San Francisco mayor announces the city will receive pandas from China
BEIJING (AP) — San Francisco is the latest U.S. city preparing to receive a pair of pandas from China, in a continuation of Beijing’s famed “panda diplomacy.”
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Jokowi asks China to help build new capital's transport system
JAKARTA -- Indonesian President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo met Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi on Thursday in Jakarta in an effort to strengthen ties with China ahead of the handover to his successor in October.
Indonesia’s Joko Widodo urges China to ‘use its influence’ to prevent rise in conflict in Middle East
Indonesia’s President Joko Widodo has urged China to use its influence to prevent an escalation of the conflict in the Middle East, as both nations voiced support for Palestinian membership in the United Nations.
Japan and South Korea agree to deepen trilateral ties with U.S.
TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said he and South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol agreed during phone talks Wednesday to further promote bilateral and trilateral cooperation together with the United States, following his recent visit to Washington.
The US ambassador to Japan says boosting arms industry ties is key to a stronger security alliance
TOKYO (AP) — The U.S. ambassador to Japan urged Tokyo on Tuesday to take a greater role in developing, producing and supplying weapons “to enhance our collective security” amid conflict in Ukraine, Gaza and elsewhere.
Philippines’ Marcos Jnr says any Filipino death due to ‘foreign power’ could activate defence treaty with US
The death of any Filipino serviceman in the event of aggression by a “foreign power” in the South China Sea would be enough to invoke a defence treaty between the Philippines and the United States, President Ferdinand Marcos Jnr has warned.
Kishida returns to scandal, election headwinds after U.S. trip high
TOKYO -- Having basked in the spotlight afforded by a state visit to the U.S., Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida has returned home to face sinking public support and a ruling party frustrated by his handling of a fundraising scandal.
Indonesia-Israel relations: why normalising ties for an OECD seat would be ‘political suicide’ for Jakarta
A supposed agreement for Jakarta to formally recognise and normalise ties with Israel ahead of a vote on Indonesia’s accession to the 38-member Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development was reported on last week by Israeli news site Ynet.