Russian, Chinese defense ministers tout close bilateral ties during meeting April 27 (UPI) --The defense ministers of Russia and China have emphasized the close bilateral ties between the two nations even as the United States voices displeasure over China's stance on the ... 04/26/2024 - 11:26 pm | View Link
Time for ASEAN to stand up in the South China Sea ASEAN has been relatively quiet about China's aggression in the South China Sea, specifically in the Second Thomas Shoal ... A strong statement from ASEAN's foreign ministers expressing their support ... 04/26/2024 - 1:00 pm | View Link
South China Sea: amid tension, US and Chinese navy chiefs discuss ‘increasing security challenges in Indo-Pacific’ While Philippines was absent from forum, members passed updated Code for Unplanned Encounters at Sea, a non-binding multilateral agreement Chinese navy commander Hu Zhongming called for close ... 04/23/2024 - 10:47 pm | View Link
China stands firm against unwarranted provocations at sea — senior defense official QINGDAO /China/, April 22. /TASS/. China is firmly against any unjustified provocations at sea and affirms its commitment ... the symposium participants will discuss issues of maritime security ... 04/21/2024 - 1:59 pm | View Link
Trump and Polish President discuss NATO members increasing their defense spending Former President Donald Trump and Polish President Andrzej Duda discussed NATO spending in a dinner meeting at Trump Tower in New York City Wednesday, according to a readout of the meeting from ... 04/17/2024 - 8:07 pm | View Link
“Donald Trump’s political operation raised more than $76 million in April, campaign officials told donors on Saturday,” Politico reports.
“Trump advisers revealed the number, up from $65.6 million in March, during a presentation at a private Trump campaign and Republican National Committee-hosted donor retreat.”
Rep. Dan Crenshaw (R-TX) became the latest Republican to hit Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) over her plan to oust Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA), The Hill reports.
Said Crenshaw: “She needs her time in the spotlight, you know, and it’s been a while, and I think it’s one last ditch effort to get attention, is what she’s looking for.”
“Charlie Spies, the Republican National Committee’s chief counsel, was pushed out of his new role just two months after taking the job, amid a storm of controversy over conflicts involving other clients at the firm where he still works,“ the New York Times reports.
“Mr. Spies, a veteran election-law lawyer whom the R.
“On his first visit to Europe in five years, the Chinese president, Xi Jinping, appears intent on seizing opportunities to loosen the continent’s bonds with the United States and forge a world freed of American dominance,” the New York Times reports..
“The Chinese leader has chosen three countries to visit — France, Serbia and Hungary — that each, to a greater or lesser degree, look askance at America’s postwar ordering of the world, see China as a necessary counterweight and are eager to bolster economic ties.”
Gary Moore is one of the least talked about guitarists of his time, but man could he rock.
Still Got the Blues For You is in my mind his signature track.
Music Radar conducted an excellent interview with Moore and he discussed his music and guitar playing in general.
Moore also has some advice for the prolix guitar player, and we have surely all been one, coming down with acute case of fretboard diarrhoea and using too many notes in our solos.
Take a phrase, says Moore, and work on it, playing around with all the different permutations, accenting the first, second, or maybe the last notes, working on the dynamics – these are all ways of workshopping your phrasing and learning how to make more out of something simple and familiar.