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1 week ago | asianews.network | Krishana Prasain

June 18, 2025KATHMANDU – Kalpana Phuyal stands in the narrow alley outside her rented flat in Syuchatar, Kathmandu, balancing a bag of vegetables in one hand and her mobile phone in the other. “A kilo of tomatoes cost me Rs70 even when the price is supposedly low,” she says, her voice heavy with frustration. The 35-year-old works as an office helper in a nearby school, and with a family of five to care for, every rupee feels stretched to its limit.

2 weeks ago | asianews.network | Deni Ghifari

June 13, 2025JAKARTA – Talks between Indonesia and the United States remain in limbo just days ahead of a deadline both parties set for reaching a trade deal to avert punishing US import tariffs that would effectively shut off the world’s largest consumer market for many Indonesian products.

2 weeks ago | asianews.network | Wang Keju

June 13, 2025BEIJING – China has approved a number of export license applications for rare earth-related items, and will continue to strengthen the review of compliant applications, the Ministry of Commerce said on Thursday. As a responsible major country, China has fully considered the reasonable demands and concerns of various nations in the private sector while reviewing applications for rare earth-related export permits, said He Yadong, a spokesman for the ministry, at a news conference.

2 weeks ago | asianews.network | Charie Mae Abarca

June 11, 2025MANILA – After hours of deliberation, the Senate, sitting as the impeachment court, voted 18-5 with no abstentions on Tuesday to return the articles of impeachment against Vice President Sara Duterte to the House of Representatives. The motion, filed by Sen. Alan Peter Cayetano, specifies that returning the articles does not equate to dismissing or terminating the case.

3 weeks ago | asianews.network | Aqil Hamzah

June 6, 2025SINGAPORE – Singaporean students who are currently undergraduates at Harvard University have been told that autonomous universities here can offer them placements if they wish to discontinue their studies in the US and return home, owing to recent developments. Mr Lui Tuck Yew, the Republic’s ambassador to the US, said this during a virtual town hall with the affected students on May 30, The Straits Times has learnt.