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First Indian astronaut to visit ISS heads back to Earth
The Axiom-4 (Ax-4) mission with Shubhanshu Shukla is expected to splash down in just under 24 hours.
Published on: July 14, 2025 | Source:
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Who Is to Blame When Things Go Wrong on the Slopes of an Active Volcano?
The recent death of the Brazilian hiker Juliana Marins has led to accusations of Indonesian incompetence, and even threats of legal action.
Published on: July 14, 2025 | Source:German backpacker lost in outback 'beyond grateful' to be found
Carolina Wilga says she survived for 11 days thanks to the "incredible" support from people searching for her.
Published on: July 14, 2025 | Source:Don't vilify Air India crash crew: Indian pilots' association
Earlier, India's aviation minister said not to jump to conclusions and another pilots' group criticised the report.
Published on: July 14, 2025 | Source:Tokyo, Manila moves arouse Chinese concerns about Asian mini NATO
Manila’s adoption of Japan’s “one theater concept” has further escalated tensions with China. Proposed in March this year, the concept breaks from Tokyo’s traditional security outlook and views the East China Sea, the South China Sea and the Korean Peninsula as a “single theater.” Analysts in Chinese news media were quick to read it as […] The post Tokyo, Manila moves arouse Chinese concerns about Asian mini NATO...
Published on: July 14, 2025 | Source:Housing-starved Hong Kong turns Covid quarantine site into hostel
A youth hostel aims to house thousands of young Hong Kongers as the city deals with a housing crisis.
Published on: July 14, 2025 | Source:Khmer Rouge Execution, Torture Sites Added to UNESCO World Heritage List
The Cambodian government says that the three sites “bear irrefutable evidence of events amounting to one of the most serious abuses of human rights in the 20th century.”
Published on: July 14, 2025 | Source:Meteor Garden's boy band F4 thrills fans with surprise reunion
The Taiwanese boy band shot to stardom in the early 2000s after starring in the hit TV drama Meteor Garden.
Published on: July 14, 2025 | Source:Indonesia, EU Announce Agreement to Advance Free Trade Pact
Facing significant U.S. tariffs, Jakarta and Brussels have expedited negotiations on the Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement.
Published on: July 14, 2025 | Source:When Are State-owned Companies Not Interfering in the Affairs of Another Country?
Since its founding, ASEAN has built an entire edifice of regional diplomacy on an incoherent principle.
Published on: July 13, 2025 | Source:Nickel For EVs Threatens the Last Nomadic Peoples in Indonesia
The indigenous O'Hongana Manyawa tribe lives in remote pockets of Halmahera island, a hub of environmentally destructive nickel processing facilities.
Published on: July 13, 2025 | Source:Sri Lanka’s Tariff Shock
Overdependence on a few markets and a narrow base of products has made the country vulnerable.
Published on: July 13, 2025 | Source:Why is India Pushing Back Suspected Infiltrators to Bangladesh?
Illegal immigration to India appears to have increased following the collapse of the Awami League regime in August last year.
Published on: July 13, 2025 | Source:Hasina Had to Fall, But Political Rhetoric Could Imperil Bangladesh’s Democracy
Words like "fascist," "revolution," "enemy of Islam," and "genocide" have been used to describe Hasina’s rule. But are any of these labels correct?
Published on: July 13, 2025 | Source:South Korea medical students end 17-month boycott of classes
It is not clear when the students will return, but the government has welcomed the news.
Published on: July 13, 2025 | Source:China unveils carrier power – but global reach remains elusive
China has unveiled its stealth carrier jet program, revealing not only cutting-edge warplanes but a bold bid to redefine naval power in the Indo-Pacific. This month, the South China Morning Post (SCMP) reported that China publicly revealed the production facilities of its fifth-generation stealth fighter jets for the first time, signaling progress toward deploying these […] The post China unveils carrier power – but...
Published on: July 13, 2025 | Source:Meet the women who study pole dancing in modern Shanghai
From outside, China is often portrayed as a demure, conservative country. But inside a Shanghai pole-dancing school tucked at the far end of the hall in an otherwise nondescript office building, a different side of the city is revealed. Only a wall of boots is visible beyond the door … although, amid the loud music […] The post Meet the women who study pole dancing in modern Shanghai appeared first on Asia Times.
Published on: July 13, 2025 | Source:Why cockpit audio deepens the mystery of Air India crash
Fuel cut-off switches were flipped seconds after take-off, a preliminary report finds.
Published on: July 12, 2025 | Source:The Biggest Misconception About the Philippines’ South China Sea Case Against China
The Permanent Court of Arbitration did not decide the claims brought by the Philippines against China, an arbitral tribunal established under Annex VII of UNCLOS did.
Published on: July 12, 2025 | Source:'Was this avoidable?': Families of Air India crash victims seek answers
Grieving relatives of some of the 260 victims are looking for more answers after a preliminary report.
Published on: July 12, 2025 | Source:Europe nears a flashpoint as US-Russia ties fray
Subscribe nowwith a one-month trial for only $1, then enjoy the first year at an exclusive rate of just $99. Trump-Putin disconnect, Russian strikes bode ill for Ukraine James Davis analyzes a pivotal escalation in the Ukraine conflict marked by a faltering Trump-Putin dialogue and Russia’s largest aerial assault of the war. Kremlin sources say […] The post Europe nears a flashpoint as US-Russia ties fray appeared...
Published on: July 12, 2025 | Source:What we know so far about Air India crash investigation
The Air India passenger plane crash in Ahmedabad killed 260 people shortly after taking off on 12 June.
Published on: July 12, 2025 | Source:Thai government headed, for the moment, by former student leftist
BANGKOK – Thailand’s struggle with democracy has resulted in three very different prime ministers in three days with Phumtham Wechayachai becoming the newest caretaker leader, after a court suspended former Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra for alleged “ethical misconduct.” So, who is Acting Prime Minister Phumtham (“POOM-tom”)? Phumtham, 72, is a veteran politician who was commerce […] The post Thai government...
Published on: July 12, 2025 | Source:North Korea's Benidorm-style resort welcomes first Russian tourists
Details of how it was built - in a country largely closed to the outside world - are shrouded in secrecy.
Published on: July 12, 2025 | Source:The beauty and brutality of life in the shadow of Kashmir killings
BBC visits ground zero of the April attack in Pahalgam where locals are picking up the pieces of their lives.
Published on: July 12, 2025 | Source:BBC correspondent explains the role of fuel switches
The BBC's Theo Leggett explains that the two switches were moved which caused the crash
Published on: July 11, 2025 | Source:An Indigenous Australian community is fighting to protect sacred springs from a coal mine
One Aboriginal family has been fighting for nearly a decade to protect the Doongmabulla Springs.
Published on: July 11, 2025 | Source:Trade trumps geopolitics as Australia PM visits China
The visit comes as countries around the world navigate the US president's "America First" policies.
Published on: July 11, 2025 | Source:Reframing the French Indo-Pacific: Clipperton, France’s Indo-Pacific Edge
Although its land area is modest – only 1.7 square kilometers – Clipperton’s strategic and ecological significance is anything but small.
Published on: July 11, 2025 | Source:Indonesia, Vietnam, and the BRICS Question
Both Jakarta and Hanoi seek to preserve strategic autonomy while navigating an increasingly polarized international environment. BRICS may offer a third path.
Published on: July 11, 2025 | Source:How Beijing Can Turn Washington’s Tariff Spat with Brasília into Strategic Gain
In geopolitics, fortune favors the patient opportunist. Tariffs designed to isolate one partner often bind that partner more tightly to another.
Published on: July 11, 2025 | Source:Partners in Deterrence: China and Russia’s Deepening Military-Technical Ties
China and Russia's growing military-technical cooperation aims to preserve strategic stability, but it could have the opposite effect.
Published on: July 11, 2025 | Source:'I created it myself': The boy behind the viral 'aura farming' boat racing dance
Over the past few weeks, a boy dancing on the prow of a racing boat has become an internet sensation.
Published on: July 11, 2025 | Source:Hun Sen on cyberscam criticism: ‘Revoke Sam Rainsy’s citizenship’
Hun Sen’s family regime in Cambodia is accused of being complicit in cyber scams that use the victims of human trafficking to steal billions of dollars a year online. The response from Hun Sen is a constitutional amendment designed to allow opposition leader Sam Rainsy to be stripped of his Cambodian nationality. On June […] The post Hun Sen on cyberscam criticism: ‘Revoke Sam Rainsy’s citizenship’ appeared first on...
Published on: July 11, 2025 | Source:Trump is killing civic participation in global tech governance
Not long ago US foreign assistance, alongside European and multilateral donors, helped sustain a global ecosystem of civil society efforts to safeguard democratic oversight of public policy – and, more recently, frontier technologies. I know this work well: I served with USAID for more than a dozen years, advancing democratic governance and building civil society […] The post Trump is killing civic participation in...
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