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Afghanistan: Caught between climate change and global indifference 2024-11-21
Al Jazeera

The world is facing a climate crisis, and few nations are feeling its impact more acutely than Afghanistan. It is currently ranked seventh on the Notre Dame Global Adaptation Index of...

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World still split over money as clock ticks on COP29 2024-11-21
Khaleejtimes

A fresh draft of a climate pact unveiled on Thursday at COP29 failed to break an impasse over money, with time running for nations to reach a long-sought trillion-dollar finance agreement. The UN climate summit in Azerbaijan is supposed to conclude on Friday but the latest draft only underlines...

photo: UN Climate Change - Habib Samadov

ASEAN aims to enhance defense cooperation 2024-11-21
China.dot.org

VIENTIANE, Nov. 21 (Xinhua) -- Representatives from the member states of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) gathered in Lao capital Vientiane to enhance ASEAN defense cooperation and address security...

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Germany is the odd man out in the world economy 2024-11-21
Asiatimes

Subscribe now with a one-month trial for only $1, then enjoy the first year at an exclusive rate of just $99. Germany is the odd man out in the world economy Latest stories Time for world to pivot away from the US economy At COP29, allies of legally non-nuclear Australia pose a problem Japan’s...

photo: European Community / Steffi Loos

Who is Jimmy Lai, the Hong Kong media tycoon facing a life sentence in a ... 2024-11-21
Business Insider

Former media mogul Jimmy Lai has been accused of sedition and foreign collusion. Lai has been held in solitary confinement since December 2020. Anthony Wallace/AFP via Getty ImagesJimmy Lai was the chief of the now-defunct Hong Kong tabloid Apple Daily.Now 77, he's facing a life sentence in a...

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Tens of thousands march in New Zealand Maori rights protest 2024-11-19
Khaleejtimes

Booming Indigenous Maori "haka" chants rang out across New Zealand's capital on Tuesday, as tens of thousands rallied against a conservative push to redefine the nation's founding treaty. More than 35,000 demonstrators poured into the harbourside city of Wellington, police said, shutting down busy...

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India blasts into the hypersonic missile club 2024-11-19
Asiatimes

India’s groundbreaking hypersonic missile test propels it into the elite club of nations mastering the next-generation weaponry, a strike capability that promises to reshape South Asia’s strategic landscape. This month, Naval News reported that India’s Defense Research and Development...

photo: AP / Altaf Qadri

Friend or foe? Southeast Asia braces for Trump 2.0 2024-11-19
Asiatimes

BANGKOK – As Southeast Asian nations grapple with US President-elect Donald Trump’s anti-immigrant rhetoric and trade war threats, the incoming leader’s second tour will put the region’s trade-dependent nations on edge and its authoritarian regimes at ease. “In his first term, he did not...

photo: AP / Joe Maiorana

Asian shares rise as traders await US cabinet selection 2024-11-19
Business Day

Tokyo — Asian stocks rose on Tuesday while US bond yields and the dollar hung back from multi-month highs as traders awaited president-elect Donald Trump’s cabinet selection and sought to gauge the outlook for Federal Reserve easing. Tech shares advanced, tracking Wall Street’s recovery from last...

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Toxic smog persists over India's north; Delhi pollution remains severe 2024-11-19
Khaleejtimes

Residents in India's northern states woke up to another day of poor air quality on Tuesday, as a layer of dense fog shrouded most of the region, and pollution in the capital Delhi remained severe. India battles air pollution every winter as cold, heavy air traps dust, emissions, and smoke from farm...

photo: AP / Altaf Qadri, File