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BANGKOK -- From a hydroponics farm in Binyamina, far from the fighting in Gaza, Wachiraphat Sayan heard about the fates of fellow migrant workers from Thailand taken hostage by Hamas, the Palestinian militant group that attacked Israel on October 7. But leaving was never a consideration for the 33-year-old from northern Chiang Rai province.
TANJUNG SELOR, Indonesia -- Indonesian company Kayan Hydro Energy is exploring new potential partnerships after its agreement to jointly develop a large hydroelectric station on Borneo island with Japanese trading house Sumitomo Corp. reached a stalemate.
Seoul and Tokyo, by contrast, denounced Pyongyang’s satellite launch plans, which violate UN sanctions and undermine the Korean peninsula’s stability. The diverging security visions confirmed the challenge of harmonising the trio’s regional priorities.
TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — Chinese President Xi Jinping called for an international peace conference focused on the Israel-Hamas war and promised more humanitarian aid as he opened a summit with leaders of Arab states Thursday in Beijing.
Meanwhile, speaking at the event, SCO Secretary General Zhang Ming also called upon member states to strengthen security cooperation by further improving corresponding mechanisms for countering present-day challenges and threats, primarily in terms of dealing with the so-called three forces of evil – terrorism, separatism and religious extremism.
Japan, China and South Korea held their first leaders' summit in four and a half years in Seoul on May 27. The three countries issued a joint declaration that called for wide-ranging cooperation, including resuming negotiations on a free trade agreement. The meeting carries great significance, as efforts by these governments to kick-start dialogue are crucial to bringing stability to East Asia, where tensions are rising.
NEW YORK: A federal judge on Tuesday (May 28) sentenced former FTX executive Ryan Salame to more than seven years in prison, the first of the lieutenants of failed cryptocurrency mogul Sam Bankman-Fried to receive jail time for their roles in the 2022 collapse of the cryptocurrency exchange.
