nationwide minute of silence for the victims of the Bondi Beach massacre.
With a little more than a day remaining in 2025, Americans are gearing up for an especially heated midterm season – but elsewhere around the world, voters are anticipating epic presidential elections, game-changing parliamentary races, and possible political contests that stand to change the course of their nation’s histories.
China’s Ministry of Industry and Information Technology has announced new regulations that will prohibit the use of retractable door handles, popularized by Elon musk’s Tesla, on new vehicles sold in the country citing safety concerns over occupants being trapped during collisions or power loss. Authorities in the United States are also currently investigating Tesla’s door handles.
Coupang, the e-commerce giant often called the “Amazon of Korea,” has announced a compensation plan worth $1.17 billion for 34 million users affected by a massive data breach disclosed in November.
The National Citizens’ Party (NCP) of Bangladesh, which grabbed headlines in 2024 as part of the worldwide “Gen Z” youth movement against corrupt dynasties, is facing a revolt from many of its members after announcing a political alliance with the Islamic supremacist Jamaat-e-Islami party.
Communist dictator Kim Jong-un of North Korea reportedly led the testing of long-range cruise missiles, the country’s state media outlets revealed on Monday, intended to preserve Pyongyang’s ability to conduct nuclear bombings.
China’s state-run Global Times on Sunday sought to give Beijing credit for the ceasefire between Cambodia and Thailand negotiated by President Donald Trump.
The Chinese embassy in Panama on Sunday expressed its “deep dismay, strong indignation, and firm opposition” to the recent demolition of a Chinese monument in the city of Arraiján this weekend.
The People’s Liberation Army (PLA) of China on Monday launched “Justice Mission 2025,” a series of live-fire military drills around Taiwan simulating a blockade of the independent island-nation as a purported “warning to separatist forces.”
President Donald Trump said the United Nations should become more involved in creating world peace amid the clash between Thailand and Cambodia.
The Chinese Communist government on Friday imposed sanctions against 20 American defense-related companies over arms sales to Taiwan.
Fifteen people were injured severely enough to require hospitalization in a bizarre attack on a rubber factory in Japan’s Shizuoka Prefecture on Friday. A lone suspect was arrested for attempted murder in a rampage that included eight stabbings and seven people injured by a “spray-like liquid.”
“If you want peace, prepare for war” is a Latin credo attributed to Roman writer Vegetius. Japan has heeded that advice, announcing Friday it has approved a record defense budget plan exceeding 9 trillion yen ($58 billion) for the coming year.
One of China’s oldest and most reliable business partners in Latin America, the nation of Chile, just elected a hardline conservative who supports a military overthrow of the Venezuelan socialist regime, a core Chinese ally, as its president.
The Trump administration’s “blockade” of illegal Venezuelan oil shipments is among the few serious efforts at controlling the “shadow fleet” or “dark fleet” – the vast armada of tankers flying false flags, submitting false paperwork, shutting down their identification equipment, and helping rogue nations like Russia, Iran, and Venezuela evade U.S. sanctions against their oil industries.
Reuters claimed on Monday to have viewed a draft report from the Pentagon that said China “is likely to have loaded more than 100 intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBMs) across its latest three silo fields” which are located near the Mongolian border.
Hindus in the Indian capital of New Delhi protested on Tuesday after a Hindu man was lynched and burned alive by a mob in Bangladesh.
The growing initiative by the administration of President Donald Trump to curb Venezuelan profits from its illicit oil and drug industries is alarming socialists in Caracas – and their patrons and partners in crime on the other side of the world.
The Japanese government is preparing to revise its immigration rules to make it more difficult for foreigners to obtain citizenship, including doubling the required period of residency in Japan and adding a requirement for Japanese language proficiency.
The assembly of Japan’s Niigata prefecture on Monday passed a vote of confidence in Governor Hanazumi Hideyo’s plan to restart the Kashiwazaki-Kariwa nuclear power plant, which has been shut down ever since the earthquake that caused the Fukushima nuclear disaster in 2011.
Hu Haitao, a former associate professor of microbiology at the University of Texas Medical Branch (UTMB), revealed in an interview with the South China Morning Post published on Monday that he is leaving the United States to return to his native China, where he will work for the state-run Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS).
The Chinese Foreign Ministry condemned the administration of President Donald Trump on Monday for operations to stop Venezuela’s illicit trafficking of sanctioned oil, claiming that the seizures, and not the trafficking, were the true international crime.
Chinese state media has been heavily promoting a rumor that the administration of Japanese Prime Minister Takaichi Sanae wants to develop nuclear weapons that could potentially be used against China.
The Chinese Commerce Ministry announced on Friday it has filed a case with the World Trade Organization (WTO) against certain Indian tariffs and subsidies, saying they give Indian domestic industries an “unfair competitive advantage” and “harm Chinese interests.”
Leftist President of South Korea Lee Jae Myung suggested the country’s National Health Insurance Service (NHIS) should cover hair loss treatments — deeming the issue a “matter of survival.”
Russian strongman Vladimir Putin claimed during his traditional end-of-year press conference on Friday that Russia was “ready” for a peace agreement to end its invasion of Ukraine, but peace talks were impossible as “we truly do not see such readiness” from Kyiv.
The Chinese-owned TikTok has signed a deal to sell its U.S. business to three American investors so it can operate in the country free of Chinese influence.
The Islamic State’s power was diminished with the loss of its “caliphate” in Syria and Iraq and the elimination of its leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, but it remains a worldwide threat capable of directing and inspiring terrorist attacks, as last week’s murders in Syria and Australia demonstrate.
The Australian government is touting tougher hate speech laws in the wake of the terrorist shooting rampage at Bondi Beach in Sydney last weekend, including higher penalties for promoting violence and plans for a watchlist of organizations that “promote violence or racial hatred.”
The governments of China and Russia issued impassioned statements in support of Nicolás Maduro’s narco-terrorist regime in Venezuela on Wednesday and Thursday, urging President Donald Trump to reconsider his regional actions protecting America’s national security.
The United States approved the sale of $11 billion-worth of arms to Taiwan on Wednesday in one of the largest weapons packages for the island. The deal prompted an angry backlash from China which continues to threaten the independent, democratic state on an almost daily basis.
