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Asean navigates crisis, expansion, and power rivalry at Kuala Lumpur meetings
Daily Express Malaysia
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July 17, 2025
Asean navigates crisis, expansion, and power rivalry at Kuala Lumpur meetings Published on: Thursday, July 17, 2025 Published on: Thu, Jul 17, 2025 By: Lynelle Tham, Danish Raja Reza Text Size: Dark Mode: Off Asean foreign ministers met for four...
All must understand horizontal and vertical integration of Asean — Phar Kim Being and Luthfy Hamzah
Malay Mail
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July 5, 2025
JULY 5 — As Malaysia’s Asean Chairmanship under Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim reaches its midpoint in 2025, a more rigorous appraisal is necessary. Malaysia’s efforts, including championing Timor Leste’s entry into Asean and...
Pacific Islands focus: deep sea mining, reproductive injustice and a new breast screen campaign
Croakey Health Media
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July 10, 2025
Introduction by Croakey: World leaders are calling for a moratorium on deep sea mining to prevent devastating and irreversible environmental harm. This week, governments are meeting in Jamaica at the 30th Session of the International Seabed...
Movers & Shakers: Victoria’s childcare system reviewers, Jones to the OECD
The Mandarin
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July 10, 2025
DCCEEW secretary revealed, DAFF secretary takes IPAA ACT presidency, NSW appoints Safe Work commissioner, latest ambassadors get postings. Senior Executive Service Band 2 The Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water has...
Southeast Asia: Just about 20% of women in WHO Southeast Asia region have health insurance
Asia Insurance Review
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About one in every five women in the WHO Southeast Asia Region, including India, are covered under a health insurance according to a new study published in The Lancet Regional Health Southeast Asia. The study Health insurance coverage among men...
Hanwha Aerospace Names CEO for European and UK Defence Business
Business Korea
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July 18, 2025
Hanwha Aerospace has named Ben Hudson as chief executive officer (CEO) to spearhead the company’s defense operations in Europe and the UK. Hudson, who currently serves as CEO of Hanwha Defense Australia (HDA), will also oversee Hanwha’s existing...
Inanam venue for Asean event
Daily Express Malaysia
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July 17, 2025
Inanam venue for Asean event Published on: Thursday, July 17, 2025 Published on: Thu, Jul 17, 2025 Text Size: Dark Mode: Off Participants pose for a group photo during the AYV 2025 Welcoming Dinner. Kota Kinabalu: Kampung Kobuni in Inanam has been...
Lucca returns to lead Kouprey charge at ASEAN U23 Mandiri Cup
Khmer Times
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July 1, 2025
Cambodian midfielder Lim Lucca (right) looks to make a pass during a match against Timor-Leste at the ASEAN U19 Boys’ Championship held in Indonesia in July 2024. FFC Synopsis: New Zealand-based midfielder Lim Lucca earns another call-up to the...
PM Anwar to open 58th AMM in KL with focus on regional concerns
The Sun Daily
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July 9, 2025
KUALA LUMPUR: Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim is set to open the 58th ASEAN Foreign Ministers’ Meeting (58th AMM) on Wednesday, marking a key moment in Malaysia’s 2025 ASEAN Chairmanship. The event, themed ‘Inclusivity and Sustainability,’...
Hanwha Aerospace Appoints Ben Hudson as CEO to Lead European Defense Expansion
Korea IT Times
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July 18, 2025
Hanwha Aerospace has announced the appointment of Mr. Ben Hudson as Chief Executive Officer (CEO) to head the company's defense operations in Europe and the UK. Currently serving as CEO of Hanwha Defense Australia (HDA), Mr. Hudson will now manage...
Researcher discovers rare ocean phenomenon serving as unlikely ally to reefs: 'Could offer a blueprint'
The Cool Down - Oregon
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July 7, 2025
"Fundamental to understanding how to sustain reefs in the future." by Alyssa OchsJuly 7, 2025 A Queensland University of Technology researcher in Australia discovered an ocean phenomenon that could save coral reefs despite the changing climate,...
‘Voyage to Zero’ | Shipping company launches new program
The Fiji Times
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July 15, 2025
Swire Shipping launched its Voyage to Zero carbon insetting program onboard its MV Apia Chief vessel in Suva last week. Carbon insetting allows companies to reduce their carbon footprint by investing in emissions reduction or carbon removal...
Neither at war nor at peace in Singapore
Asia Times
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July 16, 2025
In his inaugural Singapore Armed Forces Day message, Defense Minister Chan Chun Sing remarked, “We are not at war, but neither are we at peace.” The defense chief’s words captured a deeper truth: Strategic ambiguity in the Indo-Pacific has become...
ASEAN Secretary-General Urges Stronger Parliamentary Role in Promoting Peace and Inclusive Development
AKP
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AKP Phnom Penh, July 15, 2025 -- H.E. Dr. Kao Kim Hourn, Secretary-General of ASEAN, delivered keynote remarks at the 16th ASEAN Inter-Parliamentary Assembly (AIPA) Caucus, held here on July 15, highlighting the indispensable role of...
Is Asean now a new 'balancing wheel'?
Bangkok Post
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July 14, 2025
Last week's Asean Foreign Ministers' Meeting reflects its continued relevance in an increasingly unstable world. Amid US unilateralism and US President Donald Trump's tariff nationalism, Asean has reasserted itself as a balancing wheel -- a...
Today in High Prairie: July 17, 2025
South Peace News
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July 16, 2025
Today in High Prairie! See what’s happening today in town, celebrity birthdays, local history, world history and your daily horoscope. Please send your birthdays and community events to southpeacenews@hotmail.com and/or spneditor@outlook.com....
Rules-based order not working, says British field marshal
Legion Magazine
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July 16, 2025
Field Marshal The Lord Richards of Herstmonceux. The five-star rank of field marshal has been the highest rank in the British Army since 1736. Sir David is one of four living field marshals. [Stephen J. Thorne] The rules-based system of...
Swire Shipping Launches New Carbon Insetting Programme – ‘Voyage To Zero’
Scoop
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Suva, Fiji – Swire Shipping, a leading shipping company in the Asia-Pacific, today announced the launch of Voyage to Zero, a carbon insetting programme that enables freight customers to reduce their Scope 3 Greenhouse Gas (GHG) emissions,...
PAPUA NEW GUINEA REAFFIRMS ASPIRATION FOR FULL ASEAN MEMBERSHIP
EMTV
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July 15, 2025
Papua New Guinea’s Minister for Foreign Affairs Justin Tkatchenko has expressed interest for the country to become full Association of South East Asian Nations. Tkachenko made this known while attending the Association of South East Asian Nations...
Saving UNRWA and Keeping the UN’s Promise to Palestine Refugees
Pass Blue
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July 14, 2025
A new review of the UN’s relief and works agency for Palestinian refugees, or UNRWA, presents four scenarios regarding its future, the essayist writes, ranging from “inaction,” leading to its possible end, to separating its “rights-based” core...