Eight democracies. One message to Beijing.
Australia, France, Germany, Japan, New Zealand, Poland, South Korea and the UK issued a joint statement on September 22 opposing any unilateral change to the Taiwan Strait status quo. It came out of a meeting on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly, where officials called today's security environment more volatile than a year ago.
Their language was direct: "We encourage dialogue and oppose any unilateral attempts to change the status quo across the Taiwan Strait."
The same day, the US, Japan and South Korea issued a separate statement making the same point, and also backing Taiwan's participation in international organizations.
Taiwan's foreign ministry welcomed the statement and said it would keep building self-defense and deepen ties with democratic partners.
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Nepal Government has updated the missing figures
462 Nepalis
133 Indians
54 Americans
53 Ukrainians
34 Australians
33 British
24 Canadians
19 Malaysians
9 Koreans
6 Singaporeans
5 Japanese
5 New Zealanders
4 Germans
3 French
2 Irish
2 Dutch
2 Russians
1 each from Israel ,Portugal ,Belarus , Finland , Lithuania , Phillipines and Hungary.
The first Prime Ministerial visit to New Zealand in 4 decades witnessed unprecedented outcomes aimed at bringing India and New Zealand closer.
Here are highlights from the visit, including some special moments.
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Starlink overtakes Spark to become New Zealand's largest rural ISP.
Rural market share increased from 19% to 27% in just one year. Satellite broadband connections surged 52%, from 56,000 to 85,000.
BREAKING: Starlink becomes New Zealand’s largest rural internet provider. 🇳🇿
• Starlink now has 27% share of NZ’s rural broadband market.
• Share jumped from 19% to 27% in one year.
• Satellite broadband connections rose from 56,000 to 85,000, up 52%.
• Around 72,000 are rural residential fixed connections.
• Starlink Residential averaged 226 Mbps download speed.
• That is around 4x faster than rural 4G FWA at 56 Mbps.
• NZ now has the highest satellite broadband uptake per capita in the OECD.
Starlink is helping rural families, farms, and remote communities get fast internet where traditional networks struggled.