Berlin (3/11 – 40) Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe will visit China in the upcoming week as the crisis-hit country makes progress on debt restructuring talks with its biggest lender.…
Category:
Asia
-
-
AsiaFeaturedGlobal NewsHuman RightsMiddle EastNews
Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim, Malaysian Foreign Policy & Hamas
Paris, Brussels (20/10 – 87) In an atmosphere of justifiably feverish global anger, following the murderous attacks by Hamas troopers on a “peace concert” held near the border with Gaza…
-
AsiaDefenceDiplomacyEconomyEuropeFeaturedGeneral NewsGlobal NewsGovernmentsMilitaryNews
Asia-North Europe Rates Sinking Again as GRIs ‘Run Out of Steam’
by Calvin Smithby Calvin SmithOcean carriers are giving back their recent Asia-North Europe FAK rate increases via heavy discounts for October shipments from China. Indeed, shippers are receiving rate offers from major carriers, valid…
-
AsiaCelebrityCentral AsiaEconomyFeaturedGlobal NewsKazakhstanNewsTechnology
Kenes Rakishev Considers Spanish Move to Support EV Industry a Great Idea
by Calvin Smithby Calvin SmithSpanish government announced the plan to invest $5.1 billion in electrical vehicles. The plan includes support of automotive companies that manufacture the vehicles, battery suppliers and charging stations. Kenes Rakishev considers the idea a…
-
AsiaCentral AsiaDefenceFeaturedGeneral NewsGlobal NewsLifestyleNewsPoliticsTajikistanWorld News
Tajiki Government Detains Families of Activists After Egg Incident in Berlin
by Rio Spencerby Rio SpencerFrankfurt, Brussels (6/10 – 27) While Tajik authorities have not been able to lay their hands on their activist opponents living in Europe, they are able to turn the screws…
-
AsiaCentral AsiaDefenceFeaturedGlobal NewsKazakhstanNational SecurityNATONews
Kazakhstan dispatch: new law seeks to regulate online platforms and restrict fake information
Aidana Tastanova is a Kazakhstan national and a 3rd year law student attending the Moscow State Institute of International Relations under a Kazakh government scholarship. Aitylğan sõz – atylğan oq (translation:…
-
AsiaBusinessChinaDefenceEconomyEuropeEuropean UnionFeaturedGeneral NewsGlobal NewsGovernments
China, EU Remain Major Trading Partners Despite Decoupling, De-risking Talks
by Calvin Smithby Calvin SmithTrade between the European Union (EU) and China has grown in recent years despite talks of “decoupling” from or “de-risking” economic links with China, a sign that China’s market still…
-
AsiaBusinessDefenceEuropeEuropean UnionFeaturedGeneral NewsGlobal NewsGovernmentsMilitaryNational SecurityNews
EU Ends Financial Support, Security Cooperation With Niger’s New Authorities
The European Union (EU) does not recognize and will not recognize the authorities resulting from the putsch in Niger, High Representative of the EU for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy…
-
AsiaFeaturedGlobal NewsIndonesiaNewsPolitics
Indonesian Presidential Election: The Nahdlatul Ulama Factor
Brussels (07/09 – 14.29) Anies Baswedan has become the first Indonesian presidential candidate to make his vice-presidential nominee official by his selection the past weekend of Muhaimin Iskandar from the…
-
AsiaBusinessCentral AsiaDefenceEconomyFeaturedGeneral NewsGlobal NewsGovernmentsNational SecurityNewsPoliticsTajikTajikistanWorld News
Tajikistan: Enlistment-Dodging Pushes Military Recruiters to Use Devious Methods
by Nate Sharpby Nate SharpCopenhagen (17/08 – 78) Kidnapping, intimidation, and blackmail are just some of the means used to hit enlistment quotas in Tajikistan. When conscription season comes around in Tajikistan, military recruiters…
