ASEAN Moves to Halt Deadly Thailand-Cambodia Border Fighting
Southeast Asian foreign ministers will meet in Kuala Lumpur on Monday in an effort to halt escalating border clashes between Thailand and Cambodia that...
China’s Power Reforms and AI Data Boom Ignite Global Battery Surge
A revamp of China’s electricity market is transforming the economics of energy storage just as global demand explodes, unleashing a boom for Chinese battery...
Inside Vietnam’s Leadership Transition
Vietnam’s ruling Communist Party will convene its 14th five-yearly congress from January 19–25, a tightly choreographed political event that will determine the country’s top...
Putin set to signal war or peace stance at year-end news conference
Russian President Vladimir Putin is expected to address the future of the war in Ukraine when he speaks at his marathon end-of-year news conference...
Syria, Kurdish forces race to salvage integration deal
Syrian, Kurdish and U.S. officials are intensifying talks ahead of a year-end deadline to show progress on a stalled agreement to integrate Kurdish-led forces...
Japan reaffirms no-nukes stance after official’s remarks spark debate
Japan reiterated its long-standing commitment to its three non-nuclear principles after media reports said a senior security official had suggested the country should acquire...
Taiwan’s political deadlock and the prospect of new elections
Taiwan’s government is locked in a constitutional and political standoff after the opposition-controlled parliament passed amendments to a local government spending law that the...
Bangladesh on edge after student leader’s killing sparks unrest
Bangladesh deployed police and paramilitary forces across Dhaka and other cities after violent overnight protests erupted over the death of Sharif Osman Hadi, a...
Trump administration reviews Nvidia AI chip sales to China in sharp policy shift
The Trump administration has launched an inter-agency review that could clear the first-ever sales to China of Nvidia’s H200 artificial intelligence chips, the company’s...
EU opts for joint borrowing to bankroll Ukraine, shelves risky Russian asset plan
European Union leaders agreed to raise 90 billion euros through joint borrowing backed by the EU budget to support Ukraine’s defence over the next...