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Prime Minister Anthony Albanese is set to address Papua New Guinea’s parliament during a two-day visit next week.  Key points: Papua New Guinea Prime Minister James Marape says Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese’s trip highlights the “strong bond” between the two nations Mr Albanese says both countries have a “long history” and “shared vision for the future” He […]

Over the last week of December, hundreds of Rohingya Muslims fleeing desperate conditions either landed in Indonesia or remain reportedly stuck at sea. One boat carrying 174 people arrived in the Aceh province of Sumatra last Monday. Most of those onboard were in need of urgent medical care and were brought to temporary shelter, but […]

Chinese President Xi Jinping attends the APEC (Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation) Summit on November 18, 2022 in Bangkok, Thailand. Synopsis All eyes were on China as it went through a political reshuffle during the 20th National Congress of the ruling Communist Party last year. It also marked the country’s return to the world stage as President […]

As years of severe “zero-COVID” restrictions come to an abrupt halt in China, relations between the country’s rulers and the ruled are under strain. People who once supported zero-COVID have been left wondering what the years of tough restrictions were for now that nearly all the policies put in place to protect people have been […]

At the start of 2022, China’s economy appeared strong, Beijing seemed to have contained the spread of Covid-19, Sino-Russian relations were deepening and there was growing talk of autocracies stealing the march on democracies across the world. China’s leaders were proclaiming that “time and momentum” were on China’s side in its great power competition with […]

Kuala Lumpur [Malaysia], January 4 (ANI): India seeks to speed up plans in the Indian Ocean amidst growing Chinese presence in the region. Indian aims to convert the Andaman and Nicobar Islands into a shipping and tourism hub with connections to South-East Asia, reported The Star, a Malaysia-based publication. In a recent meeting, Indian and […]

TOKYO — Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida on Wednesday pledged to deepen his country’s alliance with the United States under Japan‘s new defense policy that breaks from its exclusively self-defense-only stance in the face of growing regional tensions. Kishida, speaking in a news conference after visiting Ise Shrine in central Japan, said he will visit […]

On January 4, 2023, Ambassador Qin Gang, Minister of Foreign Affairs of China, published an article on The Washington Post. The full text is as follows: “The end,” wrote the poet T.S. Eliot, “is where we start from.” As I leave the United States this week to start a new journey, memorable scenes from my […]

Faced with a stiff challenge from Washington to its designs in the Indo-Pacific region, Beijing is now trying to misguide the world by making false claims about the success of its initiatives in the Indo-Pacific region. The cause for the apprehension of Beijing is not difficult to understand as the European Union has also come […]

NEW YORK, New York – Stocks in the United States trimmed gains late Wednesday after minutes from last month’s FOMC meeting confirmed a majority view that interest rates must stay higher for longer, underpinning the need to get inflation under control. “Participants generally observed that a restrictive policy stance would need to be maintained until […]