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Putin signs off record Russian defense spending as top EU officials visit Kyiv
Russian President Vladimir Putin approved budget plans, raising 2025 military spending to record levels as Moscow seeks to prevail in the war in Ukraine.
Trump wants pardoned real estate developer Charles Kushner to be ambassador to France
President-elect Donald Trump said Saturday that he wants real estate developer Charles Kushner, father of Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner, to serve as ambassador to France.
Rush to ‘value up’ may be Asia stocks best defence against Trump
The swelling tide of “value up” can be traced back to Japan’s effort to improve corporate governance that began more than a decade ago. Despite a lack of success early on, investors began to take notice from 2022 when Tokyo Stock Exchange started to pressure companies to boost shareholders returns via a range of measures.
When Zoos Pay for Endangered Species: Our Correspondent Explains the Risks
Pandas are a vulnerable species. American zoos are allowed to fly them in from China and display them to tourists on one condition: They have to prove to federal regulators that they are helping pandas in the wild.
When Zoos Pay for Endangered Species: Our Correspondent Explains the Risks
Pandas are a vulnerable species. American zoos are allowed to fly them in from China and display them to tourists on one condition: They have to prove to federal regulators that they are helping pandas in the wild.
U.S. Zoos Gave a Fortune to Protect Pandas. That’s Not How China Spent It.
For decades, American zoos have raised tens of millions of dollars from donors and sent the money to China for the right to host and display pandas. Under U.S. law, those funds were required to be spent protecting pandas in the wild.
Japan wavers on tax hikes to fund military expansion as Trump’s return adds pressure
As part of a five-year defence build-up launched in 2022 that is projected to cost 43 trillion yen (US$280 billion), the Japanese government has said it will raise personal income, corporate and tobacco taxes to cover the added costs. The increase in outlays would push defence spending to 2 per cent of gross domestic product from just over 1 per cent previously.