The Biden administration’s Indo-Pacific Strategy, released in February 2022, affirms that the United States will work through “a latticework of strong and mutually reinforcing coalitions” to foster “the collective capacity” of the region to confront 21st-century challenges. To that end, Washington has played a leading role in promoting multilateral institutions and shared interests in the […]Continue Reading
BEIJING: Officials in Chinese cities and provinces across the country are pulling no punches in stamping out sporadic COVID-19 outbreaks as winter nears, quickly closing venues and enforcing longer temporary lockdowns on millions of people. Cases in mainland China hit 2,898 on Sunday (Oct 30), topping 2,000 for a secondContinue Reading
In-person applications have been required for the past two and a half years due to COVID-19 restrictions, but the bureau said that as the current COVID-19 situation in Macao was stable and demand to visit the city was increasing, the government had decided to offer e-visas. Shares in Hong Kong-listedContinue Reading
SEOUL: The United States and South Korea began one of their largest combined military air drills on Monday (Oct 31), with hundreds of warplanes from both sides staging mock attacks 24 hours a day for the better part of a week. The operation, called Vigilant Storm, will run until Friday,Continue Reading
The crisis has mobilised citizens across class, ethnic, religious, and geographic divides toward the common goal of ending the regime.
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“In my entire life living here, it’s the first time we experienced this kind of flooding,” said Joselito Ilano, 55, whose house was flooded by waist-high water. “I am used to flooding here but this is just the worst, I was caught by surprise.” Nalgae inundated villages, destroyed crops andContinue Reading
“In my entire life living here, it’s the first time we experienced this kind of flooding,” said Joselito Ilano, 55, whose house was flooded by waist-high water. “I am used to flooding here but this is just the worst, I was caught by surprise.” Nalgae inundated villages, destroyed crops andContinue Reading
Philippine rescuers on Monday (Oct 31) waded through thigh-deep mud using long pieces of wood to search for bodies buried by a landslide, as the death toll from a powerful storm rose to 101. Just over half of the fatalities were from a series of flash floods and landslides unleashedContinue Reading
TOKYO: Public approval ratings for the government of Japan’s Prime Minister Fumio Kishida touched a new low in one opinion poll and clung near lows in another, hit by his party’s ties to a controversial church and doubts about a massive spending plan. Support slid to 42 per cent inContinue Reading
One of China’s premier research institutes is expanding its efforts to achieve technological independence in the face of expanding US sanctions aimed at keeping China down. The Shenzhen Institute for Quantum Science and Engineering has established an Integrated Circuits and Electronics Centre to conduct R&D on integrated circuit (IC) design and specific quantum applications such […]Continue Reading