The hit in the 11-14 demographic is rather concerning. It’s before the big wave of gaokao prep really hits (and thus precedes the job search stress), so it’s a really concerning demographic without a clear root cause.
The fact that they’re not willing to say anything more specific than “foreign vessel” is actually rather interesting. Usually, the Philippines would be clamouring to get another dig in at China, but either they actually don’t know in this case (lol) or Taiwan/Vietnam are getting into the picture at Scarborough Shoal (and expanding beyond the Spratlys)… if so, the Filipino boat might have just gotten caught in the crossfire.
It could also be retaliation for this, but then I’d imagine Filipino rhetoric should be far more aggressive than it is.
Military leaders in coup-hit Niger have accepted Algerian mediation and “a six-month transition plan”, the foreign ministry in Algiers announced Monday....
Ukraine has achieved the “functional defeat” of Vladimir Putin’s prized Black Sea fleet with intensified attacks in recent weeks, a UK defence minister has suggested – but warned that Western allies are running out of ammunition to help Kyiv repel Russia’s invasion....
The US is still far ahead of the rest of the West. Whether they’re ahead of China is immaterial to US economic interests because the West is decoupling from China.
The war has been really bad for the European economy. Turns out, cutting off the main source of cheap power to your main industrial engine isn’t good for the economy. Who woulda thunk?
Drunk recruits, insubordinate soldiers and convicts are among hundreds of military and civilian offenders pressed into Russian penal units known as "Storm-Z" squads and sent to the frontlines in Ukraine this year. Few live to tell their tale.
I’m generalizing here, but Asian cultures don’t like being wrong so it’s far more common for a case to never go to trial than for it to go to trial and end up with an acquittal.
Western-made armor is failing in Ukraine because it wasn’t designed to sustain a conflict of this intensity, a military analyst told The Wall Street Journal....
Have you been watching General Dynamics promotional videos?
The early stages of the Ukraine war showed that even massive superiority in combined arms is useless because of how asymmetric warfare has become. Your million dollar tank is just as vulnerable to a $500 drone as a twenty thousand dollar Jeep. Your hundred million dollar jet is still going to get shot out of the air in a CAS role by a $10000 missile. The only wars that the West have been able to fight have been against insurgents riding in the back of old Toyota Hiluxes carrying Soviet-era AK-47s.
Modern Western tank doctrine values crew survivability, even at the cost of maintainability and production capacity. It’s the same design principle that the Nazis used to justify the Tiger, Panther, and Konigstiger (mind you, Nazi doctrine also relied heavily on tightly integrated combined arms).
Except… It’s really not? Taiwan’s chip factories are simply leverage to drag the West into any potential conflict between the PRC and ROC. Taiwan’s defence strategy involves being an island in the ocean built up of mountains, jungle, and cities (all terrain where the defender is extremely favoured), mandatory military service for citizens, and being so economically/culturally tied to the mainland that it’s infeasible to break off relations. Taiwan is basically seeking reunification without explicitly seeking reunification: their core defensive strategy relies on being as close to China as possible while being too painful to actually invade.
Of course, this kind of policy didn’t help Cuba, but…
So? Doesn’t mean that American occupation of Afghanistan hasn’t delayed their social and economic development by at least two decades (and probably far more).
The Panama Canal announced Saturday it will reduce the maximum number of ships travelling the waterway to 31 per day, from 32 in August, due to a drought that has reduced the supply of fresh water needed to operate the locks....
Did India’s Chandrayaan-3 spacecraft really land near the moon’s south pole? (www.scmp.com)
Chinese child suicide rates jumping ten percent annually since 2010 (fortune.com)
South China Sea: Philippines says three fishermen killed after boat rammed by 'foreign' vessel near Scarborough Shoal (www.cnn.com)
Kevin McCarthy ousted as House Speaker in historic vote (www.reuters.com)
China and India to Develop Space Tourism (www.telesurenglish.net)
The Asian country is on track to offer paid space travel starting in 2025, led by the government-backed company CAS Space....
Algeria says Niger coup leaders accept mediation, six-month transition plan (www.france24.com)
Military leaders in coup-hit Niger have accepted Algerian mediation and “a six-month transition plan”, the foreign ministry in Algiers announced Monday....
British govt funded plan for censorship of factual NATO criticism (thegrayzone.com)
Russia facing ‘functional defeat’ in the Black Sea – but Kyiv allies warn they are running out of ammunition (www.independent.co.uk)
Ukraine has achieved the “functional defeat” of Vladimir Putin’s prized Black Sea fleet with intensified attacks in recent weeks, a UK defence minister has suggested – but warned that Western allies are running out of ammunition to help Kyiv repel Russia’s invasion....
Ukraine adds Chinese oil, gas companies to 'international sponsors of war' list (kyivindependent.com)
J.P.Morgan released a small summary of yesterday's manufacturing business activity indices. (lemmygrad.ml)
source pmi.spglobal.com/…/b7141fc969fc4475bd6e1e2d4e1660…
'They're just meat': Russia deploys punishment battalions in echo of Stalin (www.reuters.com)
Drunk recruits, insubordinate soldiers and convicts are among hundreds of military and civilian offenders pressed into Russian penal units known as "Storm-Z" squads and sent to the frontlines in Ukraine this year. Few live to tell their tale.
UN Authorizes Kenyan-Led Military Intervention in Haiti (peoplesdispatch.org)
Britain has ‘run out of arms to send to Ukraine’. We’ve given away all we can afford and other countries should step in, says senior military chief. (www.telegraph.co.uk)
Full article: imgur.com/a/m7QSJLU
Western-made armor isn't working in Ukraine because it wasn't designed for a conflict of this intensity, Ukrainian analyst says (www.businessinsider.com)
Western-made armor is failing in Ukraine because it wasn’t designed to sustain a conflict of this intensity, a military analyst told The Wall Street Journal....
Key Taiwan Tech Firms Are Helping Huawei With China Chip Plants (www.bloomberg.com)
Full article: imgur.com/a/SwMitsV
Ukraine's central bank abandons fixed exchange rate from 3 October (www.pravda.com.ua)
America’s War in Afghanistan Devastated the Country’s Environment in Ways That May Never Be Cleaned Up (insideclimatenews.org)
Panama Canal reduces the maximum number of ships travelling the waterway to 31 per day (apnews.com)
The Panama Canal announced Saturday it will reduce the maximum number of ships travelling the waterway to 31 per day, from 32 in August, due to a drought that has reduced the supply of fresh water needed to operate the locks....