Russia’s Putin arrives in North Korea for rare trip as anti-West alignment deepens
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China fears spark Indian race for cobalt in contested ocean waters
India has sought rights to explore an underwater cobalt-rich mountain. But Sri Lanka also has eyes on the region.
CNBC Daily Open: Nvidia unseats Microsoft as world's most valuable company
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‘Inadvertent geoengineering’: Researchers say low-sulfur shipping rules made climate change worse
A sweeping regulatory change in 2020 to slash air pollution from the world's ships could have played a role in boosting global average temperatures, according to the findings of a controversial study.
North Korea, Russia tout ‘strategic fortress’ ties as Putin visits Pyongyang
Kim greeted Putin at dawn on Wednesday at Pyongyang airport, shaking hands, embracing and talking beside the Russian leader’s plane.
Religious and cultural mentions removed from names of China’s Xinjiang villages, rights groups say
TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — Authorities in China’s western Xinjiang region have been systematically replacing the names of villages inhabited by Uyghurs and other ethnic minorities to reflect the ruling Communist Party’s ideology, as part of an attack on their cultural identity, a report released by Human Rights Watch said Wednesday.
Philippine court finds 4 police guilty of drug war killings under Duterte’s rule
Four Philippine policemen were found guilty on Tuesday of killing a father and son, court officials said, in a rare case of law enforcement officers being prosecuted for taking part in former president Rodrigo Duterte’s deadly drug war.
How the UAE is leveraging ties with China for its own security needs
Bilateral relations between China and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) are changing in scope, with recent developments reflecting a shifting balance of power, in which the United States is no longer seen by Arab Gulf countries as a long-term security shield.