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Thailand detains well-regarded U.S. academic for alleged lese-majeste

April 8, 2025

Cambodia’s garment workers predict bleak future with U.S. tariffs

April 8, 2025

The U.S. ends lifesaving food aid for millions. The World Food Program calls it a ‘death sentence’

April 8, 2025

Asian currencies outperform dollar amid U.S. recession fears

April 8, 2025

Trump says the U.S. will hold direct talks with Iran as he insists Tehran can’t get nuclear weapons

April 8, 2025

Bessent to lead U.S. tariff talks with Japan, with yen on agenda

April 8, 2025

Trump calls for new review of U.S. Steel-Nippon Steel deal

April 7, 2025

China assures Tesla, other U.S. companies over tariff retaliation

April 7, 2025

Japan’s Rapidus in talks with U.S. tech giants to mass-produce chips: CEO

April 7, 2025

Ukraine captures Chinese citizens who ‘fought with Russian army,’ Zelenskyy says
The Ukrainian milit has captured two Chinese citizens whom it said fought with the Russian army, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said in a statement Tuesday. The Chinese nationals were captured in the eastern Donetsk region and were being held by Ukraine’s security service, Zelenskyy said in a post on Telegram, without providing evidence. He added that…
PM Shehbaz opens doors to investment in Pakistan’s trillion-dollar natural resources
Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif urges foreign investors and entrepreneurs to invest in Pakistan’s mineral exploration sector. He urged mineral companies to establish vocational centers to train Pakistani youth. Sharif reassured that the vast, arid areas would soon transform into industrial hubs. ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Tuesday urged foreign investors and entrepreneurs to take…
Trump administration weighs drone strikes on Mexican cartels
The Trump administration is considering launching drone strikes on drug cartels in Mexico as part of an ambitious effort to combat criminal gangs trafficking narcotics across the southern border, according to six current and former U.S. milit, law enforcement and intelligence officials with knowledge of the matter. Discussions among White House, Defense Department and intelligence officials, which…
Markets may be calmer after tariff turmoil, but a political trade war is only just beginning
Global stocks Tuesday clawed back a fraction of their enormous recent losses, with the turmoil from the Trump administration’s announcement of sweeping global tariffs last week calming down in financial markets, if not in the political arena. Most major indexes in Europe and Asia climbed and premarket trading in the United States appeared to be…
Israeli milit says 15 aid workers in Gaza killed due to ‘sense of threat’
The Israeli milit said Monday that an initial investigation into the killing of 15 emergency workers in south Gaza last month showed that the incident occurred “due to a sense of threat.” It said it had identified six Hamas militants as being in the vicinity during the incident in the city of Rafah. In a statement, the milit said it was…
33 killed as floods leave half of Congo’s capital under water
The death toll from flooding that cut access to over half of the Congolese capital of Kinshasa reached 33 as authorities raced Monday to evacuate and support hundreds of families trapped in their homes. Ten more people were confirmed dead as of Sunday evening, in addition to the 23 people killed the day before, Congolese…
Prince Harry in court battle over security protection despite stepping down as a full-time royal
LONDON — Prince Harry is in court Tuesday appealing the British government’s decision to axe his publicly-funded security detail. Harry’s protection was downgraded in Febru 2020 when he stepped down as a full-time member of the royal family and moved to the United States with his wife, Meghan. This meant the British state provided security…
Thailand detains well-regarded U.S. academic for alleged lese-majeste
BANGKOK — Dr. Paul Chambers, a respected American university lecturer, on Tuesday became the first foreign academic to be charged under Thailand’s controversial lese-majeste law. Chambers, who has been a resident of Thailand for over 30 years, was detained after being denied bail twice on Tuesday by a Thai court. He is also facing charges…