Vietnam Communist Party chief Trong, 80, dies of ‘old age, serious illness’
Vietnam’s Communist Party chief Nguyen Phu Trong has died, state media said on Friday, after holding the country’s most powerful position for 13 years. He was 80.
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Why Japan’s role in Philippines’ defence is nearly as big as the US’
Japan’s defence white paper emphasises the risks of allowing China to have the run of the South China Sea – its activities that run counter to the order of the seas challenge the stability of a free and open Indo-Pacific. China’s expansionism into the Philippines’ lawful EEZ has also damaged Manila’s relationship with Beijing.
Nguyen Phu Trong, Powerful Vietnamese Leader, Is Dead at 80
Nguyen Phu Trong, the hard-line general secretary of Vietnam’s Communist Party who presided over his country’s economic and geopolitical transformation, and reshaped its leadership with his “blazing furnace” anticorruption campaign, died on Friday at a hospital in Hanoi. He was 80.
Bangladesh sees widespread telecoms disruptions as student protests spiral: ‘it’s a war’
Sparked by student anger against the controversial quotas, the protests, some analysts say, are also being fuelled by economic woes, such as high inflation, growing unemployment and shrinking reserves of foreign exchange.
Widespread technology outage disrupts flights, banks, media outlets and companies around the world
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China calls for bolstering tech 'breakthroughs' and achieving the full-year growth target
BEIJING — China's leaders doubled down on boosting domestic technology in a high-level meeting called the Third Plenum that ended Thursday, according to a state media readout.
France and Philippines elevate defence ties with historic air force mission first
“Noticeably, in the past three years, Paris has expanded its defence cooperation with the Philippines. A deeper, more comprehensive agreement seems like a natural progression,” said Don McLain Gill, geopolitical analyst and lecturer at De La Salle University’s Department of International Studies.
Chinese team on tracking US warships, abandoned cats in Hong Kong: 7 highlights
Chinese naval scientists have unveiled a method to identify and track US warships around the globe using low quality satellite images that are free and available to anyone.