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#Peace & Community #European #Middle East #Asia #UN #North America #Oceanian #AfricanNepal’s Sagarmatha Sambaad and South Asia’s Climate Future
The event brought needed urgency to the degradation of mountain environments, but questions remain about implementation of its recommendations.
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Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan Can’t Ignore the Geopolitics of Critical Minerals
Central Asia's two largest economies have an opportunity to lean into regional cooperation, seizing the initiative to build sovereign, strategic, and sustainable resource policies.
Published on: May 28, 2025 | Source:'Wedding bomb' murderer gets life sentence in India
The bomb, disguised as a wedding gift killed a software engineer and his great aunt just days after his wedding in 2018.
Published on: May 28, 2025 | Source:Tim Cook paying the price for Apple’s bow to China
Tim Cook may run the world’s most valuable company, Apple, but let’s stop pretending he’s ever done anything genuinely revolutionary. The man is an efficient operator, a disciplined executor, a logistics wizard. But when it comes to vision—the kind that reshapes reality and bends the future to its will—Cook falls short. He’s a caretaker. A […] The post Tim Cook paying the price for Apple’s bow to China appeared first...
Published on: May 28, 2025 | Source:Suspected Taiwanese Trafficking Victims Caught in Cambodia’s ‘Deficient’ Scam Crackdown
The recent deportation of around 180 Taiwanese nationals to China highlights the closeness of Cambodia-China relations – and the shortcomings of Phnom Penh’s anti-fraud campaign.
Published on: May 28, 2025 | Source:Australian rugby the way to tackle China’s PNG police play
It may look like a normal sports story – Australia expanding its National Rugby League into Papua New Guinea (PNG) – but it’s far more than that. This is one of the most impactful and strategic soft power plays by an Australian government since Australia saw its former PNG colony gain independence in 1975. It’s […] The post Australian rugby the way to tackle China’s PNG police play appeared first on Asia Times.
Published on: May 28, 2025 | Source:Philippine President Marcos Reshuffles Cabinet After Midterm Polls
Following disappointing returns in the May 12 election, the Philippine leader has promised "renewed alignment, faster execution, and a results-first mindset.”
Published on: May 28, 2025 | Source:On Hanoi Visit, Macron Pitches France as ‘Third Way’ Between China and US
The visit also saw the signing of a major deal for the purchase of 20 Airbus planes by the budget Vietnamese airline VietJet.
Published on: May 28, 2025 | Source:Temu's Chinese owner sees profits plunge as trade war bites
US-listed shares of PDD Holdings fell over 13% on Tuesday as the firm said its profit had almost halved.
Published on: May 28, 2025 | Source:ASEAN Holds First Trilateral Summit With China, Gulf States
Malaysia's PM Anwar Ibrahim said there are “vast opportunities" for closer economic cooperation amid the uncertainties attending the shift in U.S. trade policy.
Published on: May 28, 2025 | Source:After decades of bloodshed, is India winning its war against Maoists?
The Maoist insurgency has claimed nearly 12,000 lives in India since 2000.
Published on: May 27, 2025 | Source:Who’s Afraid of Talking About Sombath Somphone?
The Lao civil society leader disappeared at a police checkpoint in 2012. Foreign governments should not allow his memory to fade.
Published on: May 27, 2025 | Source:The defense-industrial base and alliances: US Steel and beyond
As last fall’s presidential election returns reminded us, massive trade imbalances in products ranging from textiles to automobiles to electronics are making Americans conscious of growing weaknesses in the industrial base of America’s heartland. Coupled with rising geopolitical tensions across the Pacific, Europe’s first major land war since 1945 made leaders of industrial democracies throughout […] The post The...
Published on: May 27, 2025 | Source:Crypto platforms engineered to feel like gambling, which they are
When Kim Kardashian paid a fine in 2022 for promoting a crypto token without revealing she was paid for it, and Matt Damon told us in a cryptocurrency ad that “fortune favors the brave,” it became clear that crypto had crossed over into pop culture. But beneath the celebrity sheen and Super Bowl ads, there […] The post Crypto platforms engineered to feel like gambling, which they are appeared first on Asia Times.
Published on: May 27, 2025 | Source:Is China Building the Future of AI Governance Through Open-Source Modeling?
Unlike the more closed and proprietary model prevalent in the U.S., China’s approach leverages state support and open-source infrastructure to accelerate collective progress.
Published on: May 27, 2025 | Source:China’s Sex Industry and the Human Trafficking Crisis: A Deepening Human Rights Emergency
Demographic pressure is fueling a demand for trafficked brides and sex workers, both from within China and from abroad.
Published on: May 27, 2025 | Source:African soccer football pros have improved the sport in China
Relations betweenChina and Africaare increasingly important in understanding the dynamics that shape our world. But until now, the role of sport was overlooked. A new book, Global China and the Global Game in Africa, explores the role of football in relations between China and Africa – culturally, politically and economically. Wycliffe W. Njororai Simiyu chatted […] The post African soccer football pros have improved...
Published on: May 27, 2025 | Source:Huge explosion at China chemical plant kills at least five
Footage circulating online shows thick columns of black smoke rising from the site in Shandong province.
Published on: May 27, 2025 | Source:Tariff Shockwaves: Indonesia’s Export Strategy Under Fire
While trade talks with the U.S. are still underway, Indonesia must reassess its non-tariff measures to address U.S. concerns while ensuring fair trade practices and maintaining economic stability.
Published on: May 27, 2025 | Source:How WeChat Users Perceive the China-US Trade War
Discussions on China’s most ubiquitous social media platform provide a unique window in Chinese public perceptions of the tariffs.
Published on: May 27, 2025 | Source:Kazakhstan’s Role in Shaping Regional Security in Central Asia
To move beyond the role of a buffer zone and emerge as an independent strategic actor, the countries of Central Asia must learn to view one another not as competitors, but as partners.
Published on: May 27, 2025 | Source:All Along a Bumpy Road: Understanding Sinophobic Sentiments in Central Asia
While protests against Canadian mines, or Russian businesses, occur in Central Asia, “Chinese projects overwhelmingly receive the vast majority of hostility.”
Published on: May 27, 2025 | Source:Beyond Political Crisis: Building a Rights-Based Future in South Korea
The election next week is an opportunity to address fundamental human rights deficits that preceded Yoon’s tenure – yet such commitments remain notably absent from major candidates' platforms.
Published on: May 27, 2025 | Source:ADB needs to show its true climate justice stripes
Faltering climate leadership from the United States has thrust other global powers under a steady spotlight, including in Asia, where the stakes grow higher each year as global temperatures continue to rise. As billions of people swelter and suffer under record-breaking heat waves in Central and South Asia, the US looks the other way and […] The post ADB needs to show its true climate justice stripes appeared first on...
Published on: May 27, 2025 | Source:The Caribbean Feels the Heat From China-US Competition
How are Caribbean leaders responding to Trump 2.0 and Xi’s China?
Published on: May 27, 2025 | Source:Russia and Kazakhstan’s Growing Lists of Undesirables
Since 2022, the number of individuals barred from entering either Russia or Kazakhstan has grown significantly.
Published on: May 27, 2025 | Source:While Macron repositions Europe, SE Asia misses the moment
Emmanuel Macron isn’t in Southeast Asia to flatter; he’s there to buy time. Fresh off a string of commercial deals in Vietnam and preparing to pitch Europe’s relevance at the Shangri-La Dialogue in Singapore, Macron is moving fast, not because Europe has found its footing, but because it knows its footing is fragile. Europe is […] The post While Macron repositions Europe, SE Asia misses the moment appeared first on...
Published on: May 27, 2025 | Source:Has Modi’s Diplomacy Undermined India’s National Interests?
No country repeated India’s claims or condemned Pakistan by name after the Pahalgam attack or during Operation Sindoor. Not one of India’s many “strategic partners” was on India’s side.
Published on: May 27, 2025 | Source:India's ex-wrestling chief cleared of sexually harassing girl
Singh still faces a separate case of sexual harassment and stalking by six adult wrestlers, which he has denied.
Published on: May 27, 2025 | Source:North Korea says US 'Golden Dome' risks 'space nuclear war'
Pyongyang says Washington's plan to counter aerial threats is "the height of self-righteousness".
Published on: May 27, 2025 | Source:The case for a stronger Chinese yuan
The uptick in the yuan since Chinese and US trade officials met in Geneva has traders wondering if a currency agreement was struck behind the scenes. Only Chinese Vice Premier He Lifeng, US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and their aides know for sure. But the yuan’s recent appreciation flies in the face of an economy […] The post The case for a stronger Chinese yuan appeared first on Asia Times.
Published on: May 27, 2025 | Source:US Marine Sergeant’s final farewell to American MIAs in Cambodia
KOH TANG, Cambodia – US Marine Corps Staff Sergeant Clark Hale (Ret.) has agonized about the fate of three men in his platoon for 50 long years. US Marines Private First Class Danny Marshall, Lance Corporal Joseph Hargrove and Private First Class Gary Hall were inadvertently left behind on Koh Tang in what has been […] The post US Marine Sergeant’s final farewell to American MIAs in Cambodia appeared first on Asia...
Published on: May 27, 2025 | Source:Nepal's 'Everest Man' sets record with 31st summit
Kami Rita Sherpa is a "global symbol of Everest itself", says the expedition organiser.
Published on: May 27, 2025 | Source:How Realistic is Vingroup’s $61 Billion High Speed Rail Plan?
The Vietnamese conglomerate has a history of throwing itself into ambitious projects for which it has little or no previous experience.
Published on: May 27, 2025 | Source:Indonesia Announces Record Drug Seizure Off Sumatra Coast
Jakarta's anti-drug agency linked the 2-ton meth seizure to a syndicate in the Golden Triangle, which has seen a spike in narcotics production over the past decade.
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