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Trading Avocadoes for Political Influence How Trump is inadvertently bringing Japan, South Korea together
Japan and South Korea are closing ranks as they prepare for high-level meetings aimed at steadying ties amid growing regional volatility, with analysts saying the…
Current Affairs
UK PM Starmer says some pro-Palestinian marches could be banned, cites intifada chants
Britain’s Prime Minister Keir Starmer said in an interview broadcast on Saturday that banning some pro-Palestinian marches could be justified, especially when they call for…
ByteDance’s drug unit presents AI-designed therapies at global conferences
ByteDance, the Chinese owner of TikTok, is pushing deeper into artificial intelligence with Anew Labs, a drug-discovery unit that has begun presenting its AI-designed therapies…
US to withdraw 5,000 troops from Germany, fulfilling Trump threat
The United States will withdraw about 5,000 troops from Germany in the next six to 12 months, the Pentagon said Friday, fulfilling President Donald Trump’s…
Why Beijing now wants its spies executed in Taiwan to come in from decades in the cold
Fujian province, the closest mainland Chinese province to Taiwan, is an important site for Beijing’s messaging towards the island. In the first of a two-part…
Hong Kong’s population policy is still trapped in a city state mindset
Hong Kong is increasingly being urged to develop a comprehensive population policy. Academics, policymakers and business leaders warn that rapid ageing, low fertility and a…