China's war drills around Taiwan enter Day 2. Here's what it means for cross-strait relations
China's latest war exercises around Taiwan risk escalating cross-strait tensions — but war remains unlikely, political observers say.
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Microsoft to invest US$2.2 billion in Malaysia, as Silicon Valley eyes bigger Southeast Asia footprint
“We really want to make sure we have world class infrastructure right here in the country so that every organisation, every software developer, every start-up, can use it to really not only build for this country, but for the world and region,” Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella said in his keynote presentation at Microsoft’s AI Day in Kuala Lumpur on Thursday.
Microsoft's boss in Southeast Asia, China PMI, Japan's Kishida at OECD
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China’s money can’t pull PNG from Australia
There can be no more powerful symbol of the relationship between Australia and Papua New Guinea than the prime ministers of these neighboring countries walking together on the grueling Kokoda Track towards Isurava, high in PNG’s rugged Owen Stanley mountains.
Australia and New Zealand honor their war dead with dawn services on Anzac Day
MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Hundreds of thousands of people gathered across Australia and New Zealand for dawn services and street marches Thursday to commemorate their war dead on Anzac Day.
China sees foreign threats ‘everywhere’ as powerful spy agency takes center stage
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Myanmar’s Aung San Suu Kyi moved to house arrest
Myanmar’s detained former leader and Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi has been moved from prison to house arrest, a spokesperson for the military government told media.
Indonesia’s cinema ‘punches below its weight’, critics say. Is it destined for greatness?
Indonesian cinema has experienced some incredible high and lows since the day director Usman Ismail started production on the country’s first ever home-grown film, Darah dan Doa (Blood and Prayer), 74 years ago.