57 dead and 18,000 taken to hospitals in one week amid Japan heat wave
TOKYO, Aug 7, 2019, Kyodo. Fifty-seven people died due to heat-related medical issues in Japan…
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Pakistan will use ‘all possible options’ to counter revocation of Kashmir autonomy by India: FM
ISLAMABAD, Aug 6, 2019, RT. Pakistan’s Foreign Ministry blasted New Delhi for making moves to…
China reiterates support for Hong Kong’s embattled leader
HONG KONG, Aug 6, 2019, AFP. China’s ruling Communist Party once again underlined its wholesale…
[Analytics] Can Belt and Road reverse sagging fortunes of China’s trade war-hit northeastern ports?
The rust belt region is focused on drawing more firms from Japan and South Korea…
Duterte and Xi to discuss the joint oil and gas exploration in the West Philippine Sea
MANILA, Aug 6, 2019, PhilStar. President Rodrigo Duterte will raise the Philippines’ arbitral victory over…
[Analytics] Currencies fight: Chinese yuan vs US dollar
Beijing allowed its currency, the yuan, to weaken to more than 7 per U.S. dollar…
[Analytics] How Kashmir changed on August 5
It’s important to begin by making one thing very clear – Article 370 of the…
[Analytics] Wider risks as Japan weaponizes economic interdependence
“You will get it wrong if you view this only as a trade war.” Those…
Secret Cambodian-Chinese military base agreement is a fake news: gov’t spokesman
PHNOM PENH, Aug 5, 2019, The Phnom Penh Post. A senior Ministry of National Defence…
South Korea’s currency set to further slide amid trade tensions
SEOUL, Aug 5, 2019, Yonhap. In the face of the escalating American-Sino trade war, its…
[Analytics] China ‘political warfare’ targets US-affiliated Pacific islands
Although little attention is paid to the US island territories and associated states in the…
S. Korea-U.S. military exercise begins despite N. Korea warnings
SEOUL, Aug 5, 2019, Kyodo. South Korea and the United States began a joint military…