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USA/ASEAN/Myanmar – US accuses Myanmar generals of ‘stalling’, urges ASEAN pressure (Al Jazeera)

Al Jazeera writes: The United States has accused Myanmar’s military generals of playing for time after coup leader Min Aung Hlaing extended the deadline for...

Climate Change/Carbon Emissions/Asia – ADB, fin firms draw plan to close Asia coal-fired power plants (Al Jazeera)

Al Jazeera writes: Financial firms, including British insurer Prudential, lenders Citi and HSBC and BlackRock Real Assets are devising plans to speed up the...

Lebanon – A year on, politicians accused of hindering Beirut blast justice (Al Jazeera)

Kareem Chehayeb writes: A year after a massive explosion at Beirut Port devastated the Lebanese capital, the victims’ grieving families are still waiting for answers, accountability...

Ethiopia’s Tigray/Sudan – Dozens of bodies found in river between Ethiopia’s Tigray, Sudan (Al Jazeera)

Al Jazeera writes: At least 30 corpses have washed up on the Sudanese banks of a river that abuts Ethiopia’s northern region of Tigray, according...

China – China’s Unavoidable Financial Rise (Project-Syndicate)

ZHANG JUN writes: A decade ago, few economists were bullish about the growth of China’s external financial strength. But the government’s commitment to capital-market...

Global – Preventing a Stablecoin Liquidity Crisis (Project-Syndicate)

ANDRÉS VELASCO writes: There is no sound argument for applying lender-of-last-resort protection to privately issued cryptocurrencies. But regulators can prevent the all-too-predictable liquidity squeeze...

Global – The Case for a G21 (Project-Syndicate)

JEFFREY D. SACHS writes: As a powerful complement to the United Nations, the G20 has acquitted itself well by representing most of the world’s...

USA – The Dangers of Endless Quantitative Easing (Project-Syndicate)

RAGHURAM G. RAJAN writes: With growth so uncertain, it is understandable that central banks would be wary of beginning to taper monthly bond purchases...

Taiwan – Tsai’s high stakes on Taiwan’s upcoming referendum (East Asia Forum)

Bill Sharp writes: Taiwan will vote on four referendum items on 18 December, the result of which could make or break the remainder of President...
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