The inaugural summit of the Central -European Union and the International Climate Forum – held in Samarkand last week and to which EU leaders attended EU António Costa and Ursula von der Leyen leaders alongside the chiefs of the five central nations of Asia – have been revealed as an important moment in the today’s turbulent context. At a time when the international system is tense by trust crises, conflicts and economic fragmentation, Uzbekistan, at the heart of Central Asia, demonstrated that an alternative program is not only desirable but more and more achievable: an anchored with mutual respect, constructive…
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On April 7, the Pakistani Minister of Foreign Affairs Ishaq Dar detained A telephone conversation with US Secretary of State Marco Rubio – their first discussion since the current Trump administration took office on January 20. During the call, they discussed regional security, economic cooperation and the current state of the Pakistan-American relationship, which, despite some recent improvements, remain low. DAR reiterated Islamabad’s entry to strengthen links with Washington and stressed the importance of improving bilateral cooperation in the fight against terrorism, trade and investment. Rubio expressed a strong interest in collaborating with Pakistan on trade and investment, especially in…
TAIPIEI, Taiwan – Meta declared American national security and freedom of expression to do business with China, testified a company’s denunciator before the American senators.Sarah Wynn-Williams, former World Director of Facebook policy, told the American Senate on Wednesday that Meta Mark Zuckerberg founder had designed and implemented a Facebook content exam tool that was used in Hong Kong and Taiwan.The tool, according to her, would automatically submit an article on Facebook for examination by a “editor -in -chief” each time he received more than 10,000 views. “One thing that the Chinese Communist Party and Mark Zuckerberg share is that they…
Read the RFA cover of this subject in Burma.An insurgent army in northern Myanmar has publicly executed five convicted criminals, including a Chinese citizen, told Radio Free Asia residents on Friday. The army of the National Alliance of Myanmar, or MNDAA, is one of the largest ethnic organizations in the state of Shan. He has been fighting for a territory since a military junta took power in a coup in 2021 and largely administered his own justice in the territory, sometimes publicly executing criminals.”A Chinese and four Burmese were killed at the airport, the five were sentenced to death,” said…
Bangkok – Vietnam’s economic growth goes half if the highly higher American rates are implemented, warned an expert, highlighting the precarious situation in Southeast Asian countries despite a surprise suspension 90 days from President Donald Trump’s price rate.The nations of Southeast Asia face some of the highest rates threatened by Trump, which would even hang the relatively rich countries in the region such as Malaysia and Thailand. With limited options, many offer concessions in the United States and avoid reprisal measures.Vietnam, which sends about 30% of its exports to the United States, is in a “precarious position”, said Nguyen Khac…
Waves of mass demonstrations have swept the Indonesia in the past two months. In February, demonstrators of Papua in Sumatra gathered to protest against the free meal measures of President Prabowo Suubianto and “efficiency”, asked for an affordable education and protection of academic freedom, and called on the government to listen to “the people” (rayat). Online and offline, thousands used the slogan #Indonesiagelap (#Darkindonesia) to express their dissatisfaction. These demonstrations mean continuation of the demonstrations of August from last year, which gathered around the slogan #Peringatandandurat (#Emmergencyalert) and rejected a controversial legal amendment which would have enabled the son of…
Updated on April 11, 2025, 08:55 am he.Bangkok – The Chinese president heads for a three -nations tour in Southeast Asia after his government has increased the prices on American products to 125%, the last strike of an intensifying trade war that flowed the stock markets and threatens to kill the world economy.The 125% increase compared to 84%, in force on Saturday, corresponds to the recent series of tasks, US President Donald Trump was taken from China. The White House said that American prices on Chinese products are now totaling 145% when previous samples aimed at discouraging fentanyl expeditions are…
The Uighur World Congress said that a man detained in Sweden suspected of spying on his Uyghur colleagues there for China served as spokesperson for the exile group for two decades.The WUC said on Wednesday in a statement that Dilshat Reshit, was its spokesperson for the Chinese language since 2004. The WUC said that its presidency had decided during an emergency meeting to withdraw Reshit from its position “in accordance with our commitment to integrity, transparency and security of our community”.Reports citing the Swedish Prosecution Authority said that an anonymous Uighur resident of Stockholm had been arrested on the weekend…
Please support independent news and journalism by becoming a subscriber.After the Chamber adopted legislation forcing all Americans to show proof of citizenship when registering to vote, the Democrats of the Senate did not waste time ensuring that the country knew that the bill was dead.The Senate Democrat Chief Chuck Schumer (D-NY) said in a statement:Trump and the Congress Republicans are increasing their assault on American democracy through harmful save act. Congress Republicans push a proposal that would force states in the institution of policies that would effectively prevent millions of American citizens from voting, automatically highlight the registration of voters…
The American prices on imports from China actually total 145%, announced the White House on Thursday, in a case of reception of prices between the two largest economies in the world which threatens to upset world trade.On Wednesday, US President Donald Trump announced that he was increasing 125%Chinese import prices. But the White House said Thursday who did not include a 20% price that the United States had previously imposed on China for fentanyl trade. The addition of this takes the total of China’s tariffs at 145%.Trump’s porcelain prices total 145%; American and Chinese companies reactTrump’s tariff hike against China…