AI-generated image (Credit: Lexica) The United States has announced imposition of substantial new duties reaching up to 3,521 per cent on solar imports from four Southeast Asian nations, supporting domestic manufacturers whilst creating challenges for the nation’s renewable energy development.The duties, announced on Monday, follow a year-long trade investigation that claims that solar manufacturers in…
As China faces off with the United States over a punishing trade war, it is under pressure to shore up its friendships around the world, starting with its neighbors in Southeast Asia. But its relations there are complicated. China’s leader, Xi Jinping, will be testing these ties this week as he visits Vietnam, Malaysia and…
They were hit by some of President Trump’s most punishing tariffs, in one case as high as 49 percent. The new levies threatened to cripple their economies, which have prospered by making sneakers and tech goods for American consumers. So Southeast Asian countries like Cambodia and Vietnam rushed to appease Mr. Trump. They promised not…
F.B.I. agents stationed overseas had sex with prostitutes in Cambodia, the Philippines and Thailand, even as some bureau employees attended training meant to combat human trafficking, a practice that often exploits vulnerable women, according to an investigation by the Justice Department’s watchdog. The document, made public on Thursday in response to a lawsuit by The…
NEW DELHI: The South-East Asia Region including India, reported the highest number of cancers of lips and oral cavity, uterine cervix, and childhood cancers among all World Health Organisation regions in 2022, regional director of WHO SEAR Saima Wazed said on Monday.WHO South East Asia Region (SEAR) includes India, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Democratic People’s Republic of…
Australia’s southeast sweltered in a heatwave on Monday, raising the bushfire risk and prompting authorities to issue fire bans for several parts of Victoria state. The extreme temperatures brought back memories of the catastrophic 2019-2020 “Black Summer” that saw fires destroy an area the size of Turkey, killing 33 people and billions of animals. On…
Australia’s southeast sweated in a heatwave that intensified on Sunday, elevating bushfire risk and prompting authorities to issue fire bans for more parts of Victoria state. Australia is in the grips of a high-risk bushfire season, with firefighters last week battling a large blaze that ripped through Victoria’s Grampians National Park, razing homes and farmland….