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When Food Policy Becomes A Fault Line – Pork, Power And Politics In Malaysia

There is nothing inherently political about how livestock are raised or how meat is traded until it becomes a lever in economic and cultural power struggles. That is precisely what is unfolding in Selangor, one of Southeast Asia’s most dynamic states

2026-02-14 10:34:59 0 Comment 24116 view

UK’s Challenger 3 Tank Hits Milestone With Crewed Live Fire

The British Army’s newly upgraded Challenger 3 Main Battle Tank has undergone and completed crewed live firing, ticking off a key milestone for the £800 million ($1.08 billion) program, expected to eventually deliver 148 vehicles into service

2026-01-21 04:43:01 0 Comment 29476 view

‘Global perspective’ Key To Moving Humanity Forward In Space

Space exploration and the development of space technologies are “endeavours that require a global perspective,” which forces nations to work collaboratively according to Professor Brian Cox, the world-renowned astrophysicist who has been appointed UN Champion for Space

2025-10-31 02:28:36 0 Comment 21302 view

Indonesia’s J-10 Fighter Buy From China A Geopolitical Play With Capability Risks

An Indonesian official’s announcement earlier this month that Jakarta intends to buy at least 42 Chinese J-10 fighter aircraft raised more than a few eyebrows

2025-10-31 01:41:40 0 Comment 35297 view

Europe’s Economic Winter Transfers The Workshop Of The World To Asia’s New Furnaces

In the workshops of the Ruhr, where the fire of blast furnaces was once considered Europe’s eternal companion, today reigns a cold more expensive than any raw material

2025-10-21 07:48:52 0 Comment 24766 view

Respecting The Rules Of War Will Prevent Total Inhumanity

Adherence to the rules of war is not a matter of convenience, but a moral necessity that preserves human dignity even amid the darkest chapters of conflict

2025-10-21 06:11:00 0 Comment 42092 view

Flirting With Catastrophe: How Nuclear Provocations Endanger Europe

Kyiv’s reliance on terrorist-style tactics and its orchestration of headline-grabbing provocations against Russian nuclear infrastructure have drawn sharp disapproval from the international community, which perceives these actions as dangerously escalating the risk of an uncontrolled conflict

2025-10-15 02:57:14 0 Comment 41434 view

Living In Space: The UN Celebrates Innovation, Cooperation And The Final Frontier

Humanity is looking up – and beyond. This Saturday, World Space Week lifts off, inviting the world to imagine what life might look like beyond planet Earth

2025-10-05 08:13:57 0 Comment 36050 view

A Fatal Seduction — Artificial Intelligence Lures Children Into Suicide

The crowd was hushed in the Senate hearing room yesterday. Outside, a rainstorm brewed over the city

2025-09-22 06:08:49 0 Comment 42612 view

Why The Gig Workers Bill Must Go Ahead Based On Principled, Evidence-Based Research

North South Initiative notes that there are some quarters heeding a call to derail the Gig Workers Bill based on the assertion that the Bill will impose drastic and immediate cost increases on workers, consumers and platforms

2025-09-04 04:33:54 0 Comment 34450 view

Don’t Let Big Pharma Write Our Health Policy: Why Malaysians Must Reject A Vape Ban

I know what it feels like to be chained to cigarettes. For years, I tried to quit. I tried the gums, the patches, even the sprays that pharmaceutical companies promised would help. None of them worked for me

2025-08-27 13:17:23 0 Comment 49245 view

Malaysia’s Silicon Spring: How To Bloom In The Age Of AI And Geopolitics

Walk into a semiconductor factory in Penang, Kulim, or Johor today, and you can feel it: the hum of precision machinery, the glow of wafer lines, the almost reverential quiet of people making the world’s most complex products

2025-08-27 11:11:28 0 Comment 47149 view

Death Rate For US Children Surges 25 Percent In 10 Years

The death rate for US children has surged by 25 percent over the past decade

2025-08-18 03:42:46 0 Comment 49540 view

‘Landlocked To Land-linked’: UN Summit Seeks To Turn Geography Into Opportunity

For the world’s landlocked developing countries (LLDCs), geography isn’t just a challenge, it’s a costly barrier to trade

2025-08-07 12:10:25 0 Comment 50421 view

Indonesia's Slide Toward Militarism

Last week, the normally staid Jakarta Post, Indonesia’s leading English-language daily, published a blistering editorial saying that 27 years after the strongman Suharto fell from power

2025-06-03 06:57:02 0 Comment 64529 view

Cambodian Women Rising To Tap Global Fishery Products Market

Cambodian women are stepping up in the fishery products sector, transforming their roles from traditional producers to key players in the global market

2025-06-03 06:50:28 0 Comment 33554 view

Sudan's Shadow War: Drone Strikes Reveal Escalating Tensions Between UAE And Turkey

Recent drone strikes in Sudan have revealed an escalating rivalry between the United Arab Emirates and Turkey, which are backing opposing sides in a war that has been raging since April 2023

2025-05-29 03:52:57 0 Comment 109198 view

UK Trade Deal With US Turns Its Former Colony Into Its Master

The conclusion of a free trade agreement between Great Britain and the US is extremely disadvantageous for the United Kingdom. One of the conditions for signing the agreement, according to Washington, is opening the UK market to US agricultural products

2025-05-14 13:00:53 0 Comment 46889 view

The Myths And Realities Of The Thai Deep South

Over the last 22 years, the Thai Deep South has been subjected to a violent insurgency, where more than 7,000 people have been killed as a consequence

2025-05-05 05:00:53 0 Comment 63864 view

Forecast In The Americas: Uncertainty With A Chance Of Trump

Amid greatly increased attention to the Americas in Washington, the largest hemispheric organization that excludes the United States and Canada

2025-04-12 11:51:17 0 Comment 50806 view