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Bhutto about-turn: Behind the PPP plan to back Pakistan’s new government
What is the party’s reasoning behind joining a coalition with its longtime rivals without cabinet positions?
Indonesia-China ties: will president-elect Prabowo confront Beijing or maintain Widodo’s economic deals?
Indeed, Prabowo promised as much when articulating his foreign policy on the campaign trail. During a November talk at the Centre for Strategic and International Studies think tank in Jakarta, Prabowo told the audience Indonesia would “maintain our independent foreign policy”, saying the country would not join any military or geopolitical bloc while preserving good relations with all of its neighbours.
As Japan pledges more aid for Ukraine, is Tokyo turning into ‘ATM’ for a war-torn nation?
The sense among some, analysts say, is that Ukraine is geographically distant from Japan and that the problem should be handled by European nations.
Palau’s president raises threat of pivot to Beijing if US funds are delayed further
Washington’s delay in providing economic help to the Pacific island nation Palau has made some local leaders more willing to drop diplomatic ties to Taiwan in exchange for Beijing’s financial assistance, the country’s president has warned.
India can become major global hub for renewable energy, envoy says
PARIS -- India can "greatly accelerate" the global transition to cleaner power if its request to join the International Energy Agency is approved, the country's Ambassador to France Jawed Ashraf told Nikkei.
Harvard, Oxford graduates power Vietnam's tech startup scene
HO CHI MINH CITY -- Tran Tuan Anh has joined the vanguard of entrepreneurs reshaping Vietnam's image and role in the global economy today. But he still remembers how badly he once did years ago in an economics class for engineers after he left the communist country to study at Oxford.
China releases draft regulations for after-school tutoring industry
China's Ministry of Education has released draft regulations for the country's after-school tutoring industry, the first of its kind on a national level stipulating the regulatory framework for the once-booming sector.