eXp Realty South Korea launch marks fifth global expansion of 2025, bringing agents a borderless, AI-native, agent-first brokerage model.| Direct Selling Facts, Figures and News
The Taipei Aerospace & Defense Technology Exhibition (TADTE) 2025 crystallized around four dominant strategic themes that collectively illustrate Taiwan's comprehensive approach to defense modernization amid escalating regional tensions. Based on a detailed report by Pleronix (available upon request). Includes a Podcast discussion on TADTE 2025's highlighting Taiwan's four strategic themes beyond the post's coverage. The post TADTE 2025: Reflecting Taiwan’s Strategic Themes first appeared o...| Defense Update:
The 5th Assembly of the Global Network of Rainbow Catholics (GNRC) in Madrid, Spain, was a deeply enriching and transformative experience for me, both personally and pastorally. As a Catholic priest and an ally accompanying gender and sexual minorities in India, I have been for quite sometime engaged in reflecting on the realities of LGBTQ+ […]| Global Network of Rainbow Catholics
The newly renovated international departures area is scheduled to open in the summer of 2026| DFNI
President Donald Trump says he’s doubling the tariff rate on steel to 50%, a dramatic increase that could further push up prices for a metal used to make housing, autos and other goods.| AP News
The Taliban have seized power in Afghanistan two weeks before the U.S. is set to complete its troop withdrawal after a costly two-decade war.| AP News
TikTok is ramping up a public relations campaign to fend off the possibility of a nationwide ban by the Biden administration.| AP News
New Zealand lawmakers and other workers inside the nation’s Parliament will be banned from having the app on their government phones.| AP News
The short-video app TikTok has chosen Oracle as its corporate savior to avoid a U.S. ban ordered by President Donald Trump.| AP News
The Taliban returned to power in Afghanistan in August 2021 as U.S and NATO forces withdrew from the country after more than two decades of war.| AP News
The Taliban swept into Afghanistan’s capital after the embattled president joined the exodus of his fellow citizens and foreigners.| AP News
The Taliban say the U.S. has lifted bounties on three senior Taliban figures, including the interior minister who also heads a powerful network blamed for bloody attacks against Afghanistan’s former Western-backed government.| AP News
Gallup surveys in 137 countries show Russia's image has suffered worldwide since it began its war in Ukraine. The majority of the world now disapproves of Russia's leadership.| Gallup.com
As seen in the Q2 2025 Hotel Construction Pipeline Tre ...| Lodging Econometrics
Nvidia and AMD agreed to share 15% of their revenues from chip sales to China with the U.S. government, President Donald Trump confirmed at a press conference on Monday.| AP News
Before their first permanent overseas deployment, the latest variant of the cutting-edge fighter jet, the F-15EX Eagle II, reached Kadena Air Base on Okinawa, Japan, for a visit. The first operational deployment of the Eagles in the Indo-Pacific has been made as the Taiwan Strait is turning into a potential flashpoint. The deployment comes at […]| EURASIAN TIMES
Once a perennial buyer of foreign weaponry, South Korea has undergone a quiet but profound transformation. In just over a decade, it has shifted from dependence on US-made systems to becoming one of the world’s fastest-growing arms exporters. In 2025, its defense industry isn’t just catching up—it’s outpacing traditional suppliers, securing multibillion-dollar deals across continents […]| EURASIAN TIMES
On July 15, 2025, at 5:34 a.m. Beijing Time, China commemorated another milestone in its ambitious space program with the successful launch of the Tianzhou-9 cargo spacecraft from the Wenchang Spacecraft Launch Site in Hainan Province. Tianzhou-9 ascended into the predawn sky to deliver essential cargo supplies to the Tiangong space station, China’s orbiting outpost […]| EURASIAN TIMES
Tariff policies, rising geopolitical tensions and unprecedented uncertainty are putting pressure on cities and regions across the world.| Oxford Economics
Online courses could offer a lifeline for Afghan women and girls seeking to continue their education after the Taliban's return to power, but internet access remains low in Afghanistan, particularly for women.| Gallup.com
CCAF's new report explores how open banking and open finance advance across 16 APAC jurisdictions, highlighting regional trends and regulatory approaches.| Cambridge Judge Business School
Global engagement fell in 2024, as did employee thriving. Managers experienced the sharpest engagement decline — a blow to global productivity.| Gallup.com
Spectra Group unveils its Troposcatter on the Move (TOTM) capability at Indo Defence 2025, bringing advanced ship-to-shore and ship-to-ship high-bandwidth communications to Asia Pacific’s maritime environments.| Spectra Group (UK) Limited
President Donald Trump has banned travel to the U.S. by citizens from 12 countries and restricted access for people from seven others.| AP News
The Taliban must alter their zero-sum mentality and seriously commit to bringing peace to Afghanistan before it is too late. The post Why Do Taliban Continue to Kill If They Are Serious about Peace? appeared first on Foreign Policy Journal.| Foreign Policy Journal
Blaming cyber attacks on governments has become routine, but has it resulted in accountability, punishment, or reduction in hostile cyber activities? The post What Has Publicly Blaming Cyber Attacks on Governments Solved? appeared first on Foreign Policy Journal.| Foreign Policy Journal
The current political crisis in Afghanistan is actually an important step towards a realistic peaceful solution: a political “unsettlement”. The post Afghan Peace is Now About the Art of the Possible, Not the Perfect appeared first on Foreign Policy Journal.| Foreign Policy Journal
Big Brother can do wonders during a pandemic, but the granularity of what it gleans is surpassed by the infringement on privacy that it can make. The post COVID-19 and Mass-Surveillance: Why South Korea’s approach is also anathema to civil liberties appeared first on Foreign Policy Journal.| Foreign Policy Journal
2020 was the most stressful year in recent history. A record-high 40% of adults worldwide said they experienced stress during a lot of the previous day.| Gallup.com
New Meta and Gallup research finds that most people worldwide feel connected to others, but not always to the same degree.| Gallup.com
WITNESS hosted over 40 key stakeholders from the Asia-Pacific region to discuss threats and opportunities related to generative AI, synthetic media and human rights.| WITNESS Blog
The latest World Happiness Report delivers some unhappy news to Americans -- and the rest of the world.| Gallup.com
Satellite company Kacific has completed deployment of over 2,500 sites for Bakti, the Indonesian government’s Telecommunication and Information Accessibility Agency.| Capacity Media
TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew has endured a nearly six-hour grilling by U.S. lawmakers, some of whom are pushing to ban the popular short-video app nationwide.| AP News
Since creating the World Poll in 2005, Gallup has conducted studies in more than 160 countries that include 99% of the world's adult population. The Gallup World Poll tracks the most important issues worldwide, such as food access, employment, leadership performance, and well-being.| Gallup.com
A Meta-Gallup survey of more than 140 countries shows 24% of people worldwide feel very or fairly lonely -- but about half do not feel lonely at all.| Gallup.com
Emotionally, the second year of the pandemic was an even tougher year for the world than the first one: Gallup's Negative Experience Index reached a new high, and the Positive Experience Index dropped for the first time in years.| Gallup.com
