Australia dispatched warships to track a Chinese flotilla off the country's east coast, according to a newspaper report. It comes as China expands its naval reach and presence in the Pacific Ocean.

Today the international order is being challenged on multiple fronts. Decades-old institutions are unrepresentative of the global community. What they need is to be reformed, not rejected.

Southeast Asia’s peatlands and mangroves store immense amounts of carbon, yet they’re rapidly disappearing. A new study finds that conserving and restoring these ecosystems could cut the region’s ...

Migration in East Asia and the Pacific is reshaping economies, driven by labor shortages in aging nations and job-seeking migrants from lower-income countries. Effective policies, skill partnerships, ...

There is a 'mismatch' between the importance of peatlands and their current level of protection, a new study warns.

At Marasca Khao Yai, glamp under canvas near the vines in the middle of the mountainous UNESCO site that’s one of the top in ...

Vietnam's foreign ministry published a map defining its baseline claim in the Gulf of Tonkin, where it shares a maritime border with China, which it said on Friday was to help protect and enforce its ...

It is this challenge that has led International IDEA to adopt foresight and futures methodologies, a set of practices that in ...

Your guide to the most important world stories of the day Essential analysis of the stories shaping geopolitics on the continent The latest news, analysis, and data from the country each week ...

Asia/Kolkata is a UTC +05:30 timezone offset where as Eastern Standard Time (EST) is a UTC -5:0 timezone offset. Time difference between Asia/Kolkata and Eastern Standard Time (EST) is 10:30 hours ie.

Phú Quốc is also known as the country's "Pearl Isalnd" for its pearl farms, turquoise waters and white-sand beaches like that of Long Beach which spans 20km or Ganh Dau which is small and ...

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