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A China Coast Guard vessel sails near a Japan Coast Guard vessel around a group of disputed islands called the Senkaku Islands in Japan, also known in China as the Diaoyu Islands, September 14, 2025. | Photo Credit: Reuters China’s coast guard patrolled Japan-administered islands in the East China Sea almost daily last year, it…
A file image of Japan’s Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi. | Photo Credit: AP Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi said Japan’s strategic alliance with the U.S. would collapse if Tokyo were to turn away from a conflict in Taiwan, but distanced herself from previous comments that suggested a possible military response in such an event. Ms. Takaichi…
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Chinese Central Military Commission (CMC) Vice Chairman Zhang Youxia. File. | Photo Credit: Reuters Top Chinese military leaders Zhang Youxia and Liu Zhenli have been placed under investigation for suspected serious violations of the ruling Communist Party’s discipline and laws, the Defence Ministry said on Saturday (January 24, 2026). Mr. Zhang is the Vice Chairman…
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China’s President Xi Jinping and Brazil’s President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva. File | Photo Credit: AP China and Brazil should safeguard the shared interests of the Global South and jointly maintain the United Nations’ core role, Chinese President Xi Jinping told his Brazilian counterpart on Friday (January 23, 2026), State news agency Xinhua said….
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Rising demand for electricity in China has been driven in large part by high-tech industries [File] | Photo Credit: REUTERS China’s electricity consumption climbed 5% to a record high last year, surpassing 10 trillion kilowatt-hours for the first time, the National Energy Administration said on Saturday. The 10.37 kWh milestone exceeded the combined consumption of…
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In this photo provided by the Philippine Coast Guard, Philippine Coast Guard personnel treat wounded fishermen inside their vessel at the disputed South China Sea on Saturday, Dec. 13, 2025. Photo: Philippine Coast Guard via AP The Philippine coast guard said on Saturday that three Filipino fishermen had been wounded and two fishing vessels suffered…
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Japan’s Defence Minister Shinjiro Koizumi. | Photo Credit: AFP Chinese fighter jets directed their fire-control radar at Japanese aircraft over international waters on Saturday (December 6, 2025) near Japan’s Okinawan islands in two separate incidents that Japan’s defence minister condemned as “dangerous”. “These radar illumination went beyond what is necessary for the safe flight of…
Minister of State for Fertilisers Anupriya Patel. File | Photo Credit: PTI Amid reports of China withholding exports of specialty fertilisers to India over the past few months, domestic companies have turned to alternative suppliers in Belgium, Egypt, Germany, Morocco, and the United States to bridge the supply gap, the government informed Parliament on Friday…
U.S. President Donald Trump hosted leaders of five Central Asian countries at the White House on Thursday (November 6, 2025) as he intensifies his hunt for rare earth metals needed for high-tech devices, including smartphones, electric vehicles, and fighter jets. President Trump and the officials from Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan held bilateral meetings…
Philippine Defence Secretary Gilberto Teodoro Jr. .File | Photo Credit: AP Canada and the Philippines, both staunch critics of China’s increasingly coercive actions in the disputed South China Sea, were to sign a key defence agreement on Sunday (November 2, 2025) that would allow their forces to hold joint battle-readiness drills and expand a web…