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Russian aircraft fly over the Crimean Bridge that spans the Kerch Strait, a narrow strip that links the Azov and Black Seas, as a Russian ship blocks the strait, after Russia fired on and then seized three Ukrainian ships, accusing them of illegally entering its waters in the Sea of Azov. Photo: AFP

European Union, France, Germany, Middle East, Northeast Asia, Russia, Turkey, World

EU confined to new sanctions on Russia

by Emanuele Scimia December 2, 2018February 18, 2020

India's batsman Virat Kohli celebrates his team's victory against Australia in a T20 international cricket match at the SCG in Sydney on November 25, 2018. Photo: AFP/Saeed Khan

Australia, India, New Zealand, Oceania, South Asia, World

Australia-India match points to diverging national paths

by Lachlan Colquhoun December 1, 2018February 18, 2020

Users of Taiwanese ASUS smart phones will be able to use their idle graphic cards to mine cryptocurrency through PayPal or WeChat accounts. Photo: iStock

AT Finance, China, Malaysia, Taiwan, World

Friday’s blockchain and crypto news, from Asia and beyond

by Pete Sabine November 30, 2018February 18, 2020

Mayawati of the Bahujan Samaj Party at a rally on March 15, 2018. Photo: AFP/The Times of India/Pritam Thakur

India, Iran, Middle East, South Asia

Mayawati key to opposition unity in 2019 elections

by Srinand Jha November 30, 2018February 18, 2020

The Singapore Cricket Club, in Connaught Drive, Singapore. Photo: Google Maps

AT Finance, Singapore, South Asia, Sri Lanka

Singapore Cricket Club, inakusahan ng pagdidiskrimina ng kasambahay

by Asia Times staff November 30, 2018February 18, 2020

An Indonesian voter casts her vote at a gubernatorial polling station in Jakarta on February 15, 2017. Photo: AFP via Anadolu Agency/Jefri Tarigan

AT Finance, Indonesia, Iran, Middle East

The change to come to Indonesian democracy

by John McBeth November 30, 2018February 18, 2020

The Singapore Cricket Club, in Connaught Drive, Singapore. Photo: Google Maps

AT Finance, Iran, Middle East, Singapore, South Asia, Sri Lanka

Klub kriket Singapura dihantam tuduhan diskriminasi terhadap PRT

by Asia Times staff November 30, 2018November 30, 2018

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan and Russian President Vladimir Putin meet at the Presidential Palace in Ankara, Turkey, on September 28, 2017. Photo: Sputnik / Mikhail Klimentyev / Kremlin via Reuters

China, Cyprus, Egypt, Israel, Middle East, Russia, Syria, Turkey, World

The trials and tribulations of Turkish foreign policy

by Pepe Escobar November 30, 2018February 18, 2020

China's President Xi Jinping, seen here with US President Donald Trump in Beijing in 2017 with First Lady Melania, and his wife Peng Liyuan, has also admitted facing internal divisions over economic policy. Photo: AFP / Jim Watson

Beijing, China, Shanghai, World

Stage is set for the Trump-Xi drama in Buenos Aires

by Gordon Watts November 30, 2018February 18, 2020

Senior French civil servant Benoit Quennedey in Paris last year. Intelligence agencies have arrested him on suspicion he passed confidential information to North Korea. Photo: AFP

European Union, France, North Korea, Northeast Asia, Russia, South Korea, World

French bureaucrat accused of spying for North Korea

by Sebastian Falletti November 29, 2018February 18, 2020

Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong. Photo: AFP/Brendan Smialowski

AT Finance, China, Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, World

Singapore shakes as Lee looks to retire

by Nile Bowie November 29, 2018February 18, 2020

The Singapore Cricket Club, in Connaught Drive, Singapore. Photo: Google Maps

AT Finance, Middle East, Singapore, South Asia, Sri Lanka, World

Singapore Cricket Club hit for discriminating against maid

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

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi

AT Finance, Beijing, Bhutan, China, India, Malaysia, Maldives, Middle East, Pakistan, South Asia, Sri Lanka, World

Winds of change in South Asian politics

by Gaurab Shumsher Thapa November 29, 2018

Biggles.

AT Finance, European Union, France, Germany, India, Middle East, Russia, Singapore, South Asia, Turkey, World

‘Biggles’ and the revolutionary Version 2 aircraft

by Raja Murthy November 29, 2018November 29, 2018

Map of Sri Lanka: iStock

AT Finance, Bangladesh, Beijing, Bhutan, China, India, Maldives, Myanmar, Nepal, Northeast Asia, Pakistan, Shanghai, South Asia, Sri Lanka, Thailand

New Delhi and Beijing vie for influence in Sri Lanka

by Manoj Kumar Mishra November 29, 2018

Bukit Batok in Singapore. Photo: Google Maps

AT Finance, Middle East, Singapore, Vietnam

Man who abused Vietnamese wife jailed for two months

by Asia Times staff November 28, 2018February 18, 2020

Voters in Kistaram village in Sukma line up to cast ballots amid tight security due to threats by local Maoists. Photo: 101 Reporters

India, South Asia

A vote for democracy from the heart of the ‘red zone’

by Manish Kumar November 28, 2018February 18, 2020

A nuclear-powered submarine of the People's Liberation Army Navy's North Sea Fleet. Photo: AFP

AT Finance, Beijing, China, Japan, Malaysia, North Korea, Northeast Asia, Philippines, South Asia, South Korea, Vietnam, World

Naval superpower race: China ‘to overtake US in 15 years’

by Peter J. Brown November 28, 2018February 18, 2020

Palestinians leaving Makassed Hospital in East Jerusalem on September 9, 2018. Photo: AP/Mahmoud Illean

Israel, Middle East, South Asia, World

The unintended consequences of destroying Palestine’s aid economy

by Joseph Dana November 28, 2018

Shinzo Abe could face a rocky third term as the economy contracts. Photo: AFP / KiyoshiOta

Beijing, China, Japan, Northeast Asia, World

Abe and Japan Inc facing stormy seas

by William Pesek November 28, 2018February 18, 2020

Japan's Coincheck crypto exchange has expanded to also trade Ripple and Factom. Photo: iStock

AT Finance, China, Hong Kong, Japan, Malaysia, Northeast Asia, World

Tuesday’s blockchain news, from Asia and beyond

by Pete Sabine November 27, 2018February 18, 2020

The kindergarten in Tsuen Wan, the New Territories
Photo: Google Maps

China, Hong Kong, Middle East, World

Kindergarten director arrested for secretly filming women

by Asia Times staff November 27, 2018February 18, 2020

AT Finance, Cambodia, China, European Union, Thailand, World

A repressive anniversary marked in Cambodia

by David Hutt November 27, 2018February 18, 2020

Chinese President Xi Jinping (center) signs the guestbook as Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte (right) and his daughter Sarah Duterte look on at the Malacanang Presidential Palace in Manila on November 20, 2018. Photo: AFP/Mark R Cristino

AT Finance, Beijing, China, Middle East, Philippines, World

Xi-Duterte deals stir a furor in the Philippines

by Richard Javad Heydarian November 27, 2018February 18, 2020

Sachin Bansal, co-founder of Flipkart: AFP

Germany, India, South Asia, World

India’s Flipkart co-founder eyes fintech, agritech sectors

by Asia Times staff November 27, 2018February 18, 2020

Taiwanese queue up to cast their ballots in a voting station in Taipei, Taiwan, on Saturday Nov 24, 2018. Taiwan holding local elections on Saturday at the mid-point of President Tsai Ing-wen's leadership and the focus will be on the island's sluggish economy and often fraught relations with China. While Tsai is not on the ballot, the polls are seen as a chance for the electorate to rate her performance as they vote for mayors, councils and other positions.

AT Finance, Beijing, China, Japan, Middle East, Northeast Asia, Philippines, South Asia, South Korea, Taiwan, World

Democracy the real winner in Taiwan’s polls

by Xuan Loc Doan November 27, 2018

Revered Chinese business Li Ka-shing has just increased his investment in crypto. The Ninety-year-old's venture capital firm Horizon Ventures is listed as one of 12 backers that have invested $182.5 million of first-round funding into the Bakkt Bitcoin trading platform. Photo: YouTube/Bloomberg

Beijing, China, European Union, Hong Kong, Macau, World

China’s top 100 contributor list excludes Li Ka-shing

by Ben Kwok November 27, 2018February 18, 2020

Photo: iStock

China, European Union, Germany, Hong Kong, Italy, United Kingdom, World

Trifecta of political risk reduction buoys markets

by David P. Goldman November 27, 2018February 18, 2020

Taiwan coach Chen Kuei-jen gestures during of the 2018 FIFA World Cup Qualifier asian group F match against Thailand at Rajamangala Stadium in Bangkok, Thailand on November 12, 2015. Thailand won 4-2. Photo: AFP

Beijing, China, Middle East, North Korea, Northeast Asia, South Asia, South Korea, Taiwan, World

Taiwan referendum: Chinese Taipei scores own goal

by Gary Sands November 27, 2018November 27, 2018

SBI Ripple Asia has formed a blockchain-based anti-credit card fraud platform with nine major Japanese credit card issuers. Photo: ripple.com

AT Finance, Japan, Northeast Asia, Singapore, South Korea, World

Monday’s blockchain and crypto news, from Asia and beyond

by Pete Sabine November 26, 2018February 18, 2020