“Explore in-depth articles, news, and insights focusing on Asia’s dynamic regions, cultures, economies, and current affairs. Stay updated on key trends, developments, and analyses shaping the Asian continent.”
The decline in the number of Chinese visitors to Japan accelerated in January, fuelling the first monthly drop since Covid-19 restrictions were lifted, offering the clearest sign yet of economic fallout from tensions between the countries. Arrivals from China shrank 61 per cent in January from a year earlier, compared with a 45 per cent…
The US Senate Foreign Relations Committee has approved the bipartisan No Tax Dollars for Terrorists Act, marking a significant legislative move to prevent American taxpayer funds from directly or indirectly benefiting the Taliban or other designated terrorist groups in Afghanistan. This measure signals a shift in US policy toward stricter financial controls and counterterrorism safeguards…
Hundreds of residents at a Hong Kong public housing estate were evacuated in the early hours of the second day of Lunar New Year over a suspected fire, only to discover that white smoke billowing from a flat had come from a cooking mishap. The Fire Services Department received a fire alarm report at about…
The resounding electoral victory of Japan’s Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) in the snap election on February 8 confirms that China’s attempt to punish Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi has backfired.Beijing was angry about Takaichi’s Taiwan-related remarks in November. Beijing presumably hoped that, as manyobserverspredicted, Takaichi’s tenure as prime minister would be short, perhaps making way for…
Prime Minister Mark Carney on Tuesday launched a multibillion-dollar plan to strengthen the Canadian military and rely less on the United States. Carney’s announcement of Canada’s first defence industrial strategy built on themes he has emphasised throughout his 11-month tenure as President Donald Trump rips through traditional US alliances. The prime minister says Canada has…
A key federal regulatory commission has announced that it will be fighting against individual states’ powers to regulate prediction markets. Mike Selig, chairman of the US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), wrote in an op-ed published by theWall Street Journalon Tuesday that his agency has exclusive powers to regulate prediction markets, and that it would…
US Department of Homeland Security spokeswoman Tricia McLaughlin will leave the administration, an agency spokesperson said, a move that comes as public support for President Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown has dwindled. McLaughlin became a prominent booster of the Republican president’s aggressive approach to immigration enforcement and headed the press operation at DHS, which has come…
Negotiators from Ukraine and Russia met for the first of two days of US-mediated peace talks in Geneva on Tuesday, with US President Donald Trump pressing Kyiv to act fast to reach a deal. Trump is urging Moscow and Kyiv to reach a deal to end Europe’s biggest war since 1945, though Ukraine’s President Volodymyr…
Texas has sued TP-Link Systems for allegedly marketing its networking devices deceptively and allowing Beijing to access American consumers’ devices, the state attorney general said on Tuesday. “Despite its claims of privacy and security, TP-Link’s products have been used by [China’s] state-sponsored hacking entities to launch multiple cyberattack operations against the United States,” Texas Attorney…
Israeli NGOs have raised the alarm over a settlement plan signed by the government which they say would mark the first expansion of Jerusalem’s borders into the occupied West Bank since 1967. Israel has occupied East Jerusalem since 1967 and later annexed it in a move not recognised by the international community. Palestinians view East…
