Xi and Trump to face off at virtual UN General Assembly
September 22 ,2020
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By: Francesca Regaldo
U.S. President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping are expected to strike starkly different tones in remarks to the Unite...
US judge blocks Trump WeChat ban
September 22 ,2020
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By: Yifan Yu
Downloads of the WeChat and TikTok apps soared ahead of U.S. bans slated to take effect Sept. 20. (Photo by Yifan Yu)
A federal ju...
Will the Philippines risk war with Malaysia over Sabah?
September 22 ,2020
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By: Richard Heydarian
Philippine Foreign Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr., pictured on Feb. 20: the Philippines' exact motivations are far from certain. &nbs...
Trump allows Oracle and Walmart deal with TikTok
September 21 ,2020
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By: SAM Staff
President Donald Trump listens to a reporter's question on the South Lawn of the White House on Sept. 19, 2020 before departing...
World War II submarine found in murky waters of Strait of...
September 21 ,2020
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By: SAM Staff
The wreckage is believed to be the USS Grenadier.PHOTO: NYTIMES/JEAN LUC RIVOIRE
In the murky waters of the Strait of Malacca,...
What Can Asia Expect From Suga’s Japan?
September 21 ,2020
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By: SAM Staff
It is little surprise that Suga Yoshihide, who was overwhelmingly favored going into Monday’s Liberal Democratic Party leadership...
PM Muhyiddin says Malaysia 'should quickly' hold general e...
September 19 ,2020
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By: SAM Staff
Malaysia's Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin said on Friday (Sept 18) that his six-month-old government "should quickly" hold a general e...
TikTok to be banned from US app stores from Sunday
September 19 ,2020
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By: SAM Staff
The Trump administration has ordered TikTok and WeChat to be removed from US app stores. © Reuters
TikTok will be remo...
US moves to seize $330m of alleged 1MDB assets held by UK...
September 19 ,2020
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By: SAM Staff
Malaysia’s former prime minister Najib Razak was given a 12-year jail sentence in July 2020 for his involvement in what b...
Is Trump the frenemy of the Islamic world?
September 18 ,2020
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By: Nauman Sadiq
In the Republican primaries of the 2016 US presidential elections, Mitt Romney severely castigated Trump, calling him a phony and a fra...
What to Expect From Japan’s New Leader
September 18 ,2020
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By: SAM Staff
As anticipated, Suga Yoshihide has won the election for the leadership of Japan’s Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) following Prime...
Revealed: Saudi Arabia may have enough uranium ore to prod...
September 18 ,2020
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By: SAM Staff
Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman declared in 2018 that if regional rival Iran develops a nuclear bomb, ‘we will follow suit as...
Beijing's view on EU-China summit: Trade-offs needed if Ch...
September 17 ,2020
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By: SAM Staff
European Union leaders struck a hawkish tone at the end of Monday's China-EU leaders' summit, but Beijing appeared to put a more positi...
'Love letters' between Trump and Kim tell of 'personal bon...
September 17 ,2020
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By: SAM Staff
The letters which North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and United States President Donald Trump exchanged before and after their meetings in...
Saudi Arabia rebuked at UN over Jamal Khashoggi killing, a...
September 17 ,2020
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By: SAM Staff
Dozens of nations condemned Saudi Arabia before the UN Human Rights Council on Tuesday over serious violations and demanded accountabil...
What decoupling? US tech executives line up to speak at Ch...
September 16 ,2020
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By: SAM Staff
China continues to woo American tech companies despite the growing rivalry between the two countries. (Photo courtesy of Chongqi...
Germany’s Angela Merkel says ‘political will’ exists to wr...
September 16 ,2020
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By: SAM Staff
EU leaders expressed cautious optimism about concluding protracted talks on easing European investors’ access to Chinese markets...
Israel, UAE and Bahrain sign US-brokered normalisation dea...
September 16 ,2020
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By: SAM Staff
The United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Bahrain have signed agreements to normalise relations with Israel in a strategic realignment of Midd...
China-US tension: ambassador Terry Branstad to step down b...
September 15 ,2020
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By: SAM Staff
The United States ambassador to China is stepping down amid a spiralling rivalry between the world’s two largest economies, the A...
China-India border dispute: Tibet war games test PLA force...
September 15 ,2020
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By: SAM Staff
While China and India are engaging on the diplomatic front to manage their border tension, the Chinese army and air force in Tibet cont...
Palestinian leadership to reconsider relations with Arab L...
September 15 ,2020
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By: SAM Staff
Palestinian Prime Minister Mohammed Ishtayeh has said the government will present a recommendation to President Mahmoud Abbas to recons...
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