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By: SAM Staff
U.S. President Joe Biden hosts a virtual Covid-19 Summit as part of the United Nations General Assembly at the White House in Septemb...
It will be hard for Ukraine’s economy to sustain a long wa...
May 13 ,2022
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By: SAM Staff
For someone trying to run an economy in the middle of an invasion, Serhiy Marchenko is oddly upbeat. The Russians may have occupied or...
Herds of elephants in the room at the ASEAN–US Summit
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By: Sharon Seah
In hindsight, perhaps ASEAN was too optimistic about the Biden presidency. Who could blame them? After four years of the Trump administ...
Thailand’s long-anticipated submarine deal hits yet anothe...
May 13 ,2022
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By: Zachary Abuza
In 2017, Thailand negotiated a USD 390 million deal with China for an S26T submarine, an export version of China’s Type 039A (Yua...
Asia needs to brace for surging food prices
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By: Frederic Neumann
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One Duterte replaces another as family politics continues...
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By: SAM Staff
With the election of Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr, the son of the late dictator Ferdinand Marcos, Rodrigo Duterte’s...
Shireen: Voice of the voiceless victims silenced
May 12 ,2022
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By: SAM Staff
Shireen Abu Akleh [Al Jazeera]
I am not ready to speak about Shireen in the past tense. Not today. Perhaps not ever.
Shireen has...
China-US ties: State Department edits Taiwan fact sheet, a...
May 11 ,2022
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By: SAM Staff
The US State Department has altered the wording of its fact sheet on Taiwan. In the new version, the State Department lauded Taiwan a...
Philippine election: What does a Marcos Jnr presidency mea...
May 11 ,2022
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By: SAM Staff
Students and activists march in Manila outside the Commission on Elections on May 10, 2022. Photo: Reuters
Ferdinand “Bo...
Emphatic Marcos victory no cause for panic
May 11 ,2022
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By: SAM Staff
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UN’s Ukraine failure marks dangerous tipping point
May 10 ,2022
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By: SAM Staff
UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres has called for an end to Russia's war on Ukraine. File Photo: Agencies
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Assad renews Syria’s bonds with Iran
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By: M. K. Bhadrakumar
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The...
Marcos set for landslide win in Philippine presidential el...
May 10 ,2022
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By: SAM Staff
Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. at a rally in Tagum City, Philippines, on Thursday. (File photo by Ken Kobayashi)
MANILA -- Ferdin...
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Saudi Arabia flexing its geopolitical oil power
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By: M. K. Bhadrakumar
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Finland to decide on possible NATO membership application...
May 9 ,2022
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By: SAM Staff
Sanna Marin, Finland's prime minister, said the international community should make the Ukraine war "as expensive for Russia as...
Cambodia on middle path between China and Vietnam
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In 2021, Cambodia’s trade with neighboring...
The storming of Al-Aqsa: ‘The patients kept on coming like...
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US army replaces cake it stole from Italian girl 77 years...
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Putin warns the US to back off in Ukraine
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US on brink of recklessness in Ukraine
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By: SAM Staff
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