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Thai Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul said on Wednesday that he planned to dissolve parliament by the end of January, with a general election to be held in March or early April. Anutin won a parliamentary vote in early September to become Thailand’s third prime minister since August 2023, after pulling his Bhumjaithai party out of…
Originally published by Pacific Forum, this article is republished with permission. India’s recent trade plight should be instructive both for New Delhi about how to deal with the United States under Trump 2.0 and for other actors (most notablythe European Union) about how to deal with India in trade negotiations. To the first point, India…
This story has been made freely available as a public service to our readers. Please consider supporting SCMP’s journalism by subscribing now for 50 per cent off during our two-day flash sale. Hong Kong woke up to a storm that triggered the highest-level No 10 warning, which shut down the city, as Super Typhoon Ragasa…
This article, originally published by Pacific Forum, is republished with permission. The present United States defense industrial base was forged amid a post-Cold War peace dividend and dramatic defense budget cuts that elevated production efficiency over innovation. Consolidation around major defense contractors – called the “Last Supper” – was seen as essential for the US…
Jerome Cohen, a pioneering scholar of Chinese law who shaped global debates on the country’s legal system, trade, and human rights for over six decades, has died at 95. Cohen, who died on Monday, was professor emeritus at New York University’s School of Law and the founder of its US-Asia Law Institute, as well as…
Sixties screen siren Claudia Cardinale, who died on Tuesday aged 87, entranced audiences across the globe with the sultry gaze that made her the muse of Luchino Visconti and Federico Fellini. With her fierce beauty and husky voice, Cardinale not only captivated Italy’s greatest filmmakers, she played opposite most of the leading men of the…
As China drafts its 15th five-year plan – the next entry in a line of expansive blueprints that have set the tone for the country’s development over more than seven decades – we examine how these documents inform and reflect high-level policy priorities, and what to expect in the coming iteration, such as how it…
Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva used the UN rostrum on Tuesday to excoriate Washington over tariffs and military actions, promote closer ties with China, and call for reform of global institutions – only to be met moments later by an unexpected olive branch from US President Donald Trump, who proposed meeting him next…
The man who attempted to assassinate Donald Trump at a Florida golf course last year tried to stab himself in the neck with a pen shortly after being found guilty of all counts on Tuesday. Officers quickly swarmed him and dragged him out of the courtroom. The jury of five men and seven women found…
US President Donald Trump offered up a litany of grievances in a combative UN speech on Tuesday that called on the global community to end “failed approaches”, stop supporting renewable energy and recognise that “I have ended seven unendable wars”. Addressing the world’s foremost diplomatic body with his typically undiplomatic rhetoric, Trump boasted about revitalising…
