China’s State Councilor and Defence Minister General Wei Fenghe. File | Photo Credit: Reuters The defence chiefs of rival powers China and the U.S. will both attend next week’s expanded meeting of Southeast Asian security ministers in Cambodia, opening up the possibility the two will hold face-to-face discussions. China’s Defence Ministry said Gen. Wei Fenghe … Read more
China’s State Councilor and Defence Minister General Wei Fenghe. File | Photo Credit: Reuters The defense chiefs of rival powers China and the U.S. will both attend next week’s expanded meeting of Southeast Asian security ministers in Cambodia, opening up the possibility the two will hold face-to-face discussions. China’s Defense Ministry said Gen. Wei Fenghe … Read more
Flu hospitalizations have surged to a decade high in the U.S. with the Southeast the hardest region right now. Five out every 100,000 people in the U.S. were hospitalized with the flu during the week ending Nov. 5, according to data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. That’s the highest hospitalization rate this … Read more
A man wades through floodwaters amidst evacuation orders in the Maribyrnong suburb of Melbourne, Australia. File | Photo Credit: Reuters Heavy rain triggered flash floods that cut off some inland towns in Australia’s southeast on Monday, with fresh evacuation warnings issued for thousands of rural residents. The country’s fourth major flooding this year saw wild … Read more
Indonesia’s president vowed on Sunday not to let Southeast Asia become the front lines of a new Cold War amid increasing tensions between the United States and China, saying as his country took over the chairmanship of the influential Association of Southeast Asian Nations that it would not become “a proxy to any powers”. Joko … Read more
Participants included U,S, President Joe Biden and Chinese Prime Minister Li Keqiang Participants included U,S, President Joe Biden and Chinese Prime Minister Li Keqiang Cambodian leader Hun Sen called for unity on November 13, 2022, telling a gathering including Russia, China and the United States that current global tensions have been taking a toll on … Read more
The U.S. President will focus on the Indo-Pacific region and talk about U.S. commitment to a rules-based international order in the South China Sea in his discussions. The U.S. President will focus on the Indo-Pacific region and talk about U.S. commitment to a rules-based international order in the South China Sea in his discussions. Southeast … Read more
U.S. President Joe Biden speaks during the ASEAN-U.S. summit in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, on Saturday. Vincent Thian/AP hide caption toggle caption Vincent Thian/AP U.S. President Joe Biden speaks during the ASEAN-U.S. summit in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, on Saturday. Vincent Thian/AP PHNOM PENH, Cambodia — President Joe Biden promised Saturday that the United States would work … Read more
Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba signed the “Treaty on Amity and Cooperation in Southeast Asia” as the annual summit of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations got under way in Phnom Penh. Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba signed the “Treaty on Amity and Cooperation in Southeast Asia” as the annual summit of the Association of … Read more
In one of the more striking early scenes from P.T. Anderson’s 2007 film, There Will Be Blood, there is a gas explosion that destroys the drilling rig set up by oil tycoon Daniel Plainview. Noticing one of his employees observing the situation dejectedly, Plainview rebukes the man, saying: “What are you looking so miserable about? … Read more