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Two years after Philippines' pivot, Duterte still waiting on China dividend

Trade between China and the Philippines has picked up significantly, but data suggests mostly in China's favour.

Nov 19, 2018

By Reuters

PM Lee Hsien Loong held a Joint Press Conference with US Vice-President Mike Pence at the Istana on 16 November 2018.

Singapore & US sign new deals: Cybersecurity training and bilateral exchange of tax information

Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong and US Vice-President Mike Pence also noted that there are still many other ways to collaborate.

Nov 16, 2018

By Bhaswati Guha Majumder

Cybersecurity

Facebook, Twitter fight against the surge of fake news during 2018 US midterm election

Facebook and Twitter both were trying to combat fake news and took initiative to block users who were trying to spread inaccurate information during US Election Day.

Nov 7, 2018

By Bhaswati Guha Majumder

Fake news Facebook

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Democrats capture U.S. House majority in rebuke to Trump

Trump and his fellow Republicans expanded their majority in the U.S. Senate following a divisive campaign marked by fierce clashes over race, immigration and other cultural issues.

Nov 7, 2018

By Reuters

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Trump, Obama tout clashing visions of U.S. as elections near

Trump campaigned with Georgia Secretary of State Brian Kemp, who is in a tight race with Democrat Stacey Abrams for the governor's office.

Nov 5, 2018

By Reuters

Taiwan President Tsai apologises to indigenous people, promises to look after their interest

China vows to crush Taiwan independence movement

With the demand of outright independence growing in Taiwan, a restless China saw the US warship campaign in the Strait as an escalation.

Oct 25, 2018

By Jacob Nelly

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Kim Jong Un spent $4 billion on luxury goods; Here's what he bought

South Korean lawmaker Yoon Sang-hyun said that he got to know of the amount after he analysed a Chinese data. All the items that were imported on Jong Un's orders.

Oct 23, 2018

By Vanilla Sharma

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Maldives' President-elect Ibu Solih may cancel Chinese projects

A Washington DC-based think-tank tracking BRI, the Maldives is one of the most at-risk countries where BRI projects are being implemented because of debt.

Oct 19, 2018

By Immanuel Jotham

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North Korea intends to abolish all nuclear weapons, South says

Kim and U.S. President Donald Trump pledged to work towards denuclearisation at their landmark June summit in Singapore.

Oct 12, 2018

By Reuters

Malaysia takes bold move to abolish Sedition Act, death penalty

Malaysia is working on the process of passing bills that will abolish the Sedition Act as well as the death penalty and it will be submitted in parliament.

Oct 12, 2018

By Bhaswati Guha Majumder

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U.S. House committee votes to release Trump-Russia transcripts

The transcripts include discussions about a June 2016 meeting at Trump Tower in New York at which Russians offered to provide damaging information about Hillary Clinton.

Sep 29, 2018

By Reuters