East Timor Joins ASEAN — and Now Comes the Hard Part

Challenges and hopes for prosperity and stability By Ramesh Jaura This article first appeared on https://rjaura.substack.com BERLIN | 3 November 2025 (WorldView) — It took half a century, two foreign

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Cuba: International Hotel Chains Allowed to Lease—and Operate—State-Owned Resorts

By Rodrigo Pérez MIAMI, USA | 27 October 2025 (WorldView) — In an unexpected step for one of the world’s most tightly managed economies, Cuba has approved a new policy

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UN Women Commemorates 15th Anniversary with a Call to Address Gender Equality

By J Nastranis NEW YORK | 2 July 2025 (IDN) — As UN Women commemorates its 15th anniversary this year, the organisation is warning of a dangerous global backslide in

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Environment Reporting Lacks Resources in Southeast Asia

By Kalinga Seneviratne BANGKOK | 9 June 2025 (WorldView) — “On World Environment Day, it’s critical for us to collectively reflect and engage on the key emerging human rights challenges

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UN Official Slams Delay in Gaza Aid: “People Are Dying While Plans Are Debated”

By J Nastranis NEW YORK | 5 May 2025 (WorldView) — The United Nations has reiterated its refusal to participate in any humanitarian aid distribution scheme in Gaza that does

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Rising Global Debt Requires Countries to Put Their Fiscal House in Order

By Era Dabla-Norris, Vitor Gaspar, Marcos Poplawski-Ribeiro WASHINGTON, D.C. | 26 April 2025 (WorldView) — Major policy shifts underway have heightened global uncertainty. The series of recent tariff announcements by

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