Hormuz crisis heats up Asia’s Arctic scramble
The Strait of Hormuz crisis will be remembered for many things, but its most consequential legacy may be one that has barely entered the public debate. It has accelerated Asia’s...
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Taiwan firm with mainland branches fires nephew of Taipei minister...
A Taiwanese company with mainland subsidiaries has fired the nephew of Taiwan’s interior minister, whom Beijing deems responsible for Taipei’s hostile policies towards the mainland. The mainland subsidiary of Taiwan’s...
Iran considering US proposal as Trump says war will be...
Mediator Pakistan says it is “endeavouring to convert this ceasefire into a permanent end to this war”. Source link
WHO confirms Andes strain in MV Hondius outbreak and traces...
The World Health Organization (WHO) confirmed on Wednesday that the variant responsible for the hantavirus outbreak aboard polar cruise ship MV Hondius is the Andes virus, the only documented strain...
Nearly $1 billion in oil shorts bet just before Iran...
Observers are once again raising concerns about insider trading on Wednesday after a trader took a colossal crude oil short position just over an hour before a US-Iran peace deal was reported...
Has ‘the Beast’ arrived in Beijing? Trump’s motorcade SUVs spotted...
Ahead of US President Donald Trump’s grand entry to Beijing on May 14, his cavalcade is already on the move in the Chinese capital. Two black SUVs with tinted windows...
IS families in Syria have booked tickets home to Australia,...
The four women and nine children with links to Islamic State have spent years in a Syrian camp. Source link
Cruise passengers tell of life on board ship stranded off...
While passengers onboard the MV Hondius say the situation is calm, they face days at sea as officials warn the disease may have spread. Source link
El Salvador puts 486 MS-13 leaders on trial for 29,000...
El Salvador launched in late April the largest trial in the country’s history against 486 alleged leaders of the Mara Salvatrucha-13, accused of ordering more than 29,000 killings committed between...
Victory in Iran is nothing short of finishing it off
In the part of the world that includes Iran, if you have to explain that you won you have in fact lost. President Trump’s announcement that he is pausing, after...
