As Vice President Harris has said, “the status of women is the status of democracy.” The ability of women and girls to participate safely, freely, and equally in political life and in society is a…
The United States welcomes the Sultanate of Oman’s decision to open its airspace to all civilian planes, including those flying to and from Israel. This historic step completes a process begun last year, during President…
Apurva KempinskiBali, Indonesia 4:50 P.M. CIT THE PRESIDENT: Well, good afternoon, everyone. We haven’t heard enough from everybody, so we’re going to go another five hours. (Laughs.) I — I want to welcome you all. …
President Joseph R. Biden, Jr. will visit Egypt, Cambodia, and Indonesia. On November 11th, President Biden will attend the 27th Conference of the Parties to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP27) in Sharm el-Sheikh,…
Major clothing and shoe companies are moving production to countries closer to their U.S. and European stores, smarting from a resurgence in cases of the Delta variant of the coronavirus in Vietnam and China that…
President Vladimir Putin in June offered U.S. counterpart Joe Biden the use of Russian military bases in Central Asia for information gathering from Afghanistan, the Kommersant newspaper reported Saturday, as American troops leave the country.
Threats from China and North Korea will loom large over the Biden administration’s first Cabinet-level trip abroad, part of a larger effort to bolster U.S. influence and calm concerns about America’s role in Asia. A…
Patient “deteriorated rapidly” after several days in a critical condition. Six people with the virus remain in hospital in France.
‘Ring of fire’ eclipse wows across Asia… (Third column, 17th story, link)
While President Trump’s relationship with Western European leaders has been fraught, that has not been the case with Japan.
WASHINGTON, DC — China’s “massive effort to grow and modernize” the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) is “eroding” the United States’ “relative competitive military advantage” in the Indo-Pacific region, the top American commander in the area…
Asia welcomes Year of the Pig… (Third column, 24th story, link) Related stories:China gorging on double-muscle ‘Frankenswine’…Hong Kong debates its boar problem…Woman arrested for striking boyfriend with frozen pork chop… Advertise here
Asia Bibi — the Christian mother of five sentenced to death nearly a decade ago under Pakistan’s arcane blasphemy laws — is, in effect, still facing a sentence, despite the Supreme Court of Pakistan overturning…
U.S. President Donald Trump should “absolutely” grant asylum to Asia Bibi, the Christian mother of five acquitted by the Pakistani Supreme Court of a 2010 death penalty conviction for blasphemy against Islam, Sen. Rand Paul…
Baby Boom for Asia, Africa — Bust for Americas, Europe… (Third column, 10th story, link) Related stories:‘Remarkable’ decline in fertility rates… Advertise here