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The number of attacks has skyrocketed. Photo: Reuters/Kacper Pempel

European Union, France, Germany, Italy, Russia, World

Trump threatens ‘consequences’ for alleged 2017 Russian cyberattack

by Asia Times staff February 17, 2018February 18, 2020

Turkish banknotes. Photo: iStock

European Union, Italy, Japan, Middle East, Northeast Asia, Russia, Turkey, World

Japanese investment on the rise in Turkey

by Altay Atli February 13, 2018

South Korean President Moon Jae-in, International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach, Kim Yong-nam and Kim Yo-Jong pose with the Unified Korean Women's ice hockey team. Photo: Reuters / Brian Snyder

AT Finance, France, Italy, Japan, Middle East, North Korea, Northeast Asia, South Asia, South Korea, World

Chronicler of inter-Korean ice hockey adventure has mixed emotions

by Andrew Salmon February 11, 2018February 18, 2020

Photo: Reuters/Omar Sobhani

Afghanistan, Beijing, China, European Union, Germany, India, Italy, Pakistan, South Asia, World

Terror in the name of terror

by M Shamsur Rabb Khan February 8, 2018February 8, 2018

Girl pointing at blackboard with her Chinese lesson. Photo: iStock

China, Germany, India, Italy, South Asia, World

Learning Chinese: myths and misconceptions

by Keith Tse February 8, 2018February 8, 2018

Shanghai Bund skyline landmark, Ecological energy renewable solar panel plant. Photo: iStock

AT Finance, Australia, China, France, Germany, India, Indonesia, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Middle East, Northeast Asia, Oceania, South Asia, South Korea, Taiwan, World

Cheap renewables transform global electricity sector

by Tim Buckley February 5, 2018February 5, 2018

Members of Japan's "Virtual Currency Girls" pop group, perform in cryptocurrency-themed masks in Tokyo, on January 12. Photo: Reuters / Kim Kyung-Hoon

Afghanistan, AT Finance, China, Hong Kong, India, Italy, Japan, North Korea, Northeast Asia, Pakistan, Shanghai, Singapore, South Asia, South Korea, World

Inside Asia’s love-hate relationship with virtual currencies

by Wiliam Pesek February 5, 2018February 18, 2020

Abu Dhabi, the capital of the United Arab Emirates. Photo: iStock

AT Finance, Italy, Philippines, World

Duterte will open first OFBank branches in the UAE

by Asia Times staff January 29, 2018February 18, 2020

In search of answers, the writer looked back in time and set off to the Forum in a walking conversation with the ruins of Rome. Photo: iStock

China, European Union, Italy, Middle East, World

Rome and the decline of the West: rich assortment of ills

by Pepe Escobar January 27, 2018February 18, 2020

A model of China's lunar rover for unmanned explorations. Photo: China News Service

Beijing, China, France, Italy, World

Small step for China’s manned lunar mission: measuring the distance

by Asia Times staff January 26, 2018February 18, 2020

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi speaks during the Opening Plenary at the World Economic Forum annual meeting in Davos, Switzerland, on January 23, 2018. Photo: Reuters / Denis Balibouse

India, Iran, Italy, Japan, Middle East, Northeast Asia, Pakistan, South Asia, World

Modi at Davos: his rhetoric differs from his actions

by M Shamsur Rabb Khan January 25, 2018

German Chancellor Angela Merkel poses with French President Emmanuel Macron (left) and Russia's President Vladimir Putin (center) during the G20 summit in Hamburg, Germany. Photo: AFP / Tobias Schwarz

European Union, France, Germany, Italy, Russia, World

Can ‘fake news’ really be outlawed as Europeans intend?

by Raphaël Hadas-Lebel January 20, 2018February 18, 2020

The flexible and fast S-400 missile system. Photo: Sergey Malgavko/Sputnik

China, Germany, Italy, Japan, Middle East, Northeast Asia, Russia, Syria, Taiwan, World

China’s new missiles likely to threaten all of Taiwan

by Asia Times staff January 19, 2018February 18, 2020

A Pew poll finds that while their democratic system is not perfect, most Americans prefer it to one-party authoritarianism. Photo: iStock

AT Finance, Beijing, China, Germany, India, Indonesia, Italy, Japan, Middle East, Northeast Asia, Russia, South Asia, Vietnam, World

Despite Trump, few Americans think China’s autocracy better than their democracy

by Xuan Loc Doan January 18, 2018

Photo: Khorgos Gateway

AT Finance, China, European Union, Italy, Russia, South Asia, Vietnam, World

China’s landlocked ‘port’ in Kazakhstan doesn’t need water to succeed

by Doug Tsuruoka Editor at Large January 9, 2018February 18, 2020

Movie star Daniel Wu is considered a "Male God" by female fans. Left, the building he co-designed. Photo: Zhejiang Satellite TV

China, Hong Kong, Italy, Japan, Northeast Asia, Shanghai, World

Movie star Wu is nominated for an Oscar in architecture

by Ben Kwok January 8, 2018February 18, 2020

US President Donald Trump gestures as he talks to the media on South Lawn of the White House in Washington before his departure to Camp David on December 16, 2017. Photo: Reuters / Yuri Gripas

Beijing, China, European Union, France, Germany, Hong Kong, Iran, Italy, Japan, Middle East, North Korea, Northeast Asia, Russia, South Korea, Taiwan, United Kingdom, World

Demonizing China will not deter its rise – or improve America’s

by Ken Moak January 8, 2018

People walk past an electronic board showing Japan's Nikkei average (left), the Dow Jones average (center), and the exchange rates between the Japanese yen and the US dollar outside a brokerage in Tokyo, Japan. Photo: Reuters / Toru Hanai

China, Italy, North Korea, Northeast Asia, South Korea, World

Buoyancy and resilience the global watchwords

by Reuters January 8, 2018February 18, 2020

An Israeli flag is seen near the Dome of the Rock, in Jerusalem's Old City on the compound known to Muslims as Noble Sanctuary and to Jews as the Temple Mount, on December 6, 2017. Photo: Reuters / Ammar Awad

Egypt, European Union, Israel, Italy, Middle East, Russia, World

Trump’s Jerusalem play steeped in geo-strategic history

by Wan Ahmad Fayhsal January 6, 2018

Job applicants wait in line at a technology job fair in Los Angeles. Photo: Reuters

European Union, Italy, World

Nothing to see here, folks

by David P. Goldman January 5, 2018February 18, 2020

Rahul Gandhi, newly elected president of India's main opposition Congress party, kisses the forehead of his mother and leader of the party Sonia Gandhi after taking charge as the president during a ceremony at the party's headquarters in New Delhi, India, December 16, 2017. Photo: REUTERS/Altaf Hussain

India, Italy, Middle East, South Asia, World

Sonia Gandhi: A remarkable political journey

by Shivam Vij January 5, 2018January 6, 2018

Photo: Reuters/David W Cerny

European Union, Italy, World

Who are you going to believe, me or your lying Eviews?

by David P. Goldman January 5, 2018February 18, 2020

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin meet in Ankara, Turkey, on December 11, 2017. Photo: Reuters / Umit Bektas

China, European Union, France, Germany, Iran, Italy, Middle East, Russia, South Asia, Syria, Turkey, World

Angered by allies, Turkey buys Russian defense system

by Emanuele Scimia January 2, 2018

Former Italian prime minister Silvio Berlusconi gestures during a television talk show on June 21, 2017. Photo: Rueters / Remo Casilli/ File Photo

Australia, European Union, India, Israel, Italy, Middle East, Northeast Asia, Oceania, South Asia, South Korea, World

Upcoming Italian election could put pressure on assets

by Reuters January 1, 2018February 18, 2020

Chinese officials cite ‘visual concerns’ as a catalyst to the video game clampdown after figures from a national report in 2015 claimed that around 500 million Chinese, almost half the population above five years old, suffer visual impairment. Photo: iStock/Getty Images

China, Hong Kong, Italy, Japan, Middle East, Northeast Asia, World

Video games on a psychoanalyst’s couch

by Nile Bowie December 31, 2017February 18, 2020

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau speaks to Chinese Premier Li Keqiang during a signing ceremony at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on December 4, 2017. Photo: Reuters / Fred Dufour / Pool

Afghanistan, AT Finance, Australia, China, European Union, Germany, Iran, Italy, Japan, Middle East, North Korea, Northeast Asia, Oceania, Russia, South Asia, Syria, Vietnam, World

Canada’s foreign policy annus horribilis

by Danny Lam December 29, 2017

Photo: Reuter/Bobby Yip

China, European Union, France, Italy, Japan, Northeast Asia, South Korea, World

ZTE makes global push in 5G technology

by Asia Times staff December 29, 2017February 18, 2020

The Reserve Bank of India seal appears on a gate outside the RBI headquarters in Mumbai. Photo: Reuters

Australia, China, European Union, Hong Kong, India, Italy, Northeast Asia, Oceania, South Asia, South Korea, World

Indian banks’ bad loans ‘on par with troubled EU nations’

by Asia Times staff December 28, 2017February 18, 2020

Source: Bloomberg

Italian debt issue as ECB tapers: the big risk

by David P. Goldman December 27, 2017February 18, 2020

A lone cyclist pedals past discarded bikes in China's Fujian province. Photo: Reuters

AT Finance, Beijing, China, Italy, Japan, Malaysia, Northeast Asia, Russia, Shanghai, Singapore, Thailand, United Kingdom, World

Bike-sharing shambles more than a bump in the road

by Gordon Watts December 24, 2017February 18, 2020