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2 days ago
Things are so dire that one state has produced a rational alcohol policy
5 days ago
The rise of One Nation is melting Australian politics ⊕
Could the tumult produce a new party?
Sex tourists fuel outrage about vice in Japan ⊖
The debates do not have women’s interests at heart
Worries about migrants imperil South Korea’s shipbuilding boom ○
Compared with most rich countries, the foreign workforce is still small
America’s secretary of war pulls his punches on China ⊖
The Pentagon’s strategy for Asia contains a very big hole
Pakistan is battling two insurgencies ○
Problems mount at home as its leader plays peacemaker abroad
10 days ago
Pete Hegseth pulls his punches on China ⊖
America’s secretary of war meanwhile lectures America’s allies
12 days ago
Indonesia’s erratic president grabs the country’s commodity exports ○
Facing a tumbling currency, Prabowo Subianto announces a vast new agency to sell resources to the world