Hong Kong media entrepreneur and pro-democracy activist Jimmy Lai Chee-ying was sentenced to 20 years’ imprisonment by a Hong Kong court on charges of colluding with foreign forces, partly because he had called on Washington to speak up for Hong Kong protesters and pressure
A landslide election win sets Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi up to be one of the strongest, most consequential leaders Japan has known for years, says Gearoid Reidy for Bloomberg Opinion.
In the high-stakes world of trade diplomacy, agreements are usually forged quietly through painstaking negotiations behind closed doors, dense legal texts and carefully calibrated “reciprocity” and “give and take.” The recently announced India-US “interim trade deal” departs
The People's Party lost 4.6 million party-list votes after backing Anutin as PM, seen as a betrayal by supporters.
The latest policy adjustment reads less like a crackdown than a structural re-ordering. On the surface, it tightens around cryptocurrency activity again. In design terms, it also places a second category inside a framework that can be defined, approved and supervised. The door
Can you remember how you felt when the last Winter Olympics opened? President Vladimir Putin certainly does, for February 4th 2022 saw him flying memorably to Beijing to meet President Xi Jinping, wishing China a successful Olympics and signing a joint statement pledging that
But Beijing could be looking for a way to coexist peacefully with PM Takaichi, said one analyst.
LONDON, Feb 9 - The son of jailed Hong Kong media tycoon Jimmy Lai appealed to the British government on Monday to do \"much more\" to secure his elderly father's release and he criticised Prime Minister Keir Starmer's efforts to reset London's relations with Beijing.
If they are found guilty, they could face a lifetime ban on holding political office.
WASHINGTON, Feb 9 - U.S. military forces boarded a crude oil tanker in the Indian Ocean after pursuing it from the Caribbean, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said on Monday, accusing the vessel of breaching Washington's blockade on sanctioned vessels traveling to or from
BERLIN, Feb 9 - German Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul will meet his counterparts from Central Asian countries in Berlin on Wednesday, said a ministry spokesperson, with themes including energy and Russian sanctions circumvention on the agenda.
Roblox faces increasing scrutiny globally as governments attempt to reduce online harm to children.
Sony had earlier ended production of Blu-ray recorders and ceased manufacturing recordable discs.
Lai's supporters say this amounts to a death sentence, but authorities say it demonstrates the rule of law.
NEW DELHI, Feb 9 - The United States and India have released an interim framework for a trade deal, paving the way for an agreement that would lower tariffs, reconfigure energy ties and deepen economic cooperation as both seek to realign global supply chains.
Japan is a parliamentary democracy; they have a prime minister rather than a president. So when Takaichi Sanae became prime minister last October, it was because she won an internal party election, not because she received the mandate of the people. This was a problem for her,
BERLIN, Feb 9 - U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio will lead a sizeable U.S. delegation to the Munich Security Conference starting on Friday, underscoring the importance of transatlantic relations despite a \"crisis of trust\", the head of the forum said.
LONDON, Feb 9 - Britain said it was expanding its visa route for those who want to move from Hong Kong to the United Kingdom, in reaction to the sentencing of Jimmy Lai, the Asian city's most vocal China critic, to 20 years in jail.
Anutin Charnvirakul’s Bhumjaithai Party emerged as the clear winner in a general election shaped by local politics, coalition-building and voters wary of the risks of reform, say analysts.
Peter Conti-Brown, a historian of the Federal Reserve at the Wharton School, recently issued a clear warning: the politicization of monetary institutions poses a serious threat to modern democracies. Such unease is emerging in today’s Indonesia. In a Financial Times interview,
Critics say enforcing laws alone will not resolve longstanding disputes and risks fuelling religious tensions.
Protesters gathered in Sydney and Melbourne to demand an end to Israel’s “occupation” of Palestine.
With 2.2% GDP growth estimated for 2025, Thailand’s economy has lagged behind regional peers.
Sanitisation and thorough cleaning will be carried out in areas identified as high risk.
Political analysts view Sanae Takaichi’s decisive election victory as a sign voters want stability and strong leadership amid economic pressures.
TOKYO, Feb 9 - Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi renewed a pledge on Monday to cut a sales tax on food, after a historic election win brightened chances for stimulus measures that have rattled financial markets.
BERLIN, Feb 9 - Germany has indicted a Ukrainian national in connection with allegations of a plot linked to Russian intelligence to detonate parcel packages in Europe, German prosecutors said in a statement on Monday.
BANGKOK, Feb 9 - Thai Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul's big surprise win in Sunday's election, and the likelihood of a strong coalition government, could provide temporary relief to a stuttering economy that has faced repeated bouts of political instability.
ATHENS, Feb 9 - Survivors of a shipwreck that killed 15 Afghan migrants off Greece last week said that the dinghy they were in did not change course or ram a coastguard vessel, contradicting the official account by authorities.
TBILISI, Feb 9 - U.S. Vice President JD Vance will visit Armenia and Azerbaijan this week to push a Washington-brokered peace agreement that could transform energy and trade routes in the strategic South Caucasus region.
Another five cases involving Singaporeans in Johor are currently being processed through legal channels, says the Malaysian authorities.
DUBAI, Feb 9 - Ali Larijani, an adviser to Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, will visit Oman accompanied by a delegation on Tuesday, the semi-official Tasnim news agency reported on Monday.
Beijing has been bristling over comments Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi has made concerning Taiwan.
Hybe, the concert organiser, said it plans to secure 3,553 safety personnel for the BTS concert.
This comes as the Thai city aims to curb road accidents and maintain its image as a tourist site.
Sheyna Lashira Smaradiani was buried on Feb 8.
Beijing’s warning comes amid tensions between the two countries after Japan Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi said last year that Tokyo could intervene militarily in an attack on Taiwan.
BANGKOK, Feb 9 - Thailand faced a realignment of conservative politics on Monday, with coalition talks expected to start soon after Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul's party clinched a stronger-than-expected general election victory.
MOSCOW, Feb 9 - Russia remains open for cooperation with the United States but is not hopeful about economic ties despite Washington's ongoing efforts to end the Ukraine war, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said in an interview published on Monday.
South Korea's government aims to introduce another Bill widening regulatory control over digital assets.
The proposed ban is meant to address leakages under the BUDI95 scheme.
Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi's Liberal Democratic Party secured 316 out of 465 seats in Sunday's election.
Plan for a new national security strategy would further accelerate military spending.
TOKYO, Feb 9 - Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s thumping election win has blunted domestic opposition to her hawkish security agenda, encouraging plans to press ahead with a defence expansion that China has condemned as a return to militarism.
The telecommunications company has said it is aware of the issues.
BEIJING, Feb 9 - China's policy towards Japan will not be changed by one particular election, a foreign ministry spokesperson said on Monday.
Anti-Indianism is rising in Bangladesh as ties between the South Asian neighbours sink to a new low.
These days it seems like the only things to write about are politics and AI. I wrote about AI last time, so today I’ll write about politics. Here is my basic theory of American politics in the 2020s: The United States is a nation of moderates ruled by a fringe of extremists.