By Reuters and published by Yahoo!Finance and Naewna newspaper AS US President Donald Trump’s new trade tariffs on China, Mexico and Canada kick off, sparking another trade war, countries in Asia’s complex and integrated global supply chain are in the crosshairs. The following graphics illustrate Asia’s exposure to US tariffs on China and the
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China counters with tariffs on US products. It will also investigate Google
By AP and published by Yahoo!News Beijing – China countered US President Donald Trump’s across-the-board tariffs on Chinese products with tariffs on select US imports today (Feb. 4), as well as announcing an antitrust investigation into Google and other trade measures. US tariffs on products from Canada and Mexico were also set to go
Read morePeace prospects look bleak in Myanmar as a civil war rages
By AP and published by Yahoo!News PEACE prospects look bleak in Myanmar as a civil war rages despite international pressure on the military four years after it seized power from an elected civilian government. The political situation remains tense with no negotiation space in sight between the military government and the major opposition groups
Read moreMyanmar fighter jets strafe Karenni refugee camp on New Year’s Eve killing three
AIRSTRIKES by Myanmar junta on a Karenni refugee camp on New Year’s Eve killed three persons including a child but there were no casualties in a second aerial attack on another part of Karenni state, Naewna newspaper said today (Jan. 1). Ayeyarwaddy News Agency quoted Mr. U Banyar, director of the Karenni Human Rights
Read moreEthnic armed group claims capture of key Myanmar town near border with Bangladesh
By AP and published by Yahoo!News ONE of the most powerful ethnic minority armed groups battling Myanmar’s army has claimed the capture of the last army outpost in the strategic western town of Maungdaw, gaining full control of the 271-kilometre (168-mile) -long border with Bangladesh. The capture by the Arakan Army makes the group’s
Read moreUkraine’s Zelenskyy presses US to greenlight deeper strikes into Russia
By Reuters and published by CNA Kyiv – Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy increased pressure on the United States to let Kyiv strike deeper into Russian territory after his representatives met senior US officials in Washington on Saturday (Aug. 31). Washington has provided Ukraine with more than US$50 billion worth of military aid since 2022,
Read moreTop Ukrainian commander says his forces now control almost 1,000 sq km of Russia’s Kursk region
By AP and published by Yahoo!News Kyiv, Ukraine – Ukraine’s top military commander says his forces now control 1,000 square kilometres (386 square miles) of Russia’s neighbouring Kursk region, the first time a Ukrainian military official has publicly commented on the gains of the lightning incursion that has embarrassed the Kremlin. Gen. Oleksandr Syrskyi
Read moreLearning from Myanmar’s rebels, junta builds new Chinese drone fleet
By Reuters and published by Yahoo!News MYANMAR’S resistance fighters notched decisive breakthroughs last year by relying on a scattered fleet of drones in battles against one of Southeast Asia’s most feared militaries. But as the civil war grinds on, the rebels increasingly find their familiar weapons – Chinese-made commercial drones modified to carry arms
Read moreWar crimes prosecutor seeks arrest of Israeli and Hamas leaders, including Netanyahu
By AP and published by Yahoo!News Jerusalem –The chief prosecutor of the world’s top war crimes court sought arrest warrants on Monday (May 20) for leaders of Israel and Hamas, including Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, over actions taken during their seven-month war. While Netanyahu and his defence minister, Yoav Gallant, do not face
Read moreTwo more Thai hostages dead in Gaza
THE FOREIGN Ministry said this morning (May 17) that two more Thai hostages have died in Gaza with six more remaining in captivity, Naewna newspaper said. Mr. Nikorndej Phlangkur, the ministry’s spokesperson, said the Thai embassy in Tel Aviv had been informed by the Israeli government that its hostage situation assessment committee had considered
Read moreCOLUMN: Israel pulled out of the ATM Dubai. So did I. Here’s why.
IN 2023, Israel was present at the Arabian Travel Mart in Dubai. So was I. This year, Israel gave it a miss. So did I. For pretty much the same reasons, I would think. It does not take much to figure why Israel was absent at this year’s ATM between May 6-9, 2024. Every
Read moreMyanmar social media: Thaksin held talks with ethnic armed groups, govt in exile
By Naewna newspaper and Thai Newsroom MYANMAR’S Salween Press said in a Facebook post last night (May 6) that former prime minister and de facto Pheu Thai boss Thaksin Shinawatra held talks with representatives of some ethnic armed groups as well as National Unity Government (NUG), the Myanmar government in exile, on helping end
Read moreWreckage of T-28 plane to be retrieved from Mekong river
By Thai Newsroom Reporters THE AIR FORCE PLANS to retrieve the wreckage of a US-built T-28 Trojan light attack plane from the now-shallow Mekong river. The wreckage of the North American Aviation T-28 turboprop plane which had nosedived and crashed into the international river in Thabor district of Nong Khai during the Vietnam War
Read moreWreckage of T-28 light attack aircraft retrieved from Mekong river
By Thai Newsroom Reporters SOME PARTS OF THE wreckage of a US-built T-28 Trojan aircraft were inadvertently found by villagers and then retrieved by police from Mekong river in Nong Khai today (Jan.23). The remains of the North American Aviation T-28 Trojan light attack aircraft were retrieved by the Explosive Ordnance Disposal police from
Read morePM declares war against loan sharks
By Thai Newsroom Reporters PRIME MINISTER SRETTHA Thavisin today (Nov.28) declared war on loan sharks and vowed to salvage the people who may currently owe debt to them. Calling informal, illicit loans the masters of “Modern World Slavery”, the prime minister said the people nationwide are believed to have a combined sum of no
Read moreThai mercenaries are not fighting for Israel: Ministry
AMID WIDESPREAD speculation on social media that Thais are serving as mercenary soldiers in Israel’s the war against Hamas, the Foreign Ministry today (Nov. 8) clarified that no Thai worker has enlisted to do so with only half Thai and Israeli dual nationals serving as reserve soldiers, Naewna newspaper said. The Thai Ambassador to
Read more2 more Thai workers dead, one more taken hostage
THE FOREIGN Ministry said this evening (Nov. 4) two more Thai workers had died in the Israel-Hamas war raising the death toll to 34 while one more was taken hostage increasing to 24 the number of Thais held captive by Hamas fighters, Naewna newspaper said. However there was no increase in the number of
Read more60 unidentified bodies of Asians in Israel
ISRAELI ambassador Mrs. Orna Sagiv has told a senior Labour Ministry official that there are 60 bodies of foreigners killed in the war with Hamas, all Asians, that have still to be identified, TV Channel 7 said today (Nov. 1). Speaking to reporters after receiving the bodies of 11 Thai workers, Labour Ministry permanent-secretary
Read morePanpree urgently flies to Qatar, Egypt for talks on freeing hostages
FOREIGN Minister Parnpree Bahiddha-nukara is urgently flying to Qatar and Egypt for emergency talks with their leaders to help free 22 Thais held hostage by Hamas fighters as the Israel-Hamas war intensifies, TV Channel 7 said this morning (Oct. 31). As instructed by Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin Parnpree will also be promoting bilateral relations
Read moreMinistry slams showing video of Thai being brutally killed at UN
THE Thai Foreign Ministry today (Oct. 29) criticised the showing of a gruesome video of a Thai being brutally killed by a Hamas fighter at the UN General Assembly last Thursday, Naewna newspaper said. Israel’s UN envoy Gilad Erdan showed the 193-member General Assembly the brief video that he said showed a Hamas fighter
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