March 5, 2025 – From Inside Asia

Trump Highlights DOGE Cuts, Tariff Policy in Address to Congress

[epoch_component type=”live_update” section_title=”Trump Says US Will Acquire Greenland ‘One Way or the Other’” update_time=”2025-03-05T00:01″ inline_authors=”191986″ update_source=”” pinned=”false”] WASHINGTON—Trump reiterated statements made over the past...

by FIA Staff March 5, 2025 0 comment

World

Job losses, rising food prices threaten Indonesians’ Ramadan spending spree

Skyrocketing food prices and widespread job losses threaten to dampen Indonesia’s usually vibrant Ramadan spending spree, raising concerns that government incentives may not be...

by Resty Woro Yuniar March 5, 2025 0 comment

World

Unusually high lithium levels among Beijing’s pregnant women and newborns: study

Pregnant women and newborns in Beijing carry blood lithium levels up to 20 times higher than those in a comparable industrial city in central...

by Shi Huang March 5, 2025 0 comment

World

Trump tells US Congress his administration is ‘just getting started’

Published: 11:55am, 5 Mar 2025Updated: 12:03pm, 5 Mar 2025 US President Donald Trump addressed a joint session of Congress on Tuesday night local time,...

by Igor Patrick March 5, 2025 0 comment

World

New Zealand’s foreign minister berates Mexico-born MP for use of nation’s Maori name

Published: 11:52am, 5 Mar 2025Updated: 11:53am, 5 Mar 2025 The speaker of New Zealand’s parliament has told lawmakers he will not consider further complaints...

by Associated Press March 5, 2025 0 comment

World

Floods in Indonesian capital Jakarta displace thousands – ‘all my belongings are gone’

Thousands of people were evacuated from parts of Jakarta on Tuesday after heavy rain caused flooding around the Indonesian capital. Advertisement Torrential rain triggered...

by Crystal Wu March 5, 2025 0 comment

World

Germany’s likely next government seeks to boost defence amid doubts about US

The prospective partners in Germany’s next government said Tuesday they would seek to loosen the nation’s rules on running up debt to allow for...

by Associated Press March 5, 2025 0 comment

World

TikTok, Meta bristle at Australia’s plan to exempt YouTube from social media ban

Australia’s plan to exempt YouTube from a world-leading teen social media ban is “illogical” and a “mockery”, rival tech giants Meta and TikTok said...

by Agence France-Presse March 5, 2025 0 comment

US Politics

1 Million Jobs at Risk From US Tariffs: Minister Miller

The imposition of full U.S. tariffs on Canada places approximately one million Canadian jobs at risk, says Immigration Minister Marc Miller. “No matter what...

by FIA Staff March 5, 2025 0 comment