#Japan 🇯🇵 South Korea 🇰🇷 Australia 🇦🇺 and New Zealand 🇳🇿

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Global Times Editorial: North Atlantic Terrorist Organization’s (NATO’s) Hidden Agenda Against China Exposed In Advance By “Braindead Puppet Lithuania 🇱🇹!”

— Global Times | July 07, 2023

Illustration: Liu Rui/Global Times

North Atlantic Terrorist Organization (NATO) is set to hold a summit in Vilnius, Lithuania, next week. As the host country, Lithuania appears both excited and impatient. A significant part of this sentiment is reflected in its provocation of China. At the same time, several other NATO members also appear to have coordinated in their approach to Taiwan Island. These have all exposed the coming NATO Summit's Malicious Intentions Toward China. This cannot be ignored by the Chinese people, who must remain vigilant.

About a week before the summit, Lithuania, mimicking the US, announced its so-called Indo-Pacific Strategy. The most eye-catching part of this 16-page "strategy" is its statement on the Taiwan question, emphasizing "the development of economic relations with Taiwan is one of Lithuania's strategic priorities." It even shamelessly drew a "red line," claiming that the status quo in the Taiwan Straits "cannot be changed via the use of force or coercion."

This is another display of Lithuania's "tough talk" and arrogance, after the country and Taiwan island mutually established representative offices, which led to a sharp deterioration in Lithuania's relations with China. If there had been no one to back it up, Lithuania would not have been able to provoke China for this long, nor would it have been so brazen in doing so.

It is bizarre that a Baltic country with a population of less than 3 million, located in the direct radiation zone of the Russia-Ukraine conflict, has come up with an Indo-Pacific Strategy. Many of its wordings for the strategy are familiar, as if they have been directly taken from the US rhetoric toward China, only this time they are being voiced from Lithuania. What is even more jaw-dropping is that Lithuanian foreign minister claimed that "with the Strategy having been approved, Lithuania now finds itself among global leaders 😂😂😂." Only someone completely lacking self-awareness could make such a statement. Lithuania is by no means a "global leader," but the incident has become one of the biggest international laughing stocks of the year.

Amid the era of great changes, Lithuania's radical foreign policy is somewhat representative. This Lithuanian government seems to have been gripped by an excessive fear toward Russia, lacking a sense of security, and behaving abnormally. The US and NATO, on the other hand, seem to be the piece of wood that a drowning Lithuania clings onto.

The more the Lithuanian government becomes psychologically dependent on the US and NATO, the stronger impulse it has to take the lead for the US and NATO to prove its own value. The US has repeatedly signaled its support for Lithuania on issues related to China, leading Lithuania all the way into the dark. However, Lithuania fails to realize that it has unwittingly handed over its destiny to others, and fear and unease are the essential sources of energy driving Washington's geopolitical chariot.

North Atlantic Terrorist Organization (NATO) Headquarters, Brussels, Belgium 🇧🇪. Photo: Xinhua

This year's NATO summit in Vilnius will have distinct differences from previous ones. The small anti-China clique that Washington has cultivated is staging a "public performance" ahead of the NATO summit, displaying radicalism, anxiety, aggression, and impulsive interference in Asia-Pacific affairs. These actions serve as a barometer for this NATO summit and foreshadow NATO's next moves. While intensifying pressure on Russia, NATO is clearly accelerating its expansion into the Asia-Pacific region. This Vilnius summit may well become a "watershed" moment.

Leaders of the four Asia-Pacific countries - Japan, South Korea, Australia, and New Zealand - that have been labeled as "partners across the globe" by NATO will attend the summit for the second consecutive year. According to Japanese media reports, NATO will elevate its partnership with these four countries to a higher level, giving a strong signal of NATO's expansion into the Asia-Pacific. Who else is unaware that this is aimed at China? The grand chess game played by NATO and the US is certainly not influenced by Lithuania, which is merely a pawn that has crossed the Rubicon, encouraged and pushed forward without considering retreat, and ultimately unable to turn back.

On the same day Lithuania announced its Indo-Pacific strategy, the UK and Poland signed the 2030 strategic partnership joint declaration, which also meddles in the Taiwan question. Various signs indicate that NATO member countries are further coordinating their positions on the Taiwan question, attempting to form an encircling pattern against China in international public opinion. We must closely observe what kind of consensus will emerge at the Vilnius summit regarding China-related issues and what specific plans will be drawn up. In this regard, we should not merely regard Lithuania as a clown or a joke. Its exaggerated and ugly words and actions are also a window through which the outside world observes NATO, allowing us to be prepared in advance.

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🇨🇦 Canada

🇨🇺 Cuba

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🇯🇵 Japan

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🇮🇳 India

🇦🇺 Australia

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🇹🇼 Taiwan

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🇦🇩 Andorra 

🇦🇴 Angola 

🇦🇬 Antigua and Barbuda 

🇦🇷 Argentina 

🇦🇲 Armenia 

🇦🇺 Australia 

🇦🇹 Austria 

🇧🇸 Bahamas 

🇧🇧 Barbados 

🇧🇾 Belarus 

🇧🇿 Belize 

🇧🇹 Bhutan 

🇧🇦 Bosnia and Herzegovina 

🇧🇼 Botswana 

🇧🇬 Bulgaria 

🇧🇮 Burundi 

🇨🇻 Cabo Verde 

🇰🇭 Cambodia 

🇨🇦 Canada 

🇨🇫 Central African Republic 

🇨🇱 Chile 

🇨🇳 China 

🇰🇲 Comoros 

🇨🇬 Congo 

🇨🇷 Costa Rica 

🇭🇷 Croatia 

🇨🇺 Cuba 

🇨🇾 Cyprus 

🇨🇿 Czech Republic 

🇨🇩 Democratic Republic of the Congo 

🇩🇰 Denmark 

🇩🇲 Dominica 

🇩🇴 Dominican Republic 

🇹🇱 East Timor (Timor-Leste) 

🇪🇨 Ecuador 

🇸🇻 El Salvador 

🇬🇶 Equatorial Guinea 

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🇫🇯 Fiji 

🇫🇮 Finland 

🇫🇷 France 

🇬🇪 Georgia 

🇩🇪 Germany 

🇬🇭 Ghana 

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🇭🇹 Haiti 

🇭🇳 Honduras 

🇭🇺 Hungary 

🇮🇸 Iceland 

🇮🇳 India 

🇮🇪 Ireland 

🇮🇹 Italy 

🇯🇲 Jamaica 

🇯🇵 Japan 

🇰🇪 Kenya 

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🇰🇵 Korea, North (North Korea) 

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🇲🇨 Monaco 

🇲🇳 Mongolia 

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🇲🇲 Myanmar (Burma) 

🇳🇷 Nauru 

🇳🇵 Nepal 

🇳🇱 Netherlands 

🇳🇿 New Zealand 

🇳🇮 Nicaragua 

🇲🇰 North Macedonia (Macedonia) 

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🇵🇼 Palau 

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🇵🇭 Philippines 

🇵🇱 Poland 

🇵🇹 Portugal 

🇷🇴 Romania 

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🇷🇼 Rwanda 

🇰🇳 Saint Kitts and Nevis 

🇱🇨 Saint Lucia 

🇻🇨 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 

🇼🇸 Samoa 

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🇸�� Sao Tome and Principe 

🇷🇸 Serbia 

🇸🇨 Seychelles 

🇸🇱 Sierra Leone 

🇸🇬 Singapore 

🇸🇰 Slovakia 

🇸🇮 Slovenia 

🇸🇧 Solomon Islands 

🇪🇸 Spain 

🇱🇰 Sri Lanka 

🇸🇪 Sweden

🇨🇭 Switzerland 

🇹🇼 Taiwan 

🇹🇿 Tanzania 

🇹🇭 Thailand 

🇹🇴 Tonga 

🇹🇹 Trinidad and Tobago 

🇹🇳 Tunisia 

🇹🇲 Turkmenistan 

🇹🇻 Tuvalu 

🇺🇦 Ukraine 

🇬🇧 United Kingdom (UK) 

🇺🇸 United States of America (USA) 

🇺🇾 Uruguay 

🇻🇺 Vanuatu 

🇻🇦 Vatican City 

🇻🇳 Vietnam 

🇿🇲 Zambia 

🇿🇼 Zimbabwe

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COUNTRIESCharted: Hours Worked vs. Salaries in OECD Countries

Rank Country Avg. Weekly Wage (USD) Avg. Weekly Work (Hours) Avg. Hourly Rate (USD)

1 🇮🇸 Iceland $1,528.33 27.87 $54.84

2 🇱🇺 Luxembourg $1,505.96 28.33 $53.15

3 🇺🇸 United States $1,489.68 34.83 $42.78

4 🇨🇭 Switzerland $1,403.71 29.40 $47.75

5 🇧🇪 Belgium $1,247.07 29.35 $42.50

6 🇩🇰 Denmark $1,233.20 26.38 $46.75

7 🇦🇹 Austria $1,226.95 27.76 $44.19

8 🇳🇱 Netherlands $1,215.87 27.44 $44.31

9 🇦🇺 Australia $1,142.46 32.83 $34.80

10 🇨🇦 Canada $1,135.58 32.42 $35.02

11 🇩🇪 Germany $1,133.47 25.79 $43.96

12 🇬🇧 United Kingdom $1,038.17 29.46 $35.24

13 🇳🇴 Norway $1,033.77 27.40 $37.73

14 🇫🇷 France $1,014.68 29.07 $34.91

15 🇮🇪 Ireland $1,004.67 31.87 $31

16 🇫🇮 Finland $996.84 28.81 $34.60

17 🇳🇿 New Zealand $975.43 33.62 $29.02

18 🇸🇪 Sweden $969.36 27.70 $34.99

19 🇰🇷 South Korea $940.81 36.56 $25.73

20 🇸🇮 Slovenia $907.76 31.13 $29.16

21 🇮🇹 Italy $863.33 32.59 $26.49

22 🇮🇱 Israel $849.15 36.38 $23.34

23 🇱🇹 Lithuania $843.74 31.23 $27.01

24 🇪🇸 Spain $824.22 31.61 $26.08

25 🇯🇵 Japan $798.25 30.90 $25.83

26 🇵🇱 Poland $709.55 34.90 $20.33

27 🇪🇪 Estonia $667.40 34.05 $19.60

28 🇱🇻 Latvia $656.46 29.87 $21.98

29 🇨🇿 Czech Republic $643.76 33.73 $19.08

30 🇨🇱 Chile $635.42 37.75 $16.83

31 🇵🇹 Portugal $613.88 31.44 $19.52

32 🇭🇺 Hungary $547.59 32.68 $16.75

33 🇸🇰 Slovak Republic $505.05 31.19 $16.19

34 🇬🇷 Greece $499.60 36.27 $13.77

35 🇲🇽 Mexico $320.87 42.81 $7.49

Visual

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#salaries in OECD countries

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WORLD'S MOST PEACEFUL NATIONS

Where does your country stand?

Rank Country

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1 🇮🇸 Iceland

2 🇮🇪 Ireland

3 🇦🇹 Austria

4 🇳🇿 New Zealand

5 🇸🇬 Singapore

6 🇨🇭 Switzerland

7 🇵🇹 Portugal

8 🇩🇰 Denmark

9 🇸🇮 Slovenia

10 🇲🇾Malaysia

11 🇨🇦 Canada

12 🇨🇿 Czech Republic

13 🇫🇮 Finland

14 🇭🇺 Hungary

15 🇭🇷 Croatia

16 🇧🇪 Belgium

17 🇯🇵 Japan

18 🇳🇱Netherlands

19 🇦🇺 Australia

20 🇩🇪Germany

21 🇧🇹 Bhutan

22 🇲🇺 Mauritius

23 🇪🇸 Spain

24 🇪🇪 Estonia

25 🇰🇼 Kuwait

26 🇧🇬 Bulgaria

27 🇸🇰 Slovak Republic

28 🇳🇴 Norway

29 🇶🇦 Qatar

30 🇱🇻 Latvia

31 🇱🇹Lithuania

32 🇵🇱 Poland

33 🇮🇹 Italy

34 🇬🇧United Kingdom

35 🇲🇪Montenegro

36 🇷🇴Romania

37 🇴🇲 Oman

38 🇲🇰North Macedonia

39 🇸🇪 Sweden

40 🇬🇷 Greece

41 🇻🇳 Vietnam

42 🇦🇱 Albania

43 🇹🇼 Taiwan

44 🇲🇬Madagascar

45 🇲🇳Mongolia

46 🇰🇷South Korea

47 🇦🇷Argentina

48 🇮🇩Indonesia

49 🇱🇦Lao P.D.R.

50 🇧🇼Botswana

51 🇹🇱Timor-Leste

52 🇺🇾Uruguay

53 🇦🇪United Arab Emirates

54 🇷🇸 Serbia

55 🇬🇭 Ghana

56 🇽🇰 Kosovo

57 🇿🇲 Zambia

58 🇨🇷 Costa Rica

59 🇰🇿Kazakhstan

60 🇺🇿Uzbekistan

61 🇧🇦 Bosnia and Herzegovina

62 🇳🇦 Namibia

63 🇲🇩 Moldova

64 🇨🇱 Chile

65 🇹🇿Tanzania

66 🇸🇱 Sierra Leone

67 🇯🇴 Jordan

68 🇧🇴 Bolivia

69 🇱🇷 Liberia

70 🇰🇭Cambodia

71 🇹🇯Tajikistan

72 🇦🇴 Angola

73 🇵🇾Paraguay

73 🇹🇳 Tunisia

75 🇹🇭 Thailand

76 🇦🇲 Armenia

77 🇰🇬 Kyrgyz Republic

78 🇲🇦 Morocco

79 🇲🇼 Malawi

80 🇳🇵Nepal

81 🇧🇭 Bahrain

82 🇬🇲The Gambia

82 🇹🇲Turkmenistan

84 🇸🇳 Senegal

85 🇬🇼Guinea-Bissau

86 🇫🇷 France

87 🇹🇹Trinidad and Tobago

88 🇨🇳 China

88 🇨🇾Cyprus

90 🇩🇿 Algeria

91 🇯🇲Jamaica

92 🇷🇼 Rwanda

93 🇧🇩Bangladesh

94 🇬🇶Equatorial Guinea

95 🇲🇷Mauritania

96 🇵🇦 Panama

97 🇩🇴Dominican Republic

98 🇨🇺 Cuba

99 🇵🇪 Peru

100 🇬🇪Georgia

100 🇱🇰Sri Lanka

102 🇸🇦Saudi Arabia

103 🇸🇿Eswatini

104 🇵🇭Philippines

105 🇪🇬Egypt

106 🇦🇿Azerbaijan

107 🇸🇻El Salvador

107 🇲🇿Mozambique

109 🇨🇮Côte d’Ivoire

110 🇨🇬Republic of the Congo

111 🇬🇾Guyana

112 🇧🇾Belarus

113 🇳🇮Nicaragua

114 🇧🇯 Benin

115 🇵🇬Papua New Guinea

116 🇮🇳 India

117 🇬🇹Guatemala

118 🇬🇦 Gabon

119 🇩🇯Djibouti

120 🇹🇬T ogo

121 🇬🇲Zimbabwe

122 🇰🇪Kenya

123 🇭🇳Honduras

124 🇬🇳 Guinea

125 🇱🇸Lesotho

126 🇺🇬Uganda

127 🇿🇦 South Africa

128 🇱🇾 Libya

129 🇧🇮Burundi

130 🇪🇨Ecuador

131 🇧🇷Brazil

132 🇺🇸United States

133 🇮🇷 Iran

134 🇱🇧Lebanon

135 🇹🇩 Chad

136 🇪🇷 Eritrea

137 🇨🇲Cameroon

138 🇲🇽Mexico

139 🇹🇷Türkiye

140 🇵🇰Pakistan

141 🇳🇪Niger

142 🇻🇪Venezuela

143 🇭🇹 Haiti

144 🇪🇹Ethiopia

145 🇵🇸Palestine

146 🇨🇴Colombia

147 🇳🇬Nigeria

148 🇲🇲Myanmar

149 🇻🇺Burkina Faso

150 🇨🇫Central African Republic

151 🇮🇶Iraq

152 🇰🇵North Korea

153 🇸🇴Somalia

154 🇲🇱Mali

155 🇮🇱 Israel

156 🇸🇾 Syria

157 🇷🇺 Russia

158 🇨🇩Democratic Republic of the Congo

159 🇺🇦Ukraine

160 🇦🇫Afghanistan

161 🇸🇸South Sudan

162 🇸🇩 Sudan

163 🇾🇪 Yemen

But what's the TRUE PEACE??

Only JESUS is the true PEACE ...

● "Peace I leave with you; my peace I give to you. Not as the world gives do I give to you. Let not your hearts be troubled, neither let them be afraid." ... John 44:27

● "If possible, so far as it depends on you, live peaceably with all." ... Romans 12:18

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Source: Global Peace Index 2024.

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My CountryHumans OC aka Country Humanize character (Cindy Nilo Evelyn country doppelganger) Part 2

Here My CountryHumans collection:

• Oceania:

- Clara Olive (Australia 🇦🇺)

- Darel Gulara (Aboriginal Australia ⚫🟡🔴)

- Nicola Rosemary (Norfolk Island 🇳🇫)

- Mayang Suriani (Cocos (Keeling) Island 🇨🇨)

- Hua Li-Mei (Christmas Island 🇨🇽)

- Amiria Haeatatanga (Maori New Zealand 🇳🇿)

- Billie Amber (New Zealand 🇳🇿)

• Asia:

- Li Xīn Yí (China 🇨🇳)

- Ka Yan Mei (Hong Kong 🇭🇰)

- Amy Ying (Macau 🇲🇴)

- Mei-Fang (Taiwan 🇹🇼)

- Young Il-Woong (South Korea 🇰🇷)

- Jang Chae-Yeong (North Korea 🇰🇵)

- Himari Airi (Japan 🇯🇵)

- Amgalan Sarantuya (Mongolia 🇲🇳)

• Europe:

- Sophie Félice (France 🇫🇷)

- Ruby Blondie (United Kingdom (England) 🇬🇧/🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿)

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here's every flag that emojis have to offer.

Misc

🏁 Chequered Flag

🚩 Triangular Flag

🎌 Crossed Flags

🏴 Black Flag

🏳️ White flag

🏳️‍🌈 Rainbow Flag

🏴‍☠️ Pirate Flag

🏳️⚧️ Transgender Flag

Countries & Territories

🇦🇨 Ascension island

🇦🇩 Andorra

🇦🇪 United Arab Emirates

🇦🇫 Afghanistan

🇺🇲 United States of America

🇦🇬 Antigua & Barbuda

🇦🇮 Angullia

🇦🇱 Albania

🇦🇲 Armenia

🇦🇴 Angola

🇦🇶 antarctica

🇦🇷 Argentina

🇦🇸 American Samoa

🇦🇹 Austria

🇦🇺 Australia

🇦🇼 Aruba

🇦🇽 Åland Islands

🇦🇿 Azerbaijan

🇧🇦 Bosnia & Herzegovina

🇧🇧 Barbados

🇧🇩 Bangladesh

🇧🇪 Belgium

🇧🇫 Burkina Faso

🇧🇬 Bulgaria

🇧🇭 Bahrain

🇧🇮 Burundi

🇧🇯 Benin

🇧🇱 Saint Barthélemy

🇧🇲 Bermuda

🇧🇳 Brunei

🇧🇴 Bolivia

🇧🇷 Brazil

🇧🇸 Bahamas

🇧🇹 Bhutan

🇧🇻 Bouvet Island

🇧🇼 Botswana

🇧🇾 Belarus

🇧🇿 Belize

🇧🇶 Caribbean Netherlands

🇰🇲 Comoros

🇨🇨 Cocos Island

🇭🇷 Croatia

🇨🇩 DR Congo

🇨🇰 Cook Islands

🇨🇱 Chile

🇨🇲 Cameroon

🇨🇳 China

🇨🇴 Columbia

🇨🇵 France

🇨🇷 Costa Rica

🇨🇺 Cuba

🇨🇽 Christmas Islands

🇨🇼 Curaçao

🇭🇷 Croatia

🇹🇩 Chad

🇨🇾 Cyprus

🇨🇿 Czechia

🇨🇫 Central African republic

🇩🇪 Germany

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Denmark

🇩🇬 Diego Garcia

🇩🇯 Djibouti

🇩🇲 Dominica

🇩🇰 Denmark

🇩🇴 Dominican Republic

🇩🇿 Algeria

🇪🇦 Spain

🇪🇨 Ecuador

🇪🇪 Estonia

🇪🇬 Egypt

🇪🇭 Western Sahara

🇪🇷 Eritrea

🇪🇸 Spain

🇪🇹 Ethiopia

🇪🇺 European Union

🇫🇮 Finland

🇫🇯 Fiji

🇫🇰 Falkland Islands

🇫🇴 Faroe Islands

🇳🇮 Guam

🇬🇩 Grenada

🇬🇪 Georgia

🇬🇫 French Guiana

🇬🇬 Guernsey

🇬🇭 Ghana

🇬🇮 Gibraltar

🇬🇱 Greenland

🇬🇲 Gambia

🇬🇳 Guinea

🇬🇵 Guadeloupe

🇬🇶 Equatorial Guinea

🇬🇹 Guatemala

🇬🇷 Greece

🇬🇺 Guam

🇬🇾 Guyana

🇬🇼 Guinea-Bissau

🇬🇸 South Georgia & South Sandwich Islands

🇭🇲 Heard & McDonald islands

🇭🇰 Hong Kong

🇭🇳 Honduras

🇭🇺 Hungary

🇮🇨 Canary Islands

🇮🇩 Indonesia

🇮🇪 ireland

🇨🇮 Ivory coast

🇮🇳 India

🇮🇱 Israel

🇮🇴 British Indian Ocean Territory

🇮🇶 Iran

🇮🇷 Iraq

🇮🇸 Iceland

🇮🇹 Italy

🇯🇪 Jersey

🇯🇲 Jamaica

🇯🇴 Sudan

🇯🇵 Japan

🇰🇪 Kenya

🇰🇬 Kyrgyzstan

🇰🇭 Macedonia

🇽🇰 Kosovo

🇰🇮 Kiribati

🇰🇳 St. Kitts & Nevis

🇰🇵 North korea

🇰🇷 South korea

🇰🇼 Kuwait

🇰🇾 Cayman Islands

🇰🇿 Kazakhstan

🇱🇧 Lebanon

🇱🇦 Laos

🇱🇨 Saint lucia

🇱🇮 Liechtenstein

🇱🇷 Liberia

🇱🇸 Lesotho

🇱🇹 Lithuania

🇱🇺 Luxembourg

🇱🇻 Latvia

🇲🇦 Morocco

🇾🇹 Mayotte

🇱🇾 Libya

🇲🇨 Poland

🇲🇩 Moldova

🇲🇪 Montenegro

🇫🇲 Micronesia

🇫🇷 St. martin

🇲🇬 Madagascar

🇲🇭 Marshall islands

🇲🇰 North Macedonia

🇲🇱 Mali

🇲�� Myanmar

🇲🇳 Mongolia

🇲🇵 North Mariana Islands

🇲🇴 Macao SAR china

🇲🇶 Martinique

🇲🇷 Mauritania

🇲🇹 Malta

🇲🇺 Mauritania

🇲🇻 Maldives

🇲🇼 Mali

🇲🇽 Mexico

🇲🇾 Malaysia

🇲🇿 Mozambique

🇳🇦 Namibia

🇳🇨 North Macedonia

🇳🇪 Niger

🇳🇫 Norfolk Island

🇳🇬 Nigeria

🇳🇱 Netherlands

🇳🇵Nepal

🇳🇷 Nauru

🇳🇺 Niue

🇳🇿 New Zealand

🇴🇲 Oman

🇵🇦 Panama

🇵🇫 Paraguay

🇵🇬 Papua New Guinea

🇵🇭 Philippines

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AFC Soccer 2021 championship

OFC: New Zealand 🇳🇿 (2018 FIFA World Cup 3rd round qualifying winners) 1 team

AFC: Syria 🇸🇾, China 🇨🇳, Saudi Arabia 🇸🇦, UAE 🇦🇪, Australia 🇦🇺, Jordan 🇯🇴, Qatar 🇶🇦, Iran 🇮🇷, Oman 🇴🇲, Japan 🇯🇵, Thailand 🇹🇭, Iraq 🇮🇶, South Korea 🇰🇷, Uzbekistan 🇺🇿, Lebanon 🇱🇧 (2018 FIFA World Cup 2nd round qualifiers) 15 teams

Hosts: Bulgaria 🇧🇬, Serbia 🇷🇸, Romania 🇷🇴, Greece 🇬🇷

UEFA: Kosovo 🇽🇰, Bulgaria 🇧🇬, Serbia 🇷🇸, Luxembourg 🇱🇺, Northern Ireland ✋️, Belarus 🇧🇾, Republic of Ireland 🇮🇪, Georgia 🇬🇪, Norway 🇳🇴, Romania 🇷🇴, Slovenia 🇸🇮, Iceland 🇮🇸, Albania 🇦🇱, Cyprus 🇨🇾, Greece 🇬🇷, Bosnia-Herzegovina 🇧🇦 (UEFA Euro 2020 qualifiers) 16 teams

AFC Soccer 2016 championship

OFC: New Zealand 🇳🇿 (2014 FIFA World Cup OFC 3rd round qualifying winners)

AFC: Syria 🇸🇾, China 🇨🇳, Saudi Arabia 🇸🇦, UAE 🇦🇪, Australia 🇦🇺, Jordan 🇯🇴, Qatar 🇶🇦, Iran 🇮🇷, Oman 🇴🇲, Japan 🇯🇵 (Co-Hosts), Thailand 🇹🇭, Iraq 🇮🇶, South Korea 🇰🇷 (Co-Hosts), Uzbekistan 🇺🇿, North Korea 🇰🇵 (2018 FIFA World Cup 2nd round qualifiers) 15 teams

UEFA: Bosnia-Herzegovina 🇧🇦, Slovenia 🇸🇮, Norway 🇳🇴, Denmark 🇩🇰, Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿, Netherlands 🇳🇱, Finland 🇫🇮, Bulgaria 🇧🇬, Montenegro 🇲🇪, Estonia 🇪🇪, Serbia 🇷🇸, Belarus 🇧🇾, Cyprus 🇨🇾, Lithuania 🇱🇹, Georgia 🇬🇪, Armenia 🇦🇲 (UEFA Euro 2016 qualifiers)

AFC Soccer 2012 championship

UEFA: Turkey 🇹🇷, Bosnia-Herzegovina 🇧🇦, Montenegro 🇲🇪, Estonia 🇪🇪, Norway 🇳🇴, Hungary 🇭🇺, Armenia 🇦🇲, Switzerland 🇨🇭, Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿, Serbia 🇷🇸, Romania 🇷🇴, Belgium 🇧🇪, Belarus 🇧🇾, Slovakia 🇸🇰, Slovenia 🇸🇮, Wales 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 (UEFA Euro 2012 qualifiers) 16 teams

OFC: New Zealand 🇳🇿 (2010 FIFA World Cup qualifying play-off winner)

CONCACAF: USA 🇺🇸, Mexico 🇲🇽 (Co-Hosts)

AFC: Iraq 🇮🇶, South Korea 🇰🇷, Uzbekistan 🇺🇿, Australia 🇦🇺, Iran 🇮🇷, Jordan 🇯🇴, Japan 🇯🇵, Qatar 🇶🇦, Lebanon 🇱🇧, Oman 🇴🇲, China 🇨🇳, Kuwait 🇰🇼, Saudi Arabia 🇸🇦 (2014 FIFA World Cup 3rd round qualifiers) 13 teams

AFC Soccer 2009

UEFA: Bulgaria 🇧🇬, Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿, England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿, Norway 🇳🇴, Serbia 🇷🇸, Finland 🇫🇮, Republic of Ireland 🇮🇪, Northern Ireland ✋️ (UEFA Euro 2008 qualifying) 8 teams

AFC: Japan 🇯🇵, South Korea 🇰🇷, Uzbekistan 🇺🇿, Saudi Arabia 🇸🇦, Iran 🇮🇷, Australia 🇦🇺 (Hosts), North Korea 🇰🇵, Bahrain 🇧🇭 (2010 FIFA World Cup 3rd round qualifying) 8 teams

UEFA-AFC Soccer 2005

UEFA: Turkey 🇹🇷 (Hosts), Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿, Slovenia 🇸🇮, Norway 🇳🇴, Wales 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿, Serbia & Montenegro 🇷🇸, Belgium 🇧🇪, Ukraine 🇺🇦 (UEFA Euro 2004 qualifying) 8 teams

OFC: Australia 🇦🇺, New Zealand 🇳🇿 (invited)

AFC: Saudi Arabia 🇸🇦, Uzbekistan 🇺🇿, Iran 🇮🇷, Kuwait 🇰🇼, Bahrain 🇧🇭, South Korea 🇰🇷 (2006 FIFA World Cup qualifying 2nd round) 6 teams

UEFA-AFC Soccer 2001

UEFA: Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿, Ukraine 🇺🇦, Republic of Ireland 🇮🇪, Croatia 🇭🇷, Russia 🇷🇺 (Hosts), Switzerland 🇨🇭 (UEFA Euro 2000 qualifiers) 6 teams

OFC: New Zealand 🇳🇿 (2000 OFC Nations Cup runners-up)

AFC: China 🇨🇳, Saudi Arabia 🇸🇦, Iran 🇮🇷, Oman 🇴🇲, Thailand 🇹🇭, Qatar 🇶🇦, Bahrain 🇧🇭, Iraq 🇮🇶, Uzbekistan 🇺🇿 (2002 FIFA World Cup qualifying 1st round) 9 teams

UEFA-AFC Soccer 1997

AFC: Syria 🇸🇾, China 🇨🇳 (Hosts), Kuwait 🇰🇼, South Korea 🇰🇷, Uzbekistan 🇺🇿, Iran 🇮🇷, Iraq 🇮🇶, Japan 🇯🇵 (1996 Asian Cup) 8 teams

OFC: New Zealand 🇳🇿 (invited)

UEFA: Norway 🇳🇴, Greece 🇬🇷, Republic of Ireland 🇮🇪, Northern Ireland ✋️, Lithuania 🇱🇹, Sweden 🇸🇪, Belgium 🇧🇪 (UEFA Euro 1996 qualifying) 7 teams

UEFA-AFC Soccer 1993

AFC: Japan 🇯🇵, Saudi Arabia 🇸🇦, Qatar 🇶🇦, UAE 🇦🇪, Iran 🇮🇷, North Korea 🇰🇵, China 🇨🇳, Thailand 🇹🇭 (1992 AFC Asian Cup)

CONCACAF: USA 🇺🇸 (Hosts)

OFC: Australia 🇦🇺 (1991 Trans Tasman Cup winner)

UEFA: RCS (Czech & Slovaks) 🇨🇿, Switzerland 🇨🇭, Italy 🇮🇹, Wales 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿, Portugal 🇵🇹, Rep of Ireland 🇮🇪 (UEFA Euro 1992 qualifiers)

UEFA-AFC Soccer 1989

AFC: South Korea 🇰🇷, Iran 🇮🇷, Qatar 🇶🇦, Saudi Arabia 🇸🇦, China 🇨🇳, Syria 🇸🇾, Kuwait 🇰🇼 (1988 AFC Asian Cup)

UEFA: Italy 🇮🇹 (Hosts)

OFC: Australia 🇦🇺 (1988 Trans Tasman Cup winner)

UEFA: Romania 🇷🇴, Sweden 🇸🇪, East Germany 🚩, Yugoslavia 🏳, Greece 🇬🇷, Czechoslovakia 🇨🇿, Bulgaria 🇧🇬 (UEFA Euro 1988 qualifying)

UEFA-AFC Soccer 1985

UEFA: Switzerland 🇨🇭, Soviet Union 🚩, England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿, Wales 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿, Sweden 🇸🇪, Northern Ireland ✋️, Netherlands 🇳🇱 (UEFA Euro 1984 qualifying) 7 teams

CONCACAF: Mexico 🇲🇽 (Hosts)

OFC: New Zealand 🇳🇿 (1983 Trans Tasman Cup winners)

AFC: Saudi Arabia 🇸🇦, Kuwait 🇰🇼, Qatar 🇶🇦, China 🇨🇳, UAE 🇦🇪, Iran 🇮🇷, Singapore 🇸🇬 (1984 AFC Asian Cup) 7 teams

UEFA-AFC Soccer 1981

UEFA: Northern Ireland ✋️, Austria 🇦🇹, Yugoslavia🏳, Poland 🇵🇱, France 🇫🇷, Hungary 🇭🇺, Turkey 🇹🇷 (UEFA Euro 1980 qualifying) 7 teams

Hosts: Soviet Union 🚩

OFC: Australia 🇦🇺 (1980 Oceania Cup winners)

AFC: Iran 🇮🇷, North Korea 🇰🇵, Syria 🇸🇾, China 🇨🇳, Malaysia 🇲🇾, Kuwait 🇰🇼, South Korea 🇰🇷 (1980 AFC Asian Cup) 7 teams

UEFA-AFC Soccer 1977

AFC: Iran 🇮🇷 (Hosts), Kuwait 🇰🇼, China 🇨🇳, Iraq 🇮🇶 (1976 AFC Asian Cup semi-finals)

CONCACAF: USA 🇺🇸, Mexico 🇲🇽, Haiti 🇭🇹 (invited)

OFC: Australia 🇦🇺 (invited)

UEFA: Wales 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿, Soviet Union 🚩, Spain 🇪🇸, Belgium 🇧🇪 (UEFA Euro 1976 quarter-finals)

Soccer 1973

Hosts: USA 🇺🇸

CONCACAF: Mexico 🇲🇽, Canada 🇨🇦, Haiti 🇭🇹, Costa Rica 🇨🇷, Cuba 🇨🇺

AFC: Iran 🇮🇷, Thailand 🇹🇭, Iraq 🇮🇶, South Korea 🇰🇷, Kuwait 🇰🇼, Khmer Republic 🇰🇭

CONMEBOL: Brazil 🇧🇷, Argentina 🇦🇷, Peru 🇵🇪, Uruguay 🇺🇾

Soccer 1969

Hosts: Spain 🇪🇸 & France 🇫🇷

UEFA: Bulgaria 🇧🇬 & Hungary 🇭🇺

CONCACAF: Guatemala 🇬🇹, Mexico 🇲🇽, Honduras 🇭🇳, Trinidad & Tobago 🇹🇹

AFC: Iran 🇮🇷, Burma 🇲🇲, Israel 🇮🇱, Rep of China (Taiwan) 🇹🇼

CONMEBOL: Uruguay 🇺🇾, Argentina 🇦🇷, Chile 🇨🇱, Paraguay 🇵🇾

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🇳🇱 Netherlands: 6.7

🇸🇪 Sweden: 6.5

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🇦🇹 Austria: 5.5

🇷🇸 Serbia: 5.4

🇩🇰 Denmark: 5.3

🇩🇪 Germany: 5.2

🇧🇪 Belgium: 4.9

🇧🇷 Brazil: 4.8

🇧🇦 Bosnia-Herzegovina: 4.3

🇪🇪 Estonia: 4.2

🇨🇭 Switzerland: 3.9

🇭🇷 Croatia: 3.8

🇩🇴 Dominican Republic: 3.7

🇨🇷 Costa Rica: 3.7

🇲🇰 Macedonia: 3.6

🇮🇹 Italy: 3.4

🇨🇦 Canada: 3.4

🇱🇹 Lithuania: 3.3

🇫🇷 France: 3.2

🇺🇸 USA: 3.1

🇵🇱 Poland: 3.1

🇭🇺 Hungary: 3.1

🇪🇸 Spain: 3

🇰🇷 South Korea: 2.6

🇩🇿 Algeria: 2.6

🇦🇺 Australia: 2.6

🇵🇹 Portugal: 2.6

🇸🇰 Slovakia: 2.5

🇱🇻 Latvia: 2.5

🇬🇷 Greece: 2.4

🇨🇿 Czech Republic: 2.3

🇧🇬 Bulgaria: 2.3

🇹🇳 Tunisia: 2.2

🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia: 2.16

🇸🇬 Singapore: 2.1

🇬🇹 Guatemala: 2

🇷🇴 Romania: 1.9

🇮🇱 Israel: 1.8

🇬🇧 The UK: 1.7

🇹🇭 Thailand: 1.6

🇻🇪 Venezuela:  1.6

🇯🇵 Japan: 1.5

🇨🇴 Colombia: 1.4

🇲🇾 Malaysia: 1.3

🇭🇰 Hong Kong: 1.3

🇳🇿 New Zealand: 1.3

🇬🇪 Georgia: 1.3

🇷🇺 Russia: 1.2

🇲🇽 Mexico: 1.2

🇵🇭 Philippines: 1.2

🇿🇦 South Africa: 0.9

🇦🇷 Argentina: 0.8

🇮🇩 Indonesia: 0.8

🇹🇷 Turkey: 0.4

🇨🇳 China: 0.1

🇮🇳 India: 0.1

🇳🇬 Nigeria: 0.03

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🇺🇳 Latest UN vote on the right of the Palestinian people to self-determination:

🇺🇸 USA: against ❌

🇮🇱 Israel: against ❌

🇫🇲 Micronesia: against ❌

🇳🇷 Nauru: against ❌

🇨🇲 Cameroon: abstention ⚠️

🇵🇾 Paraguay: abstention ⚠️

🇬🇹 Guatemala: abstention ⚠️

🇦🇱 Albania: in favor ✅

🇩🇿 Algeria: in favor ✅

🇦🇷 Argentina: in favor ✅

🇦🇲 Armenia: in favor ✅

🇦🇺 Australia: in favor ✅

🇦🇹 Austria: in favor ✅

🇦🇿 Azerbaijan: in favor ✅

🇧🇩 Bangladesh: in favor ✅

🇧🇾 Belarus: in favor ✅

🇧🇪 Belgium: in favor ✅

🇧🇦 Bosnia & Herzegovina: in favor ✅

🇧🇷 Brazil: in favor ✅

🇧🇬 Bulgaria: in favor ✅

🇰🇭 Cambodia: in favor ✅

🇨🇦 Canada: in favor ✅

🇨🇱 Chile: in favor ✅

🇨🇳 China: in favor ✅

🇨🇴 Colombia: in favor ✅

🇭🇷 Croatia: in favor ✅

🇨🇺 Cuba: in favor ✅

🇨🇾 Cyprus: in favor ✅

🇨🇿 Czechia: in favor ✅

🇩🇰 Denmark: in favor ✅

🇪🇬 Egypt: in favor ✅

🇪🇪 Estonia: in favor ✅

🇫🇮 Finland: in favor ✅

🇫🇷 France: in favor ✅

🇬🇪 Georgia: in favor ✅

🇩🇪 Germany: in favor ✅

🇬🇭 Ghana: in favor ✅

🇬🇷 Greece: in favor ✅

🇭🇺 Hungary: in favor ✅

🇮🇸 Iceland: in favor ✅

🇮🇳 India: in favor ✅

🇮🇩 Indonesia: in favor ✅

🇮🇷 Iran: in favor ✅

🇮🇶 Iraq: in favor ✅

🇮🇪 Ireland: in favor ✅

🇮🇹 Italy: in favor ✅

🇯🇵 Japan: in favor ✅

🇰🇿 Kazakhstan: in favor ✅

🇰🇼 Kuwait: in favor ✅

🇰🇬 Kyrgyzstan: in favor ✅

🇱🇻 Latvia: in favor ✅

🇱🇹 Lithuania: in favor ✅

🇱🇺 Luxembourg: in favor ✅

🇲🇾 Malaysia: in favor ✅

🇲🇻 Maldives: in favor ✅

🇲🇽 Mexico: in favor ✅

🇳🇱 Netherlands: in favor ✅

🇳🇿 New Zealand: in favor ✅

🇳🇪 Niger: in favor ✅

🇳🇬 Nigeria: in favor ✅

🇰🇵 North Korea: in favor ✅

🇲🇰 North Macedonia: in favor ✅

🇳🇴 Norway: in favor ✅

🇴🇲 Oman: in favor ✅

🇵🇰 Pakistan: in favor ✅

🇵🇪 Peru: in favor ✅

🇵🇭 Philippines: in favor ✅

🇵🇱 Poland: in favor ✅

🇵🇹 Portugal: in favor ✅

🇶🇦 Qatar: in favor ✅

🇷🇴 Romania: in favor ✅

🇷🇺 Russia: in favor ✅

🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia: in favor ✅

🇷🇸 Serbia: in favor ✅

🇸🇰 Slovakia: in favor ✅

🇸🇮 Slovenia: in favor ✅

🇿🇦 South Africa: in favor ✅

🇰🇷 South Korea: in favor ✅

🇪🇸 Spain: in favor ✅

🇱🇰 Sri Lanka: in favor ✅

🇸🇪 Sweden: in favor ✅

🇨🇭 Switzerland: in favor ✅

🇸🇾 Syria: in favor ✅

🇹🇼 Taiwan: in favor ✅

🇹🇭 Thailand: in favor ✅

🇹🇷 Türkiye: in favor ✅

🇦🇪 UAE: in favor ✅

🇬🇧 UK: in favor ✅

🇺🇦 Ukraine: in favor ✅

🇻🇳 Vietnam: in favor ✅

Total:

172 - yes

4 - no

10 - abstention

7 - non-voting

[xtruss]

North Atlantic Terrorist Organization’s (NATO’s) Outreach In Asia Exposes US’ Selfishness; Will Further Divide Group

— Zhao Yusha | July 09, 2023

Japan, The First Feeder of NATO in Asia. Cartoon: Vitaly Podvitski

Rifts within the NATO alliance over the potential expansion of the bloc's presence in Asia Pacific ahead of the NATO summit next week have been exposed by strong opposition from French President Emmanuel Macron. Chinese experts believe NATO's intention to extend its tentacles into Asia Pacific region not only exposes the selfish purpose of the US, which plays a central role in the alliance, to impose its own hegemonic intention over other NATO members' interests, but will further divide the group as in Europe, France may not stand alone in its opposition.

This year marks the second consecutive year that leaders from both Japan and South Korea will attend the summit. Observers see it as a sign that the two countries are seeking closer ties to better coordinate Washington's strategic moves to contain China. Such a "short-sighted" move will surely trigger China's strong opposition and result in regional countries' heightened vigilance.

NATO leaders will meet in Vilnius, capital of Lithuania from Tuesday to Wednesday. This summit is earmarked as a moment for making progress on the plan to open a liaison office in Japan, which would represent the organization's first outpost in the region.

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, who is scheduled to participate in the summit for the second year in a row, will use the opportunity to stress the need for relations between Japan and NATO to be stronger, Japanese Chief Cabinet Secretary Hirokazu Matsuno said on Friday.

NATO allies are in discussion about a possible statement with four Indo-Pacific countries - Japan, South Korea, Australia and New Zealand - that would set out deeper cooperation and reiterate that security in Europe is interlinked with security in the region, Bloomberg quoted a senior European diplomat as saying on Saturday.

However, according to a report from Politico, Macron has voiced strong opposition, expressing concerns that opening a liaison office in Japan would shift NATO's focus too far from its original mandate in the North Atlantic.

Europe ‘Japanizing’ its US policy could backfire!

"We are not in favor as a matter of principle," stated an official from the Elysée Palace during a press briefing on Friday. The official further emphasized that the Japanese authorities themselves have not expressed significant interest in the proposed office.

Chinese experts said that French opposition may postpone NATO's move, but it may not be able to deter the alliance's growing tendency of getting more involved in Asia-Pacific matters.

There is a wide consensus within NATO that the alliance should focus primarily on transatlantic security. However, to serve its global hegemonic purpose, the US, who takes center stage of the alliance, is pushing for the organization to shift to the Asia-Pacific region, mainly to contain China, Li Haidong, a Professor at the China Foreign Affairs University, told the Global Times on Sunday.

The US and other NATO members are divided over whether to expand its role in Asia, said Li, pointing out that amid the background of the ongoing Russia-Ukraine conflict, some European countries are worried that such a move will dilute the organization' attention on the crisis.

Speaking during a special session at the IISS Shangri-La Dialogue in Singapore last month, NATO's assistant secretary-general for defense policy and planning Angus Lapsley said that the alliance does not wish to operate or expand in the Indo-Pacific, but it wants to be involved and engaged in the region to gain a better understanding of happenings in this part of the world, the Straits Times reported.

Pushing NATO to extend its role into Asia Pacific not only exposes the US' selfishness of imposing its own hegemonic goals over other members' national security, it will also risk dividing the alliance, as some NATO members may be reluctant to follow suit, Song Zhongping, a Chinese military expert and TV commentator, told the Global Times.

It would be a "very hostile move" to open a liaison office in Japan, Chinese experts said. The discussion comes at a time when the US is seeking to keep high-level communication lines open with China as US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen just concluded her visit to China, who noted that the US does not seek to "decouple" from China.

At the same time that US’ Braindead Politicians are uttering sweet words to assure China that US is not to seek decoupling from Beijing, on the other hand, it is sparing no effort to marshal its allies to counter China in the region. These self-contradictory moves are deeply disturbing, Li said. He noted that these actions reveal a lack of sincerity and credibility by Washington to fix China-US relations.

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Leaders from South Korea and Japan will hold a meeting on the sidelines of a NATO summit in Lithuania 🇱🇹 next week, South Korea's presidential office said on Sunday.

Similar to Japan's eagerness to welcome NATO to expand to Asia Pacific, South Korea, which is leaning more closely toward the US, is also allying itself closer to US-led small cliques in order to counter China.

Song pointed out that a meeting between Kishida and South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol is set to further mend disputes between two countries and forge closer military ties to better serve Washington's goal of a trilateral alliance in the region. However, Song said different from Japan's taking proactive gesture of welcoming NATO, South Korea to some extent has been hijacked by the US to serve the latter's interest.

In January, Jens Stoltenberg, Secretary General of NATO, urged South Korea to "step up" military support for Ukraine, citing other governments that have changed their policies on exporting weapons to Ukraine. Ever since the start of the Ukraine war, pressure has been building on Seoul to send its arms to Kiev, from the US, UK and EU member states.

Lü Chao, an expert on the Korean Peninsula at the Liaoning Academy of Social Sciences, described South Korea and Japan's attaching themselves to the US' chariot as a "short-sighted and dangerous" move, as standing at the front line of US containment of China will also put themselves on the front line of China's countermeasures.

Moreover, inviting extraterritorial military alliances into the Asia-Pacific region arouses heightened vigilance by regional countries, which crave stability, Lü said.

Speaking in June at a graduation ceremony for students, Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen said, "NATO only exists in the West, and now it seems to be involved in the Asia-Pacific region in various activities, bringing concerns for ASEAN," Cambodian media reported.

[master-miraculous]

Hurray! We waited! A full-fledged screening of the animated film "Ladybug and Chat Noir. The movie" has started in France and other countries. Below you can see the list of countries where the release of the film has been officially confirmed. The list is compiled by the BeMiraculous platform. See you at the premiere 😉

🇦🇺 AUSTRALIA / Streaming on Netflix from July 28, 2023

🇦🇹 AUSTRIA | In theaters from July 6, 2023

🇲🇬 AFRICAN UNION (Madagascar, Senegal, Togo, Guinea, Guadeloupe, Burkina Faso, Niger, Cameroon, Gabon, Republic of the Congo, Nigeria, Rwanda) | In theaters from July 7, 2023

🇧🇪 BELGIUM | In theaters from July 5, 2023

🇧🇷 BRAZIL / Streaming on Netflix from July 28, 2023

🇬🇧 UK / Streaming on Netflix from July 28, 2023

🇭🇺 HUNGARY | In cinemas from August 3, 2023

🇩🇪 GERMANY | In theaters from July 6, 2023

🇬🇷 GREECE | In theaters from August 31, 2023

🇩🇰 DENMARK / Streaming on Netflix from July 28, 2023

🇮🇳 INDIA / Streaming on Netflix from July 28, 2023

🇮🇪 IRELAND / Streaming on Netflix from July 28, 2023

🇮🇸 ICELAND / Streaming on Netflix from July 28, 2023

🇪🇸 SPAIN / Streaming on Netflix from July 28, 2023

🇮🇹 ITALY / Streaming on Netflix from July 28, 2023

🇨🇦 CANADA / Streaming on Netflix from July 28, 2023

🇨🇳 CHINA | In cinemas soon

🇱🇻 LATVIA | In cinemas from August 25, 2023

🇲🇽 LATIN AMERICA / Streaming on Netflix from July 28, 2023

🇱🇹 LITHUANIA | In cinemas from September 15, 2023

🇱🇺 LUXEMBOURG | In theaters from July 5, 2023

🇲🇹 MALTA | Streaming on Netflix from July 28, 2023

🇳🇱 NETHERLANDS | In theaters from July 5, 2023

🇳🇿 NEW ZEALAND / Streaming on Netflix from July 28, 2023

🇳🇴 NORWAY / Streaming on Netflix from July 28, 2023

🇵🇱 POLAND | In theaters from July 7, 2023

🇵🇹 PORTUGAL / Streaming on Netflix from July 28, 2023

🇵🇷 PUERTO RICO / Streaming on Netflix from July 28, 2023

🇷🇺 RUSSIA | In cinemas from August 17, 2023

🇷🇴 ROMANIA | In cinemas soon

🇸🇰 SLOVAKIA | In cinemas from September 14, 2023

🇪🇬 MIDDLE EAST (Bahrain, Egypt, Iraq, Kuwait, Jordan, Lebanon, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, UAE) | Streaming on Netflix from July 28, 2023

🇺🇸 USA / Streaming on Netflix from July 28, 2023

🇹🇷 TURKEY | In cinemas from August 25, 2023

🇫🇮 FINLAND / Streaming on Netflix from July 28, 2023

🇫🇷 FRANCE | In theaters from July 5, 2023

🇨🇿 CZECH REPUBLIC | In cinemas from August 10, 2023 (possible postponement)

🇨🇭 SWITZERLAND | In theaters from July 5, 2023

🇸🇪 SWEDEN / Streaming on Netflix from July 28, 2023

🇪🇪 ESTONIA | In cinemas from August 25, 2023

🇰🇷 SOUTH KOREA / Streaming on Netflix from July 28, 2023

🇯🇵 JAPAN / Streaming on Netflix from July 28, 2023

[mariuskalander]

Tweeted

RT @worldranking_: @stats_feed 🪫📉Recession Probabilities Forecast 2023 (Bloomberg, Apr 2023) 🇬🇧 UK: 75% 🇳🇿 New Zealand: 70% 🇺🇸 US: 65% 🇩🇪 Germany: 60% 🇮🇹 Italy: 60% 🇨🇦 Canada: 60% 🇫🇷 France: 50% 🇿🇦 South Africa: 45% 🇦🇺 Australia: 40% 🇷🇺 Russia: 37.5% 🇯🇵 Japan: 35% 🇰🇷 South Korea: 30% 🇲🇽 Mexico: 27.5% 🇪🇸… https://t.co/v5vmCqo3zJ

— Mario Calandra (@MariusKalander) Apr 23, 2023

[feverdreamhigh]

How To Watch The Grammys (2021)🎵

The Grammys premiere ceremony (the pre-show where a majority of awards are given out) will be streamed internationally on Grammy.com starting at 12noon PDT / 3pm EDT on Sunday, March 14, 2021. (The awards that are reserved for the main show vary somewhat each year. Last year, awards given out during the premiere ceremony included Best Pop Vocal Album, Best Pop Duo/Group Performance, and Best Song Written For Visual Media. This might very well change for this year.)

The red carpet will also be streamed on the same site starting at 3:30pm PDT / 6:30pm EDT.

The Grammys main show will be held from 5pm to 8:30pm PDT / 8pm to 11:30pm EDT. You can watch it on CBS or stream it on sites like these:

ustvgo

123tvnow

Here are some international time conversions for the main show (The US will be starting daylight saving time earlier that morning, so the conversion uses PDT and EDT instead of PST and EST. You can find the conversions typed out under the “keep reading”):

🇺🇸 Pacific Daylight Time (PDT): Sun, Mar 14, 2021, 5:00 pm

🇺🇸 Eastern Daylight Time (EDT): Sun, Mar 14, 2021, 8:00 pm

🇧🇷 São Paulo, Brazil: Mon, Mar 15, 2021, 9:00 pm

🇬🇧 London, United Kingdom: Mon, Mar 15, 2021, 12:00 am (midnight)

🇫🇷 Paris, France: Mon, Mar 15, 2021, 1:00 am

🇦🇪 Dubai, United Arab Emirates: Mon, Mar 15, 2021, 4:00 am

🇮🇳 New Delhi, India: Mon, Mar 15, 2021, 5:30 am

🇭🇰 Hong Kong, Hong Kong: Mon, Mar 15, 2021, 8:00 am

🇰🇷 Seoul, South Korea: Mon, Mar 15, 2021, 9:00 am

🇯🇵 Tokyo, Japan: Mon, Mar 15, 2021, 9:00 am

🇦🇺 Sydney, Australia: Mon, Mar 15, 2021, 11:00 am

🇳🇿 Auckland, New Zealand: Mon, Mar 15, 2021, 1:00 pm

[neokun25]

Rating Systems Around the World 🌎

Argentina 🇦🇷:

ATP

+ 13

+ 16

+ 18

C

Australia 🇦🇺:

G

PG

M

MA 15+

R 18+

X 18+

RC (Refused Classification)

Austria 🇦🇹:

Unrestricted

6+

10+

12+

14+

16+

Belgium 🇧🇪:

AL/TOUS

6

9

12

14

16

18

Brazil 🇧🇷:

L (Livre)

10

12

14

16

18

Canada 🇨🇦:

G

PG

14A

18A

R

A

Canada 🇨🇦 (Quebec):

G

9+

13+

16+

18+

Denmark 🇩🇰:

A

7

11

15

F

Finland 🇫🇮:

S

7

12

16

18

France 🇫🇷:

TP (Tous Publics)

10

12

16

18

Germany 🇩🇪:

0

6

12

16

18

Hong Kong 🇭🇰:

I

II

IIA

IIB

III

Iceland 🇮🇸:

L

6

9

12

14

16

18

India 🇮🇳:

U

U/A

A

S

Indonesia 🇮🇩:

SU

13+

17+

21+

Ireland 🇮🇪:

G

PG

12A/12

15A/15

16 (cinema only)

18

Italy 🇮🇹:

T

6+

VM12

VM14

VM16

VM18

Japan 🇯🇵:

G

PG12

R15+

R18+

Kenya 🇰🇪:

GE

PG

16

18

Restricted/Banned

Lithuania 🇱🇹:

V

N-7

N-13

N-16

N-18

Malaysia 🇲🇾:

U

P13

18

Mexico 🇲🇽:

AA

A

B

B-15

C

D

Netherlands 🇳🇱:

AL

6

9

12

14

16

18

New Zealand 🇳🇿:

G

PG

M

RP13

RP16

RP18

R13

R16

R18

R

Nigeria 🇳🇬:

G

PG

12

12A

15

18

RE

Norway 🇳🇴:

A

6

9

12

15

18

Philippines 🇵🇭:

G

PG

R-13

R-16

R-18

X

SPG (television only)

Portugal 🇵🇹:

Para todos os públicos

M/3

M/6

M/12

M/14

M/16

M/18

Russia 🇷🇺:

0+

6+

12+

16+

18+

Saudi Arabia 🇸🇦:

G

PG

PG12

R12

R15

R18

Singapore 🇸🇬:

G

PG

PG13

NC16

M18

R21

South Africa 🇿🇦:

A

PG

7-9 PG

10-12 PG

13

16

18

X18

XX

South Korea 🇰🇷:

All (전체)

7

12

15

18 (청불)

19

Spain 🇪🇸:

A(i)

7(i)

12

16

18

X

Sweden 🇸🇪:

Btl

7

11

15/Not Approved

Taiwan 🇹🇼:

0+ (普遍級)

6+ (保護級)

12+ (輔12級)

15+ (輔15級)

18+ (限制級)

Thailand 🇹🇭:

G

13

15

18

20 (Adults Only)

Turkey 🇹🇷:

G

6A

6+

10A

10+

13A

13+

16+

18+

United Arab Emirates 🇦🇪:

G

PG

PG13

PG15

15

18

United Kingdom 🇬🇧:

U

PG

12A/12

15

18

R18

United States 🇺🇸:

G

PG

PG-13

R

NC-17

Vietnam 🇻🇳:

P

C13

C16

C18

(I know it's too long to read, but pls do enjoy.)