The Chinese embassy in Canberra has hit back at Australian media reports of a man who says he worked as a secret Chinese operative for five years, saying he is a convicted fraudster. Wang Liqiang told Nine Newspapers he was seeking asylum in Australia, and was willing to detail his operations working as an intelligence agent for the Communist Party. …

Winners selected and announced for the final IWPG art competition among 6,500 participants from 30 countries Seoul, October 30, 2019 – The International Women’s Peace Group (IWPG) announced the winners of the 2nd International Loving-Peace Drawing Competition. This is an international competition is one of the policies for realizing world peace that is designed to foster children and youth, the …

Australian and Chinese leaders have talked up the opportunities for future cooperation on issues of common interest, brushing aside recent diplomatic strain stemming from philosophical differences. A 45-minute meeting with Chinese Premier Li Keqiang was the first item on Prime Minister Scott Morrison’s agenda as he flew in to Bangkok on Sunday afternoon ahead of the East Asia Summit on …

World Peace Summit to Call for Collective Effort for Sustainable Peace and Development Ensured by International Legal Framework Hosted by HWPL in South Korea Suwon, September 19, 2019 – The international peace NGO (Heavenly culture, World Peace & Restoration of Light) HWPL, South Korea, hosted its 2019 World Peace Summit, “Legislate Peace (LP)” – Implementation of the DPCW (Declaration of …

An Iranian football fan has died after she set herself alight in what has been seen as a protest against a ban on women in football stadiums. Media in Tehran have reported that Sahar Khodayari died in hospital earlier this week after suffering burns across 90 per cent of her body. The woman, known as “Blue Girl” after her team’s …

Pro-democracy protesters in Hong Kong are appealing to President Donald Trump for help as they march near the US consulate general in the city. Some are carrying banners reading, “President Trump, please save Hong Kong” and “Make Hong Kong great again”. The protests, now in their 14th straight week, have continued despite Hong Kong’s leadership finally meeting one of the …

US President Donald Trump has met with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un at the Demilitarised Zone between the two Koreas. Trump became the first US President in history to cross the border, in what he said was a “great day for the world”. “It’s a great, great honour,” Trump told reporters after the brief handshake. A media frenzy broke …

A much anticipated meeting between US President Donald Trump and China’s Xi Jinping on the sidelines of the G20 Summit in Japan where discussions on trade dominated went “better than expected”. “We has a very very good meeting with China,” Mr Trump told reporters after the meeting in Osaka on Saturday at 12pm (AEST). “I would say probably even better …

Prime Minister Scott Morrison has used his first foreign policy speech to call for calm between China and the US. Now his real challenge lies ahead: Talking Donald Trump out of a trade war that could devastate the Australian economy. But don’t expect Mr Morrison to make a show of calling out the US president. Speaking in Sydney on Wednesday …

A man has gone on a stabbing rampage at a bus stop near Tokyo, leaving two people dead and more than a dozen injured. A sixth grade schoolgirl and man in his 30s were killed, the Japan Timesreports, while another 15 victims were also school children. National broadcaster NHK said the suspect detained at the scene died later after turning the …