Despite Trump’s embrace of Orbán, Senate Republicans sound alarms over Hungary’s democratic backsliding
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No negotiations, no peace, but what about NATO?
Presidential candidate and Vice President Kamala Harris says she will not talk to Russian President Vladimir Putin without Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky.
European markets trade higher but sentiment dampened by volatility in China
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US, China in a tit-for-tat military basing battle
China’s apparently expanding military presence at Cambodia’s overhauled Ream Naval Base is once again raising alarm bells in Washington, a development first flagged in 2019 as a secret deal two years after Phnom Penh canceled Angkor Sentinel military exercises with US forces.
S Korea piles in with US in arming up the Philippines
MANILA – The Philippines and South Korea elevated ties to a strategic partnership, Manila’s latest move to build a bulwark and stockpile more arms against China’s rising threat in the South China Sea.
Trump’s economic program would weaken the US – and Australia
It’s time to take Donald Trump seriously. Betting markets say it’s as likely as not he will be elected US president in four weeks.
Blinken heads to Asia this week for a summit of regional leaders
WASHINGTON (AP) — Secretary of State Antony Blinken will make his 19th trip in office to Asia this week when he leads the U.S. delegation to a meeting of East Asian leaders in Laos.