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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

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

Boars started returning to the Italian countryside towards the end of WW1. Photo by iStock.

European Union, France, Italy, World

Genoa being ravaged by boars running wild

by Asia Times staff September 21, 2018February 18, 2020

Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (C) celebrates after winning re-election as leader of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party in Tokyo on September 20, 2018. Photo: AFP

AT Finance, Australia, Beijing, China, France, India, Indonesia, Japan, Northeast Asia, Oceania, South Asia, South Korea, World

A ‘Seinfeld election’ Japan can’t afford

by William Pesek September 20, 2018February 18, 2020

Yemeni children vent anger against Riyadh and Washington on August 13, 2018, as they take part in a mass funeral in the northern Yemeni city of Saada, a stronghold of the Iran-backed Houthi rebels, for children killed in an air strike by the Saudi-led coalition last week. Photo: AFP / Stringer

Afghanistan, France, Iran, Iraq, Middle East, Pakistan, South Asia, Syria, United Kingdom, World

Yemen’s descent into hell: a Saudi-American war of terror

by Rajan Menon September 20, 2018

Rue de Rennes, Paris, on May 7, 1968: protests by Sorbonne students. Photo: Marc Garanger / Aurimages

AT Finance, France, Iran, Mexico, Middle East, Pakistan, South Asia, Sri Lanka, World

The fight for better university education is global

by Vijay Prashad September 20, 2018

US Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin, center, and US Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross, second right, walk through a hotel lobby in Beijing. Photo: AFP/Nicolas Asfouri

Australia, Beijing, China, France, India, Iraq, Japan, Middle East, Northeast Asia, Oceania, South Asia, Taiwan, World

Trump playing the China card to boost sinking popularity

by Ken Moak September 19, 2018

Participating navies, including the Singaporean Navy, sailing in formation during Exercise Kakadu 2018. Photo: Royal Australian Navy

AT Finance, Australia, China, France, Germany, India, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, Middle East, New Zealand, North Korea, Northeast Asia, Oceania, Pakistan, Philippines, Singapore, South Asia, South Korea, Thailand, Vietnam, World

Singapore in massive drills with overseas navies, US marine corps

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

Export bribery is seldom punished in many Asian countries, new OECD and Transparency International research shows. Photo: iStock/Getty Images

AT Finance, Australia, Beijing, China, European Union, France, Germany, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Israel, Japan, Kuwait, Middle East, New Zealand, Northeast Asia, Oceania, Pakistan, Russia, Shanghai, Singapore, South Asia, South Korea, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Turkey, United Kingdom, World

Next trade war front: export bribery

by Alan Boyd September 18, 2018February 18, 2020

Two Taiwan servicemen stand in front of US-made Apache AH-64E attack helicopters during a commissioning ceremony at an military base in Taoyuan on July 17, 2018. Photo: AFP / Sam Yeh

AT Finance, Beijing, China, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Northeast Asia, Singapore, South Asia, South Korea, Taiwan, World

Improving regional security by resetting US-Taiwan relations

by Stephen Bryen September 16, 2018February 18, 2020

Will 'automatic' tribunals that uses predictive justice fundamentally question the future of justice? Photo; iStock

European Union, France, World

If predictive justice is coming, legal geeks must multiply

by Nathalie Devillier September 14, 2018February 18, 2020

An aerial photo shows houses destroyed at the height of super Typhoon Mangkhut in Tuguegarao City, in Cagayan province, on September 16, 2018. Photo: AFP / Ted Aljibe

AT Finance, China, France, Hong Kong, Macau, Middle East, Northeast Asia, Philippines, South Asia, Taiwan, World

At least 25 dead after Mangkhut tears through northern Philippines

by Asia Times staff September 14, 2018February 18, 2020

Map of China: iStock

AT Finance, Beijing, China, European Union, France, Germany, India, Iran, Israel, Jordan, Middle East, Northeast Asia, Russia, Singapore, South Asia, Syria, Turkey, United Kingdom, World

After Syria’s partition, will Xinjiang be destabilized?

by Christina Lin September 13, 2018September 13, 2018

Zara Carbonell from the Philippines won the very first Miss Tourism Worldwide pageant. Photo: Instagram@zaracarbonell

AT Finance, France, Indonesia, Philippines, Thailand, World

Filipina, napanalunan ang pinakaunang Miss Tourism Worldwide pageant

by Asia Times staff September 13, 2018February 18, 2020

US National Security Adviser John Bolton speaks in Washington on Sept 10. The US threatened to sanction ICC judges and officials if there are moves to charge Americans who served in Afghanistan with war crimes. Photo: AFP / Andrew Caballero-Reynolds

Afghanistan, China, France, Russia, South Asia, United Kingdom, World

US will not cooperate with ICC probe into Afghanistan

by Bertil Lintner September 12, 2018February 18, 2020

Smoke rises in the Syrian village of Kafr Ain in the southern countryside of Idlib province after an air strike on September 7. Photo: AFP/Anas al-Dyab

European Union, France, Iran, Middle East, Russia, Syria, Turkey, World

US talks Syria air strikes with UK, France

by Asia Times staff September 12, 2018February 18, 2020

Zara Carbonell from the Philippines won the very first Miss Tourism Worldwide pageant. Photo: Instagram@zaracarbonell

AT Finance, France, Indonesia, Middle East, Philippines, Thailand, World

Filipino wins first ever Miss Tourism Worldwide pageant

by Asia Times staff September 11, 2018February 18, 2020

Kim Thuy speaking about her books. Photo: Facebook

AT Finance, France, Japan, Northeast Asia, United Kingdom, Vietnam, World

Vietnamese-Canadian a finalist for Nobel Prize substitute

by Asia Times staff September 10, 2018February 18, 2020

Tanks take part in a military parade in Pyongyang on September 9. Photo: AFP

AT Finance, Beijing, China, European Union, France, Japan, North Korea, Northeast Asia, Singapore, South Korea, World

North Korea marks 70th anniversary with carefully calibrated parade

by Andrew Salmon September 10, 2018February 18, 2020

Riyadh, capital of Saudi Arabia. Photo: iStock

AT Finance, France, Kuwait, Middle East, Philippines, World

Saudi, itinangging may plano silang patungan ngbuwis ang mga padala ng mga migranteng manggagawa

by Asia Times staff September 7, 2018February 18, 2020

A Chinese restaurant owner in the Tongo capital of Nuku'alofa on March 28, 2012. Photo: AFP/Torsten Blackwood

Australia, Beijing, China, France, India, Japan, New Zealand, Northeast Asia, Oceania, South Asia, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, World

South Pacific waking to China’s ‘debt-trap’ diplomacy

by Erin Cook September 7, 2018February 18, 2020

Chinese Marines stand at attention prior to a welcoming ceremony at the start of the ship's stop in the port of Papeete French Polynesia, on October 23, 2015. Photo: AFP/Gregory Boissy

AT Finance, Australia, Beijing, China, European Union, France, Japan, New Zealand, Northeast Asia, Oceania, South Asia, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Thailand, Vietnam, World

China’s plan for conquest of the South Pacific

by Kerry K Gershaneck September 7, 2018February 18, 2020

Pointe aux Oies in France where the smugglers picked up their cargo. Photo: Wikimedia Commons

AT Finance, France, Vietnam, World

Người Anh bị bỏ tù vì cố vận chuyển trái phép người Việt từ Pháp

by Asia Times staff September 7, 2018February 18, 2020

A ship that collided with a breakwater due to strong winds caused by typhoon Jebi in Nishinomiya city, Hyogo prefecture is seen on September 5, 2018.Photo: AFP / Jiji Press

France, Japan, Middle East, Northeast Asia, World

Japan cleans up after quake and typhoon bring death, destruction

by Asia Times staff September 5, 2018February 18, 2020

Pointe aux Oies in France where the smugglers picked up their cargo. Photo: Wikimedia Commons

AT Finance, France, United Kingdom, Vietnam, World

Brits jailed for trying to smuggle Vietnamese from France

by Asia Times staff September 5, 2018February 18, 2020

Cashed in: yuan coins are placed over the eyes of Franclin on a 100 dollar banknote. Photo: iStock

China, European Union, France, Germany, Iran, Middle East, Shanghai, World

Trump’s misguided policies will displace the dollar

by Jeffrey D. Sachs September 4, 2018September 4, 2018

Brexit talks . Image: iStock

China, European Union, France, Germany, India, Iran, Israel, Italy, Middle East, Russia, South Asia, Syria, United Kingdom, World

Sustaining Europe’s security trio

by Volker Perthes September 4, 2018

A group of Mexican labor union members don US President Donald Trump masks, during a protest against his economic policies and the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA). Photo: AFP/Alfredo Estrella

China, European Union, France, Mexico, Middle East, World

Trump’s NAFTA deal can’t solve America’s manufacturing problems

by Marshall Auerback September 4, 2018

US President Donald Trump speaks during a cabinet meeting on July 18, 2018, at the White House in Washington, DC. In a file photo taken on May 2, 2018, a handout picture provided by the Iranian presidency shows President Hassan Rouhani giving a speech on Iranian TV in Tehran. Photo: AFP and Iranian Presidency / Nicholas Kamm and Handout

Beijing, China, France, Germany, Iran, Iraq, Italy, Middle East, Syria, World

Iran stock escape numbs sanctions pain

by Gary Kleiman September 4, 2018

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