https://www.bangkokpost.com/world/2309482/biden-makes-150m-commitment-to-asean-leaders?view_comment=1
WASHINGTON: United States President Joe Biden opened a gathering of Southeast Asian leaders with a promise to spend $150 million on their infrastructure, security, pandemic preparedness and...
How would things go if Russia attacked Lithuania?
1) Assemble 500k troops and attack Russia.
2) Russia uses tactical nuclear weapons to destroy 10k NATO troops.
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What will NATO do it? 4 options.
a. Use of nuclear weapons on the Russian mainland.
b. Use of nuclear weapons against Russian...
Executive Order on Protecting Certain Property of Da Afghanistan Bank for the Benefit of the People of Afghanistan
FEBRUARY 11, 2022•PRESIDENTIAL ACTIONS
By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, including the International...
By Michael Levenson
Dec. 18, 2021
In the years since American boots on the ground gave way to a war of airstrikes in Iraq, Syria and Afghanistan, the U.S. military has made a central promise: that precision bombs and drones would kill enemies while minimizing the risks to civilians.
Recent...
19.10.2021 Author: Brian Berletic
Laos: From Landlocked to High-Speed Rail-Linked
Column: Economics
Region: Southeast Asia
For anyone who travelled through the rugged landlocked Southeast Asian country of Laos years ago, they will remember the twisting mountain roads and the many days by bus...
31.08.2021 Author: Joseph Thomas
Mekong-US Partnership: Promoting Poverty, Driving Sinophobic Hostility
Column: Politics
Region: Southeast Asia
It’s no secret that the US is engaged in heated competition with China and openly aspires to “contain” China’s rise as a global power and its...
https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/taliban-wont-talk-peace-unless-ghani-goes-says-pakistani-pm-2021-08-11/
ISLAMABAD, Aug 11 (Reuters) - Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan accused the United States of seeing his country as useful only in the context of the "mess" it is leaving behind...
TRICHY: Condemning the alleged firing on Nagapattinam fisher ..
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India and Sri Lanka are in conflict
On an annualized basis, the three-month drop in purchasing power amounted to a drop of 9.5%, and this eliminates the Base Effect which only applies to year-over-year comparisons.
It Gets Ugly: Dollar’s Purchasing Power Plunged at Fastest Pace since 1982. It’s “Permanent” not “Temporary,” Won’t...