BRUSSELS: Partners, competitors or rivals? European Union leaders are debating whether to rethink their stance on China as President Xi Jinping tightens his grip over an ever more assertive Beijing. A two-day summit in Brussels from Thursday (Oct 20) will be dominated by the fallout of Russia’s war on Ukraine andContinue Reading
The Election Commission will have a special meeting on Thursday to set the dates for nomination and polling day.Continue Reading
YANGON: At least two bombs exploded outside a prison in Myanmar’s commercial hub Yangon on Wednesday (Oct 19), killing eight people and wounding 18, the junta said. The blasts hit a crowd lining up to drop off parcels for inmates at Insein Prison on Wednesday morning, the junta’s information teamContinue Reading
Defence Minister Prabowo Subianto and former Jakarta Governor Anies Baswedan have also declared their readiness to be presidential candidates.
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Laos is paving the path to an effective cross-sector and holistic approach to tackling child marriage amidst the worst economic crisis in decades
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In crafting its defence plans, Japan needs to consider a scenario in which Washington does not respond to a Chinese attack on Taiwan, said Yasuhiro Matsuda, an international politics professor at Tokyo University and former Ministry of Defence senior researcher. “If Japan can strengthen its defence capability … then China’sContinue Reading
Yet, despite a growing trend of seeking out quieter lifestyles on islands as well as villages in the rural New Territories, such spaces are threatened by big new development projects, said Ng, the academic. “The frontiers for the younger generation to have the space to explore these alternative lifestyles isContinue Reading
Questions such as “Are you married?” and “Have you got any children?” assume that every adult woman in most Asian countries is heterosexual, married and, presumably, a mother, say these writers.Continue Reading
Some Japanese fret that maskless tourists will set off another surge in infections, while others argue that Japan should catch up with the rest of the world and abandon masks, says Gearoid Reidy for Bloomberg Opinion.Continue Reading
“We would like to invite UN experts to visit Ukraine at the earliest possible opportunity to inspect recovered Iranian-origin UAVs in order to facilitate implementation of UN Security Council resolution 2231,” Ukraine’s ambassador to United Nations said in a letter distributed to Council members on Tuesday. The letter, dated OctContinue Reading