Microsoft announced a commitment to equip 2.5 million people in member states of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) with AI skills by 2025. The skilling initiatives…
Read more Microsoft announces AI skilling opportunities for 2.5 million people in the ASEAN region by 2025Southeast Asian foreign ministers have called for a “Myanmar-owned and led solution” to the crisis in Myanmar that began when the military seized power in a coup three…
Read more ASEAN urges ‘Myanmar-owned and led solution’ to crisis triggered by coupTAIPEI, July 13 (Reuters) – Chinese fighter jets monitored a U.S. Navy patrol plane that flew through the sensitive Taiwan Strait on Thursday, as China carried out a…
Read more US Navy plane flies through Taiwan Strait, China carries out more drillsHANOI, July 3 (Reuters) – Vietnam has banned Warner Bros’ highly-anticipated film “Barbie” from domestic distribution over a scene featuring a map that shows China’s unilaterally claimed territory…
Read more Vietnam bans ‘Barbie’ movie over South China Sea mapHANOI, June 23 (Reuters) – The U.S. nuclear-powered aircraft carrier Ronald Reagan will stop at Central Vietnam’s port city of Danang on Sunday in a rare visit for…
Read more US combat ship to make rare port call in Vietnam amid South China Sea tensionsTAIPEI, June 3 (Reuters) – China’s military rebuked the United States and Canada for “deliberately provoking risk” after the countries’ navies staged a rare joint sailing through the…
Read more China rebukes US, Canadian navies for Taiwan Strait transit[1/2] Singapore’s Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong attends the 22nd ASEAN Plus Three Summit in Bangkok, Thailand, November 4, 2019. REUTERS/Chalinee Thirasupa/File Photo SINGAPORE, May 24 (Reuters) –…
Read more Singapore PM orders probe into ministers’ homes amid public angerDHAKA, May 14 (Reuters) – Storm surges whipped up by a powerful cyclone moving inland from the Bay of Bengal inundated the Myanmar port city of Sittwe on…
Read more Cyclone Mocha floods Myanmar port city, sparing major refugee campsChallenge ahead for opposition parties to form government Move Forward comes close to sweep of capital Bangkok No alliances with dictator-backed parties – Pita Military parties down, but…
Read more Thailand opposition crushes military parties in election routMANILA, April 24 (Reuters) – Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr on Monday said he will press U.S. counterpart Joe Biden to make clear the extent of Washington’s commitment…
Read more Philippines’ Marcos to seek specifics from Biden on US defence commitmentHONG KONG, April 4 (Reuters) – China is for the first time keeping at least one nuclear-armed ballistic missile submarine constantly at sea, according to a Pentagon report…
Read more Analysis: China’s intensifying nuclear-armed submarine patrols add complexity for U.S., alliesJAKARTA, Feb 23 (Reuters) – Egianus Kogoya, the dreadlocked rebel behind the kidnapping of a New Zealand pilot this month in the highlands of Indonesia’s Papua region, is…
Read more Deadlier and more media savvy, separatist rebels evolve in Indonesia’s PapuaBENGALURU, Feb 22 (Reuters) – India does not want the G20 to discuss additional sanctions on Russia for its invasion of Ukraine during New Delhi’s one-year presidency of…
Read more Host India doesn’t want G20 to discuss further Russia sanctions – sourcesBangkok, Thailand – The Golden Triangle – a region where the jungle borders of Thailand, Laos and Myanmar meet – has long been notorious as the centre of an…
Read more Q&A: UN rep on opium surge in Southeast Asia’s ‘Golden Triangle’Market rout deepens in Indian tycoon Adani’s shares Adani Enterprises loses $26 bln in value since report Falls after Adani pulled share sale, investors spooked Analysts say signals…
Read more Adani’s market losses top $100 bln as crisis shockwaves spreadFeb 3 (Reuters) – U.S. officials said on Thursday that a Chinese “surveillance balloon” has been flying over the United States for several days. Using high-altitude balloons for…
Read more Factbox: High-altitude spy balloons: old concept, new applicationsATLANTA, Jan 13 (Reuters) – At least nine people died in tornadoes that destroyed homes and knocked out power to tens of thousands in the U.S. Southeast, local…
Read more Nine dead, more casualties expected after tornadoes rip through U.S. SoutheastNEW DELHI, Dec 24 (Reuters) – India has mandated a COVID-19 negative test report for travelers arriving from China, Japan, South Korea, Hong Kong and Thailand, the health…
Read more India makes COVID test mandatory for arrivals from some countries, including ChinaWASHINGTON, Dec 14 (Reuters) – Vietnam has conducted a major expansion of dredging and landfill work at several of its South China Sea outposts in the second half…
Read more Vietnam in big push to expand South China Sea outposts – U.S. think tankJAKARTA, Dec 5 (Reuters) – Thousands of residents in Indonesia’s East Java were on high alert on Monday after a violent eruption at the island’s tallest volcano prompted…
Read more Thousands on alert in Indonesia’s Java after Mt. Semeru eruption
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