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1(a) JAKARTA: Indonesia Finance Minister Purbaya Yudhi Sadewa on Wednesday (Apr 22) floated the idea of imposing a levy on ships passing through the Malacca Strait, as part of a push to maximise the country’s strategic position along global trade and energy routes. Local media cited Mr Purbaya...

1. The following are excerpts from an AFP 23 Feb 2026 news report: (Begin excerpts) Washington on Monday (Feb 23) accused China of dramatically swelling its nuclear arsenal, and doubled down on claims that Beijing has conducting secret nuclear tests, demanding again it be part of any future...

1. The following are excerpts of February 18, 2026 AFP report from INQUIRER.net: (Begin excerpts) WASHINGTON — The United States is ready to carry out low-yield nuclear tests to match alleged secret explosions by China and Russia, ending a decades-old moratorium, a senior official said...

1. The following excerpts are taken from Washington correspondent Daniel Bush's February 6 news article headlined "Trump's nuclear arms control push with Russia hinges on China". (Begin excerpts) President Donald Trump has said he can replace an expiring US-Russia arms control deal with a...

1. The following are excerpts from a news report by Taipei Times, dated Jul 07, 2021: (Begin excerpts) Japan and the US would have to defend Taiwan together in the event of a major problem, Kyodo News reported Japanese Deputy Prime Minister Taro Aso as saying, marking some of the highest-level...

1. The following excerpts are taken from Frank Chen's news report in the South China Morning Post, dated 21 September 2025: (Begin excerpts) The White House claimed on Saturday that the US operations of TikTok will be spun off, its board will be mostly Americans and its algorithm will be...

1. The following excerpts are taken from Peter Aitken's Newsweek article dated August 17, 2025: (Begin excerpts) Senator Chris Murphy, a Connecticut Democrat, did not hold back on his assessment of the Trump-Putin summit that took place last week, saying in a Sunday appearance on NBC News'...

1. The following excerpts are taken from the Jan. 19, 2002 Los Angeles Times news report: (Begin excerpts) BEIJING — About a month before President Bush is to make his first state visit to China, reports have surfaced that the U.S.-made presidential plane for Chinese President Jiang Zemin has...

1. The following excerpts are taken from an AP News report from Hanoi, Vietnam, dated 3rd July, by Paul Wiseman and Aniruddha Ghosal: (Begin excerpts) WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump announced a trade deal with Vietnam Wednesday that would allow U.S. goods to enter the country...

1. The following are the White House incumbent's comments in his truthsocial.com about the US-China trade framework after the London talks: OUR DEAL WITH CHINA IS DONE, SUBJECT TO FINAL APPROVAL WITH PRESIDENT XI AND ME. FULL MAGNETS, AND ANY NECESSARY RARE EARTHS, WILL BE SUPPLIED, UP FRONT...

1. Dr George Koo had retired from a global advisory services firm where he advised clients on their China strategies and business operations. Educated at MIT, Stevens Institute and Santa Clara University, he is the founder and former managing director of International Strategic Alliances. He...

1. ...Speaking aboard the presidential plane on a flight back to Washington DC, Trump said European and Asian countries were "dying to make a deal". He also pushed back against a reporter's inquiry about American consumers' "pain threshold" as fears of steep price increases and a market...

1. Donald Trump has claimed world leaders panicked by his gargantuan global tariffs are “kissing my a**” in desperate bids to reduce the levies. The president made the bold remark during a 90-minute address as he attempted to court political donors at the National Republican Congressional...

1. A year ago, he was serving time in prison. Today, Navarro is Trump's key adviser on the tariffs that have roiled markets. Two years ago, Peter Navarro wrote a 30-page policy paper titled "The Case for Fair Trade" that urged the next Republican president to take aim at "those countries that...

1. UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Donald Trump has repeatedly said he could settle the war between Russia and Ukraine in one day if he’s elected president again. Russia’s United Nations ambassador says he can’t..... At a CNN town hall in May 2023, Trump said: “They’re dying, Russians and Ukrainians. I...

1. The following are excerpts from a September 7 news report by TRT World: (Begin excerpts) Condemnations and calls for investigation are growing after Israeli occupation troops shot an American-Turkish woman in the head and killed her during an anti-settlement protest in the West Bank. The US...

1. The following are excerpts from a September 23 news report published by The Verge: (Begin excerpts) The Biden administration proposed new rules blocking the “sale or import” of connected vehicle software originating from “countries of concern,” a move that would effectively ban all auto...

1. The following are excerpts from a September 5 CBS News report: (Begin excerpts) Los Angeles — Hunter Biden offered a surprise guilty plea in his tax evasion case on Thursday, capping a whirlwind day in court in Los Angeles, where jury selection in his trial was set to begin. The...

1. The following are excerpts from Benjamin Netanyahu’s speech before a joint session of Congress on July 24, 2024: (Begin excerpts) Mr. Speaker, I want to thank you for giving me the profound honor of addressing this great citadel of democracy for the fourth time. We meet today at a...

Why did the White House incumbent drop out halfway from the presidential race? Of course, he was forced to hand over the torch to his vice-president after tremendous pressure from his party. His decision to quit the race has nothing to do with age, mental fitness or saving democracy as claimed...