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BNP’s Asset Unit Shorts China Rate Swaps to Hedge EM Bond Bets

BNP Paribas Asset Management has been hedging its bullish bets on higher-yielding emerging-market bonds by shorting offs...

Africa: AGOA Reauthorization - Critical Victory and Call to Action

[AGOA Civil Society Network] Washington, DC -- The AGOA Civil Society Organization (CSO) Network welcomes the U.S. Congr...

Vietnam top leader highlights Vietnam-US relations in policy speech at Foreign Policy Association

Vietnam's Party General Secretary and President To Lam delivered a policy speech at the Foreign Policy Association (FPA)...

China’s US ambassador warns on ‘red lines’ ahead of Trump, Xi meeting

Those "red lines" on Taiwan, human rights and other issues cannot be crossed, he said.

Seoul stocks open sharply higher on chip gains, easing Mideast tensions

South Korean stocks opened sharply higher Wednesday, led by gains in tech heavyweights, following the tech-heavy Nasdaq ...

Witkoff says 'we engaged in lengthy talks' with Iranian delegation

Witkoff says 'we engaged in lengthy talks' with Iranian delegation US Special Envoy Steve Witkoff said " we engaged in l...

Curiosity Blog, Sols 5010-5015: Checking out the Bands

Catherine O’Connell-Cooper, APXS Strategic Planner and Payload Uplink/Downlink Lead, University New Brunswick, NB, Canad...

U.S. warns Australia’s social media algorithm reforms risk ‘facilitating censorship’

Under the proposal, platforms would be required to offer a default content feed, with the option to opt out and see post...

Cambodia hosts anti-scam summit, seeking to showcase crackdown

PHNOM PENH, Sept 23 - Cambodia will open a global conference on countering cyberfraud on Wednesday, as the government se...

Cambodia no ‘safe haven’ for scams, prime minister tells anti-fraud summit

Prime Minister Hun Manet said the country supported more international cooperation including real-time intelligence shar...

Lee urges US-NK dialogue for peace regime at UN speech

President Lee Jae Myung on Tuesday called for the swift resumption of dialogue between the United States and North Korea...

Japan PM Takaichi Urges UN Security Council Reform

In her maiden speech to the UN General Assembly on Tuesday, Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi called for urgent str...

UN chief has long called for end to Ukraine conflict — spokesman

Earlier, Donald Trump stressed that it was important for Ukraine to try to achieve a settlement of the conflict with Rus...

Trump’s Grip on GOP Slips as Midterm Election Anxiety Sets In

As Donald Trump took an aggressive stance on the global stage at the United Nations on Tuesday, several Senate Republica...

Vietnam top leader receives acting US Navy secretary in New York

Vietnam's Party General Secretary and President To Lam received Acting U.S. Secretary of the Navy Hung Cao in New York o...

Wife of US seismologist held in China says Trump will ask Xi to free him

WASHINGTON, Sept 22 - The wife of a US expert on North Korean nuclear tests who has been imprisoned in China since late ...

Prime Minister defends social media reforms amid US backlash

Anthony Albanese has pushed back against the Trump administration's "censorship" criticism of Australia's draft digital ...

Colombia withdraws its ICJ intervention in Gaza genocide case

Colombia withdraws its ICJ intervention in Gaza genocide case Colombia has withdrawn its Article 63 declaration of inter...

ADB raises S. Korea's 2026 growth forecast to 3.2%

The Asian Development Bank on Wednesday raised its 2026 economic growth forecast for South Korea to 3.2 percent from the...

Russia, Belarus to convene UN meeting on work on Eurasian Charter on September 25 — MFA

The idea of drafting the Eurasian Charter of Diversity and Multipolarity in the 21st Century was first put forward at th...

BREAKING NEWS: Takaichi calls for reform of U.N. Security Council

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BREAKING NEWS: Japan "peace-loving nation" upholding defense-oriented policy: Takaichi

BREAKING NEWS: Japan "peace-loving nation" upholding defense-oriented policy: Takaichi Read full story here

Can an AI 'red phone' stop a U.S.-China war? | About That

A spike in AI agents operating outside human instruction has prompted Washington to propose an emergency hotline with Be...

Gulf tech firms turn to Hong Kong and Singapore as Iran war grinds on

Paul Bratby had already drawn up plans for expanding to Hong Kong when war broke out in the Middle East earlier this yea...

US stresses backing for Asian allies

Trump says US to build two 'very major' bases in Greenland

Xi expected to press US on arms sales

US unlikely to cancel arms sales: official

Xi expected to raise Taiwan during Trump-Xi summit: U.S. scholars

President seeks deeper relations with Eswatini

MAC defends denying entry to Chinese official

No ‘downgrading’ at China APEC meeting: minister

Chiayi firm signs MOU to promote UAVs abroad

Army unveils Stinger simulators, highlights counter-drone role

Taiwan donates patrol vessel to the Philippines, sources say

Honduran lawmaker visits Taiwan for training course: MOFA

Bureau warns against Danjiang Bridge antics

Alibaba unveils new powerful chip and ambitious AI model plans

Panama opens a door for Taiwan

The political earthquake from Germany’s China shock