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| Feb 21, 2025 | The Arctic This Week Take Five: Week of 17 February, 2025 | Back to Publications Russia and US Discuss Arctic Energy Collaboration
On February 18, POLITICO reported that Russian and American officials discussed potential Arctic energy cooperation during high-level talks in Saudi Arabia. The Russian ... |
| Dec 2, 2024 | Taiwan's Lai talks 'China threats' with ex-US House speaker Pelosi | HONOLULU: Taiwan President Lai Ching-te discussed "China's military threats" towards the island in a call with former US House speaker Nancy Pelosi on Sunday (Dec 1), his spokeswoman said in Hawaii, Lai's first stop on a... |
| Nov 15, 2022 | Putin's 'desperation' in Ukraine is making Russia more dependent on other pariah states, top Pentagon official says | Russian President Vladimir Putin at the BRICS summit in Johannesburg in July 2018. Gulshan Khan/Pool via REUTERS
Russia is facing increasing international isolation because of its war against Ukraine.
Moscow is not totally alone, as countri... |
| Jul 1, 2021 | Jade mining in Myanmar is $31 billion industry, and it's now in the hands of the corrupt military junta | Buyers check the quality of large jade stones at the annual gem stone exposition in Naypyidaw on July 6, 2016.
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A coup in Myanmar has given its military leaders free rein over a $31 billion (R443 billion) jade industry... |
| Jul 1, 2021 | Jade mining in Myanmar is a $31 billion industry, and it’s now in the hands of the corrupt military junta | Buyers check the quality of large jade stones at the annual gem stone exposition in Naypyidaw on July 6, 2016. AUNG HTET/Getty Images
A coup in Myanmar has given its military leaders free rein over a $31 billion jade industry, said a Global... |
| Mar 18, 2021 | Meet the Woman Behind Cambodia's Moonshot Blockchain Project | As a little girl, Her Excellency Serey Chea was obsessed with "The X-Files" television program and the idea that we are not alone in this universe. Fascinated by the extraterrestrial and outer space, she dreamed of becoming an ast... |
| Jul 21, 2020 | Unpacking the Recent Uighur ICC Complaint Against Chinese Leaders | On July 6, 2020, two Uighur activist groups, the East Turkistan Government in Exile and the East Turkistan National Awakening Movement, submitted a complaint to the Office of the Prosecutor (OTP) at the International Criminal Court (ICC) ag... |
| Oct 1, 2019 | U.S. Senate committee approves $16.7M for East-West Center | COURTESY EAST-WEST CENTER
A total of $16.7 million in federal funding has initially been approved for the East-West Center in Honolulu, according to U.S. Sen Brian Schatz.
Schatz, a member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, said he wor... |
| Oct 19, 2018 | Why Trump’s trade war could be the tipping point for American manufacturing | When Western companies moved manufacturing to China, it was all about minimizing costs. China was a developing country with labor costs among the lowest in the world. It also offered massive subsidies and readily turned a blind eye to labor... |
| Oct 19, 2018 | Why Trump’s trade war could be the tipping point for American manufacturing | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
When Western companies moved manufacturing to Chi... |
| Mar 16, 2018 | Schatz to convene field hearing on false missile alert | ASSOCIATED PRESS
From left, Sen. Tammy Duckworth, D-Ill., Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., Sen. Brian Schatz, D-Hawaii, and Sen. Chris Van Hollen, D-Md., spoke following a weekly strategy session, on Capitol Hill in Washington,... |
| Nov 26, 2017 | 2017 Holiday Happenings Calendar | ILLUSTRATION BY KIP AOKI / [email protected]
Celebrate the season with one of many holiday events scheduled around Oahu this year.
In keeping with Santa’s standards, there’s something for everybody in this year’s winter calendar of e... |
| Sep 24, 2017 | Fall Craft Fair Guide | BRUCE ASATO / 2015
The Mayor’s Craft & Country Fair returns this year on Nov. 18 at the Neal Blaisdell Center Exhibition Hall. The event features crafts, baked goods, senior information booths, white elephant sale, People’s Open Market,... |
| Mar 20, 2017 | Why China Will Not Unify with Taiwan by 2020—and Beijing Lacks Compelling Military Options | For China, the first of its two “centennial anniversaries”—in 2021 (100 years since the Chinese Communist Party’s (CPP) founding) and 2049 (100 years since the founding of the People’s Republic of China) —arrives in just four years. Althoug... |
| Feb 14, 2017 | East-West Center boss to make speech | The East-West Center’s new president is making a public appearance Thursday.
President Richard Vuylsteke will give his first public talk, “Smart Cities, Smart Students, Tomorrow’s Jobs,” at the 16th annual International Graduate Student Con... |
| Oct 21, 2016 | Water Wars: Mr. Duterte Goes to Beijing | Details of a Deal Emerge between Manila and Beijing
President Xi Jinping welcomes President Rodrigo Duterte to Beijing (Photo: Straits Times)
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte’s still-nascent tenure has sent shockwaves throughout the Wes... |
| May 6, 2016 | Water Wars: Charm Offensives Yield Uncertain Results Throughout Southeast Asia | Sino-Japanese Summit Seeks to Restart Troubled Relationship
Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida (left) meets with Chinese counterpart Wang Yi (right) (Photo: The Japan Times)
Japanese Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida arrived in Beijing last Friday... |
| Aug 24, 2015 | The Week that Will Be | Event Announcements (More details on the Events Calendar)
Tuesday, August 25th at 12 pm: The East West Center will host An Asia Pacific Security Seminar featuring Dr. James E. Platte, a non-resident Sasakawa Peace Foundation Fellow with the... |
| Jan 11, 2015 | Natural beauty | SHOFUSO JAPANESE GARDEN
There are a number of classical Japanese or Japan-inspired gardens in Hawaii.
ANDERSON JAPANESE GARDENS
Anderson Japanese Gardens in Rockford, Ill., were started in 1978 and cover 12 acres.
COURTESY PORTLAND JAPANESE... |
| Nov 3, 2014 | The Week That Will Be | Event Announcements (More details on the Events Calendar)
Monday, November 3rd at 9:30 am: The Center on National Security at Fordham Law will host FBI Director James Comey for a talk on Today's Counterterrorism. To register, email nat... |
| Aug 17, 2011 | East-West Center gets $1 million grant for U.S.-Pakistan journalist training | The East-West Center in Honolulu has received a grant worth more than $1 million to run a training and exchange program for U.S. and Pakistani journalists.
The three-year grant from the U.S. Embassy in Pakistan will fund the journalists exc... |
| Nov 23, 2010 | Business Briefs | Hawaiian increases Sydney service
Hawaiian Airlines plans to increase flights between Honolulu and Sydney, including daily flights during the peak travel season, that will add 19,000 new air seats to the islands in 2011.
The state’s oldest ... |
| Hawaii tourism is on life support as visitor arrivals plunge 99% in May | ASSOCIATED PRESS
The COVID-19 pandemic has been brutal to the tourism-dependent economy of Hawaii. A man rides his bike on an empty Waikiki Beach in late April.
Visitor arrivals to the Hawaiian Islands fell by a dramatic 98.9% in May compar... |
| Winter craft fairs | NOVEMBER
>> Sisterhood of Temple Emanu-El’s Holiday Craft Fair: 8: 30 a.m. to 3 p.m. Nov. 13, Temple Emanu-El, 2550 Pali Highway, with children’s show from 11: 30 a.m. to noon presented by students from the School of Jewish Studies. W... |
| Rapid rise in COVID-19 cases prompts Hawaii hospitals into crisis preparation mode | Mahalo for supporting Honolulu Star-Advertiser. Enjoy this free story!
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About 100 people were lined up for COVID-19 testing just after 4 p.m. Tuesday at Daniel K. Inouye International Airport. Experts ... |
| The US is building a military base in the middle of the Pacific. Not everybody there is welcoming. | A plane plane makes its landing approach on Pohnpei International Airport in Kolonia, Federated States of Micronesia in August 2019. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst
During high-level talks in Honolulu in July, the US military and the Federated State... |
| Hawaii: Wearing a face mask is showing aloha for others | JAMM AQUINO/[email protected]
A man wears his face covering on his chin while passing another man wearing a mask along Kuhio Avenue on Friday, June 26, 2020 in Waikiki.
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A couple wears their ma... |