NUSA DUA, Indonesia (AP) — President Joe Biden and Chinese President Xi Jinping opened their first in-person meeting Monday since the U.S. president took office nearly two years ago, aiming to “manage” differences between the superpowers as they compete for global influence amid increasing economic […]

Phnom Penh, Cambodia CNN  —  President Joe Biden landed in Cambodia on Saturday still reveling in midterm election results that have produced an unexpected boost at home for his second two years in office. A day after he arrived in Asia, he got another piece […]

* China drives adoption of surveillance tech globally * State AI-based systems target activists, protesters * Authorities say technology needed for security purposes By Rina Chandran PHNOM PENH, Sept 19 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – The drones were hard to avoid: they buzzed low over the […]

Russia wants to disconnect Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant from grid, Ukraine says, warning of ‘provocation’ Ukrainian Emergency Ministry rescuers attend an exercise in the city of Zaporizhzhia on August 17, 2022, in case of a possible nuclear incident at the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant located near […]

Washington, DC – Despite the current focus on Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, China poses the “most serious long-term challenge to the international order”, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has said. In a major speech delivered at George Washington University in Washington, DC on Thursday, […]