Gold attracts China's retail investors, lifting prices to new heights
TOKYO -- Gold prices have soared to record highs on the arrival of an unexpected group of buyers: retail investors in China.
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China outweighs Ukraine war as U.S. security priority: Trump-linked group
WASHINGTON -- The top priority for U.S. foreign policy must be China, not the war in Ukraine, a group affiliated with former President Donald Trump wrote in a book released Thursday painting a picture of what a second Trump presidency could look like.
U.S. will defend Japan, Taiwan if Trump wins election: H.R. McMaster
WASHINGTON -- The U.S. will remain committed to defending Japan and Taiwan even if Donald Trump returns to the White House after the November election, former national security adviser H.R. McMaster tells Nikkei, saying he thinks the former president would be "convinced of the strategic importance" of American forces in Japan for deterring China.
Maldives FM meets Indian counterpart at frosty time in relations
NEW DELHI -- India's External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar on Thursday told his visiting Maldivian counterpart, Moosa Zameer, that ties between the "close and proximate" neighbors depend on mutual interests and reciprocal sensitivity after bilateral relations were strained by the election last year of a pro-China president in the Maldives.
India urges pro-China Maldives to ease tensions and improve their strained relationship
NEW DELHI (AP) — India urged pro-China Maldives on Thursday to ease tensions and improve their strained relationship.
Trump-affiliated group releases new national security book outlining possible second-term approach
WASHINGTON (AP) — Making future military aid to Ukraine contingent on the country participating in peace talks with Russia. Banning Chinese nationals from buying property within a 50-mile radius of U.S. government buildings. Filling the national security sector with acolytes of Donald Trump.
Leonardo DiCaprio’s ‘The Beach’ suffers water shortages after Thai heatwave
The dazzling Thai holiday islands made famous by Hollywood film The Beach, starring Leonardo DiCaprio, are facing a severe water shortage following a blistering heatwave across Asia, a tourism official and locals said on Thursday.
Amid pomp and propaganda, Russia holds Victory Day military parade as war rumbles on
Russia kicked off its 79th "Victory Day" military parade on Thursday, in a show of Russian military might and patriotism as the war with Ukraine rumbles on into a third year.