Russia is expected to grow faster than all advanced economies this year
Russia's economy is expected to grow faster than all advanced economies this year, according to the International Monetary Fund.
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Envoy says US is determined to monitor North Korean nukes, through the UN or otherwise
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — The United States and its allies are discussing options “both inside and outside the U.N. system” to create a new mechanism for monitoring North Korea over its nuclear weapons program, the American ambassador to the United Nations said Wednesday.
Australia puts China firmly in its sights with new defence strategy
The 80-page document offers a gloomy assessment of Pacific security and sets out a massive increase in defence spending to retool Australia’s military to cope.
As yen sinks, Japan must avoid goading China into a currency war
And President Xi Jinping might conclude that the yen’s drop affords China the geopolitical cover to engineer a weaker yuan.
Marcos vs Duterte family feud drags both political dynasties’, and the Philippines’, names through the mud
When asked about his relationship with the Duterte family, Marcos Jnr admitted at a forum on Tuesday: “it’s complicated”.
After Starbucks and McDonald’s, Asia’s anti-Israel boycotts find a new target: Western beauty products
“I had one lady who had used L’Oreal products for over a decade, but she said she would never use it again and was moving on to other local brands,” Phany said.
Israel-Iran showdown puts the whole world in uncharted territory
The attack represents a new status quo for the Middle East. Whatever stability and optimism existed previously is now effectively gone. It is all but assured that Israel will retaliate, and Tehran has warned that such a move would draw an even greater Iranian response.
Israel-Gaza war: as Singapore investigates latest anti-Israel protest, is there a ‘paradigm shift’ in domestic views?
In a rare act of defiance of strict laws governing demonstrations, especially on the war, supporters of the pro-Palestinian cause on Monday unfurled a banner at tourist attraction Gardens by the Bay.