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Quad Summit 2022: Joe Biden to meet Japanese leadership in Tokyo

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US President Joe Biden arrived in Japan for the 2nd leg of an Asia trip. Biden will use his trip to launch Indo-Pacific economic framework. He will also meet Japanese leadership on Monday.

Quad Summit 2022: US President Joe Biden arrives in Japan

Quadrilateral security dialogue members are all together in Tokyo and the grouping includes India, Australia, United States and Japan. What has the Quad grouping achieved since it was formed? For more perspective on this, we're joined by Prof. James D J Brown, International affairs expert from Tokyo.

17 years of Quad: Security front shows little accomplishment

The Indian PM will be attending the Quad summit on Tuesday, May 24 and separate bilateral meetings are also scheduled with the group leaders. Quad Summit's focus will be Indo-Pacific region, China's aggression against Taiwan and Ukraine war. WION's managing editor Palki Sharma Upadhyay joins us exclusive from Tokyo.

Quad Summit 2022: Focus will be China's aggression against Taiwan

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<p>The in-person edition of Quad Summit is just around the corner. Leaders of India, US, Australia and Japan are meeting in Tokyo on May 24 and are going to have dialogue on variety of issues. This is the first in-person summit since the start of Ukraine conflict.</p>

<p>The leaders and the countries definitely have some decisions to take in light of the current geopolitical situation in the world.</p>

<p><strong>Challenges and takeaways</strong></p>

<p>Ukraine is expected to dominate the discussion in the upcoming Quad Summit. India has decided to choose dialogue over sanctions. But this is not likely to put India in a tricky situation. However, challenge before India would be to state its position clearly and at the same time work towards the common goal.</p>

<p><strong>Watch | Ukraine crisis to dominate Quad meet, Will this put India in a tricky situation after it chose dialogue over sanctions?</strong></p>

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<p>The Quad has seen heads of its member states change and the grouping has been observed to be resilient. It is likely that the countries will be able to work around differences, if any, they might have.</p>

<p>Another pressing matter is China. The Quad has been in existence for 17 years. The countries have worked together to meet challenges of vaccination, climate change and other issues. But little has been done on the security front. It is perhaps why Quad is said to have an identity crisis. Is it an 'Asian NATO'? Is it an 'Asian Red Cross'?</p>

<p>Ukraine conflict has underlined possibility of Chinese aggression in Asia. Taiwanese armed forces have been on alert. Quad needs to ponder on this issue and be ready to prevent adverse situations.</p>

<p>Quad countries are coming together to launch a maritime initiative aimed at curbing illegal fishing from China. It is being reported in the media that the initiative will use&nbsp;will use satellite technology to create a tracking system for illegal fishing.</p>

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The in-person edition of Quad Summit is just around the corner. Leaders of India, US, Australia and Japan are meeting in Tokyo on May 24 and are going to have dialogue on variety of issues.

The in-person edition of Quad Summit is just around the corner. Leaders of India, US, Australia and Japan are meeting in Tokyo on May 24 and are going to have dialogue on variety of issues. This is the first in-person summit since the start of Ukraine conflict. The leaders and the countries definitely have some decisions to take in light of the current geopolitical situation in the world. Challenges and takeaways Ukraine is expected to dominate the discussion in the upcoming Quad Summit. India has decided to choose dialogue over sanctions. But this is not likely to put India in a tricky situation. However, challenge before India would be to state its position clearly and at the same time work towards the common goal. Watch | Ukraine crisis to dominate Quad meet, Will this put India in a tricky situation after it chose dialogue over sanctions? × The Quad has seen heads of its member states change and the grouping has been observed to be resilient. It is likely that the countries will be able to work around differences, if any, they might have. Another pressing matter is China. The Quad has been in existence for 17 years. The countries have worked together to meet challenges of vaccination, climate change and other issues. But little has been done on the security front. It is perhaps why Quad is said to have an identity crisis. Is it an 'Asian NATO'? Is it an 'Asian Red Cross'? Ukraine conflict has underlined possibility of Chinese aggression in Asia. Taiwanese armed forces have been on alert. Quad needs to ponder on this issue and be ready to prevent adverse situations. Quad countries are coming together to launch a maritime initiative aimed at curbing illegal fishing from China. It is being reported in the media that the initiative will use will use satellite technology to create a tracking system for illegal fishing. WATCH WION LIVE HERE ×

WION reports from Tokyo: Quad leaders to meet under shadow of Ukraine war, China threat

<p>Former Pakistan prime minister Imran Khan on Saturday praised India for reducing fuel prices. He lauded India for not buckling under "US pressure" and buying discounted oil from Russia. Imran Khan claimed that when he was in power, his government was working out such a solution with the help of an independent foreign policy.</p>

<p>He slammed Pakistan Muslim League (N)-led government for "running around like a headless chicken with the economy in a tailspin".</p>

<p>"Despite being part of the Quad, India sustained pressure from the US and bought discounted Russian oil to provide relief to the masses. This is what our govt was working to achieve with the help of an independent foreign policy," Imran Khan tweeted while retweeting an information about reduction of the petrol and diesel prices in India.&nbsp;</p>

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<p>Indian government has reduced the price of petrol by Rs 9.5 per litre and Diesel by Rs 7 per litre.</p>

<p>Imran Khan, during his last days in office had claimed that there was 'foreign conspiracy' to oust him. He had even named the US. Pakistan government under current PM Shehbaz Sharif is in a damage control mode with the US with Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari travelling to the country.</p>

<p>Imran Khan said "Mir Jafars and Mir Sadiqs" bowed to the external pressure forcing a regime change, and "are now running around like a headless chicken with the economy in a tailspin."</p>

<p>"For our govt, Pakistan`s interest was supreme but unfortunately the local Mir Jafars &amp; Mir Sadiqs bowed to external pressure forcing a regime change, and are now running around like a headless chicken with the economy in a tailspin," the former PM tweeted.</p>

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Former Pakistan prime minister Imran Khan on Saturday praised India for reducing fuel prices. He lauded India for not buckling under "US pressure" and buying discounted oil from Russia.

Former Pakistan prime minister Imran Khan on Saturday praised India for reducing fuel prices. He lauded India for not buckling under "US pressure" and buying discounted oil from Russia. Imran Khan claimed that when he was in power, his government was working out such a solution with the help of an independent foreign policy. He slammed Pakistan Muslim League (N)-led government for "running around like a headless chicken with the economy in a tailspin". "Despite being part of the Quad, India sustained pressure from the US and bought discounted Russian oil to provide relief to the masses. This is what our govt was working to achieve with the help of an independent foreign policy," Imran Khan tweeted while retweeting an information about reduction of the petrol and diesel prices in India. Despite being part of the Quad, India sustained pressure from the US and bought discounted Russian oil to provide relief to the masses. This is what our govt was working to achieve with the help of an independent foreign policy. 1/2 pic.twitter.com/O7O8wFS8jn — Imran Khan (@ImranKhanPTI) May 21, 2022 × Indian government has reduced the price of petrol by Rs 9.5 per litre and Diesel by Rs 7 per litre. Imran Khan, during his last days in office had claimed that there was 'foreign conspiracy' to oust him. He had even named the US. Pakistan government under current PM Shehbaz Sharif is in a damage control mode with the US with Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari travelling to the country. Imran Khan said "Mir Jafars and Mir Sadiqs" bowed to the external pressure forcing a regime change, and "are now running around like a headless chicken with the economy in a tailspin." "For our govt, Pakistan`s interest was supreme but unfortunately the local Mir Jafars & Mir Sadiqs bowed to external pressure forcing a regime change, and are now running around like a headless chicken with the economy in a tailspin," the former PM tweeted. (With inputs from agencies) WATCH WION LIVE HERE ×

Imran Khan praises India for reducing fuel prices, defying 'US pressure'

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US President Joe Biden and South Korean President Yoon Seok-Youl agreed to hold bigger military operations and deploy more US weapons if necessary to deter North Korea. Talks between the leaders were focused on North Korea nuclearisation threat.

South Korea-US to expand military operations; leaders express concern over North Korea

Ahead of the Quad summit 2022 in Japan, India’s Foreign Secretary Vinay Kwatra briefed the media on what can be expected from the much-anticipated meet. For more perspective, we're joined by Amb. Gurjit Singh, Former Indian Ambassador to ASEAN and diplomat in Japan.

Indian PM Modi to visit Japan: What's on the agenda?

Indian Prime Minister will visit Japan for Quad Summit 2022 and meanwhile, Indian foreign ministry held a press briefing on the same. Indian foreign secretary said, PM Modi will address Indian community in Japan and will meet Japanese business leaders.

'Quad working on constructive agenda', says Indian Foreign Secy on Indian PM Modi's visit to Japan

Quadrilateral security dialogue members are all set to gather in Tokyo, the grouping includes India, Australia, United States and Japan. The Ukraine-Russia war is likely to dominate the talks. Indian Foreign Secretary briefed the media about Indian PM Narendra Modi's Japan visit. Watch WION's ground report from the heart of the summit.

Quad Summit 2022: Russia-Ukraine war to dominate talks

<p>After mass shootings killed and wounded people grocery shopping, going to church and simply living their lives last weekend, the nation marked a milestone of 1 million deaths from COVID-19. The number, once unthinkable, is now an irreversible reality in the United States like the persistent reality of gun violence that kills tens of thousands of people a year.</p>

<p>Americans have always tolerated high rates of death among certain segments of society. But the sheer numbers of deaths from preventable causes, and the apparent acceptance that no policy change is on the horizon, raises the question: Has mass death become accepted in America.</p>

<p>"I think the evidence is unmistakable and quite clear. We will tolerate an enormous amount of carnage, suffering and death in the U.S., because we have over the past two years. We have over our history,"&nbsp;says Gregg Gonsalves, an epidemiologist and professor at Yale who was a leading member of the AIDS advocacy group ACT UP.</p>

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<p>"If I thought the AIDS epidemic was bad, the American response to COVID-19 has sort of...It's a form of the American grotesque, right?"&nbsp;Gonsalves says. Really, a million people are dead&nbsp;And you're going to talk to me about your need to get back to normal, when for the most part most of us have been living pretty reasonable lives for the past six months.</p>

<p>Certain communities have always borne the brunt of higher death rates. There are profound racial and class inequalities in the United States, and our tolerance of death is partly based on who is at risk, says Elizabeth Wrigley-Field, a sociology professor who studies mortality at the University of Minnesota.</p>

<p>"Some people's deaths matter a lot more than others, "she laments. "I think that's what we're seeing in this really brutal way with this coincidence of timing."</p>

<p>In Buffalo, the alleged shooter was a racist bent on killing Black people, according to authorities. The family of 86-year-old Ruth Whitfield, one of the 10 people killed, channelled the grief and frustration of millions as they demanded action.</p>

<p>You expect us to keep doing this over and over and over again over again, forgive and forget,&nbsp;her son, former Buffalo Fire Commissioner Garnell Whitfield, Jr, said. "While people we elect and trust in offices around this country do their best not to protect us, not to consider us equal."</p>

<p>That sense&nbsp;that politicians have done little even as the violence repeats itself is shared by many Americans. It's a feeling encapsulated by the thoughts and prayers&nbsp;offered to victims of gun violence by politicians unwilling to change policies, according to Martha Lincoln, an anthropology professor at San Francisco State University.</p>

<p>"I don't think that most Americans feel good about it. I think most Americans would like to see real action from their leaders in the culture about these pervasive issues,"&nbsp;says Lincoln, who sees a similar political vacuum around COVID-19.</p>

<p>With COVID-19, American society has even come to accept the deaths of children from a preventable cause. Pediatrician Dr Mark W Kline wrote in a guest column for The Advocate newspaper that more than 1,500 children have died from COVID-19, and recalled a time in pediatrics when children were not supposed to die.</p>

<p><strong>Watch |&nbsp;Gravitas: Biggest Covid scam in the world?</strong></p>

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<p>"There was no acceptable pediatric body count,"&nbsp;he wrote. "At least, not before the first pandemic of the social media age, COVID-19, changed everything."</p>

<p>Gun violence is such a part of life in America now that we organise our lives around its inevitability, says Sonali Rajan, a Columbia University professor who researches school violence. Children do lockdown drills at school. And in about half the states, Rajan says, teachers can carry firearms. She notes that an estimated 100,000 people are shot annually and some 40,000 will die.</p>

<p>She sees similar dynamics in the current response to COVID-19. Americans, she says, deserve to be able to commute to work without getting sick, or work somewhere without getting sick, or send their kids to school without them getting sick.<br />
It's important, she says, to ask what policies are being put forth by elected officials who have the power to attend to the health and the well-being of their constituents.</p>

<p>"It's remarkable how that responsibility has been sort of abdicated, is how I would describe it,"&nbsp;Rajan says.</p>

<p>The level of concern about deaths often depends on context, says Rajiv Sethi, an economics professor at Barnard College. He points to a rare but dramatic event such as an airplane crash, which does seem to matter to people.</p>

<p>Sethi notes there are more suicides from guns in America than there are homicides, an estimated 24,000 gun suicides compared with 19,000 homicides. But even though there are policy proposals that could help within the bounds of the Second Amendment, he says, the debate on guns is politically entrenched, causing 'paralysis.'</p>

<p>"It divides us when people think that there's nothing they can do," says Dr Megan Ranney of Brown University's School of Public Health.</p>

<p>Ranney points to false narratives spread by bad actors, such as denying that the deaths were preventable, or suggesting those who die deserved it. There is an emphasis in the United States on individual responsibility for one's health, Ranney says.</p>

<p>"It's not that we put less value on an individual life, but rather we're coming up against the limits of that approach,"&nbsp;she says.<br />
In truth, she says, any individual's death or disability affects the community.</p>

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<p>Similar debates happened in the last century about child labour laws, worker protections and reproductive rights, while in the 1980s during the AIDS crisis, there a lack of political will to address it in an environment where anti-gay discrimination was rampant.</p>

<p>Wrigley-Field notes activists were able to mobilise a movement that forced people to change the way they thought and forced politicians to change the way they operated.</p>

<p>"I don't think that those things are off the table now. It's just that it's not really clear if they're going to emerge,"&nbsp;Wrigley-Field says. "I don't think giving up is a permanent state of affairs. But I do think that's where we're at, right at this moment."</p>


After mass shootings killed and wounded people grocery shopping, going to church and simply living their lives last weekend, the nation marked a milestone of 1 million deaths from COVID-19.

After mass shootings killed and wounded people grocery shopping, going to church and simply living their lives last weekend, the nation marked a milestone of 1 million deaths from COVID-19. The number, once unthinkable, is now an irreversible reality in the United States like the persistent reality of gun violence that kills tens of thousands of people a year. Americans have always tolerated high rates of death among certain segments of society. But the sheer numbers of deaths from preventable causes, and the apparent acceptance that no policy change is on the horizon, raises the question: Has mass death become accepted in America. "I think the evidence is unmistakable and quite clear. We will tolerate an enormous amount of carnage, suffering and death in the U.S., because we have over the past two years. We have over our history," says Gregg Gonsalves, an epidemiologist and professor at Yale who was a leading member of the AIDS advocacy group ACT UP. Also read | Pandemic effect: US economy set to outpace China first time since 1976 "If I thought the AIDS epidemic was bad, the American response to COVID-19 has sort of...It's a form of the American grotesque, right?" Gonsalves says. Really, a million people are dead And you're going to talk to me about your need to get back to normal, when for the most part most of us have been living pretty reasonable lives for the past six months. Certain communities have always borne the brunt of higher death rates. There are profound racial and class inequalities in the United States, and our tolerance of death is partly based on who is at risk, says Elizabeth Wrigley-Field, a sociology professor who studies mortality at the University of Minnesota. "Some people's deaths matter a lot more than others, "she laments. "I think that's what we're seeing in this really brutal way with this coincidence of timing." In Buffalo, the alleged shooter was a racist bent on killing Black people, according to authorities. The family of 86-year-old Ruth Whitfield, one of the 10 people killed, channelled the grief and frustration of millions as they demanded action. You expect us to keep doing this over and over and over again over again, forgive and forget, her son, former Buffalo Fire Commissioner Garnell Whitfield, Jr, said. "While people we elect and trust in offices around this country do their best not to protect us, not to consider us equal." That sense that politicians have done little even as the violence repeats itself is shared by many Americans. It's a feeling encapsulated by the thoughts and prayers offered to victims of gun violence by politicians unwilling to change policies, according to Martha Lincoln, an anthropology professor at San Francisco State University. "I don't think that most Americans feel good about it. I think most Americans would like to see real action from their leaders in the culture about these pervasive issues," says Lincoln, who sees a similar political vacuum around COVID-19. With COVID-19, American society has even come to accept the deaths of children from a preventable cause. Pediatrician Dr Mark W Kline wrote in a guest column for The Advocate newspaper that more than 1,500 children have died from COVID-19, and recalled a time in pediatrics when children were not supposed to die. Watch | Gravitas: Biggest Covid scam in the world? "There was no acceptable pediatric body count," he wrote. "At least, not before the first pandemic of the social media age, COVID-19, changed everything." Gun violence is such a part of life in America now that we organise our lives around its inevitability, says Sonali Rajan, a Columbia University professor who researches school violence. Children do lockdown drills at school. And in about half the states, Rajan says, teachers can carry firearms. She notes that an estimated 100,000 people are shot annually and some 40,000 will die. She sees similar dynamics in the current response to COVID-19. Americans, she says, deserve to be able to commute to work without getting sick, or work somewhere without getting sick, or send their kids to school without them getting sick. It's important, she says, to ask what policies are being put forth by elected officials who have the power to attend to the health and the well-being of their constituents. "It's remarkable how that responsibility has been sort of abdicated, is how I would describe it," Rajan says. The level of concern about deaths often depends on context, says Rajiv Sethi, an economics professor at Barnard College. He points to a rare but dramatic event such as an airplane crash, which does seem to matter to people. Sethi notes there are more suicides from guns in America than there are homicides, an estimated 24,000 gun suicides compared with 19,000 homicides. But even though there are policy proposals that could help within the bounds of the Second Amendment, he says, the debate on guns is politically entrenched, causing 'paralysis.' "It divides us when people think that there's nothing they can do," says Dr Megan Ranney of Brown University's School of Public Health. Ranney points to false narratives spread by bad actors, such as denying that the deaths were preventable, or suggesting those who die deserved it. There is an emphasis in the United States on individual responsibility for one's health, Ranney says. "It's not that we put less value on an individual life, but rather we're coming up against the limits of that approach," she says. In truth, she says, any individual's death or disability affects the community. Also read | The US surpasses 1 million COVID-19 deaths, the world’s highest known total Similar debates happened in the last century about child labour laws, worker protections and reproductive rights, while in the 1980s during the AIDS crisis, there a lack of political will to address it in an environment where anti-gay discrimination was rampant. Wrigley-Field notes activists were able to mobilise a movement that forced people to change the way they thought and forced politicians to change the way they operated. "I don't think that those things are off the table now. It's just that it's not really clear if they're going to emerge," Wrigley-Field says. "I don't think giving up is a permanent state of affairs. But I do think that's where we're at, right at this moment."

First Covid and now shootings: Is mass death now tolerated in America?

Quadrilateral security dialogue members are all set to gather in Tokyo, the grouping includes India, Australia, United States and Japan. Ukraine and Russia war tends to dominate the talks and India's stance on Russia's invasion to come under the lens. Watch this report by Palki Sharma Upadhyay, Managing Editor, WION.

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<p>In an attempt to mend ties, Pakistan’s new Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari said at the United Nations on Thursday that he wants a more broad-based relationship with the US, media reports said. The Pakistani leader also blamed India for 'particularly complicated' ties between the two neighbours. The remarks came during the leader’s first visit to the United States as foreign minister. &nbsp;</p>

<p>"Our relationship with the United States has been colored too much by the geopolitical context in our region, and particularly by the events and circumstances in Afghanistan. We would like to pivot away from a transactory relationship, a one-point agenda relationship, to a more broad-based relationship with a particular emphasis on trade," the FM told reporters. &nbsp;</p>

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<p>"Pakistan is not insecure about our relationship with the United States and we believe that the world is big enough for both Pakistan and India to exist," the minister said on being asked about competing with India when it comes to ties with Washington. &nbsp;</p>

<p>On relationship with India, Bilawal said the ties had been "particularly complicated" by decision of New Delhi to abrogate Article 370 in Jammu and Kashmir. At the moment, the "practical space" for dialogue, economic activity and diplomacy is "very limited", said the minister. &nbsp;</p>

<p><strong>Watch:&nbsp;Pakistan FM Bilawal Bhutto meets US counterpart Antony Blinken</strong></p>

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<p>"As far as the question of our relationship with India is concerned, it is particularly complicated" by their recent actions in Kashmir, firstly the decision to abrogate Article 370 in Jammu and Kashmir and secondly, the decision of the delimitation commission on Jammu and Kashmir, Bilawal said.</p>

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In an attempt to mend ties, Pakistan’s new Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari said at the United Nations on Thursday that he wants a more broad-based relationship with the US, media reports said.

In an attempt to mend ties, Pakistan’s new Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari said at the United Nations on Thursday that he wants a more broad-based relationship with the US, media reports said. The Pakistani leader also blamed India for 'particularly complicated' ties between the two neighbours. The remarks came during the leader’s first visit to the United States as foreign minister. "Our relationship with the United States has been colored too much by the geopolitical context in our region, and particularly by the events and circumstances in Afghanistan. We would like to pivot away from a transactory relationship, a one-point agenda relationship, to a more broad-based relationship with a particular emphasis on trade," the FM told reporters. Also Read: Diverting attention? As Pak faces turmoil at home, FM Bilawal rakes up J&K issue in meet with UN chief "Pakistan is not insecure about our relationship with the United States and we believe that the world is big enough for both Pakistan and India to exist," the minister said on being asked about competing with India when it comes to ties with Washington. On relationship with India, Bilawal said the ties had been "particularly complicated" by decision of New Delhi to abrogate Article 370 in Jammu and Kashmir. At the moment, the "practical space" for dialogue, economic activity and diplomacy is "very limited", said the minister. Watch: Pakistan FM Bilawal Bhutto meets US counterpart Antony Blinken × "As far as the question of our relationship with India is concerned, it is particularly complicated" by their recent actions in Kashmir, firstly the decision to abrogate Article 370 in Jammu and Kashmir and secondly, the decision of the delimitation commission on Jammu and Kashmir, Bilawal said. WATCH WION LIVE HERE (With inputs from agencies) You can now write for wionews.com and be a part of the community. Share your stories and opinions with us here. ×

Foreign Minister Bilawal looks to mend relations with US, blames New Delhi for 'complicated' Indo-Pak ties

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