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MH370: The Devil Is in the Data
Could data gathered by amateur radio operators finally unlock the truth about the doomed Malaysia Airlines flight?
Published on: April 16, 2025 | Source:
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Support for Japan’s Ishiba dwindles amid talk of successor
Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba is struggling in opinion polls as voters fret about rising prices, stagnant wages and tense regional security.
Published on: April 16, 2025 | Source:The perils of Trump's chips strategy: the US will struggle to take on Asia
America is trying to create a chip industry through isolation and protectionism, when what allowed it to emerge in Asia is the opposite: collaboration
Published on: April 15, 2025 | Source:Trump's chips strategy: The US will struggle to take on Asia
America is trying to create a chip industry through isolation and protectionism, when what allowed it to emerge in Asia is the opposite: collaboration.
Published on: April 15, 2025 | Source:At the birth of India, constitutional democracy was a huge gamble
The birth of Indian democracy is the stuff of legend. It was a moment of such staggering idealism and exuberance, a leap of faith so audacious, that the famous jurist and scholar Kenneth Wheare termed it “the biggest liberal experiment in democratic government” that the world had seen. At its center lay the country’s new […] The post At the birth of India, constitutional democracy was a huge gamble appeared first on...
Published on: April 15, 2025 | Source:Nvidia expects US$5.5 billion hit as US targets chips sent to China
Export licences are now required for the company’s H20 artificial intelligence chip, which have been seeing growing Chinese demand.
Published on: April 15, 2025 | Source:Trump says he wants to give money and plane tickets to immigrants who ‘self-deport’
The US president also said he wants to work to get ‘good’ immigrants back in the United States.
Published on: April 15, 2025 | Source:For US ports and jobs tied to them, Trump’s tariffs offer front-row seat on ‘bumpy’ ride
Logistics and trade-dependent businesses find their operations in disarray as supply-chain analysts warn of greater uncertainty.
Published on: April 15, 2025 | Source:Like Cixi, Trump has made the mistake of declaring an ill-advised war
Soon after the empress dowager declared war on foreign powers in 1900, the Qing dynasty collapsed. Trump’s tariffs reflect the same delusion.
Published on: April 15, 2025 | Source:China’s trade with Asia could plug hole left by US tariffs, economists say
Deeper, more expansive trade with neighbours could help offset damage to China’s GDP growth, according to economic surveillance office.
Published on: April 15, 2025 | Source:China’s propaganda coup and the danger of US indecision
China is a master of twisting narrative. On April 11, Chinese Ambassador to South Korea Dai Bing posted on his X account in Korean claiming that South Korea should be thankful to China for the 90-day postponement of US tariffs on Korean exports. He wrote: “The so-called ‘mutual tariffs’ have been postponed for 90 days. […] The post China’s propaganda coup and the danger of US indecision appeared first on Asia Times.
Published on: April 15, 2025 | Source:Sudan paramilitary chief declares rival government 2 years after civil war erupted
The conflict has triggered the world’s worst humanitarian crisis, with tens of thousands killed and 13 million people displaced.
Published on: April 15, 2025 | Source:Japan must begin a process of strategic decoupling from America
The geopolitical landscape shifted dramatically over the past five years. America’s hasty withdrawal from Afghanistan in 2021 followed by its deepening entanglement in the Ukraine war – now widely understood as a grinding proxy conflict between NATO and Russia – laid bare the limits of US power. In the Middle East, Washington has struggled to […] The post Japan must begin a process of strategic decoupling from America...
Published on: April 15, 2025 | Source:China and Brazil to discuss expanding farm exports amid US tariff escalation with Beijing
Agriculture officials from the nations gather as US-China tariff wars prioritise Beijing’s need for alternative sources of soybean and beef.
Published on: April 15, 2025 | Source:His memories uncovered a secret jail - right next to an international airport
Six men in Bangladesh tell the BBC about how they were forced into detention under the now-deposed government.
Published on: April 15, 2025 | Source:Canada universities see jump in US applicants as Trump cuts funding at home
UBC Vancouver even briefly reopened admissions to US citizens for some graduate programmes in response to the spike in demand.
Published on: April 15, 2025 | Source:Trump wants Harvard to ‘apologise’, threatens school’s tax-exempt status
The US president’s new threat came after the Ivy League university defied demands to change its policies in exchange for billions in funding.
Published on: April 15, 2025 | Source:Canada offers carmakers tariff relief, as Honda denies plans for switch to US
PM Mark Carney will exempt manufacturers from retaliatory duties as long as they keep making vehicles in the country.
Published on: April 15, 2025 | Source:Peru court sentences ex-president Humala and wife to 15 years for money laundering
Judges found that the leader received several million dollars in illegal campaign contributions from construction giant Odebrecht.
Published on: April 15, 2025 | Source:'This is so hard': The Chinese small businesses brought to a standstill by Trump's tariffs
Stock is piling up in warehouses as exporters grapple with new levies that total up to 145%, reports the BBC's China correspondent Laura Bicker.
Published on: April 15, 2025 | Source:Amid US Tariff War, China Convenes Rare Central Conference on Neighborhood Diplomacy
As the China-U.S. trade war escalates, Beijing is turning its focus to its immediate periphery to ensure both economic and national security.
Published on: April 15, 2025 | Source:Hong Kong’s Sunbeam Theatre finds new home, set to reopen as soon as mid-June
Recently closed Cantonese opera venue will move across the harbour to Whampoa, where it will host short live performances and show films.
Published on: April 15, 2025 | Source:US envoy warns Hungary over Chinese investments, calls for ‘unity’
‘This isn’t about choosing sides, this is about preserving control over your own future,’ Robert Palladino says.
Published on: April 15, 2025 | Source:Trump tariffs may make China’s domestic economy stronger in long run, insider says
Chinese economy is better prepared this time around compared to the last trade war with the US, an insider said.
Published on: April 15, 2025 | Source:Why Uzbekistan Continues to Push for Engaging With Afghanistan
Tashkent sees stability in Afghanistan as essential for the security and stability of the broader Central and South Asian region.
Published on: April 15, 2025 | Source:The Indo-Pacific Region in the Agenda of Germany’s Coalition Government
Under the Merz-led new government, Germany will have a clear focus on the Indo-Pacific.
Published on: April 15, 2025 | Source:Philippines vows ‘Super Bowl’ of exercises in coming Balikatan military drills with US
The exercises will feature ‘an interesting mix of equipment’, including the China-opposed Typhon missile system.
Published on: April 15, 2025 | Source:What Mongolia Can Learn From South Korea’s Waste Management System
South Korea’s zero waste strategy can also provide a solution to solving Mongolia’s growing waste crisis.
Published on: April 15, 2025 | Source:Hong Kong court rejects appeal by head of dissolved party over secession charge
Judges rule minimum sentences apply to all conspiracy offences under national security law even when penalty not explicitly provided.
Published on: April 15, 2025 | Source:‘Selfish’ UK rebuked for not fully sharing fighter jet project tech with Italy, Japan
Italian Defence Minister Guido Crosetto said sharing expertise when making investments together was crucial to a ‘serious relationship’.
Published on: April 15, 2025 | Source:Hong Kong should ban AI tools posing threats to human safety: policy office
City’s digital policy office rolls out guidelines on generative AI tools, calls for software to be classified under four-tier system.
Published on: April 15, 2025 | Source:Tech war: Huawei launches new AI architecture said to rival Nvidia’s products
Huawei’s alleged advancement points to the US-sanctioned company’s progress in achieving self-sufficiency in computing power.
Published on: April 15, 2025 | Source:India’s Coal Phasedown Needs a Balanced Socio-economic Framework
A people-centric transition of coal mine workers needs timely reskilling, training, relocation and rehabilitation as part of India's transition to clean energy.
Published on: April 15, 2025 | Source:Trump’s China-Vietnam claim, tariffs hit China’s chip traders: SCMP daily highlights
From Beijing firing back at US over aid claims to Trump’s crude remark after Xi’s visit to Vietnam, here’s a round-up from today’s China coverage.
Published on: April 15, 2025 | Source:Hindutva’s Food Allergy: Vegetarian Notion of Their ‘Hindu Nation’
Although Indians are predominantly meat eaters, Hindutva activists are enforcing a fanatic vegetarianism on everyone, irrespective of their beliefs, food, and cultural habits.
Published on: April 15, 2025 | Source: