Quote of the Day: The Growing Pains of Asia’s Newest Country
ALDA BISOI CORREIA, of East Timor, wondering whether her nation’s move away from Indonesian occupation was worth it given the nation’s precarious finances, which have nearly half of its people living ...
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Inside the Gochman Family Collection of Indigenous Contemporary Art
We are trying to provide the broadest possible access to the collection, and the loan program allows us to do that by ...
The artist giving centuries-old scroll painting a feminist twist
Artist Citra Sasmita imagines a world populated entirely by women in her momentous painted scrolls, part of a new exhibition ...
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Research reveals distinct blood pressure patterns in South Asian and East Asian adults
South Asian and East Asian adults living in the United Kingdom may have distinct trajectories to develop high blood pressure over their life course, according to new research published today in ...
Trump Takes on Xi and Putin at Their Own Great Power Game
"Talking directly to our adversaries from a position of strength" is a way Trump can ensure peace, according to a former official.
War photojournalist Nicole Tung: I don’t see myself as a woman in a war zone
As she spoke to us about her journey of being a photojournalist in war zones across the world — showing us pictures of loss, love, uncertainty, and hope — we sa ...
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China’s new face of AI: Who is DeepSeek founder Liang Wenfeng?
SINGAPORE: While Chinese AI firm DeepSeek drums up excitement as well as competition fears in Silicon Valley with the launch of its breakthrough R1 AI assistant, global attention has turned to ...
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‘A Good Chance People Are Going to Die’ After U.S. Halts Funding for Mine Clearing
Large swaths of land in Southeast Asia are littered with unexploded bombs ... but American weapons from that era continue to kill people to this day. Unexploded bombs rained down by American ...
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In Asia’s forgotten war, a generation sacrifices its youth defying Myanmar’s brutal junta
For Myanmar’s people, year four under military junta rule has only brought more death, displacement and despair, as their troubled homeland is torn further apart by a seemingly intractable civil ...
The Lancet26d
WHO South-East Asia Regional Director faces investigation
Samaan Lateef reports. Bangladesh's Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has opened an investigation into allegations that Saima Wazed, WHO Regional Director for South-East Asia, secured her position ...
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Trump's Asia team takes shape, with loyalists filling key roles
is expected to serve as assistant secretary of state for East Asian and Pacific affairs, replacing veteran diplomat Daniel Kritenbrink.
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Power shifts and progress in Central Asia
Central Asia enjoyed economic growth and avoided conflicts despite the ongoing war in nearby Ukraine. The year was characterised by frequent meetings of the five presidents in the now-established C5 ...