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The South Asian art market has raked in millions in recent months, even as global art sales slump.
Published on: October 11, 2025 | Source:
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Trump threatens to impose additional 100% tariff on China
The S&P 500 closed down 2.7%, its steepest fall since April, after the US president hit out at China.
Published on: October 10, 2025 | Source:Moscow waits, Berlin wobbles, Tokyo tilts right
Subscribe nowwith a one-month trial for only $1, then enjoy the first year at an exclusive rate of just $99. Kremlin keeps channel open to Trump as US ties fray James Davis reports that Russia is intensifying strikes and advancing across multiple fronts while Washington flirts with Tomahawk threats and deeper intel sharing. Despite Western [โฆ] The post Moscow waits, Berlin wobbles, Tokyo tilts right appeared first on...
Published on: October 10, 2025 | Source:Komeito quits Japan coalition, leaving LDP way short of majority
After a ninety-minute Friday meeting with LDP leader Sanae Takaichi, Komeito leader Tetsuo Saito announced that his party would not renew its coalition with the LDP. The centrist Buddhist party, backed by the religious organization Soka Gakkai, has been in coalition with the LDP since 1999, and stuck with the LDP even in opposition from [โฆ] The post Komeito quits Japan coalition, leaving LDP way short of majority...
Published on: October 10, 2025 | Source:Trump appointeeโs case for bigger rate cuts fails to move Fed
Stephen Miran, who President Trump recently appointed to the Federal Reserve Board, wants bigger, faster interest-rate cuts than other Fed officials. (Public Domain photo) Farmers and other business borrowers would kill for interest rates a couple percentage points lower than todayโs. Now the Federal Reserve Board has a governor who thinks they should have them. [โฆ] The post Trump appointeeโs case for bigger rate cuts...
Published on: October 10, 2025 | Source:Japanโs Iron Lady: A Prime Minister for the Trump Era?
Takaichi inherits a precarious LDP minority government. Her relationship with Trump may prove decisive.
Published on: October 10, 2025 | Source:Who Is Noor Wali Mehsud, the TTP Chief Allegedly Targeted in Kabul Strikes?
Who is the militant said to have been killed by a Pakistani strike? And how would his death impact the TTP?
Published on: October 10, 2025 | Source:Taiwanโs Barrier Lake Disaster Intersects With Its Troubled Indigenous Policy
The Fataโan tribal community wants to remain in its ancestral home during the rebuilding process.
Published on: October 10, 2025 | Source:The Sovereignty Tax: What the TikTok Deal Means for the Digital Order
The TikTok deal marks a decisive moment in the tech cold war.
Published on: October 10, 2025 | Source:Is Organized Crime Infiltrating Timor-Lesteโs Government?
One minister made the explosive allegation that transnational criminal syndicates are bringing cyber-scam centers to Timor-Leste.
Published on: October 10, 2025 | Source:A UN Conference Canโt Hide Chinaโs Discomfort With Womenโs Rights
China touts its progress on gender equality, but its approach to feminist activism tells a different story.
Published on: October 10, 2025 | Source:Jaap Van Hierden on the UN in Mongolia (and Vice Versa)
โAs the U.N. approaches its 80th anniversary, Mongolia has a timely opportunity to contribute to global reform while reinforcing its democratic institutions.โ
Published on: October 10, 2025 | Source:Nepal Mulls a Directly Elected Executive Head After Gen Z Revolt
India, which prefers a parliamentary system, and China, which favors a strong executive in Nepal, will be watching closely.
Published on: October 10, 2025 | Source:Taiwanโs 2025 National Defense Report: Multilayered Deterrence and Resilient Defense
While Taiwan has long emphasized deterrence, its military planning increasingly focuses on resilience โ the ability to withstand an attack.
Published on: October 10, 2025 | Source:The Worldโs Taiwan Strategy Runs Through the Philippines
The Philippines is becoming a regional nexus for defense integration involving U.S. allies from around the globe.
Published on: October 10, 2025 | Source:EU-Afghanistan Trade Is Expanding, But Trade Is Not Recognition
Trade is climbing, but the EUโs stance with respect to recognition for the Taliban is clear.
Published on: October 10, 2025 | Source:Chinaโs Rare Earth Leverage Is the Frontline of 21st Century Geopolitics
Chinaโs latest export controls affect not only raw materials, but also equipment, technology, and assemblies manufactured abroad using Chinese technology.
Published on: October 10, 2025 | Source:Is North Korea a Strategic Cyber Threat to Europe?
Pyongyangโs cyber activities are no longer a peripheral concern but a central component of its broader geopolitical strategy.
Published on: October 10, 2025 | Source:Why Taliban minister's visit to India is so groundbreaking
Amir Khan Muttaqi flies into Delhi from Russia, on a once unimaginable visit being closely watched by Pakistan.
Published on: October 10, 2025 | Source:Taiwan to build air defence dome against 'hostile threats'
This comes a day after Taiwan's defence ministry warned of the growing threat of a Chinese invasion.
Published on: October 10, 2025 | Source:Strong 7.4 magnitude quake hits southern Philippines
One person has died from Friday's earthquake, which comes a week after a deadly quake hit the island of Cebu.
Published on: October 10, 2025 | Source:Taiwanโs stealth submarine push rocked by technical turbulence
Taiwanโs flagship submarine project, the Hai Kun (Narwhal), missed a key sea trial deadlineโ leaving a multibillion-dollar stealth gamble potentially dead in the water. This month, the South China Morning Post (SCMP) reported that Taiwanโs ambitious Indigenous Defense Submarine (IDS) program encountered a significant setback in September, raising doubts about whether the vessel can be [โฆ] The post Taiwanโs stealth...
Published on: October 10, 2025 | Source:Cambodia is Beginning to Feel the Economic Costs of the Border Conflict With Thailand
Border closures and an exodus of migrant workers threaten economic and social destabilization.
Published on: October 10, 2025 | Source:Singapore, New Zealand Establish Comprehensive Strategic Partnership
The CSP is based on a common interest as small nations seeking to navigate an era of intensifying geopolitical tension and economic protectionism.
Published on: October 10, 2025 | Source:$5,000 gold: logic, not lunacy, in a de-dollarizing world
TOKYO โ Anyone who thinks goldโs surge into the stratosphere represents irrational exuberance isnโt paying attention to the wretched state of the Group of Seven (G7) economies. US government debt is topping US$37 trillion, giving ratings agencies cause to reassess the worldโs largest economyโs underlying health. Franceโs dueling political and debt crises have the International [โฆ] The post $5,000 gold: logic, not...
Published on: October 10, 2025 | Source:Kim lauds North Korea's legacy at ruling party anniversary
High-ranking officials from China and Russia are in Pyongyang to attend the anniversary celebrations.
Published on: October 10, 2025 | Source:China tightens rules to block Pakistan rare earths exports to US
China has announced new measures restricting the export of its rare-earth extraction technologies after learning that Pakistan uses Chinese equipment to produce niche metals for the United States. The new rules, issued by the Chinese Commerce Ministry, cover rareโearth production, processing and separation equipment, as well as related raw and auxiliary materials. Overseas rare earths [โฆ] The post China tightens rules...
Published on: October 10, 2025 | Source:Great fracture as 3 rival blueprints for the global economy emerge
The 80th UN General Assembly convened under the hopeful banner of โBetter Together,โ yet the speeches from the worldโs major powers revealed a starkly different reality. Instead of renewing a shared vision, they unveiled competing and often contradictory economic worldviews. This anniversary was not a moment of consensus, but the formal debut of a fractured [โฆ] The post Great fracture as 3 rival blueprints for the...
Published on: October 10, 2025 | Source:Thailand, US Trade Talks Set For Completion By Yearโs End, Commerce Minister Says
In a speech to an economic conference in Bangkok, Suphajee Suthumpun also warned about the accumulation of challenges facing the country's economy.
Published on: October 09, 2025 | Source:Midlife crisis as EU relationship with China has turned 50?
The fiftiethanniversary of formal ties between the European Union and China has highlighted the differences between the two on fundamental security and trade issues. At a late July summit celebrating the anniversary, the EU asked China to stop supporting Russiaโs invasion of Ukraine and stop flooding European markets with subsidized exports. China said no. Bridging [โฆ] The post Midlife crisis as EU relationship with...
Published on: October 09, 2025 | Source:Midlife crisis as EU relationship with China turns 50?
The fiftiethanniversary of formal ties between the European Union and China has highlighted the differences between the two on fundamental security and trade issues. At a late July summit celebrating the anniversary, the EU asked China to stop supporting Russiaโs invasion of Ukraine and stop flooding European markets with subsidized exports. China said no. Bridging [โฆ] The post Midlife crisis as EU relationship with...
Published on: October 09, 2025 | Source:How South Korea is using a holographic cop to fight crime
A life-sized holographic police officer has been installed in central Seoul in a bid to deter crime. The BBC took to the streets to ask people if they think itโll work.
Published on: October 09, 2025 | Source:Paragliders: The army's lethal new weapon in Myanmar's civil war
More than two dozen civilians were killed on Monday after a motorised army paraglider dropped bombs from above.
Published on: October 09, 2025 | Source:Should West Java Publicly Shame Its โLaziestโ Bureaucrats?
Using social embarrassment to change behavior is not unusual, but the proposed scheme is unlikely to improve civil servants' efficiency.
Published on: October 09, 2025 | Source:A beloved Indian singer drowned in Singapore. Now fans want answers
Three weeks after Zubeen Garg's death, Assam is still unable to come to terms with the loss of a beloved icon.
Published on: October 09, 2025 | Source: