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Ethiopia wants to join the BRICS group of nations: an expert unpacks the pros and cons

A few years ago, the BRICS grouping – Brazil, Russia, China, India and South Africa – had lost salience because three of its members were in severe economic difficulty. Brazil, Russia and South Africa are primarily natural resource exporters and were badly affected by the global commodity price bust of…

The Conversation

HK police round up exiled activist’s relatives

HONG KONG: Hong Kong national security police on Tuesday took away exiled activist Nathan Law’s parents and brother for questioning, local media reported, one week after the police issued an arrest warrant and a bounty on Law’s head.

Bangkok Post

What’s causing China’s deflation crisis?

China’s economy is teetering on the brink of a deflation crisis as its recovery from the pandemic stalls.

The Week

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OPINION - Joe Biden’s latest visit has shown us a void in the special relationship

If Rishi Sunak wants for boosts in trying domestic circumstances, he relishes his moments on the international stage. Yesterday it was tea in the Downing Street garden with President Biden: the sixth encounter between the two men virtually or at summits. Biden visits are nervous affairs — the stiffness of…

Evening Standard

China says its foreign minister is ill. A senior diplomat will take his place at ASEAN

Chinese Foreign Minister Qin Gang is ill and the country's senior diplomat will take his place at a two-day summit of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations this week in Jakarta, Indonesia

The Independent UK

Australia ‘concerned’ by China-Solomon Islands policing deal

Australia urges the nations to publish details of the police deal which it says will ‘invite further regional contest’.

Al Jazeera

Taiwan's #MeToo movement is making a resurgence as accusations hit politics, TV and schools

Taiwan is facing a long-delayed reckoning with sexual harassment and sexual violence

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Indonesia warns nuclear weapons put Southeast Asia a 'miscalculation away' from a catastrophe

Indonesia’s top diplomat is warning of the threat posed by nuclear weapons, saying that Southeast Asia is “one miscalculation away from apocalypse” and pressing for world powers to sign a treaty to keep the region free from such arms

The Independent UK

China signs pact with Solomon Islands to boost cooperation on 'law enforcement and security matters'

The Solomon Islands has signed an agreement to boost cooperation with China on law enforcement and security matters in a move likely to raise concerns among the South Pacific island's traditional partners

The Independent UK

Shipments to China forecast to grow 1%

Despite China's slow economic recovery, the Commerce Ministry still expects Thai exports to the mainland to eke out 1% growth this year to US$3.47 billion.

Bangkok Post

Crocodile euthanised after attack on man at NT swimming spot – as it happened

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Letters to The Editor — July 11, 2023

Readers’ mail to The Hindu’s Letters to The Editor

The Hindu

3 Stocks to Add Some Exposure to Steel

After a challenging 2022, the steel demand is expected to rise thanks to the reopening of the Chinese economy, easing inflation, and America’s infrastructure development initiatives. To that end, it could be wise to buy fundamentally strong steel stocks ArcelorMittal (MT), Commercial Metals Company (CMC), and Aperam (APEMY). Read more.

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China, Solomon Islands elevate ‘strategic’ ties

The agreement signals a strategic win for China as competition with the US for influence over Pacific nations heats up.

Al Jazeera

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Editorial: A Shared Understanding of ‘Competition’ and ‘Cooperation’ Will Better Serve China-U.S. Relations

It is crucial for the two countries to mark where both competition and collaboration begin and end to prevent their relationship from spiraling

The Hindu

Defence Minister Rajnath Singh discusses strengthening of bilateral ties with Malaysia's top leadership

Defence Minister Rajnath Singh met Malaysia’s top leadership, including Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim, and held talks on a wide range of issues to further deepen bilateral defence and strategic ties.

The Independent UK

Solomon Islands leader visits Beijing, highlighting US-China rivalry in South Pacific

Leaders of the Solomon Islands and China have promised to expand relations that have fueled unease in Washington and Australia about Beijing’s influence in the South Pacific

The Independent UK

Hong Kong's newly named Roman Catholic cardinal wants reconciliation and more hope for young people

Hong Kong’s newly named Roman Catholic cardinal says he hopes for reconciliation and wants the city to give young people more hope following the economic downturn and a campaign to crush a pro-democracy movement

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The Hindu

China protests Dalai Lama meeting with visiting U.S. officials

Last week, Ms. Zeya attended birthday celebrations for the Dalai Lama’s 88th birthday, organised by the “Office of Tibet in Washington” as well. Read more on The Hindu

The Independent UK

Myanmar violence and sea disputes to dominate ASEAN talks joined by US, Russian and Chinese envoys

Myanmar’s prolonged civil strife, tensions in the disputed South China Sea and concern over arms buildups in the region are expected to dominate the agenda when Southeast Asia’s top diplomats gather for talks this week in Indonesia

The Guardian - UK

Mineral-rich Mongolia is steeling itself for democratic change

Anti-corruption protests have drawn a stream of European politicians to the country – and the man tasked with cleaning up its act is confident that he can deliver

Al Jazeera

N Korea slams US move to deploy nuclear submarines to peninsula

Pyongyang also accused US spy planes of violating its airspace and warns such aircraft may be shot down.

The Conversation

China is pumping out carbon emissions as if COVID never happened. That's bad news for the climate crisis

Carbon emissions from China are growing faster now than before COVID-19 struck, data show, dashing hopes the pandemic may have put the world’s most polluting nation on a new emissions trajectory.

The Hindu

Modi’s ‘rouble wise rupee foolish’ policy

India has been boxed into helping China in its currency supremacy

The Hindu

Restoring the World Trade Organization’s crown jewel

But the larger game plan of the United States seems to be the de-judicialisation of trade multilateralism

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