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Modi gets a Bastille Day red carpet, but China can rain on the geostrategic parade

India’s promise as a counterweight to China in the Indo-Pacific led French President Emmanuel Macron to invite Prime Minister Narendra Modi as guest of honour at the July 14 Bastille Day military parade. But does India have the will and means to deliver?

France 24

China received £48 million in aid from UK in 2021, says watchdog

The UK sent nearly £50 million to China in aid in 2021/22, as a watchdog complained of ‘insufficient transparency’ in how money is spent.

The Independent UK

Quiet diplomacy could ease South China Sea tensions

The South China Sea problem requires a political framework, which can only be created through dialogue, which the ASEAN must recognise

The Hindu

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Volatile politics set to hit economy

Kasikorn Research Center (K-Research) expects the domestic political situation to be a key factor affecting the Thai economy in the second half of this year.

Bangkok Post

Half of our world is sinking into a debt crisis: UN chief's stark warning

NEW DELHI: Some 3.3 billion people – almost half of humanity – live in countries that spend more on debt interest payments than on education or health, said UN secretary general Antonio Guterres on Wednesday after launching a UN report which revealed that in 2022, global public debt reached a…

The Times of India

North Korea fires long-range missile

 SEOUL: North Korea has fired a long-range ballistic missile, the South Korean military said on Wednesday, days after Pyongyang threatened to down US spy planes that violated its airspace.

Bangkok Post

Commerce Minister Piyush Goyal, in London, discusses adding ‘further momentum’ to India-U.K. trade talks

The eleventh round of trade negotiations between India and the U.K kicked off in London this week with Union Minister Piyush Goyal holding talks with his U.K. counterpart, Business and Trade Secretary Kemi Badenoch

The Hindu

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North Korea launches 1,000km missile towards Japan after threatening US

North Korea has fired a suspected intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) towards Japan after warning of counteraction for alleged US reconnaissance activities in the region.

The Week

The U.S. and Mexico are more than neighbors

Mexico has surpassed China as the top U.S. trading partner.

Axios

China sends 'spy disguised as tourist to infiltrate UK briefing' by Hong Kong dissidents

Pro-democracy activists Finn Lau and Christopher Mung were speaking at the briefing in a private room at the Commons when a man believed to be sent by China's Communist Party tried to get in

Daily Mirror

North Korea fires ‘longest-ever’ missile flight after threatening US

It is thought to have flown for 74 minutes - the longest ever flight time for a North Korean missile

Evening Standard

Paraguay’s president-elect recommits to ties as Taiwan’s last ally in South America

Paraguay’s president-elect, Santiago Pena, has committed to maintaining diplomatic ties with Taiwan, going against a trend of Taipei’s diplomatic allies switching their allegiance to China

The Independent UK

Opioid crisis: US and China at odds over influx of fentanyl

Antony Blinken speaks at launch of US-led coalition to address synthetic drug threats

The Guardian - UK

Taiwan says Chinese air force, navy stage mass drill near island

Defence ministry says monitoring the situation after Chinese air force planes appeared to be coordinating with ships.

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The Conversation

Ethiopia wants to join the BRICS group of nations: an expert unpacks the pros and cons

A few years ago, the BRICS grouping – Brazil, Russia, China, India and South Africa – had lost salience because three of its members were in severe economic difficulty. Brazil, Russia and South Africa are primarily natural resource exporters and were badly affected by the global commodity price bust of…

Bangkok Post

HK police round up exiled activist’s relatives

HONG KONG: Hong Kong national security police on Tuesday took away exiled activist Nathan Law’s parents and brother for questioning, local media reported, one week after the police issued an arrest warrant and a bounty on Law’s head.

The Week

What’s causing China’s deflation crisis?

China’s economy is teetering on the brink of a deflation crisis as its recovery from the pandemic stalls.

Evening Standard

OPINION - Joe Biden’s latest visit has shown us a void in the special relationship

If Rishi Sunak wants for boosts in trying domestic circumstances, he relishes his moments on the international stage. Yesterday it was tea in the Downing Street garden with President Biden: the sixth encounter between the two men virtually or at summits. Biden visits are nervous affairs — the stiffness of…

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The Independent UK

China says its foreign minister is ill. A senior diplomat will take his place at ASEAN

Chinese Foreign Minister Qin Gang is ill and the country's senior diplomat will take his place at a two-day summit of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations this week in Jakarta, Indonesia

Al Jazeera

Australia ‘concerned’ by China-Solomon Islands policing deal

Australia urges the nations to publish details of the police deal which it says will ‘invite further regional contest’.

The Independent UK

Taiwan's #MeToo movement is making a resurgence as accusations hit politics, TV and schools

Taiwan is facing a long-delayed reckoning with sexual harassment and sexual violence

The Independent UK

Indonesia warns nuclear weapons put Southeast Asia a 'miscalculation away' from a catastrophe

Indonesia’s top diplomat is warning of the threat posed by nuclear weapons, saying that Southeast Asia is “one miscalculation away from apocalypse” and pressing for world powers to sign a treaty to keep the region free from such arms

The Independent UK

China signs pact with Solomon Islands to boost cooperation on 'law enforcement and security matters'

The Solomon Islands has signed an agreement to boost cooperation with China on law enforcement and security matters in a move likely to raise concerns among the South Pacific island's traditional partners

Bangkok Post

Shipments to China forecast to grow 1%

Despite China's slow economic recovery, the Commerce Ministry still expects Thai exports to the mainland to eke out 1% growth this year to US$3.47 billion.

The Guardian - AU

Crocodile euthanised after attack on man at NT swimming spot – as it happened

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