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Marco Rubio will be the next Secretary of State in the second Trump administration, according to media reports. The senior senator from Florida presents as a vociferous China hawk, like the whole of his Republican party, but with a key distinction: In September, Rubio published a 60-page report, “The World China Made,” with a comprehensive […]
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Asia Times
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A recent study from Queensland University and KPMG reveals notable differences in attitudes to artificial intelligence (AI) in advanced and developing economies. Teaching AI as a subset of cybernetics in K-12 education can help bridge the gap. Cybernetics demystifies AI and places it in a larger Industry 4.0 context. Artificial Intelligence raises many questions, especially […]
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Donald Trump will return to lead the world’s largest historical emitter of greenhouse gas. Neither Trump nor Kamala Harris made the climate crisis a prominent feature of their campaigns, during an election cycle in which America was pounded by weather disasters. Hurricane Helene, which struck in late September was supercharged by an abnormally hot Atlantic […]
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The Cambodia-Laos-Vietnam Development Triangle Area (CLV-DTA) has long epitomized the commitment of these three Southeast Asian nations to shared growth and regional integration. Over two decades, the CLV-DTA has facilitated development projects and cross-border investments aimed at fostering mutual understanding and prosperity. However, Cambodia’s recent decision to withdraw from the three-way initiative marks a pivotal […]
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Asia Times
9h ago
In recent history, two global powers – first the United States in Iraq and later Russia in Ukraine – initiated conflicts that were widely regarded as controversial, if not outright illegal, by much of the international community. Both of these conflicts generated intense debate and scrutiny, not only for the actions of the aggressor nations […]
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Last April, Congress passed, and President Joe Biden signed an extraordinary law that could end up banning, in the United States at least, a product 170 million Americans use — TikTok. The law gives the Chinese-owned social-media company until next January 19 to sell to a non-Chinese owner or cease operations. TikTok says a sale […]
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Reports of a phone call between the US president-elect, Donald Trump, and his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin (although quickly denied by the Kremlin) have given a first flavor of the tone and direction of their relationship in the immediate future. According to the Washington Post, Trump spoke with Putin on November 7, warning him against […]
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Asia Times
21h ago
Donald Trump will return to the White House having set out his foreign policy approach for the next four years. US voters have chosen a leader who adheres to an “America First” principle, where US interests come first, and is expected to be more isolationist than the current president, Joe Biden. While some foreign leaders, […]
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Asia Times
21h ago
President-elect Donald Trump can reverse the recent huge growth in foreign asylum applications quickly and without congressional action. Over the past 20 years, the volume of foreigners’ applications for asylum in the US – like the number of applications for asylum in European countries – has increased by more than an order of magnitude. The […]
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Since Donald Trump’s November 5 election win, the Chinese yuan has traded below the central bank’s fixing rate. That suggests markets are bracing for a weaker yuan as the former and future US president prepares to ignite massive new trade wars. A reasonable assumption? Not if People’s Bank of China Governor Gongsheng has anything to […]
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