South Pacific

Daily Memo: Rising Tensions on the Korean Peninsula

Heating up. South Koreaā€™s military said North Korea fired about 80 artillery rounds into a maritime buffer zone overnight. On Friday, South Korea scrambled...

Daily Memo: Ukrainian Grain Leaves Port Despite Deal Suspension

Deal is off. Russia announced over the weekend that it was suspending its participation in a U.N.-backed deal that facilitated the transport of Ukrainian...

Daily Memo: US Oil Exports, China’s COVID Containment Measures

Record exports. The U.S. exported a record volume of crude oil last week. Oil and refined products exports reached 11.4 million barrels per day,...

Daily Memo: China Concludes Its National Congress

Congress closes. The Chinese Communist Party concluded its 20th National Congress on Sunday. On the closing day, Xi Jinping was given an unprecedented third...

Daily Memo: Eurasian Leaders Meet, EU Budget Concerns

Summit in Yerevan. The heads of government of the Eurasian Economic Union (Russia, Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan) met on Friday in Yerevan. They...

Daily Memo: Australia and Japan to Sign Defense Deal, Belarus Reinforces Border

Quad cooperation. Australia and Japan will sign a defense agreement this weekend, strengthening military cooperation between the two allies. The deal is expected to...

Daily Memo: Russia Attends to Armenia-Azerbaijan Conflict, Turkey as a Gas Hub

Spheres of influence. Meetings continue at the Commonwealth of Independent States summit in Astana, Kazakhstan. The latest highlights: Russian President Vladimir Putin has invited...

Daily Memo: US Inflation Ticks Up

Persistent inflation. U.S. consumer prices accelerated on a monthly basis in September, defying expectations of a continued slowdown. The consumer price index rose 0.4...

Daily Memo: Ukraine Update

Russian retaliation. Russiaā€™s Ministry of Defense announced a massive strike on targets related to Ukraineā€™s military command, communications and energy infrastructure following the strike...

Daily Memo: Tensions on the Armenian-Azerbaijani Border

Renewed fighting. Armeniaā€™s Foreign Ministry accused Azerbaijanā€™s armed forces of opening fire on Wednesday toward the Armenian border and killing three people. The ministry...

Daily Memo: Russian Creativity

Escalation. Referendums were held last week in the nominally Ukrainian regions of Donetsk, Luhansk, Kherson and Zaporizhzhia to see if residents there wanted to...

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