European Ports Becoming Overflowing Car Parks Due to Slow Demand for Electric Vehicles and Logistics Bottlenecks
Major European ports are turning into car parks. This is because the number of imported cars is piling up every day due to slow demand for electric vehicles and logistics bottlenecks. Cars are parked in a port in Germany. / Reuters On the 9th (local time), the Financial Times (FT) reported that “demand growth for […]
Cargo Ship Dali Collides with Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore: Updates on Crew, Cargo, and Cleanup Operations
A pier and main body of the bridge collapsed after the cargo container ship Dali collided with the Francis Scott Key Bridge across the Patapsco River in Baltimore, Maryland, eastern United States, due to a loss of power in the early morning of the 26th (local time ) As the accident occurred, the ship was […]
The Dark Side of Legalized Sports Betting: MLB Star Shohei Ohtani Caught in Illegal Gambling Scandal
Sports betting was almost fully allowed in the United States in 2018. The trigger point was that the US Supreme Court ruled that the ban on sports betting under the pretext of maintaining the purity of sports competition and eliminating scandals and corruption was unconstitutional. However, less than eight years after the Supreme Court ruling, […]
EU Tentatively Agrees to Raise 5 Billion Euros for Military Aid in Ukraine
The European Union (EU) tentatively agreed on the 13th (local time) to raise additional funds for military aid in Ukraine worth 5 billion euros (about 7.2 trillion won). European flags fly outside the headquarters of the European Commission in Brussels, Belgium. / Reuters On this day, Josep Borrell, the EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs […]
China’s Two Sessions: Strengthening President Xi Jinping’s Control Over the State Council
As China’s biggest political event, the Two Sessions (National People’s Congress and National People’s Political Consultative Conference), ended on the 11th, an amendment to the ‘State Council Institutional Law’ was passed to strengthen Chinese President Xi Jinping’s control over the Council State (executive department). An assessment that President Xi’s ‘one-man system’ has been further strengthened […]
Investigation Reveals Abnormal Behavior in Chinese-Made Port Cranes in US Ports
As President Joe Biden’s administration plans to invest billions of dollars to build its own port cranes to quell concerns that Chinese port cranes with advanced software pose a national security threat, a congressional investigation finds abnormal behavior in Chinese-made cranes in US ports. The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) reported on the 7th (local time) […]
Tragic Suicide at Taiwan Presidential Office: Military Police Soldier Commits Suicide on Duty
Panoramic view of the Taiwan Presidential Building / Taipei Tourism Website An incident occurred on the night of the 1st when a military police soldier responsible for the security of the Presidential Office committed suicide by shooting himself while on duty. According to several Taiwanese media outlets, including the Liberty Times, on the 2nd, at […]
Political Experts Rank President Joe Biden 14th, with Donald Trump at the Bottom in Survey Evaluating Past US Presidents
President Joe Biden ranked 14th in a survey of American political experts evaluating the achievements of former presidents. Former President Donald Trump was ranked 45th, the lowest. US President Joe Biden. / Yonhap News Reuters According to The Hill, an American political media outlet, on the 18th (local time), the University of Houston and Coastal […]
Ukrainian President Zelensky Announces Troop Withdrawal at Munich Security Conference
In a speech on the second day of the Munich Security Conference (MSC) in Germany on the 17th (local time), Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky announced the withdrawal of troops from the eastern Audijivka battlefield and said, “We decided to withdraw back to avoid a circumstance.” Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky speaking from the podium at the […]
US Senate Passes $95.34 Billion Foreign Aid Bill, Including $60.1 Billion to Ukraine
The New York Times and CNN reported that the US Senate passed a special foreign aid bill totaling $95.34 billion (126.8 trillion won), including $60.1 billion (80 trillion won) to Ukraine and $14.1 billion (18.7 trillion won) to Israel, in the plenary meeting Major foreign media reported on the 13th. US President Joe Biden (right) […]
