As time wears on China is damaging itself in the international space17/12/2020|4min
The Morrison government is right to go to the World Trade Organisation because China claims that it adheres to the rules-based international system, says former foreign affairs minister Alexander Downer.
Trade Minister Simon Birmingham on Wednesday announced the Australian government will appeal to the WTO over China’s decision to impose huge tariffs on Australian barley earlier this year, which threatened the viability of the sector. It is important that the Australian government does take this action, Mr Downer told Sky News host Cory Bernardi. It might take a couple of years for it to be resolved, and if it were resolved in favour of Australia, then China could ignore that decision and that would be problematic for China in terms of its international standing .
FBI Was Investigating Trump Earlier Than It Let On, Texts Show
The FBI had investigations open into candidate Donald Trump earlier than the July 31, 2016, date long cited in the official narrative, according to newly released text messages (pdf) from fired Deputy Assistant Director Peter Strzok.
In a text message to FBI attorney Lisa Page sent on July 28, 2016, Strzok mentioned “our open [counterintelligence] investigations relating to Trump’s Russian connections.” The date of the text message is significant because the bureau has long maintained that it opened the investigations into Trump campaign associates on July 31 of that year.
Notably, in the electronic communication (pdf) memorializing the opening of the investigations, Strzok wrote that the probes were triggered by information the bureau received on July 29, 2016. The FBI has never disclosed that it was investigating Trump prior to that date. The bureau didn’t immediately respond to a request by The Epoch Times f
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MALAITAN REBEL ATTACK KILLS 100, REPORTS PAPUA NEW GUINEA NEWSPAPER Submitted by piradmin on Wed, 06/07/2000 - 00:00
PORT MORESBY, Papua New Guinea (June 8, 2000 - The National/PINA Nius Online) -Rebel fighters used an Australian-supplied patrol boat to shell rivals, killing up to 100 people, as the Solomon Islands yesterday slid towards outright civil war.
Guerrillas from the Malaita Eagle Force (MEF) fired rounds from the boat s 50 mm cannon onto shore, blowing up an unoccupied school.
Between 50 and 100 members of the opposing Isatabu Freedom Movement (IFM) died in the attack, said MEF leader Andrew Nori.
Solomon Islands Special Minister of State Alfred Sasako also said the number of dead could be as high as 100.