China
China Eastern Airlines unveils 29-hour route billed as the longest direct flight
Operating as flights MU746 and MU745, the twice weekly service will span roughly 19,700 kilometers with a two hour Auckland stop, surpassing the 15,300 kilometer Singapore–New York record.
Australia to invest $25b to upgrade Henderson shipyard as AUKUS nuclear submarine maintenance hub
This new Chinese car looks like a Tesla but costs NIS 60,000 less
Chinese Embassy in Israel warns MK after Taiwan visit: ‘He will fall and be shattered to pieces’
Chinese COVID whistleblower sentenced to 4 more years in jail, group says
Zhang Zhan, the Chinese journalist who exposed early COVID-19 conditions in Wuhan, has been sentenced to four more years in prison for her reporting, Reporters Without Borders says.
China Eastern Airlines to introduce world's longest direct flight
The world’s longest non-stop flight is by Singapore Airlines, linking Changi, Singapore, with JFK, New York. It covers 15,300 km in about 18.5 hours, making it the ultimate ultra-long-haul journey.
Trump seeks to reclaim Taliban-conquered air base in Afghanistan
Trump has cited Bagram’s proximity to China as one of the main motivations behind this proposed move, stating that the location is “about an hour away from where China is developing nuclear weapons."
UN Security Council decides not to lift Iran sanctions, but still time to agree delay
The resolution accused Tehran of failing to abide by a 2015 deal with world powers that aimed to prevent it from developing a nuclear weapon.
Trump intelligence advisers met with Taiwanese official, sources say
The meeting with Alexander Yui, Taiwan's de facto US ambassador, was described by two sources with knowledge of the matter and amounted to one of the higher-level Taiwan-US contacts to date.
US politicians call for treasury to freeze assets of CCP-linked mogul tied to anti-Israel protests
Lawmakers want the Treasury to review the assets of Neville Singham and affiliated groups tied to the CCP and disruptive anti-Israel demonstrations.
Netanyahu's 'Sparta' metaphor obscures Israel's wartime economic reality - analysis
Even with boycotts, sanctions, and embargoes making life harder, Israel will continue trading, innovating, and exporting, at the same time as it develops greater self-reliance.
US says China spreads 'false' World War II narratives to pressure Taiwan
Beijing says documents such as the Cairo Declaration and Potsdam Proclamation support its legal claims of sovereignty over the island, as they call for Taiwan to be "restored" to China.
Trump to again push deadline on TikTok sale or divestment, source says
It would be the fourth reprieve granted by President Donald Trump from federal enforcement of a law that originally gave ByteDance until January 2025 to sell or shutdown the popular social platform.
Quiet takeover? Chinese contractors seize key role in Israel’s electricity build-out
The two new stations alone will account for roughly 10% of Israel’s non-renewable electricity supply.
Pope Leo: 'Really serious' ramifications may result from Doha strike
Multiple global leaders released comments regarding an Israeli strike that targeted Hamas officials in Qatar.
