Putin threatens to arm North Korea if the West continues to supply weapons to Ukraine
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Chinese-Filipinos fear fallout from rising Philippines-China tensions
As a child, photojournalist Jilson Tiu did not feel like he stood out growing up in Manila’s historic Binondo district, the oldest Chinatown in the world.
No good reason for US to spread anti-vax rumours in the Philippines
America’s reputation has been bruised in many parts of the world due to its actions, from destabilising uncooperative governments, overruling the mandate of newly elected foreign leaders and, in extreme cases, invading other countries.
US envoy Kritenbrink visits Hanoi days after Putin, says US-Vietnam trust at ‘all-time high’
A senior US diplomat held talks in Vietnam on Saturday and said that the trust between the two countries was at an “all-time high”, just days after Russian President Vladimir Putin’s state visit to Hanoi.
How the vodka soda became 'gay water'
Late last year, 33-year-old Justin Ruka of Orlando met a flight attendant at a gay bar. About a month later, Ruka saw a familiar face coming down the aisle during an Alaska Airlines flight to San Francisco.
India boosts defence ties with Bangladesh as it tries to become a counterweight to China
India and Bangladesh on Saturday moved to bolster their defence relationship and signed agreements for expanding cooperation in maritime security, ocean economy, space, and telecommunication sectors, as New Delhi tries to present itself as a regional power and a counterweight to China.
As Asian discontent grows, will it take a world war to reform the IMF?
Is it time to give up the pretence of a globalised world and of multilateral cooperation？ Should we resign ourselves to the prospect of living in an autarkic world of nations that are fated to become increasingly competitive, defensive and protectionist – possibly to the point of a world war?
Putin Came to Asia to Disrupt, and He Succeeded
Four days in Asia. That’s all President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia needed to anger Washington, undermine Beijing and rattle a collection of Indo-Pacific nations already scrambling to cope with a jumbled world order.