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Shipments of fresh durians from Thailand to China – the world’s top consumer of the pungent fruits – rebounded in the second quarter after a drop earlier this year, a change in fortunes attributed to a seasonal harvest spike and a lasting reputation for quality.
India’s Supreme Court created a national task force of doctors on Tuesday to recommend steps to ensure safety in their workplaces, days after a trainee doctor was raped and murdered at a hospital, sparking national outrage.
As criticism intensified, the tourism committee of Thailand’s House of Representatives said it would summon Apple for clarification. In a swift response, Apple pulled its video – which had garnered 5 million views – off YouTube and issued an apology. The incident underlined how attempts to wield soft power can have unpredictable outcomes, even backfire.
US National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan on Tuesday condemned China’s “deliberate collision” with two Philippine coastguard vessels this week near the disputed Sabina Shoal during a call with his counterpart in Manila, and cited “continued historic momentum” in the US-Philippine relationship.
Wong, who is usually reticent to speak about personal experiences, gave a candid account about dealing with racism as a child when she delivered the inaugural lecture on Monday at the Centre for Asian-Australian Leadership in Canberra, which was set up in 2020 to tackle the so-called “bamboo ceiling” in Australia.
The nature of the mpox virus would unlikely overwhelm Singapore’s capacities to contain it, said Dale Fisher, director at the National University of Singapore’s Centre for Infectious Disease Emergency Response.
President Biden approved in March a highly classified nuclear plan that reorients America’s deterrent strategy to focus on the rapid expansion of China’s nuclear arsenal. The Pentagon believes China’s stockpiles will rival those of the U.S. and Russia over the next decade.
BEIJING -- The Chinese central bank on Tuesday kept two benchmark lending rates unchanged for this month, after financing extended by Chinese banks hit their lowest level in roughly a decade and a half.