MISSED OPPORTUNITIES Perhaps the single outcome referencing Asia, though indirectly, was Trump’s meeting with UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer. The two leaders jointly unveiled the trade deal they had outlined earlier in Washington, but in addition, Trump pledged to safeguard AUKUS, despite the announcement of the Pentagon’s review of the deal. The deal with the United Kingdom represents an outlying concession to Trump’s demands for tariffs. Not only did the United Kingdom concede a 10…

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Similar tactics have been employed successfully by the Houthi militia in Yemen to disrupt traffic through the Bab el-Mandeb strait leading into the Red Sea on the other side of the Arabian peninsula.  The Houthis have mostly fired missiles and drones at ships after warning owners of vessels linked to the US,…

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HOUSTON :Oil prices fell 1 per cent on Monday after touching a five-month high as markets tried to gauge the impact on transit of oil and gas via the Strait of Hormuz after U.S. airstrikes against Iran at the weekend.Brent crude futures were down 70 cents, or 0.9 per cent,…

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Ask any reputable dietitian or nutrition scientist about how to eat healthfully, and they will probably tell you to avoid dieting. Many diets emphasise restriction, whether it’s of calories, carbohydrates, fats or something else. And that’s not a healthy strategy, said Alison Brown, a nutrition researcher at the National Institutes…