Just before the Dalai Lama turned 90, he announced that his successor would be selected through the traditional process of reincarnation. Mujib Mashal, The New York Times’s South Asia bureau chief, explains why this process could increase tensions with China. Source link
President Trump said on Tuesday that President Macron of France “always gets it wrong,” as simmering tensions between the two leaders over the Israel-Iran conflict blew up into insults.As he made an early exit from the G7 meeting in Canada and flew back to Washington, Trump called Macron “publicity seeking.” In a post on his […]
Representative image (Picture credit: AP) The Pentagon is positioning warships and other military assets in West Asia to help protect Israel and American troops from possible Iranian retaliation to Israeli strikes, US officials said. Naval destroyer USS Thomas Hudner was directed to move to the eastern Mediterranean, and a second destroyer may soon follow, officials […]
Indian-origin Paul Kapur told Senate what his vision is about US’s future ties with India and Pakistan, if he gets confirmed. Paul Kapur, Donald Trump’s Indian-origin pick for the role of assistant secretary of state for South and Central Asia, told the Senate Foreign Relations Committee that he would pursue security cooperation with Pakistan where […]
France’s President Emmanuel Macron and his wife Brigitte Macron arrive at Noi Bai International Airport in Hanoi on May 25, 2025. (Photo: AFP) French President Emmanuel Macron arrived in Vietnam on Sunday for the first leg of a Southeast Asia tour, where he will pitch his country as a reliable alternative partner to the United […]
Presentative Photo (Photo:AP) BANGKOK: Massive planned US duties on solar panels made in Southeast Asia could be a chance for the region to ramp up its own long-stalled energy transition, experts say.Earlier this month, Washington announced plans for hefty duties on solar panels made in Cambodia, Vietnam, Thailand and Malaysia.The levies follow an investigation, launched […]
Since re-entering office, President Trump has issued a flurry of tariffs in an effort to rewire the global economy. On Wednesday, Mr. Trump unveiled his most aggressive policies to date, sparing few countries around the world. A 10 percent base line rate for the world went into effect on Saturday, with much higher ones for […]
