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​US President Donald Trump shakes hands with Vietnam's Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh at the ASEAN Summit in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, on October 26, 2025.
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Trump’s Asian trade blitz sets up sitdown with Xi

The US president signed a raft of trade deals on Sunday at the ASEAN summit in Malaysia, but the main event of his Asia trip will be his meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping on Thursday.

Why Trump-Putin calls are cause for concern
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Why Trump-Putin calls are cause for concern

As another hurricane hits Florida, how is information complicating disaster relief efforts? What do Southeast Asian leaders hope to accomplish at the ASEAN regional summit? What do you make of reports that Trump stayed in touch with Putin after leaving office? Ian Bremmer shares his insights on global politics this week on World In :60.

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken shakes hands with Chinese Communist Party's foreign policy chief Wang Yi during their bilateral meeting on the sidelines of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Foreign Ministers' Meeting in Jakarta, Indonesia, Thursday, July 13, 2023.
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Top diplomats meet in Laos to discuss Myanmar & South China Sea

On Thursday, the Association of Southeast Asian Nations met in Vientiane, Laos, to kick off a three-day summit focused on resolving Myanmar’s violent civil war and cooling tensions in the South China Sea.

Georgia Senate candidates: U.S. Senator Raphael Warnock (D) and Herschel Walker (R)
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What We’re Watching: US midterm cliffhanger, Russia’s Kherson retreat, ASEAN summit kickoff

What We’re Watching: US midterm cliffhanger, Russia’s Kherson retreat, ASEAN summit kickoff

What We’re Watching: Partition 75th anniversary, Kenyan vote count, US-China in Southeast Asia
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What We’re Watching: Partition 75th anniversary, Kenyan vote count, US-China in Southeast Asia

What We're Watching: UK-Nordic security pact, Biden-ASEAN summit, King Abdullah II at the White House
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What We're Watching: UK-Nordic security pact, Biden-ASEAN summit, King Abdullah II at the White House

What We’re Watching: G7 warns Russia, Israeli PM in UAE, Blinken in Southeast Asia, Nicaragua ditches Taiwan, Poland may stiff EU
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What We’re Watching: G7 warns Russia, Israeli PM in UAE, Blinken in Southeast Asia, Nicaragua ditches Taiwan, Poland may stiff EU

Russia's big plans for Ukraine, Israeli PM meets Emirati prince, Blinken tours Southeast Asia, Taiwan’s decreasing diplomatic traction, Poland and the EU are at it again.

What We're Watching: Blinken goes to Southeast Asia
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What We're Watching: Blinken goes to Southeast Asia

What We’re Watching: ASEAN shuts out Myanmar, Russian hackers strike again, Afghans risk winter starvation
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What We’re Watching: ASEAN shuts out Myanmar, Russian hackers strike again, Afghans risk winter starvation

ST forum looks at how Asia can chart its path ahead amid pandemic, post-US elections

ST forum looks at how Asia can chart its path ahead amid pandemic, post-US elections