China warns Asian nations to avoid being used as ‘chess pieces’ by major powers
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PIXABAY JAKARTA — China’s foreign minister Wang Yi warned on Monday during a policy speech in the Indonesian capital that countries should…
Japan PM Kishida poised to consolidate ruling party power as Shinzo Abe mourned
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Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida — KYODO/VIA REUTERS TOKYO/NARA — Japanese Prime (PM) Minister Fumio Kishida looked set to consolidate authority within his…
‘We’re not the devil’: France Inc. grapples with new political order
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A VIEW of the Eiffel Tower in Paris, France, Nov. 28, 2015. — REUTERS AIX-EN-PROVENCE, France — France’s business elite is grappling…
S. Korea’s Yoon suspends informal media briefings, citing COVID
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REUTERS SEOUL — South Korea’s president will suspend informal media briefings that he has held nearly every day since taking office in…
On Tinder, Gen Z singles prefer ‘simple dates’
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Kiribati’s shock withdrawal overshadows Pacific leaders meeting
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Macau shuts all its casinos to curb COVID, gaming shares plunge
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Brenden Brain/CC BY-SA 3.0/Wikimedia Commons HONG KONG — Macau shut all its casinos for the first time in more than two years…
[B-SIDE PODCAST] The five challenges to Philippine competitiveness
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Why Russia drives European and British gas prices
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NORD STREAM AG LONDON — The Nord Stream 1 pipeline that transports gas from Russia to Germany will undergo planned maintenance from…
Death of ‘Abenomics’ father may give Japan scope to curb stimulus
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JAPANEXPERTERNA.SE/FLICKR TOKYO — The death of Shinzo Abe, namesake of Japan’s “Abenomics” policy, makes any immediate challenge to his legacy highly unlikely…