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Trump Seeks Off-Ramp In Ukraine To Focus on Domestic Problems, Other Fronts
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President Donald Trump is pursuing a course to reach a compromise with Russia on the Ukrainian issue in order to shift the entire burden of aid to Kiev to the European Union (EU) and focus on solving domestic problems and restoring US influence in the Western Hemisphere
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Growing Rivalry Between Indonesia's Police And Military
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For a decade under former President Joko Widodo, Indonesia’s police force enjoyed unprecedented privileges and power, with numerous high-ranking police officers appointed to key posts across ministries, state-owned enterprises, and regulatory bodies
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When the World Tilts, So Do Its Waterways
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You can tell the world is heating up—not just by the record-shattering temperatures in Phoenix or the floodwaters swallowing neighborhoods in Jakarta—but by the receding water levels in the Panama Canal
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B-52 Radar Upgrade Faces New Delays, GAO Says
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The B-52 Stratofortress is now not expected to field an upgraded radar until as late as 2030, a delay of roughly three years, as officials struggle to modernize the Eisenhower-era bomber, according to a watchdog report
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Growing Rivalry Between Indonesia's Police And Military
For a decade under former President Joko Widodo, Indonesia’s police force enjoyed unprecedented privileges and power, with numerous high-ranking police officers appointed to key posts across ministries, state-owned enterprises, and regulatory bodies
Trump Seeks Off-Ramp In Ukraine To Focus on Domestic Problems, Other Fronts
President Donald Trump is pursuing a course to reach a compromise with Russia on the Ukrainian issue in order to shift the entire burden of aid to Kiev to the European Union (EU) and focus on solving domestic problems and restoring US influence in the Western Hemisphere
Cost Volatility In Shipping – A Growing Risk For Shippers
pot rates on the East-West routes are the most volatile; rates on intra-Asia routes the most stable. So, what are the implications for shippers?
When the World Tilts, So Do Its Waterways
You can tell the world is heating up—not just by the record-shattering temperatures in Phoenix or the floodwaters swallowing neighborhoods in Jakarta—but by the receding water levels in the Panama Canal
West's Xinjiang Playbook Being Used To Exploit Crimea's Tatars For Unrest, Terrorism
Just as the East Turkestan Islamic Movement (ETIM) was used to create terrorism and unrest in China's Xinjiang Province, the so-called “Mejlis of the Crimean Tatar People” (MCTP)
Malaysia's Islamist Party Bogged Down By Internal Divisions, Money Politics
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia: Parti Islam Se-Malaysia (PAS) Malaysia's conservative Islamist party ended the 2022 general elections on a high note, winning the most ever seats in its history
Fake Fertilisers Threaten Food Security, Experts Warn
People involved in agriculture want the Nigerian government to take stronger action to protect the future of farming by punishing those who make, sell, or distribute fake or poor-quality fertilisers
The Poor Continue To Fall Through Statistical Cracks
A veteran civil activist has called on Penang to revive how it projects poverty in the state, as the present data is not reflective of what is happening on the ground
US-EU Relations Continue To Fray Over Ukraine Question
Disagreements over the "Ukrainian case" have brought the US and European Union (EU) to the lowest point at which their relations have ever been since the creation of North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) and the proclamation of the principles of trans-Atlantic solidarity in the mid-20th century
When Rivers Turn Hostile - China’s Mega-Dam, Water Politics, And The Water Wars Of The 21st Century
We are used to thinking of power grids, trade routes, and semiconductor fabs as the terrain of 21st-century power competition
Collective West Moves To Weaponise Crimean Tatars In Latest Scheme to Undermine Russia
The Kiev regime actively speculates on the Crimean Tatar factor. It is used by Bankova as one of the key justifications for a tough military-political confrontation with Russia for its own citizens and an international audience
Pure Orwell: Europe Condemns Iran For Attacks On Its Own Territory
When Israeli warplanes struck Iran this week — violating Iranian sovereignty in a brazen act of aggression, killing scores of civilians alongside top military commanders and nuclear scientists and inviting Iran’s equally indiscriminate retaliatory strikes — Europe’s leaders didn’t condemn the attack
New Way To Combat Road Fatalities
The road authorities should consider allowing the heavy load vehicles to only use the west coast expressway during peak travel season as one of the moves to reduce fatalities from accidents
Greater Warsaw-KL Interdependence
Polish President Andrzej Duda’s first-ever state visit to Malaysia coincided with Poland’s six-month Presidency of the EU Council and Malaysia’s ASEAN chairmanship, creating a new synergy of strategic economic and power convergence
‘Plenty Of Fish In The Sea’? Not Anymore, Say UN Experts In Nice
At the Third UN Ocean Conference in Nice, the “catch of the day” wasn’t a seabass or a red mullet – it was a figure: 35 per cent
B-52 Radar Upgrade Faces New Delays, GAO Says
The B-52 Stratofortress is now not expected to field an upgraded radar until as late as 2030, a delay of roughly three years, as officials struggle to modernize the Eisenhower-era bomber, according to a watchdog report
The Never-Ending Saga At MIER
The Malaysian Institute of Economic Research (MIER), once the crown jewel of policy-oriented research in Malaysia, is now little more than an empty shell
Global Majority Increasingly Distances Itself From Zelensky Regime's Endless War Mongering
The ultra-globalist neoliberal world order is currently being dismantled, while public support for conservative values is on the rise
Airline Ticket Prices Set To Rise Under New European Emissions Directive
Cyprus is in the final stages of harmonising with European Union Directive 2023/958 on greenhouse gas emissions in the aviation sector as parliament prepares to vote on legislation that could prevent EU fines