He then won his own country’s Order of Culture, honoring outstanding Japanese accomplishments, but he refused to accept it because it was awarded by the emperor at the time. His publisher confirmed the news on Monday, 10 days after it said he passed away of “old age.” Oe debuted in 1957 and won his Nobel Prize in literature some four decades later in 1994. Japanese Nobel Prize-winning author Kenzaburo Oe died at the age of 88. Guido Crosetto, Italy’s defense minister, has blamed the increase in migrant boats attempting to make the dangerous crossing on the Russian mercenary Wagner Group. “The government, myself, have been accused of atrocious things, but my conscience is clear,” she said. Italy’s far-right government, led by Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, is now under criticism for failing to have saved the migrants.
This came two weeks after a shipwreck off the southern coast of Italy killed at least 76 people. After a boat capsized off the coast of Libya, Italy has said 30 migrants are missing. Sunak was in California to discuss next steps for AUKUS, the military pact between the United Kingdom, United States, and Australia.ĭozens reported missing after boat capsizes. British military officials wanted it to increase to 3 percent.
Sunak described China as presenting an “epoch-defining challenge.” Sunak said defense spending would increase to 2.5 percent of GDP “in the longer term,” though did not say by when. In response to China-and to Russia-another defense spending increase was announced on Monday, this time by British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, who said the United Kingdom would increase defense spending by $6 billion over the next two years.
“The great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation has entered an irreversible historical process.”Ĭhina is set to expand its defense budget by 7.2 percent this year. “The Chinese people have become the masters of their own destiny,” Xi added. “ build the People’s Liberation Army into a great wall of steel that effectively safeguards national sovereignty, security, and development interests,” he told the National People’s Congress. In the first speech of his new presidential term, Chinese leader Xi Jinping promised that he would strengthen China’s defenses and make its military a “great wall of steel.”
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