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China critic Matthew Wale elected Solomon Islands prime minister
Wale won a parliamentary ballot 26 votes to 22 and as PM is expected to strengthen ties with traditional allie…
- 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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US reportedly dropped fraud charges against Indian billionaire after he hired Trump’s lawyer
Gautam Adani, richest man in Asia, was accused of conspiring to pay $250m in bribes to Indian government offic…
- China, Taiwan, Trump administration, US foreign policy, US news, US politics, World news, Xi Jinping
For anxious Taiwan, Trump’s silence after Xi talks is best possible outcome
Island breathes sigh of relief as fears recede that US could jettison longstanding supportTrump China visit li…
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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…
- Fashion, Global development, India, Social media, South and Central Asia, Sustainable fashion, World news, Young people, Youth unemployment
‘A passion, but also a gamble’: why India’s gen Z are cashing in on the trend for secondhand fashion
Faced with rising costs and a lack of jobs, many young Indians are turning an online side hustle into an incom…
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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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Ghayasuddin Siddiqui obituary
When Malcolm X arrived at Sheffield University in December 1964, it was a young Pakistani student activist, Gh…
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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…