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Wednesday’s storming of the US Capitol by a mob of President Donald Trump’s supporters, described by president-elect Joe Biden as an attempted “insurrection”, will forever be a stain on American democracy – and Asian nations have taken note. |
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Race is on for hypersonic weapon supremacy
Subscribe to AT+ premium to read Stephen Bryen's article on American, Russian and Chinese efforts to develop defenses against hypersonic weapons. |
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 | By William Pesek
Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga’s state of emergency announcement on Thursday had all the conviction of a hostage video. Suga had been reluctant to take the step – Japan’s second such Covid-19 response in seven months. |
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China’s Covid-19 containment success story is being put to the test as new clusters pop up in northern Hebei province, a geographical buffer zone around the capital Beijing. |
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 | By Pepe Escobar
Synchronicity is definitely fond of mirror wonder-walls. The Julian Assange saga seemed to have entered a new chapter as he was, in theory, on his way to – conditional – freedom this past Monday, only one day after the first anniversary of the event that started the Raging Twenties: the assassination of Iranian Major General Qassem Soleimani.
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 | By Sumit Sharma
At least 60 farmers in India have died during protests against new farm laws while braving rain, hail and biting winter cold with many sleeping under tractor-trailers or in tents given to them by sympathizers. |
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 | By David Hutt
Whether or not Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen meant to snub China when he said his nation would only accept internationally-recognized Covid-19 vaccines seems like an increasingly moot point without a coherent inoculation rollout plan. |
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