The war in Ukraine is shaping up to be one of the bloodiest of the 21st century, with both sides reported to be losing hundreds of soldiers each day as the conflict moves toward its first anniversary. But just how many people are dying in this bitter struggle depends on who is doing the reporting. […]Continue Reading
Protesters urge the public to remain at home as the military is hit by new Western sanctions.Continue Reading
Washington has been tightening its rules on exports of US technology to China for several years.Continue Reading
An old question among international relations scholars is how states will react to the emergence of a relatively strong and threatening great power. The worried states might accommodate the threatening power, which would involve giving up some of their autonomy in the hope of buying safety. Alternatively, the states that fear the threatening country might […]Continue Reading
A number of officers among the seven Huai Khwang policemen accused by Taiwanese actress Charlene An of extorting 27,000 baht from her in the early morning of Jan 4 have now admitted she was telling the truth, according to a police source.Continue Reading
An extensive search took place on Sunday after two men were reported missing following an avalanche.Continue Reading
The particular moves, announced after a party supreme council meeting, are a part of a “mass cleansing” threatened by UMNO president Ahmad Zahid Hamidi to get rid of “saboteurs”.Continue Reading
The chief executive officer of ASML, the overwhelmingly dominant supplier of lithography equipment to the semiconductor industry, says that China will eventually learn how to make the semiconductor production equipment it cannot import due to sanctions imposed by the US. In an interview with Bloomberg News published on January 25, Peter Wennink said, “If they […]Continue Reading
TOKYO: Sharp one-sided currency moves cannot be tolerated, Japan’s top finance diplomat Masato Kanda told Reuters, reaffirming Tokyo’s determination to intervene in the foreign exchange market to curb any speculative or significant yen moves. “Sharp, one-sided moves as seen last year are not desirable or cannot be tolerated from theContinue Reading
The Ukrainian president, Volodymyr Zelensky, has announced a sweeping clear-out of senior national and regional government officials and the appointment of a new supervisory board for the state-owned natural gas giant, Naftogaz. This is a move to reassure both the Ukrainian public and the country’s Western allies that the fight against corruption remains a priority, […]Continue Reading