cross-posted from: https://scribe.disroot.org/post/5251344

Taiwan would be a great member of a regional trade bloc that Australia is part of, given its track record as a “trusted economic partner,” a visiting Australian lawmaker said yesterday.

In contrast, China, which also seeks to join the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP), had quite a "difficult trading relationship" with Australia over the past years, said Richard Colbeck, a senator for Tasmania representing the Liberal Party.

"And to be frank, that should be considered as a part of our consideration of their membership" into the CPTPP, he said during an interview in Taipei.

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Colbeck made the remarks when asked to comment on Taiwan's goal of joining the CPTPP, one of the biggest trade blocs in the world, representing around 15 percent of the global economy.

It currently has 12 members — Australia, Brunei, Canada, Chile, Japan, Malaysia, Mexico, New Zealand, Peru, Singapore, Vietnam and the UK.

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Taiwan would be a great member of a regional trade bloc that Australia is part of, given its track record as a “trusted economic partner,” a visiting Australian lawmaker said yesterday.

In contrast, China, which also seeks to join the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP), had quite a "difficult trading relationship" with Australia over the past years, said Richard Colbeck, a senator for Tasmania representing the Liberal Party.

"And to be frank, that should be considered as a part of our consideration of their membership" into the CPTPP, he said during an interview in Taipei.

...

Colbeck made the remarks when asked to comment on Taiwan's goal of joining the CPTPP, one of the biggest trade blocs in the world, representing around 15 percent of the global economy.

It currently has 12 members — Australia, Brunei, Canada, Chile, Japan, Malaysia, Mexico, New Zealand, Peru, Singapore, Vietnam and the UK.

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If you have the power of reality, spacetime, the mind, etc., surely you could snap in more fresh water, food, metals, plants, etc.? Was he just stubborn and didn’t want to let go the idea he proposed on his home planet?

Also, how does Thanos survive “snapping” but regular people using the power don’t? Does that imply that the type of people on Thanos’ planet is “superior” to everyone else (in my opinion, nobody should survive it because the stones are essentially the power to control every aspect of the universe itself)?

One thing of note, Thanos in Infinity War shows that you could use the stones individually (and also other characters, like Vision using it as his brain/the power source for his thinking bits and Dr Strange using the time stone to manipulate time) and that doesn’t kill Thanos or any other character it seems. Why is that, are the stones meant to be more powerful together? Also, what happened to all the stones, were they all returned to their hiding place (and if so, why weren’t they used for doing good stuff, like space stone could be used for fast travel, soul stone could bring back the dead, mind stone could solve the mysteries of the universe, reality stone could make awesome virtual reality games…)

And finally, and definitely very important, why is Thanos purple? Seriously though, why? Is it because of the comic books (like Hulk being green), or is there another reason? Did he just need to stand out from everyone else?

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.zip/post/51618299

KUALA LUMPUR: Hundreds of protestors gathered in Malaysia’s capital on Friday afternoon (Oct 24) to rally against United States President Donald Trump’s attendance of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Summit.

cross-posted from: https://scribe.disroot.org/post/5251327

• The UK Ministry of Defence (MoD) is investigating allegations that Russian hackers have stolen hundreds of sensitive military documents and published them on the dark web.

• Documents reportedly contain details about eight Royal Air Force and Royal Navy bases, including RAF Lakenheath in Suffolk, which hosts US Air Force F-35 jets, as well as personal information of MoD staff such as names and emails.

• The contractor Dodd Group confirmed it suffered a ransomware attack in which unauthorized access was gained to parts of its internal systems. The company has taken immediate action to contain the breach and engaged a forensic IT firm to investigate further.

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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.zip/post/51618031

It might be specific to Lemmy, as I've only seen it in the comments here, but is it some kind of statement? It can't possibly be easier than just writing "th"? And in many comments I see "th" and "þ" being used interchangeably.

Germany is seeking an exemption from U.S. sanctions on Russian oil company Rosneft's German business, a person with direct knowledge of the government discussions said on Thursday,

Under the government's proposal, a "proper reason" would suffice for terminating an employment contract, compared with the current law, which requires the reason to be both proper and weighty.

In an open letter to the Irish government on Thursday (23 October), signed by the Irish Council for Civil Liberties, noyb, ARTICLE 19, the European Centre for Press and Media Freedom, plus 40 others, highlights the conflict of interest Sweeney brings to a position that is supposed to police the same firms in which she used to work.

https://archive.is/fG1qe

the Bank for International Settlements estimates that overseas bank lending in renminbi to borrowers in developing countries rose by $373bn in the four years to the end of March.

“The year 2022 marked a turning point away from dollar- and euro-denominated credit and towards renminbi-denominated credit” to such borrowers, the BIS said.

Hey! Who censored my nads?!

This deserves a physical release and is so much better than it deserves to be.

Taiwan officials reach out to conservative US media

June, Vice President Hsiao Bi-khim, a fluent English speaker and formerly Taiwan's de facto ambassador to the United States, gave an interview to the Shawn Ryan Show, while in May, then Presidential Office spokesperson Lii Wen wrote an op-ed in the conservative Washington Times.

Coming October 30th

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