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The Australian government says the world-first ban is aimed at protecting youth from online harm.
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Indonesia Signs Contract With Tรผrkiye to Buy 48 KAAN Fighter Jets
The planned acquisition of the Turkish fighter marks an extension of Jakartaโs promiscuous approach to the modernization of its ageing fighter fleet.
Published on: July 30, 2025 | Source:No deal on China tariffs until Trump agrees, says Bessent
China's trade negotiator said both sides agreed to push to preserve a trade war truce.
Published on: July 30, 2025 | Source:Is the Germany-Taliban Dialogue a Preview of a Bigger Picture?
For the first time, Germany has allowed envoys from the Taliban to enter the country to arrange deportation flights for Afghans.
Published on: July 29, 2025 | Source:Economic Statecraft and Supply Chains in the Asia-Pacific
Insights from Etel Solingen.
Published on: July 29, 2025 | Source:Southeast Asiaโs Transshipment Dilemma in the China-US Trade War
The region's success relies on free trade, but that openness is now threatened by growing protectionism and U.S. export controls.
Published on: July 29, 2025 | Source:The United States Is Losing Indiaย
India is beginning to question the value of its strategic alignment with Washington โ and the United States has only itself to blame.
Published on: July 29, 2025 | Source:The Challenge to Chinaโs โUnified Big Marketโ Drive
The country's vast consumer base is the key to riding out Trumpโs tariffs. But Chinaโs internal market is riven by its own trade barriers.
Published on: July 29, 2025 | Source:The Referendum Cook Islanders Deserve
Let the islands' people decide whether deepening ties with China reflect their collective aspirations โ and whether the constitutional relationship with New Zealand still serves their future.
Published on: July 29, 2025 | Source:North Korea Rejects Denuclearization Talks With US
A day after releasing a statement rejecting the South Korean governmentโs dialogue approach, Pyongyang sent a message to Washington on its baseline for talks.
Published on: July 29, 2025 | Source:Taiwanโs Recall Elections Failed โ But That Doesnโt Signal an Embrace of Beijing
The failure of the recalls does not reflect a re-evaluation of cross-strait policy preferences. But it does send a clear message to both the DPP and the KMT.
Published on: July 29, 2025 | Source:The Curious Congruence of Indiaโs Voter List Revision With the โAnti-migrant Driveโ
The Election Commissionโs move to revise the voter list through citizenship screening seems aimed at large-scale disenfranchisement, allege Indiaโs opposition parties.
Published on: July 29, 2025 | Source:Could Rupert Murdoch bring down Donald Trump?
If Rupert Murdoch becomes a white knight standing up to a rampantly bullying US president, the world has moved into the upside-down. This is, after all, the media mogul whose US television network, Fox News, actively supported Donald Trumpโs Big Lie about the 2020 presidential election result and paid out a US$787 million (about A$1.2 [โฆ] The post Could Rupert Murdoch bring down Donald Trump? appeared first on Asia...
Published on: July 29, 2025 | Source:Mission impossible? Indo-Pacific energy security cooperation
This article first appeared on Pacific Forum and is republished with permission. Read the original here. The recent attacks by Israel and the United States on Iranโs clandestine nuclear facilities have had a detrimental effect on the economic and energy security of the Indo-Pacific region. The Iranian Parliamentrecommendedto the Supreme National Security Council, chaired by [โฆ] The post Mission impossible? Indo-Pacific...
Published on: July 29, 2025 | Source:India says it killed militants who shot dead tourists in Kashmir
The men carried out the attack that sparked conflict between India and Pakistan, India's home minister says.
Published on: July 29, 2025 | Source:Xiโs charm offensive cuts both ways in the Global South
Chinese President Xi Jinping is on an economic charm offensive across the Global Southโs emerging markets. As tensions with the West escalate and economic headwinds gather at home, Chinaโs president has turned to emerging markets with promises of investment, infrastructure and deeper trade ties. From Southeast Asia to the Gulf, Chinese officials have been busy [โฆ] The post Xiโs charm offensive cuts both ways in the...
Published on: July 29, 2025 | Source:Beijing floods kill 30 as China sees summer of extreme weather
President Xi Jinping called for "all-out" rescue efforts and preparation for "worst-case" scenarios.
Published on: July 29, 2025 | Source:Thailand accuses Cambodia of violating hours-old ceasefire
Cambodia says there have been "no armed clashes" between the two sides since the midnight ceasefire.
Published on: July 29, 2025 | Source:Chinaโs AI leap elevating stealth fighter ambitions
The South China Morning Post (SCMP) has reported that Chinese scientists have developed advanced aircraft-design software they claim breaks the โcurse of dimensionality,โ a computational barrier that contributed to the US Navyโs cancellation of its X-47B stealth drone program in 2015. Led by Huang Jiangtao at the China Aerodynamics Research and Development Center, the team [โฆ] The post Chinaโs AI leap elevating stealth...
Published on: July 29, 2025 | Source:EU Report Urges a Much Tougher Stance on Transnational Repression
A conversation with EU parliamentarian Chloe Ridel.
Published on: July 29, 2025 | Source:Microsoft used China-based support for multiple US agencies
This article was first published byProPublica, a Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative newsroom. Sign up for The Big Story newsletter to receive stories like this one in your inbox. Last week, Microsoft announced that it would no longer use China-based engineering teams to support the Defense Departmentโs cloud computing systems, following ProPublicaโs investigation [โฆ] The post Microsoft used China-based support for...
Published on: July 29, 2025 | Source:China offers parents $1,500 in bid to boost births
The scheme is China's first nationwide subsidy of its kind as the government tries to tackle a looming demographic crisis.
Published on: July 29, 2025 | Source:US Senator Urges SpaceX to Block Internet Access to Southeast Asian Scam Operations
Any attempt to block criminal organizations from using the Starlink internet service could also deprive resistance groups of a vital communications tool.
Published on: July 29, 2025 | Source:Trumpโs weaker export controls risk security to please China
Recent US export control decisions imperil national security and threaten not only US artificial intelligence โdominanceโ but potentially many other emerging technologies critical to military programs. While legal US exports of AI-related semiconductors were blocked, China got at leastUS$1 billion worth of Nvidia-made chips illegally, mostly in โpackagesโ of data-center-ready racks. The packages being sold [โฆ] The post...
Published on: July 29, 2025 | Source:Watch: Nursing home residents rescued from China floods
At least 30 people have been killed in floods that have inundated large parts of northeastern China.
Published on: July 29, 2025 | Source:Thailand, Cambodia Dispute Status of Border Ceasefire
The Thai army has accused its Cambodian counterpart of violating the ceasefire, which was intended to end a fierce five-day border conflict.
Published on: July 29, 2025 | Source:Reviewing Thailand and Cambodiaโs July 2025 Border Skirmish
What led to the flare-up of the long-running dispute between the two Southeast Asian neighbors?
Published on: July 29, 2025 | Source:India's AI-driven tech firings could derail middle class dreams
India's largest IT services company has announced it will reduce its workforce by 2% as it gets future ready for AI.
Published on: July 28, 2025 | Source:Whatโs the Deal With Trumpโs Trade Agreements in Southeast Asia?
Three nations have now brokered similar trade agreements with the mercurial U.S. president, although little is set in stone.
Published on: July 28, 2025 | Source:Flying Coffins and Broken Systems: The F-7 Disaster in Bangladesh
The tragic crash into a school was not an aberration, but the result of entrenched issues in the Bangladesh Armed Forces.
Published on: July 28, 2025 | Source:Hong Kongโs Prison Rule Amendments Create a New Chilling Zone
Unsatisfied with the extent of the crackdown, local authorities are moving to expand their control inside the prison system.
Published on: July 28, 2025 | Source:Iranโs Violent Expulsion of Afghan Migrants
Julyโs wave of unprecedented removals was triggered by the Israel-Iran conflict, but itโs part of a trend that stretches back over four decades.
Published on: July 28, 2025 | Source:Mongoliaโs New Challenge: Illegal Drugs
A recent viral video has shined a spotlight on the rise of both drug trafficking and drug use in Mongolia.
Published on: July 28, 2025 | Source:Beyond the Ceasefire: How the US and China Shadowed the Cambodia-Thailand Clash
The rapid announcement of a ceasefire, with Malaysia as mediator, offered a welcome pause. Yet the dust had barely settled before the shadow of great power rivalry reemerged.
Published on: July 28, 2025 | Source:What Is Behind Gwadarโs Continued Water Woes?
The thirsty port city is once again fighting for water, with no permanent solution in sight.
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