Tag: Asia
In Asia, Antony Blinken seeks to reassure allies worried about a return of Donald Trump
In Mongolia, it was the end of Antony Blinken’s tour of Asia, this Thursday, August 1st. The American Secretary of State was on a ten-day Asian tour. He visited six…
A powerful typhoon ravages Southeast Asia – video shows the sinking of an oil tanker in the Philippines | Foreign countries
As of Thursday afternoon, 23 people have died in Taiwan and the Philippines as a typhoon moves through the region. A typhoon, or tropical storm, is raging in Southeast Asia,…
At the SCO summit, “there is a form of sharing of interests between Russia and China in Central Asia”
The leaders of the nine member states – China, Russia, Iran, India, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, Pakistan – of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization are meeting on July 3 and 4…
SNK settles in Singapore, new ambitions in Southeast Asia
Since the buyout of SNK by Saudi Arabia (via the Electronic Gaming Development Company, a subsidiary of MiSK, the foundation of Mohammed ben Salman) at 96%, the company which gave…
Cybercrime booming in Southeast Asia
About 100 Taiwanese nationals were arrested on June 28 on the Indonesian island of Bali. They are accused of illegally using immigration permits and committing online scams targeting Malaysians. 2…
Putin’s Asia trip continues – now in Vietnam
share-arrowShare unsaveSave expand-left full screen Russian President Vladimir Putin together with, among others, Vietnamese Deputy Prime Minister Tran Hong Ha after the President arrived in Vietnam. Photo: Minh Hoang/AP/TT Russian…
From Europe to Asia in ten minutes – is Istanbul a European or an Asian city? | Foreign countries
In a video letter, our reporter Maija Liuhto explains what it’s like to live in a Turkish city located on two continents. Maija LiuhtoTurkin reporter ISTANBUL Here are the three…
Heat records in Vietnam, many countries in Southeast Asia under heatwave
More than 100 temperature records fell in Vietnam in April 2024, according to official data from the local meteorological service, as a deadly heat wave hits South and Southeast Asia.…
Extreme heat in Asia: “Dangerous – stay inside”
Updated 13.21 | Published 13.21 share-arrowShare unsaveSave chevron-leftprevchevron-rightnext Commuters try to avoid the sun during the heat wave in the Philippines’ Quezon City earlier in April. 1 / 3Photo: Aaron…
Radio Free Asia closes its Hong Kong office
In Hong Kong, the radio station, funded by the American government, Radio Free Asia has just announced that it is closing its offices and leaving the city, following the entry…