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Geopolitics October 12, 2021[ Washington Post ] Navy nuclear engineer and his wife charged with trying to share submarine secrets with a foreign country
Internal Affairs October 10, 2021China hit by flood again, 3rd time this year.
Military & Defense October 9, 2021Dutch frigate, HNLMS Evertsen’s voyage so far as part of the UK Carrier Strike Group 21 (CSG21); will arrive in Singapore on 10 October 2021
Geopolitics October 9, 2021[ Intelligencer ] U.S. Troops Have Reportedly Been in Taiwan for Over a Year
Military & Defense October 9, 2021[ Forbes ] It’s Official: After A 75-Year Gap, The Japanese Navy Has An Aircraft Carrier
Finance & Economics October 7, 2021[ TIME ] China, Isolated From the World, Is Now the Last Major Country Still Pursuing a ‘Zero COVID’ Strategy
Finance & Economics October 7, 2021[ AsiaOne / Straits Times ] Singapore inks deal for Merck antiviral pill to treat Covid-19 and its variants
Internal Affairs October 6, 2021[ OANN ] Cambodia PM Seeks Barring Of Duel Citizenship For Holders Of Top Posts
Internal Affairs October 6, 2021[ NBC ] Lawmakers in Japan elect Fumio Kishida as new prime minister
Finance & Economics October 5, 2021Entire Facebook Network is Down for 8 hours
Finance & Economics October 4, 2021[ Nikkei ] U.S. set to resume trade talks with China
Internal Affairs October 2, 2021Arizona Election Audit Results reporting shows how the media is manipulating the public via misinformation
Internal Affairs October 1, 2021Tough Road Ahead for TalibanBy Manish Rai
Finance & Economics September 30, 2021[ Fibre2Fashion ] Chinese textile prices may go up 30-40% due to power cuts
Internal Affairs September 30, 2021Rohingya Leader Mohibullah assassinated; ARSA is widely believed to be behind the assassination
Finance & Economics September 30, 2021REGEN-COV monoclonal antibody therapy delivery will arrive in Singapore next month
Finance & Economics September 30, 2021Ho Ching to handover Temasek Holdings’ top seat for a “second time” on Oct 1 after 17 years of service
Internal Affairs September 29, 2021[ The Conversation ] Who is Fumio Kishida, Japan’s new prime minister?
Finance & Economics September 27, 2021Indonesia give green light to the Singapore-Australia undersea powerline
Military & Defense September 27, 2021PLA Navy to build anime-inspired aircraft?
Finance & Economics September 27, 2021[ ABC Rural ] Coking coal price hits record highs as Chinese steel-makers face pain
Geopolitics September 27, 2021[ Reuters ] Canada foreign minister says eyes wide open when it comes to normalizing China ties
Geopolitics September 25, 2021[ SCMP ] North Korea open to closer ties with Seoul, formal end to Korean war is ‘admirable idea’: Kim Yo-jong
Internal Affairs September 21, 2021Manny Pacquiao accepted Partido Demokratiko Pilipino-Lakas ng Bayan (PDP Laban) nomination to run for Philippines President
Geopolitics September 20, 2021[ The Defenstar ] Argentina to buy inferior and more expensive JF-17 over FA-50 due to UK
Geopolitics September 19, 2021[ ABC News ] Why World Bank is under fire over set of rankings
Geopolitics September 18, 2021Syrian gas pipeline sabotage, causing complete power outage across Syria
Military & Defense September 18, 2021UK’s Babcock sell Arrowhead 140 (AH140) frigate design to PT PAL Indonesia (Persero) – 2 vessels licensed in the deal
Geopolitics September 18, 2021[ NYT ] Furious Over Sub Deal, France Recalls Ambassadors to U.S. and Australia
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Geopolitics September 16, 2021[ Sky News ] China says AUKUS submarine deal ‘highly irresponsible’ and ‘intensifies the arms race’
Geopolitics September 16, 2021AUKUS trilateral security partnership is now a thing
Military & Defense September 16, 2021[ PNA ] PH can’t get F-16 jets for now due to budget woes
Geopolitics September 16, 2021[ The Sydney Morning Herald ] Australia, the US and UK to announce landmark new defence pact
Geopolitics September 15, 2021[ Business Insider ] First US Navy carrier strike group to deploy with F-35C stealth fighters sails into the South China Sea
Geopolitics September 14, 2021India militarises highways as emergency landing strips; 20 under construction
Military & Defense September 13, 2021[ TODAY / AFP ] North Korea test-fires new ‘long-range cruise missile’: KCNA
Military & Defense September 12, 2021Philippines Air Force to decide between the Fighting Eagle (FA-50PH) and the Fighting Falcon (F-16C/D)?
Finance & Economics September 12, 2021Singapore to donate 60,000 doses of AstraZeneca vaccine to Batam, Indonesia
Geopolitics September 11, 2021[ RT ] The last pipe of Russia’s Nord Stream 2 has been welded, operator announces