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World
Turkey referendum: Erdoğan wins vote amid dispute over ballots – as it happened
Unofficial results show that Turks have approved changes to their constitution, handing President Erdoğan sweeping new powers in Sunday’s referendum, the head of the country’s high electoral board (YSK) has said. The yes campaign won 1.25 million more votes than the no campaign and with only about 600,000 votes still…
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World
Foreign Media Analysis: Turks Divided Over Sunday Referendum
A little under half of those who voted for the Turkish referendum Sunday evening were unsatisfied with the results that granted extensive powers to the executive branch. As soon as the referendum goes into effect with the next presidential election to be held in 2019, the President will be able…
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Politics
Egocentrism, Trump and the international system
The inauguration ceremony of US President Donald Trump was closely followed by the world. In his election, Trump pledged that he would make the USA a globally respected country within the context of political and military hegemony. This study addresses egocentrism, or self-centeredness, with reference to the behavioral patterns of…
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East Asia
Cooperation is the only correct choice for China and the US
The first question raised by a US reporter at a press conference following the annual session of China’s national legislature was about the possibility of high-level talks between China and the US and China’s confidence in bilateral ties. This, along with US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson’s China visit in…
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South East Asia
Lu – Olo pledged to strengthen national unity
The people of Timor – Leste has chosen a new president. Francisco Guterres Lu – Olo was elected to the fourth president of the republic to Timor – Leste with total valid votes of 295.048 (57.1%) and Antonio da Conceicao with a total of 167.794 (32.5%) and the another valid…
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Politics
Pope Francis: Possible message for Pyeongchang Olympics
The Catholic church’s brand refresh Growing up in Italy affects people in many ways: the idea of beauty, love for food, the guilty feeling of wasting it, the importance of art and culture, and much more. There is also an Italian saying that led my life: where three people can…
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World
The Westminster Terror Attack
Terror took place in London, when a car-and-knife attack happened, in the heart of London on March 22. Reports say that a black-clad assailant, armed with two long knives, drove his car through a crowd of people on Westminster Bridge before stabbing a police officer to death on the grounds…
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West Asia
#TurkishAirlinesHelpSomalia Social Media Campaign
There has been a social media campaign that started on March 15 with the hashtag #TurkishAirlinesHelpSomalia. This hashtag is referring to the people of Somalia that are currently experiencing a life-threatening famine and now this social media campaign is raising awareness to the issue. According to the UN humanitarian office,…
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World
[AsiaNNews] Inarguration gangwon film commisssion
The inaugural ceremony of the Gangwon Film Commission was held on Thursday, March 16th.
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East Asia
The “Real Asia Pivot”: Trump Will Do What Obama Only Talked About
Former President Obama should be given credit for recognizing this and for attempting, however weakly and ineffectively, to transition American attention further east. Ironically, due to his Administration’s failures, it is likely to be the successor to America’s self-purported “First Pacific President,” the ever-pugnacious but unabashedly pro-American Donald Trump, who…
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