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Southeast Asia

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Indonesia plans US visit to avert tariffs with bold offer
Indonesia to offer to increase U.S. imports to help trade talks

JAKARTA, Indonesia: Indonesia is preparing a high-level visit to Washington with an ambitious offer to avert steep U.S. tariffs on...

Xi Jinping shifts focus to Southeast Asia amid US tensions
China's Xi in Southeast Asia as trade conflict with US widens

BEIJING, China: As tensions with Washington deepen, Chinese President Xi Jinping is turning his focus to Southeast Asia, with a diplomatic...

India seeks to fast-track US trade deal after tariff pause
India seeks quick US trade deal as Trump tariffs paused

NEW DELHI, India: India is pushing to fast-track a trade agreement with the United States following a temporary pause on new tariffs,...

Vietnam to crack down on rerouted Chinese goods to avoid US tariffs
Facing Trump tariffs, Vietnam eyes crackdown on some China trade

HANOI, Vietnam: Vietnam is preparing a series of trade enforcement measures as it scrambles to shield itself from sweeping U.S. tariffs,...

Xi meets Cambodian Queen Mother
Xi meets Cambodian Queen Mother

PHNOM PENH, April 17 (Xinhua) -- Chinese President Xi Jinping on Thursday met with Cambodian Queen Mother Norodom Monineath Sihanouk....

Xi holds talks with Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Manet
Xi holds talks with Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Manet

PHNOM PENH, April 17 (Xinhua) -- Chinese President Xi Jinping on Thursday held talks with Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Manet. Xi arrived...

International

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Education Department moves to cut off Maine's federal education funding
Trump administration moves to pull Maine's school funding over transgender athletes

WASHINGTON D. C.: President Donald Trump's administration announced late last week that it would stop all federal education funding...

Indonesia plans US visit to avert tariffs with bold offer
Indonesia to offer to increase U.S. imports to help trade talks

JAKARTA, Indonesia: Indonesia is preparing a high-level visit to Washington with an ambitious offer to avert steep U.S. tariffs on...

Trump admin ends race-based admissions at military academies
US military academies end race consideration in admissions

WASHINGTON, D.C.: The U.S. Military Academy and the U.S. Air Force Academy will no longer use race when deciding who gets in. For many...

Hong Kong’s last major opposition party moves to dissolve
Hong Kong's last major opposition party moves towards disbanding

HONG KONG: Hong Kong's last major opposition party has begun the process of dissolving, a symbolic end to decades of pro-democracy...

Justice Department blocks staff from attending ABA events
US Justice Department bars attorneys from participating in ABA events

WASHINGTON, D.C: The U.S. Department of Justice has told its lawyers they can no longer attend or speak at events hosted by the American...

US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth Cancels $5.1B IT Contracts
Pentagon to end contracts with Accenture, Deloitte, others

WASHINGTON, D.C: U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has canceled several technology service contracts worth US$5.1 billion. These...