International: Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen visits the Philippines in historic State Visit
*May 19th, 2021: In a historic State Visit to the Philippines for the first time in decades, Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen arrived at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport in Manila: Tsai was greeted by dignitaries who gave her bouquet of flowers & gifts.
From there, the motorcade arrived at Malacanang Palace where she was greeted by Philippine President Leni Robredo; Arrival Honors festivities were rendered with a 21 Cannon Salute including the playing of the National Anthems of Taiwan & the Philippines; Honor Guard inspection of the troops followed.
Following the festivities, Tsai signed the Palace Guest Book & took pictures with Robredo. There was a meeting between Tsai & Robredo accompanied by Taiwanese & Philippine government officials in bilateral meeting, where among the topics discussed: trade relations, humanitarian efforts, deepening of diplomatic relations between the two countries.
Joint Press conference was held inside Malacanang Palace where Robredo doubled-down on restoring full diplomatic relations with Taiwan. Tsai thanked the Filipino people for their hospitality & mentioned that she asked Robredo to visit Taiwan, which Robredo confirmed she accepted the offer to visit sometime this fall.
Later that evening, there was a State Dinner held at the Aguinaldo Music Room.
BREAKING NEWS: EUROPEAN UNION VOTES TO APPROVE MEMBERSHIP FOR UKRAINE
*May 31st, 2021: The Associated Press reported the European Union voted overwhelmingly to approve membership for Ukraine to join effective immediately. Ukrainian President Zolodymyr Zelensky applauded & thanked the European Union for the move, saying "The Ukrainian people want to have a say in what's going on in Europe and throughout the world."
Speculation is swirling NATO might approve Ukraine's membership application to join the North Atlantic Treaty Organization alliance in the next few weeks. Moves like these are almost certainly going to anger Russian President Vladimir Putin, who's threatened retaliation.
India, Chile restoring full diplomatic relations with Taiwan
*June 5th, 2021: Chile & India announced they're going to restore full diplomatic relations with Taiwan effective immediately as well according to close sources out of New Delhi & Santiago.
There's speculation that Colombia, Spain, Great Britain, Italy & Japan might be likely doing similar moves soon.
BREAKING NEWS: President Biden terminates DETENTE Policy with North Korea
* June 7th, 2021: President Biden terminates DETENTE Policy with North Korea effective immediately; the policy that had been in place since 2018 when then-President Donald Trump held a bilateral summit in Singapore with North Korean dictator Kim Yo-jong.