Proximity to ASEAN and connectivity are some of the reasons why Singapore is a great financial center, explains Anna Marrs of Standard Chartered Bank.
SEOUL, South Korea — Fresh off an immense North Korean parade that revealed an arsenal of intercontinental ballistic missiles, rival South Korea and its allies are bracing for the possibility that Pyongyang’s follow-up act will be even bigger. North Korea often marks significant dates by displaying military capability, and South Korean officials say there’s a
SHERWOOD, Ore. (AP) — Seventeen-year-old Oregon resident Brennan Agranoff spends his days going to school, doing chores and running his custom-design sock business.
SHERWOOD, Ore. (AP) — Seventeen-year-old Oregon resident Brennan Agranoff spends his days going to school, doing chores and running his custom-design sock business.
Daniel R. DePetris
Security, Asia
It is unlikely that Trump will withdraw troops from Afghanistan, but he should reevaluate America's role in the country.
The war in Afghanistan has been going on for such a long period of time that it’s almost become a ritual for a new administration to take a bottom-up, comprehensive look at America’s war strategy during its first two months on the job. The movie has been repetitively played over the last decade and a half: the generals... Читать дальше...
ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — Although Marcus Stroman had no idea why he was called for an illegal quick-pitch, he refused to allow the unusual umpiring decision to stop him from carrying the Toronto Blue Jays to another win in their…
ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — Although Marcus Stroman had no idea why he was called for an illegal quick-pitch, he refused to allow the unusual umpiring decision to stop him from carrying the Toronto Blue Jays to another win in their…
One of the Antifa thugs that Project Veritas alerted Metro police to had his home raided and to no ones ...
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Zosia Mamet wears high-waisted pants while attending the premiere of her new film The Boy Downstairs held at SVA Theater during the 2017 Tribeca Film Festival on Sunday (April 23) in New York City. The 29-year-old Girls actress was joined by her co-stars Sarah Ramos, Deirdre O’Connell, Diana Irvine, and Matthew Shear, as well as [...]
March of the Living reaches Krakow, honors memory of Holocaust victims and commemorates triumph of the spirit.
Colorado bill addresses the absurdity of requiring a government license just to watch someone's dog
Yukon Huang, David Stack
Economics, Asia
And why a bilateral investment treaty might be the answer.
The most tangible outcome of the Mar-a-Lago meeting between President Trump and his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping was a one-hundred-day plan to reduce trade imbalances. China expressed a willingness to end its ban on U.S. beef imports and limit exports of steel to the United States along with loosening restrictions on America’s investments in China’s financial services sector. Читать дальше...
Steven Pifer
Security, Eurasia
The United States needs leverage to persuade the Kremlin to come back into compliance with the INF Treaty.
The thirty-year-old treaty banning U.S. and Russian ground-launched intermediate-range missiles is at risk of collapse. Russia has violated the treaty by testing and deploying a ground-launched cruise missile of intermediate range. The Obama administration sought to bring Russia back into compliance, but its efforts failed.
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If Myles Garrett ends up as a bust, Warren Sapp can say he warned everyone.
Diallo, who did not hire an agent, enrolled at Kentucky in January but has not played a game for the Wildcats.
Diallo, who did not hire an agent, enrolled at Kentucky in January but has not played a game for the Wildcats.
Thomas J. Shattuck
Security, Asia
How will Beijing respond if Washington sells Taipei arms in the coming year?
Since the inauguration of Tsai Ing-wen as president of Taiwan in May 2016, cross-Strait relations between Taiwan and China have been deteriorating at an alarming rate. The cooling of relations between the two sides of the Taiwan Strait was expected because Tsai is a member of the Democratic Progressive Party, a political party that generally favors a more pro-Taiwan ideology than China’s preferred Kuomintang.
Doug Bandow
Security, Asia
Washington sends a clear message that it makes defense policy for the benefit of Washington, not for South Korea.
The Trump administration said it was rushing a second carrier group to Northeast Asia. White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer explained that “the forward deployment is deterrence.” But it turns out that an aircraft carrier strike group led by the USS Carl Vinson headed off into the Indian Ocean instead. Anxious South Koreans were not pleased. Читать дальше...
North Korean authorities have reportedly detained a U.S. citizen, raising the total number of Americans known to be held in North Korea to three and potentially deepening animosities between Washington and Pyongyang at an already tense moment.
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BALTIMORE -- Tempers flared when Boston Red Sox reliever Matt Barnes threw high and inside to the Baltimore Orioles' Manny Machado on Sunday.
Aberdeen boss Derek McInnes believes that another major honour - paired with outstripping all sides bar Celtic in the league - would represent the upper limits of the club's capability.
RANCHO CUCAMONGA, Calif. (AP) -- Drew Jackson and Will Smith connected on back-to-back homers in the first inning to help lead the Rancho Cucamonga Quakes to an 11-5 victory over Inland Empire 66ers on Sunday. The Quakes swept the three-game…