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Myanmar’s junta chief met with his Thai counterpart at a Myanmar beach resort on Thursday for talks that will likely focus on military relations and stability issues along their 1,500-mile (2,415-kilometer) border, according to sources in the country. The three-day meeting between Sr. Gen. Min Aung Hlaing and a delegation led by Gen. Chalermpol Srisawat, […]

Days after a Chinese fighter jet almost rammed into a US spy plane, there are reports that Chinese pilots fresh out of training school are being sent to carry out patrol missions in the contested South and East China Seas. Chinese fighter pilots fresh out of training college have been assigned to combat-ready patrol missions […]

Miners in Zimbabwe will see more of their produce processed in the country, but may not see the benefits of this wave of resource nationalism. Credit: Tafadzwa Ufumeli/Stringer/Getty Images. In December 2022, Zimbabwe banned raw lithium ore exports to minimise the economic potential of artisanal mining and encourage investments in state-approved production facilities. Then in […]

If visiting a private island is on your travel bucket list and you’re fresh out of celebrity friends who own one, you’ll have to make your dream trip happen through other means. Fortunately, a range of resorts own their own private islands that you can visit, and some resorts are even located on private islands […]

Sea robbery and piracy related incidents in the Singapore Strait rose to a seven-year high in 2022 but in contrast, the possibility of attacks by the Abu Sayyaf Group has declined considerably in the Sulu-Celebes Seas, prompting a moderation of threat assessment there, an international watchdog monitoring the trend said late Jan 17. It is […]

PAKISTAN has a knack for taking one step forward, two steps back — or worse, to keep going around in circles. In an interview with a Dubai-based news channel, Pakistan PM Shehbaz Sharif held out an olive branch to India, saying that wars between the two neighbours had ‘only brought more misery, poverty and unemployment […]

In order to help residents of the remote shores of Weishan Lake in Shandong province get COVID-19 vaccinations, Weishan county sent medical professionals to administer shots, with a special focus on the elderly. Going to get vaccinated was inconvenient, but now the vaccine is coming to them. “Before, we needed to get to a medical […]

ASTANA – Central Asia and its neighboring countries need more energy to fuel their development, but climate change means they must significantly cut carbon emissions and accelerate the transition to clean energy, according to CAREC (Central Asia Regional Economic Cooperation) Energy Outlook 2030 from the Asian Development Bank (ADB).  The 100-megawatt M-KAT solar power plant […]

Nature-based solutions (NbS), a hotly debated concept, gained significant political traction throughout 2022, even as challenges and concerns over the failure to implement biodiversity and human rights safeguards in current and future NbS projects have increased among Indigenous peoples and NGOs. Recent global policy instruments have recognized NbS, including the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework adopted […]

This week has seen nauseating eulogies, throughout Australia’s political and media establishment, on the death of Liberal Party senator, ex-army general and ardent militarist Jim Molan. He died on Monday, aged 72, of prostate cancer. Liberal Party Senator and ex-army general Jim Molan [Photo: Defence Department: Corporal Jason Weeding] Prime Minister Anthony Albanese described Molan as […]