Amateur investigator who hunted down serial killer Charles Sobhraj ‘curious’ to see what happens next
Disarmament expert Angela Kane played a key role in the 1970s in helping to secure the arrest of the French…
The careful balancing act of Vietnam’s bamboo diplomacy
Author: Nguyen Khac Giang, Victoria University of Wellington The Vietnam–China relationship has not been in good shape in the last…
FTX’s Sam Bankman-Fried, charged with ‘epic’ fraud, released on US$250 million bond
US Magistrate Judge Gabriel Gorenstein set Bankman-Fried’s next court date for January 3, 2023, before US District Judge Ronny Abrams,…
Can Netanyahu prioritise Israel’s Asia pivot?
Author: Carice Witte, SIGNAL Former Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s Likud party is set to form a stable 64-seat far-right…
Beijing 2008 Olympics mascot designer Wu Guanying dies in capital amid rumours that Covid-19 caused his death
The Beijing games Organising Committee gave him a special honorary award for his work. Wu retired from Tsinghua University in…
The ABCs of China’s GDI
Author: Deborah Brautigam, John Hopkins University In 1949, former US president Harry Truman launched the first US global aid program,…
How Beijing’s circular economy policy is driving recycling in carbon-intensive sectors
A worker sorts plastic bottles for recycling on the outskirt of Beijing. The recycling of steel, aluminium, plastic and paper,…
Electoral gerrymandering in Kashmir another risk to stability
Author: Roshni Kapur, Singapore Changes to electoral rules in Jammu and Kashmir, including the potential addition of 2.5 million new…
‘The Serpent’: French serial killer Charles Sobhraj to leave Nepal prison a year before completing 20-year sentence
Sobhraj, 78, is believed to have killed at least 20 people in Afghanistan, India, Thailand, Turkey, Nepal, Iran and Hong…
Enough fentanyl to kill every American: 379 million deadly doses seized in 2022
The highly-addictive, manufactured opioid is 50 times more potent than heroin, and a tiny amount can be fatal – most…