Asia Pacific
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Where is Dela Rosa? Philippine senator outmanoeuvres president in evading arrest
Chaotic week in which enforcer of ‘war on drugs’ flees senate building leaves government looking ‘incompetent’…
- Asia Pacific, China, Donald Trump, Iran, Strait of Hormuz, Trump administration, Trump tariffs, US foreign policy, US news, US politics, US-Israel war on Iran, World news, Xi Jinping
Trump leaves China without breakthroughs on Iran, Taiwan or AI
US president hails ‘fantastic’ deals, but details remain scarce after pageantry and little progress at much-hy…
- Asia Pacific, China, Donald Trump, Jimmy Lai, Trump administration, US foreign policy, US politics, Xi Jinping
Trump China visit live: US president says a lot of problems ‘settled’, as he meets with Xi on final day of summit
Trump says ‘a lot of good’ has come from summit and ‘we’ve made some fantastic trade deals for both countries’…
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Photo of US-China delegation criticized over absence of women: ‘masculine, militarized and exclusionary’
‘Backward’ photo panned for display of patriarchy, signaling that ‘women’s voices don’t matter in shaping glob…
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Canadian officer accused of spying for China acquitted of charges
William Majcher was accused of helping Chinese police coerce a Vancouver-area real estate investor, accused of…
- Asia Pacific, China, Donald Trump, Global economy, International trade, Taiwan, Trump administration, US foreign policy, US news, US-Israel war on Iran, World news, Xi Jinping
Xi warns Trump of ‘clashes and even conflicts’ with US over Taiwan
Trump says China’s president also pledged ‘strongly’ not to send weapons to Iran, after two-hour meeting betwe…
- Asia Pacific, Ferdinand Marcos Jr, International criminal court, Philippines, Rodrigo Duterte, World news
Philippine politician wanted by ICC flees senate after days holed up in building
Ronald dela Rosa, wanted over involvement in Duterte’s ‘war on drugs’, reportedly left heavily guarded buildin…
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US president Donald Trump meets China leader Xi Jinping – in pictures
Trump is meeting Xi in Beijing, with the two superpower leaders expected to discuss the Iran war, trade, Taiwa…
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‘Stunned and shocked’: Ingrid Horrocks wins top prize at New Zealand’s Ockham awards for her fiction debut
All Her Lives is only the fifth short story collection to win the prestigious NZ$65,000 prize in 58 yearsFirst…
- Asia Pacific, International criminal court, International criminal justice, Philippines, Rodrigo Duterte
Gunshots fired at Philippine senate after senator’s two-day standoff with authorities – video
Video shows journalists scrambling after gunshots were fired in the Philippine senate on Wednesday. The video …
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Chinese court awards compensation to sacked worker replaced by AI
Case attracts widespread attention as example of China balancing enthusiastic adoption of AI with job security…
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Scepticism and tight security as Trump is welcomed by Xi to Beijing
US’s apparent decline has fuelled growing Chinese nationalism while US president has lost his novelty valueTru…
- Asia Pacific, International criminal court, International criminal justice, Philippines, Rodrigo Duterte, World news
Gunshots fired in Philippines senate in standoff with senator wanted by ICC
Ronald dela Rosa, accused of crimes against humanity by international criminal court, has holed up in building…
- 1MDB, Asia Pacific, Business, Donald Trump, Malaysia, Trump administration, US news, US politics, World news
1MDB financier Jho Low seeks pardon from Donald Trump
Fugitive faces charges including corruption and money laundering in US and Malaysia for role he allegedly play…
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Trump-Xi China summit: five key issues on the agenda
It is nearly 10 years since the US president made a state visit to China, and Iran, Taiwan, trade, AI and drug…