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Amsterdam
Head of State
King Willem-Alexander
Head of Government
Prime Minister Dick Schoof
TSMC
Chipmaking giant TSMC raises 2025 sales forecast amid AI optimism
TSMC’s move underscores resilient demand for high-end chips from the likes of Nvidia, despite earlier doubts brought by China’s DeepSeek.
17 Jul 2025 - 5:21PM
Crime
Europol-led global swoop takes down pro-Russian cybercrime network
17 Jul 2025 - 1:48PM
United States
Astronomers observe birth of a solar system for the first time
17 Jul 2025 - 1:25PM
Britain
4 die in London airport ‘fireball’ plane crash
Witnesses described seeing the aircraft invert and crash, prompting a major emergency response and widespread flight cancellations.
14 Jul 2025 - 10:50PM
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Nobel Prize
My Take
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Degraded Nobel Peace Prize standards could mean Trump deserves one
The awarding of the world’s most prestigious prize has been twisted and perverted by politics and often has nothing to do with peace.
13 Jul 2025 - 9:34PM
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Crime in Hong Kong
Hong Kong customs seizes HK$36 million of ketamine shipped from the Netherlands
Two men arrested after 80kg of ketamine was discovered concealed inside a truck engine within a sea freight consignment.
11 Jul 2025 - 4:15AM
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Israel-Gaza war
US sanctions UN human rights expert critical of Israel’s war in Gaza
Francesca Albanese, who has called Israel’s Gaza war ‘genocidal’, dismisses US sanctions as ‘mafia style intimidation’.
10 Jul 2025 - 1:58PM
My Take
Opinion
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It’s time for business to stop profiting from Israel’s ‘economy of genocide’
A UN report has exposed dozens of corporations making money from the atrocities being committed across Palestinian territories.
10 Jul 2025 - 9:00AM
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Hong Kong
Letters
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For Hong Kong’s mediation body to be on par with The Hague, more must be done
Readers discuss Hong Kong’s opportunity to cement its international status, the meaning of ‘like-minded’, the city’s long-term fiscal planning, and civil service exams.
8 Jul 2025 - 11:30AM
Americas and the Caribbean
Suriname’s parliament elects country’s first woman president
Jennifer Simons is set to helm the South American country on the cusp of a predicted oil boom.
7 Jul 2025 - 1:42PM
European Union
Outside In
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Europe’s vow to Trump to push defence budget to 5% rings hollow
Amid voter defiance and record debt, anyone who believes the governments will find an extra US$2.7 trillion by 2035 is living in dreamland.
4 Jul 2025 - 4:30PM
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The Philippines
Philippines’ Duterte ends womanising era, leaving ‘13 to 27’ lovers behind
His son, Paolo Duterte, has told his father’s ‘girlfriends’ to ‘look for somebody else’ after visiting the former president at The Hague.
4 Jul 2025 - 11:23AM
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The Philippines
Philippines’ Rodrigo Duterte wants to keep Davao house for sentimental reasons
Honeylet Avancena, Duterte’s partner, has previously put the house up for sale, but a ‘for sale’ sign outside it was later removed.
1 Jul 2025 - 7:42PM
France
50,000 evacuated from wildfires in Turkey as Europe battles heatwave: ‘it’s awful’
Meanwhile, Spain was on course for the hottest June on record, as health alerts were issued across the continent.
1 Jul 2025 - 12:01AM
Cambodia
Letters
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Cambodia is committed to peace on the border
Readers discuss the rules-based order in Southeast Asia, how to build Asean’s power, and the Israel-Iran ceasefire.
28 Jun 2025 - 11:30AM
Diplomacy
My Take
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Nato chief calls Trump ‘daddy’ as he makes Beijing the bogeyman
Rutte needs to hype the ‘China threat’ to justify Nato nations boosting military spending, returning the welfare state to the warfare state.
28 Jun 2025 - 7:19AM
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Germany
DeepSeek faces ban from Apple, Google app stores in Germany
Apple, Google must now decide whether to block the app in Germany, though an exact time frame has not been specified.
27 Jun 2025 - 8:56PM
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Malaysia
Malaysia’s durian scene spikes as it savours markets beyond China
Malaysia’s durian market diversifies with premium varieties like Black Thorn and Red Prawn to meet global demand.
26 Jun 2025 - 12:18PM
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Israel-Iran conflict
Trump defends US strikes on Iran nuclear facilities at Nato summit
US president dismisses as ‘fake news’ reports that plants had only been partly damaged and that enriched uranium had been removed.
26 Jun 2025 - 10:01AM
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Ukraine war
Trump mulls more Patriots for Ukraine, says Putin ‘really has to end’ the war
The US president had a 50-minute talk with Zelensky, who wore a suit-style jacket after his attire at a previous meeting drew criticism.
26 Jun 2025 - 1:40AM
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Nato
Nato leaders agree to 5% defence spending goal in annual summit
Alliance to ‘reaffirm’ support for Ukraine, pledged ‘ironclad commitment to collective defence’ under Article 5.
26 Jun 2025 - 6:59PM
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Britain
UK to reintroduce nuclear weapon-capable aircraft under Nato
UK to purchase 12 F-35A fighter jets capable of carrying tactical nuclear weapons.
25 Jun 2025 - 1:06PM
China-EU relations
Exclusive
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Blacklist to backchannels: inside the European Parliament’s unlikely China reset
Correspondence obtained by the Post reveals President Roberta Metsola’s efforts to normalise ties with Beijing in recent months.
25 Jun 2025 - 12:08PM
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Donald Trump
‘Dear Donald’: Trump airs Nato chief’s gushing private message
Mark Rutte exposed as flatterer-in-chief in private message to the US president.
25 Jun 2025 - 12:01PM
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Donald Trump
Trump rattles Nato allies as he descends on summit
The US president refused to commit to the alliance’s mutual defence vow, as Washington warns it may shift focus to the threat from China.
25 Jun 2025 - 8:45AM
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Cambodia
Cambodian workers in Thailand caught in crossfire of nationalist war
More than 1 million Cambodian workers fear the damaging impact of a worsening row between Bangkok and Phnom Penh.
24 Jun 2025 - 7:35PM
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The Philippines
Will Australia host Duterte’s interim release from The Hague detention?
Duterte’s daughter, Sara, said her father’s lawyers were looking at Australia for his release to a third-party country.
24 Jun 2025 - 5:52PM
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Ukraine war
King Charles welcomes Zelensky to Windsor Castle lunch
President Zelensky is in the UK to meet PM Keir Starmer and discuss his country’s defences and ways to increase pressure on Russia, ahead of this week’s Nato summit.
23 Jun 2025 - 10:59PM
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