In the flat expanse of Illinois farmland, where autumn skies stretch endlessly above golden fields, Dean Buchholz watches his soybean harvest with a gnawing unease that has become all too …
East Asia
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S. Jaishankar to Attend G7 Niagara Meet as India-Canada Relations Thaw
by Prabhjot Singh 3 minutes readIndia and Canada appear to be on the threshold of restoring normal, cordial diplomatic relations after more than two years of strained ties. The first significant step came when the …
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D.C. Dispatch: Arctic Fault Lines Linking Climate Commerce and Security from Polar Ice to South Asian Shores
by Anand Patelby Anand Patel 5 minutes readIn this exclusive conversation with D.C. Dispatch, South Asian Herald’s special podcast, Sian Prior, Ph.D., shipping policy director at the Brussels-based advocacy group Seas at Risk, said the Arctic has moved from …
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Opinion: Optics, Atmospherics and Substance of President Trump in Asia
by Sridhar Krishnaswami 6 minutes readSome believe that by skipping a summit of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation Forum, American President Donald Trump may have given away the stage to China and its leader, President Xi …
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India, US Sign 10-Year Defense Partnership Framework to Strengthen Indo-Pacific Cooperation
by SAH Staff Reporter 2 minutes readIndia’s Defense Minister Rajnath Singh met with U.S. Secretary of War Pete Hegseth on the sidelines of the 12th ASEAN Defense Ministers’ Meeting – Plus (ADMM-Plus) on October 31, 2025, …
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Opinion: A New Dangerous Race in The Making
by Sridhar Krishnaswami 5 minutes read“I hated to do it, but had no choice! Because of other countries’ testing programs, I have instructed the Department of War to start testing our nuclear weapons on an …
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White House Says H1B Visa System “Spammed with Fraud,” Defends New Reforms Amid Shutdown and Legal Challenges
by T. Vishnudatta Jayaraman 4 minutes readThe White House has defended recent reforms to the H1B visa system, asserting that the program has been “spammed with fraud” for too long and that the President’s top priority …
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The incoming Japanese Prime Minister, Sanae Takaichi, has passed the leadership test, not of becoming the first female to come through a male-dominated society and polity to lead Japan, but …
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China’s WTO Salvo Tests India’s ‘Make in India’ Firewall
by R. Suryamurthy 6 minutes readThe electric vehicle wars have gone multilateral. China has dragged India to the World Trade Organization (WTO), alleging that New Delhi’s flagship industrial policies — designed to wean the country …
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CAST-USA 2025 Global Innovation Summit Showcases Breakthroughs in AI, Biomedicine, and Technology Collaboration
by SAH Staff Reporter 5 minutes readThe Chinese Association for Science and Technology, USA (CAST-USA), hosted its 2025 United Annual Conference and Global Innovation Summit on October 11, 2025, at the Hilton Fairfax in the Greater …