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Putin's sabre-rattling raises tensions with West ahead of vote
AFP, Published on 11/03/2018
» MOSCOW - Vladimir Putin's pre-election nuclear sabre-rattling has raised the stakes in Moscow's confrontation with the West on the eve of his fourth Kremlin term.
With little suspense, Xi to secure lifetime presidency
AFP, Published on 11/03/2018
» BEIJING - China's rubber-stamp parliament is set Sunday to hand President Xi Jinping free rein to rule the rising Asian superpower indefinitely, with potential abstentions offering the only suspense in the historic vote.
Five diplomatic rows looming over Russia's World Cup
AFP, Published on 10/03/2018
» PARIS - The World Cup is a prime opportunity for the host country to burnish its international image -- but Russia's tensions with the West mean that will prove tricky this year.
AU chief meets Tillerson, says Trump slur in 'the past'
AFP, Published on 08/03/2018
» ADDIS ABABA - Washington's top diplomat began his first Africa tour Thursday by meeting with the African Union chief, who said the continent had moved on from a reported insult by President Donald Trump.
AU chief meets Tillerson, says Trump slur 'in the past'
AFP, Published on 08/03/2018
» ADDIS ABABA - Washington's top diplomat began his first Africa tour Thursday by meeting with the African Union chief, who said the continent had moved on from a reported insult by President Donald Trump.
Analysts expect volatility, but still remain bullish
Business, Published on 08/03/2018
» US President Donald Trump's trade war rhetoric and the US Federal Reserve's interest rate normalisation are risks inducing volatility in the domestic stock market this year, says CLSA Securities (Thailand).
Australia's GDP growth slows as exports cool
Business, Published on 08/03/2018
» SYDNEY: A slowdown in Australia's economic expansion would keep interest rates at a record low for much of this year, analysts said yesterday, as net exports weighed on growth even as consumer spending lifted.
Court closes book on Banpu dispute
Business, Published on 07/03/2018
» The Supreme Court brought a decade-long dispute to a close Tuesday, ordering Banpu Plc to pay 2.7 billion baht to Siva Nganthavee over activities that negatively affected Thai-Lao Lignite Co's (TLL's) involvement in the Lignite Hongsa coal-fired power plant project in Laos.
Xi risks scaring Asia back into Washington's orbit
News, Published on 06/03/2018
» One thing seems certain about Xi Jinping's move to establish himself as China's dictator for life: The bolder and more openly assertive foreign policy he has pursued since taking power five years ago is here to stay. The conventional wisdom is that the US, its Asian allies, and the broader international order are thus in for a rough stretch, as China demands its place in the sun. "Xi's consolidation of power," writes my Bloomberg View colleague James Stavridis, "will make China an even more formidable competitor." Less appreciated, though, is that this approach could also end badly for China, because Mr Xi may be overplaying his country's hand.
Italy vote 'mess' could deal blow to EU reform push
AFP, Published on 05/03/2018
» BRUSSELS - The EU struggled Monday to absorb the shock of a populist breakthrough in Italy amid fears that the anti-migrant blowback would threaten a post-Brexit reform drive led by France and Germany.