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Putin ‘bluffing’ about ending war, Zelensky warns
Published on 13/08/2025
» BERLIN - Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky says he hopes talks between Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin this week will centre on a ceasefire, and that he warned Trump that Putin was “bluffing” about his desire to end the war.
Deadlocked plastics treaty talks ‘at cliff’s edge’
AFP, Published on 13/08/2025
» GENEVA - Negotiators from 184 countries remained divided on Wednesday on how to curb plastic pollution, less than 36 hours before they were scheduled to deliver a binding global treaty.
Alaska talks will test the desire for peace in Ukraine
Oped, Published on 13/08/2025
» Is there now a chance to end Russia's war in Ukraine? Are both sides in this bloody stalemate finally willing to give peace a chance, despite real reservations by both Moscow and Kyiv to keep the fighting going just a little longer? More importantly, are Ukraine's backers, notably the US and European countries such as the UK, Germany and Poland, able to exert enough pressure on Vladimir Putin to make a deal?
Trump signs order to extend China tariff truce by 90 days
AFP, Published on 12/08/2025
» WASHINGTON - US President Donald Trump on Monday ordered a delay in the reimposition of higher tariffs on Chinese goods, hours before a trade truce between Washington and Beijing was due to expire.
Trump extends China truce for 90 days, averting tariff hike
Published on 12/08/2025
» US President Donald Trump extended a pause of sky-high tariffs on Chinese goods for another 90 days into early November, stabilising trade ties between the world’s two largest economies.
Petals and poker faces
Life, Suwitcha Chaiyong, Published on 12/08/2025
» Hana Jam is a female character with bangs created by the talented young artist Thanyapat Doungklad. Thanyapat came up with the idea of Hana Jam when she was a sophomore at the School of Architecture, Art and Design, King Mongkut's Institute of Technology Ladkrabang (KMITL).
Four days left to square the circle on global plastic pollution treaty
AFP, Published on 11/08/2025
» GENEVA - Countries remained at loggerheads on Monday over how to tackle plastic pollution, with only four days left to craft a landmark global treaty on reining in the ever-growing scourge.
67 arrested in crackdown on triad-controlled prostitution ring in Hong Kong
Published on 11/08/2025
» Hong Kong police have arrested 67 people after an undercover operation found a triad group running membership clubs and bars that brought in sex workers from Thailand, Taiwan and mainland China.
UN plastic pollution treaty talks stalled
AFP, Published on 09/08/2025
» GENEVA - Talks on forging a groundbreaking treaty to combat the scourge of plastic pollution were floundering Saturday, with progress slow and countries heavily at odds over what the proposed agreement should cover.
Kyiv won’t give up land, says Zelensky
AFP, Published on 09/08/2025
» KYIV - Ukraine won’t give up land to Russia, President Volodymyr Zelensky warned early on Saturday, hours after Washington and Moscow agreed to hold a summit in a bid to end the war.