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By Pam Castro President Ferdinand Marcos put Beijing firmly center stage on the campaign trail on Saturday, saying his predecessor's administration was all too happy for the Philippines "to be a province of China." Speaking ...
BRICS Summit Planned for July in Rio: Brazil
Leaders of the countries known as BRICS will hold a summit in Rio de Janeiro in July, the current chair Brazil announced Saturday. Other members of the trading bloc include Russia, India, China, South Africa, and others.
Chinese Victims Among 4 Killed in Laos Explosion
An explosion at a shop in northern Laos killed four people, including Chinese nationals, Beijing's consulate general in the country reported. The "blast" happened Friday at a Chinese store in Oudomxay province, the Chinese consulate in Luang Prabang said in a ...
Thailand Deports 10 to China Linked to Actor Cyber-Fraud Case
Thailand deported 10 Chinese nationals linked to the high-profile alleged kidnapping of an actor who was rescued from a cyber-fraud center in Myanmar, Thai police told AFP on Saturday. Scam compounds have mushroomed in Myanmar's borderlands and are staffed by foreigners ...
WEEK IN REVIEW: Trump Claims Call With Xi, But Beijing Doesn’t Confirm
Two of China’s state-owned automakers may merge, creating the world’s largest carmaker by sales and eclipsing the current champion BYD. Dongfeng Motor Group and Chongqing Changan Automobile indicated in filings that their ownership structures may change, sparking rumors of a possible merger. Such a move could target overcapacity ...
Trump Offers Top-End Jets, Trade Deal to India in Modi Bromance
By Danny Kemp U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday offered to sell state-of-the-art fighter jets to India as he and Prime Minister Narendra Modi vowed to ramp up trade, rekindling a bond that defies the new U.S. administration's punitive approach to ...
Trump Eyes Summit With Xi-Putin, Shaking up World Order
By Danny Kemp Donald Trump unveiled an extraordinary vision of a shake-up to the world order Thursday, eyeing a three-way summit with the Russian and Chinese leaders just a day after saying he had agreed with Vladimir Putin to start Ukraine ...
Can Washington Really Force Countries to Choose Sides?
By Lukas Fiala With Panama’s proclaimed exit from the BRI and the likelihood of hardline ambassadorial appointments to BRICS countries such as South Africa, we’ve been thinking about Washington’s ability to make countries choose sides between China and the U.S..
Cook Islands PM Talks Ocean Minerals with China
Mark Brown, the Prime Minister of the Cook Islands, said he held talks on marine conservation and ocean exploration during his visit to China this week. His cabinet expressed confidence in the new cooperation treaty he is scheduled to sign with China on Friday. New Zealand complained that the ...
Southeast Asian Countries Act Against Scam Gangs Amid Pressure from China
The Thai government announced ramped-up action against fraud operations running on trafficked labor across its border with war-torn Myanmar. It requested arrest warrants for figures involved in the gangs, including three members of the Karen Border Guard Force, a militia that controls the town of Myawaddy, a ...
Australia Accuses China Fighter Jet of ‘Unsafe’ Conduct Above South China Sea
Australia said Thursday that a Chinese fighter jet dropped flares near an Australian Air Force plane patrolling the South China Sea, accusing Beijing of "unsafe" military conduct. Beijing swiftly hit back, accusing the Australian plane of "violating Chinese sovereignty and endangering Chinese ...
UAE to Launch DeepSeek-Inspired AI Models: Senior Official
By Talek Harris The United Arab Emirates is planning to launch new artificial intelligence models inspired by China's DeepSeek, a senior official told AFP, calling the system's disruptive emergence "fantastic news." Faisal Al Bannai, the ...