John is a senior Asia Pacific analyst in the Current Developments team. He contributes regularly to The Daily Brief.
France’s Yellow Vest protest movement is expected to mark its one-year anniversary today with demonstrations in Paris and other cities
READ MOREGerman Chancellor Angela Merkel is scheduled to meet Italian counterpart Giuseppe Conte in Rome today. It comes two days after
READ MORERomanians go to the polls today for presidential elections. The incumbent, President Klaus Iohannis, will be seeking a second
READ MOREFrench President Emmanuel Macron will be hosted by Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping in Beijing today. Mr Macron’s visit comes as
READ MOREASEAN leaders will meet in Bangkok today for the annual leaders’ summit, but, for the second year in a row,
READ MOREChina was expected to host two days of talks between the Taliban and Afghan government delegates in Beijing today but
READ MOREUruguayans will vote in a new president and parliament at general elections today. Polling suggests that the left-wing Broad Front’s
READ MOREThe Sudanese Communist Party and a workers’ union are expected to lead mass nationwide demonstrations today. Their principal demand is
READ MORESwitzerland holds elections today for all seats in parliament. In December, both houses will sit as one assembly to elect
READ MOREThe APEC Finance Ministers’ Meeting (FMM) begins two days of talks in Santiago today, ahead of the APEC Leaders’ Summit
READ MOREPoland will go to the polls today to elect 460 members to the lower house and 100 senators to the
READ MOREPakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan travels to Beijing today where he’ll meet with Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping and speak at
READ MOREKosovo—recognised by 112 states, but not by Russia, China or Serbia and its allies—will hold a snap election for the
READ MOREChina’s Daxing International Airport in southern Beijing—operating the largest airport terminal in the world—will welcome its first daily flights today.
READ MOREAustrians go to the polls today to elect a new parliament, following the collapse of Prime Minister Sebastian Kurz’s coalition
READ MOREThe United Nations General Assembly starts its annual week-long leaders’ week speeches in New York today with a climate summit.
READ MOREIran’s navy will put more than 200 frigates and speedboats on parade today to mark the 1980 Iran-Iraq war amid
READ MOREUS President Donald Trump will host Bahrain’s Crown Prince Salman bin Hamad Al-Khalifa in Washington today. Top of the agenda
READ MOREToday, Hong Kong’s pro-democracy activists are expected to mark International Democracy Day with further protests. Movement leaders have sought to
READ MOREThe UN’s Human Rights Council will meet in Geneva today for three weeks of deliberations. China has pre-empted likely criticisms
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