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Many foreign-policy analysts regarded former U.S. President Donald Trump’s 2017 decision to withdraw from the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP)—a trade pact between 12 Pacific Rim economies and the United States—as a blunder of historic proportions. The deal, which would have lowered tariff barriers between countries that collectively account for roughly 40 percent of global GDP, would […]

Four in the morning, pitch-black, and it’s 20 degrees below zero. There’s iced snot on my face but I don’t care.  The world is limited to what my headlamp illuminates, all movement restricted by six layers of clothing. I crane my neck at a column of headlamps extending to the stars. The gradient’s so steep […]

KLUANG, Jan 23 — Mohd Arifin Syamsuddin’s last memory of his 11-year-old son, Mohd Ashraf Rafiq Mohd Arifin, is the boy gifting him RM40. Mohd Ashraf Rafiq was killed in a road accident involving two vehicles at Kilometre 71, Jalan Batu Pahat-Mersing, Kahang, yesterday. According to Mohd Arifin, 32, he initially did not want to […]

CHIANG MAI – When Myanmar’s military regime drops bombs and launches air strikes on civilian populations, a rising component of its intensifying war against anti-coup and ethnic rebel groups, the aerial assaults owe largely to Russia. In recent months, Myanmar’s Air Force has used Russia-made Yak-130 jets and Mi-35 helicopters to drop munitions in areas […]

Central Asia (MNN) — The Russian invasion of Ukraine has deeply impacted Central Asia. Many Russians and Ukrainians own companies in Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan. Russian is the common business language. Joe Handley with Asian Access says, “Depending on who you’re working for, you may create an alliance with one or the other. It’s a very […]

Food loss and waste are major problems around the world. When food is tossed aside or allowed to spoil, it makes economies less productive and leaves people hungry. It also harms Earth’s climate by generating methane, a potent greenhouse gas. Food loss and waste accounts for 4% of global greenhouse gas emissions. If […]

Capping off more than a decade of advocacy work with Manila-based think tank Institute for Climate and Sustainable Cities (ICSC), Renato Redentor “Red” Constantino has disclosed his plans to step down as executive director of the organisation. “This announcement comes with mixed measures of relief, gratitude, and joy. After 13 years at the helm of ICSC, […]

(MENAFN- Jordan Times) AMMAN – The Amman Chamber of Industry (ACI) and the Madinah Munawarah Chamber (MMC) signed a cooperation agreement during a visit by a Jordanian industrial delegation to Saudi Arabia. An ACI statement, cited by the Jordan News Agency, Petra, on Sunday, said that the delegation includes representatives from the food, plastic, chemical, […]

TEMPO.CO, Jakarta – The Ministry of Industry (Kemenperin) continues to support efforts to increase Indonesia’s chocolate or cocoa processing industry’s productivity and competitiveness. Moreover, Indonesia has great potential, currently supported by 11 intermediate cocoa processing industries with a capacity of 739,250 tons per year, 900 chocolate processing industries with a capacity of 462,126 tons per year, […]

The number of Muslims in Thailand is growing exponentially. It is Islam that is growing significantly in Thailand at the moment. In Thailand, the natives are constantly attracted to the Islamic way of life, and many convert to Islam. New generations of Thai Muslims are becoming educated and knowledgeable about Islam. Southeast Asia is home […]