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Dog meat is used in some traditional Vietnamese dishes. Photo by iStock.

AT Finance, China, Hong Kong, South Asia

Hà Nội cam đoan loại bỏ tất cả các nhà hàng thịt chó vào năm 2021

by Asia Times staff September 24, 2018February 18, 2020

Snake invasions are common in Odisha. Photo: YouTube.

India, South Asia

Sự xuất hiện của rắn ở Odisha đang gia tăng và lan truyền trên video

by Asia Times staff September 24, 2018February 18, 2020

Quang Tri, Vietnam. Photo by iStock.

AT Finance, Vietnam

Những người đàn ông xây dựng nghĩa trang chôn cất các hài nhi bị bỏ rơi ở miền trung Việt Nam

by Asia Times staff September 24, 2018February 18, 2020

Plan International says girls are 14 times more likely to be die in a conflict than boys. Image: iStock

AT Finance, Bangladesh, Myanmar, South Asia

Report: Girls are primary victims of humanitarian crises

by Asia Times staff and agencies September 24, 2018February 18, 2020

Consumer spending in China has slowed. Photo: iStock

Beijing, Chengdu, China, Chongqing, Guangzhou, Shanghai, Tianjin, Wuhan

Eleven cities record over 500 bn yuan in consumer spending

by Asia Times staff September 24, 2018February 18, 2020

Illicit funds from organized crime are being laundered through cryptocurrencies. Image: iStock

European Union, World

Brussels calls for Danske Bank money-laundering inquiry

by Paul Muir September 24, 2018February 18, 2020

Intelligent touch screen with smart home app. Photo: iStock

China, India, South Asia

China’s major phone makers eye smart home potential

by Lin Wanxia September 24, 2018February 18, 2020

Evergrande Group's office building in Shenzhen. Photo: AFP

Uncategorized

Evergrande to become second largest shareholder in Guanghui Group

by Asia Times staff September 24, 2018February 18, 2020

Protests continue along the Gaza border. Representational image: iStock

Israel, Middle East

Israeli forces kill Palestinian man in fresh Gaza violence

by Asia Times staff and agencies September 24, 2018February 18, 2020

Maldives opposition leader Ibrahim Mohamed Solih votes at a polling station in the capital Male on Sunday. Photo: AFP

Maldives, South Asia

Maldives underdog declares victory in presidential election

by Asia Times staff and agencies September 24, 2018February 18, 2020

An autopsy on a 24-year-old Palestinian man indicate that he was assaulted after being arrested by Israeli forces. Representational image: iStock

Israel, Middle East

Palestinian man ‘beaten to death in Israeli custody’

by Asia Times staff and agencies September 24, 2018February 18, 2020

Aramco's Khurais oilfield in Saudi Arabia, 160 km from Riyadh. Photo: Ali Jarekji/Reuters

Iran, Middle East, Russia, World

Saudi energy minister insists oil output is ‘satisfactory’

by Asia Times staff and agencies September 24, 2018February 18, 2020

The Bank of International Settlements said, "Investors appeared unnerved by poor forward visibility of results." Image: iStock

European Union, Middle East, Turkey, World

BIS warns global economy could suffer serious ‘relapse’

by Asia Times staff and agencies September 24, 2018February 18, 2020

A member of Iran's Revolutionary Guards Corps carries an injured child at the scene of an attack on Saturday on a military parade in the southwestern Iranian city of Ahvaz. Photo: AFP

Iran, Iraq, Middle East, United Kingdom, World

Iranian leader blames Arab separatists for parade attack

by Asia Times staff and agencies September 24, 2018February 18, 2020

Vietnamese President Tran Dai Quang. Photo: Reuters

AT Finance, Beijing, China, Indonesia, Japan, Northeast Asia, Singapore, South Asia, Vietnam, World

Quang warned against ‘might-makes-right’ mindset

by Xuan Loc Doan September 23, 2018September 23, 2018

سلطان سعود القاسمي، مقتني وداعم الفن العربي المعاصر، نراه عبر منحوتة سلوى روضة شقير الشكل الداخلي في متحف الشارقة للفنون في يوليو 2018. صورة: اليسون طهمزيان ميوز.

Photo: Alison Tahmizian Meuse

China, Egypt, European Union, Hong Kong, India, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Japan, Kuwait, Middle East, North Korea, Northeast Asia, South Asia, World

An Emirati collector leaves his art behind

by Alison Tahmizian Meuse September 23, 2018February 18, 2020

Under Prime Minister Viktor Orbán, Hungary has become increasingly authoritarian. Photo: AFP/Frederick Florin

European Union, France, Germany, Italy, United Kingdom, World

Good politics, bad economics

by Robert Skidelsky September 23, 2018

A Bangladeshi woman weeps in anguish beside her house, which was washed away from the banks of the Padma River at Shariatpur, 40km south of Dhaka on September 13, 2018, by aggressive erosion of land. Photo: AFP / Munir Uz Zaman

Suicide rates to soar with global temperatures: study

by Francis Vergunst, Helen Berry and Massimiliano Orri September 23, 2018February 18, 2020

AT Finance, China, European Union, France, Hong Kong, New Zealand, Oceania, Philippines, World

Relocation: a paradigm shift against climate change

by Luciana Esteves September 23, 2018February 18, 2020

This aerial photo taken in March shows a protected area of the Rawa Singkil wildlife reserve in South Aceh being burnt in prior to the opening of a new palm oil plantation. Green groups say it drives deforestation, with huge swathes of forest logged in recent decades. Photo: AFP / Januar

AT Finance, China, European Union, France, Greater Bay Area, Indonesia, Malaysia, South Asia, World

Hesitant praise for three-year ban on new oil palm licences

by Asia Times staff September 23, 2018February 18, 2020

India opted to buy 36 of the Rafale French-made fighter aircraft. The deal is now mired in a massive controversy. Photo: Wikimedia Commons / Arnaud Gaillard

France, India, South Asia, World

Hollande drops a Rafale bomb on India

by Saikat Datta September 23, 2018February 18, 2020

US President Donald Trump and Thailand's Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha shake hands during a meeting in the Oval Office of the White House on October 2, 2017. Photo: AFP/Mandel Ngan

AT Finance, China, Egypt, India, Malaysia, Middle East, Myanmar, South Asia, Thailand, World

Thailand between a US rock and Chinese hard place

by Paul Wedel September 23, 2018February 18, 2020

We might be at the start of a decades-long trade war between China and the US. Photo: iStock

Afghanistan, AT Finance, Australia, Bangladesh, Beijing, China, European Union, France, Germany, India, Indonesia, Italy, Japan, Laos, Myanmar, Northeast Asia, Oceania, Pakistan, Russia, Shanghai, South Asia, South Korea, World

Here comes the 30-year trade war

by Pepe Escobar September 23, 2018February 18, 2020

A member of Iran's Revolutionary Guards Corps carries an injured child at the scene of an attack on a military parade on September 22, 2018 in the southwestern Iranian city of Ahvaz. Photo:
AFP / ISNA / Shayan Haji Najaf

Iran, Iraq, Middle East, Syria

24 killed, dozens wounded in ‘terrorist’ attack in Iran

by Alison Tahmizian Meuse September 22, 2018February 18, 2020

Kenyan long distance runner Eliud Kipchoge sets a new world record at the Berlin Marathon. Photo: EPA-EFE/Hayoung Jeon

Kipchoge’s spectacular Berlin run sets stage for faster marathons

by Michael Joyner September 22, 2018February 18, 2020

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte (C) talks to military chief General Carlito Galvez (R) and national police chief Oscar Albayalde during a ceremony where seized vehicles and motorcycles were destroyed at the customs yard in Manila on May 30, 2018. Photo: AFP/Ted Aljibe

AT Finance, China, Middle East, Myanmar, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, World

Duterte picks a fight with his military

by Jason Castaneda September 22, 2018February 18, 2020

Image: iStock

Beijing, China, European Union, Germany, Middle East, Shanghai, Turkey, World

Can the US win a trade war?

by Marshall Auerback September 22, 2018

Devotees dry their clothes after taking a holy dip on the banks of river Ganges in Rishikesh in June. Photo: AFP / Sajjad Hussain

Bangladesh, China, Greater Bay Area, India, South Asia, World

As India’s Ganga runs out of water, a potential food shortage looms

by Sahana Ghosh September 22, 2018February 18, 2020

US President Donald Trump with General Motors CEO Mary Barra and United Auto Workers president Dennis Williams. Photo: AFP/Nicholas Kamm

China, European Union, Germany, Japan, Northeast Asia, Russia, World

Did Trump just kill the US auto industry?

by David P. Goldman September 22, 2018February 18, 2020

Sukhoi Su-27 fighter jets perform during an air show in Zhuhai City, China. Photo: AFP

China, European Union, India, Iran, Middle East, North Korea, Northeast Asia, Russia, South Asia, Turkey, World

‘Outrage’ after China ensnared in America’s Russia sanctions

by Christopher Scott September 22, 2018February 18, 2020

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