22+ hour, 41+ min ago   (516+ words) Vladimir Putin and Min Aung Hlaing on their way for a formal breakfast at the Kremlin, Moscow (Kremlin.ru) Russia is now Naypyidaw’s business partner as well as its arms dealer. Myanmar’s junta finds a second patron in Moscow When…...

3+ day, 12+ hour ago   (930+ words) Workers produce basketballs for export to Vietnam in Sihong, China (Xu Changliang/VCG via Getty Images) The Southeast Asian nation’s record trade surplus could make it a target for Washington, testing Hanoi’s balancing act with Beijing. Vietnam pays the price…...

3+ day, 22+ hour ago   (342+ words) A new 9/11 Memorial Wall at One Police Plaza in New York, unveiled 9 September 2026 (Kena Betancur/AFP via Getty Images) Twenty-five years on, the Taliban are back in Kabul and the question of what 9/11 changed remains stubbornly open. There is a…...

4+ day, 11+ hour ago   (346+ words) The aftershocks of the result have been felt far beyond Saxony-Anhalt – and, indeed, far beyond Germany as well (Philipp Schulze via Getty Images) Germany’s mainstream parties built a firewall against extremist politics –the latest election shows the cracks. AfD: The…...

4+ day, 19+ hour ago   (101+ words) Inside a workers' camp in Bangkok, Thailand (Matt Hunt via Getty Images) Whatever the trade court decides, the region’s 15 million forced labourers need due diligence law, not tariffs. Tariffs won’t fix Asia-Pacific forced labour – enforcement will Pooling data across the…...

5+ day, 19+ hour ago   (640+ words) The Thailand National Science and Technology Fair 2026 to promote science, technology, innovation, and sustainability, held in Nonthaburi, Thailand, 19 August 2026 (Nathalie Jamois via Getty Images) A Chinese cubesat launch for Thailand offers a case study in the contest over Southeast Asia’s…...

6+ day, 22+ hour ago   (270+ words) Milei’s foreign policy runs on Trump’s goodwill, but Argentina’s books still depend on China. His arrival on the political scene was as rapid as it was unexpected (Opens in new window), both for Argentina and for the world at large....

1+ week, 7+ hour ago   (248+ words) Matthew Island, circa 2012 (Wikimedia Commons) Vanuatu wants The Hague to rule on a colonial-era dispute – but France decides if it even hears the case. Vanuatu’s bid to settle France’s claim to Matthew and Hunter A decades long Pacific island territorial…...

1+ week, 22+ hour ago   (989+ words) Migration & refugees, explained. Five European countries plan to send rejected asylum seekers to offshore return hubs outside the EU next year, but copying the Australian approach is likely to get messy. Europe borrows Australia’s asylum script – outsourcing rights Years ago,…...

1+ week, 22+ hour ago   (435+ words) A fisherman works next to wind turbines in Vietnam's central Gia Lai province, with offshore renewable energy a growing ambition (Nhac Nguyen/AFP via Getty Images) Resolution 20 shows Vietnam needs marine governance, institutions and experts – and Australia is well placed…...