Decades-long coal-fired power purchase contracts are slowing the transition to cleaner energy sources in Asia, leading utilities to burn more coal even when wind and solar power are available. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/environment/2025/11/20/energy/contracts-asia-coal-fired-power/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #environment #energy #asia #coal
Disney is stepping up efforts to expand in one of the world’s fastest-growing streaming markets with its aim to bring its ESPN sports brand to Asia. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/11/13/disney-espn-asia-streaming/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #disney #espn #streaming #asia
More than 100 nations were poised last month to approve a historic deal to slash #pollution from cargo #ships. That’s when the #UnitedStates launched a pressure campaign that officials around the world have called extraordinary, even by the standards of the #Trump admin’s combativeness, according to 9 diplomats on its receiving end.
An ambassador from #Asia was told that, if he voted in favor of the plan, his country’s sailors would no longer be allowed to disembark at #US ports. #Caribbean diplomats were told that they could be #blacklisted from entering the US. And #MarcoRubio, the secy of #state, personally called officials in several countries to threaten financial penalties & other punishments if they continued to support the agreement to cut ship #pollution.
Trump's tariff-heavy approach is rapidly eroding U.S. influence in Southeast Asia. While the Philippines alliance remains strong, partners like Vietnam are warming to Beijing, and regional states are actively diversifying trade and security partnerships away from an unreliable U.S. Without appointing key ambassadors and reversing its unilateralist policy, Washington will hopefully end up being sidelined in this critical region.
He has a stan culture to rival K-pop idols, a fund bankrolled by sympathizers, and has been labeled one of the “most successful assassins” in history. https://theintercept.com/2025/10/29/japan-shinzo-abe-assassination-trial-unification-church-moon/
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This is a really interesting but tragic story. I learned things that I had no idea about. I remember the "moonies" being a big thing in the USA in the 70's and early 80's. I was approached by one when walking around by myself in San Francisco back then. The volunteer woman invited me to dinner without disclosing her affiliation, but the sign at the address clearly displayed "Unification Church."
https://theintercept.com/2025/10/29/japan-shinzo-abe-assassination-trial-unification-church-moon/
After months of tariff threats and brow-beating on defense spending, U.S. allies in Asia had ample reason to be wary of President Donald Trump. But the message after his Asia tour? The U.S. still has your back. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/11/02/asia-pacific/politics/trump-asian-allies-focus/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #politics #asean #asia #donaldtrump #sanaetakaichi #xijinping #china #uschinarelations #usjapanrelations #apec #trade #tariffs #usmilitary
IL BARICENTRO DELL’ECONOMIA MONDIALE SI SPOSTA IN ASIA https://poterealpopolo.org/economia-asia-apec/ #Tricontinental:InstituteforSocialResearch #AssembleaInternazionaledeiPopoli(AIP) #NewsletterTricontinental #guerracommerciale #Estero #News #ASIA #cina
U.S. President Donald Trump has announced that Washington will share its closely held nuclear tech to allow Seoul to build nuclear-powered submarines in the United States, a move that could have implications for Japan. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/30/asia-pacific/south-korea-us-nuclear-powered-submarines/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #us #southkorea #donaldtrump #nuclearenergy #submarines #asia #defense #leejaemyung #southkoreajapanrelations #nuclearweapons
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Good morning! I am looking for contract work. If you have 10-15 hours a week of work on a well defined technical project (‘we need to move 6 websites by this date’, ‘we need to hire a team to do an infra migration’, ‘we need to complete an accessibility audit and figure out next steps’, ‘we need to improve our docs / our onboarding process’), let me know.
I am a product manager who likes to be the ‘glue’ in sticky technical situations and figure out how to come out of it with useful and usable software. I’m based in San Francisco but I also have years of experience working in Asia and Europe, and can naviagate time zones / remote teams / cultures / communication styles. I have experience in working in open source.
Send me an email: adrianna@futureethics.ai
Good morning! I am looking for contract work. If you have 10-15 hours a week of work on a well defined technical project (‘we need to move 6 websites by this date’, ‘we need to hire a team to do an infra migration’, ‘we need to complete an accessibility audit and figure out next steps’, ‘we need to improve our docs / our onboarding process’), let me know.
I am a product manager who likes to be the ‘glue’ in sticky technical situations and figure out how to come out of it with useful and usable software. I’m based in San Francisco but I also have years of experience working in Asia and Europe, and can naviagate time zones / remote teams / cultures / communication styles. I have experience in working in open source.
Send me an email: adrianna@futureethics.ai