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More Diversified Trade Can Make Middle East & Central Asia More Resilient

May 17, 2024

Opinion by Jihad Azour (washington dc) Friday, May 17, 2024 Inter Press Service WASHINGTON DC, May 17 (IPS) – Dislocations from the pandemic, geoeconomic fragmentation, and Russia’s war in Ukraine have shifted world trade dynamics. While this has created challenges, the redirection of trade has also generated new opportunities, particularly for...

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Lawrence Wong set to take centre stage as Singapore’s new prime minister

May 14, 2024

Singapore – For the first time in 20 years, Singapore will inaugurate a new prime minister, Minister for Finance and Deputy Prime Minister Lawrence Wong, who will take the reins of power in a ceremony on Wednesday, May 15. The 51-year-old will replace Lee Hsien Loong – the eldest son...

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Japan: Safeguarding a mother tongue and mother nature

May 12, 2024

Even though both Nami and Tomoyuki were born on Okinoerabu Island (currently home to only 12,000 inhabitants), neither learned to speak Shimamuni – a local variety of the Kunigami language – fluently as children. Kunigami was added to UNESCO’s Atlas of the World’s Languages in Danger in 2009 and classified...

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Australia PM accuses China of ‘unacceptable’ conduct in Yellow Sea incident

May 7, 2024

Protests lodged after Chinese fighter jet fired flares in path of an Australian navy helicopter above international waters. Australia’s Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has accused Beijing of “unacceptable” conduct after reports a Chinese fighter jet fired flares in the flight path of an Australian navy helicopter over international waters. The...

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