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GLOBAL HEADLINES

WORLD IN VIEW

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GLOBAL HEADLINES

US vows 'economic D-Day' as Iran threatens to halt Gulf oil exports

Fast-moving wildfire in Nevada injures 6, forces 42,000 to evacuate

WORLD IN VIEW

01:25

Carney says Canada to impose retaliatory tariffs on US goods

World's first autonomous tennis-playing humanoid robot takes to the court

US teacher helped Chinese woman fight desertification. 27 years later, he's back

NEWS ANALYSIS

27:10

Exclusive with AU Permanent Representative to China

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GLOBAL IN-DEPTH

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The opportunity cost of America's $40 trillion debt

21-Aug-2026

Jessica Durdu

Japan's security shift and the test for Northeast Asia's postwar order

16-Aug-2026

Jennifer Ruiz

Agreements with China: A step forward for Ecuador's development

23-Aug-2026

HOT TAKES

PRO TALK

HOT TAKES

Iran says Pakistan's army chief to visit Tehran on Monday

Second edition of World Humanoid Robot Games gets underway in Beijing

01:26

DR Congo orders Ebola testing of bodies before burial

Authorities say the requirement is intended to detect infections that may otherwise go unnoticed and prevent funeral ceremonies from becoming new points of transmission.

German foreign minister makes unannounced visit to Kyiv

PRO TALK

Exclusive with Fields medalist Martin Hairer

How Japan is hollowing out its pacifist constitution

Yasukuni's ghost: Japan's self-inflicted wound

First Voice

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GLOBAL TRADE WATCH

Trump announces pause on 50% tariffs on Canada, claims deal close

US President Donald Trump said on Tuesday that 50% tariffs on Canada, scheduled to take effect Wednesday, had been paused for three days.

19-Aug-2026

Chinese official calls for more APEC efforts to remove trade barriers

22-Aug-2026

China, Switzerland complete free trade agreement upgrade negotiations

21-Aug-2026

After UAE cuts trade ties, Iran warns Gulf countries against aiding US

19-Aug-2026

Graphics: China's trade balance in numbers

20-Aug-2026

ASIA-PACIFIC

Firsthand stories shaping the region

When a territorial dispute becomes a tool of great-power rivalry

24-Aug-2026

Death toll from Indian hooch tragedy rises to 13

23-Aug-2026

Japan's territorial claim beyond post-war order could open floodgate

Following Japan's surrender in 1945, the Soviet Union took control of the Southern Kuril Islands, a territorial reality that has continued to this day, according to the 1943 Cairo Declaration, the 1945 Potsdam Proclamation, and the 1945 Yalta Agreement. But Japan is citing mainly the 1855 Treaty of Shimoda and the 1875 Treaty of St. Petersburg to claim its sovereignty over the islands. Some right-wing forces in Japan are increasingly incorporating the islands issue into their political narrative of "breaking away from the postwar regime." But, any attempt to use territorial disputes as a pretext to break free from the constraints of the postwar system and advance historical revisionism and remilitarization is bound to jeopardize peace and stability in the Asia-Pacific.

23-Aug-2026