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Japanese Self-Defence Force’s SOTEN drones fly during a drill with US Marines in Yufu, Oita prefecture, Japan, on Sunday. Photo: Reuters
Japan

Japan aims to catch up on drone warfare by tapping Ukraine’s experience

Analysts say Japan wants to accelerate production of drones to protect its territory given its shortage of military manpower.

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Donald Trump

Author of US ‘torture memos’ to advise team probing alleged anti-Trump conspiracy

Ukraine war

Belarus’ Lukashenko courts Moscow and Beijing as Ukraine tensions simmer

Ukraine war

Russian strikes on Ukraine kill at least 11 as heatwave also attacks

Some of the fatalities occurred when a passenger minibus was hit by a drone in the city of Zaporizhzhia.

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Police officers stand near the body of a resident killed during a Russian air strike in Kharkiv, Ukraine, on Monday. Photo: Reuters
China trade

China cuts through Russia, Mideast instability with alternate cargo route

Middle Corridor through Kazakhstan and across Caspian Sea would have transit time of 15 to 18 days, compared with 45 to 60 for ocean routes.

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China GDP

Open Questions | Economist Richard Koo on China and Japan’s shared ‘battle against time’

China has strong tech industries and a large market – but so did Japan before its recession, warns the Nomura Research Institute scholar.

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Serbia

Serbians keep up protest after president says he will step down in weeks

Protesters express satisfaction with Aleksandar Vucic’s resignation, but fear he may not fully relinquish power.

People gathering for an anti-government protest in Kraljevo, Serbia on Sunday. Photo: Reuters
Ukraine war

Ukraine drones ignite Russian refinery as Putin acknowledges fuel shortages

Ukraine ramps up pressure on Russia’s fuel supply with its drone fleet, causing acute shortages across parts of the country.

China’s military drills

Japan and South Korea scramble fighters after Chinese-Russian bomber patrol

Tokyo says it had tracked two separate flights involving H-6 and Tu-95 bombers, some of which passed over the western Pacific.

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United States

US eases ban on AI model Mythos feared to aid cyberattacks

Washington has given Anthropic the nod to supply some ‘trusted’ US firms, a fortnight after blocking the software over safety.

The Claude Mythos logo is displayed on a smartphone screen. Photo: Dreamstime/TNS
Africa

Burkina Faso cuts diplomatic ties with ex-ruler France

Anti-French sentiment runs high in some former African colonies as the continent becomes a renewed diplomatic battleground.

A man holds a placard during a protest to support the Burkina Faso President Captain Ibrahim Traore and to demand the departure of France’s ambassador and military forces, in Ouagadougou in January 2023. Photo: AFP
Ukraine war

Hundreds of drones: Russia reports one of biggest Ukrainian attacks

The latest strike by Kyiv, with well over 600 drones, led to Russian bosses in the illegally-annexed Crimea declaring an ‘emergency situation’.

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China energy security

China to generate 50% of electricity from nuclear and non-fossil sources by 2030

Recent oil shocks have strengthened Beijing’s resolve as it tries to balance decarbonisation efforts with securing future energy demand.

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US, Israel war on Iran

Why East Asia could be the new centre for peace and economic growth

Chinese political scientist Yan Xuetong notes that the foundations of peace in the region ‘are stronger than those in Europe’.

East Asia could become the world’s “best” region for maintaining overall peace and sustaining economic growth, according to a Chinese political scientist. Photo: AFP
European Union

EU releases €3 billion loan for Ukraine’s recovery

The EU has provided €200 billion in support to Ukraine so far, and approved €90 billion more over the next two years.

The hall in which the Ukraine Recovery Conference is held in Gdansk, Poland. The event is both a fundraising forum and a message to Russia that Ukraine’s Western supporters are in it for a long haul. Photo: AFP
Hong Kong society

Hong Kong is world’s most unequal society for wealth distribution, study finds

Study analysed evolution of income and wealth inequality in Hong Kong between 1981 and 2021.

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Ukraine war

Ukraine drones knock out power in Russia-held Crimea’s biggest city

Trolleybuses were not operating in Sevastopol and children should remain at home, the governor said, amid more strikes on energy facilities.

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India

‘Senseless’: US military command rebrand risks damaging India ties

Eight years after ‘Indo’ was added to signal India’s importance, analysts say its removal points to a shift in Washington’s priorities.

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US President Donald Trump shakes hands with India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi on the sidelines of a G7 summit in France on June 17. Photo: AFP
Donald Trump

New poll shows eroding global trust in Trump and America

Pew survey across 36 nations found just 23 per cent of respondents had confidence in Trump to do the right thing in world affairs.

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Ukraine war

Ukraine war: Russia says US hasn’t delivered on Trump-Putin ‘understandings’

With Kyiv claiming to be turning the tide of the conflict, Moscow’s comments signal a growing frustration with Washington.

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Ukraine war

Russia considers fuel imports amid Ukrainian strikes: newspaper

Some areas of the world’s third-largest crude oil producer report issues including restrictions on fuel sales and queues at petrol stations.

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Plumes of smoke and flames rise from an oil refinery following an apparent Ukrainian drone strike on Moscow, Russia, on Thursday. Photo: Social media via Reuters
Britain

After 6 prime ministers in 10 years, can anyone fix the UK?

Keir Starmer quit less than two years after a landslide win. His successor will be the seventh prime minister since Brexit in 2016.

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The iconic door of 10 Downing Street in London. Photo: EPA
Ukraine war

Russia-held Crimea suspends summer camps amid squeeze on fuel supplies

The peninsula has suspended children’s summer camps and tourism activities until September 1, the governor says.

China-EU relations

As Europe rearms, can it decouple its military supply chains from China?

Europe will selectively cut risks in certain areas, as the cost of freezing out China would be too great, observers say.

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United States

Former US Fed Reserve chair Alan Greenspan dies aged 100

Greenspan oversaw his nation’s second-longest economic expansion. Critics linked him to the 2007-2009 financial crisis.

Former Fed Chairman, Alan Greenspan, in 2012. Photo: Reuters
Singapore

Why Wong-Putin meeting doesn’t mean Singapore’s going soft on Russia

Singapore needs to balance its tough stance on the Ukraine war with its responsibilities towards other Asean nations, experts say.

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Singaporean Prime Minister Lawrence Wong (left) and Russian President Vladimir Putin shake hands during their meeting on the sidelines of the Russia-Asean Summit in Kazan on Thursday. Photo: Sputnik/AP
Malaysia

Malaysia’s nationwide diesel subsidy gets citizens all pumped up

Diesel is currently US$1.05 per litre in Peninsular Malaysia, compared to a subsidised price of 50 US cents in Sabah and Sarawak.

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My Take

My Take | The end of history has come and gone for Europe

EU bureaucrats thought they had left power politics behind. Now it is coming back to bite them.

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