Vietnam faces a rapidly aging population and a declining fertility rate, prompting the government to consider new financial incentives to encourage childbirth. Despite these efforts, the United Nations Population Fund …
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India and Israel Unveil New Regional Initiative with Mediterranean Partners A new regional initiative involving India, Israel, and Mediterranean states was announced on October 12, 2023, aiming to strengthen economic, …
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Indonesia’s Free Meals Program Faces Corruption Allegations Amid Political Restructuring Indonesia’s national school meal program, known as the Buku Harian Gizi (MBG), has become a focal point of controversy as …
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Oil Surpasses $100 a Barrel: Asia Faces the Brunt of Economic Fallout from US-Israel War with Iran Oil prices surged past $100 a barrel on Monday, March 9, 2026, reaching …
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Indonesia’s Carrier Ambitions Face Reality Check with Italian Acquisition Indonesia is poised to acquire its first aircraft carrier, the Italian Giuseppe Garibaldi, a move framed as a significant step toward …
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The Three Faces of Environmental Harm: Local, Global and Natural World Impacts Environmental degradation presents a complex challenge with varying scales of impact. While often discussed as a single issue, …
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Welcome to another roundup of interesting news and events from around the econosphere, from my traditional, 100% handcrafted human-written blog. 1. Fixing public spaces is actually pretty easy Table of …
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China is urging its biggest banks to curb their exposure to US Treasuries, a calculated intervention in the plumbing of global finance that reveals something uncomfortable about where Asia believes …
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Japan’s general election campaign ended on Saturday with major party leaders holding competing rallies across Tokyo. This has by any definition been a strange campaign. It was unexpected; it was …
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China Dominates Critical Technologies, While AI Fuels Control and surveillance Table of Contents China Dominates Critical Technologies, While AI Fuels Control and surveillance Australia, Japan, and the Pacific: A Proposed …