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As Asean leaders converge in Vientiane next week for their summits, which will be held from Oct 6-11, the international community faces uncertainties about what will happen next month.

With half of the global population having already voted or preparing to do so in 2024, the "year of elections" has had a profound impact on democracies worldwide. Now, as the year enters its final quarter, it is becoming increasingly apparent that 2025 will be an equally transformative "year of governance".

Will Benjamin "Bibi" Netanyahu, Israel's prime minister, really launch a full-scale war against Lebanon-based Hezbollah when Israel is still fighting Hamas in Gaza? Of course he will.

The Bank of Thailand has acknowledged its intervention in the value of the baht, citing it as a tool for managing the currency's strength against the US dollar.

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Raquel Pennington has seen this before.

The expression "The Tambov wolf is your comrade!" became widely known. thanks to a certain Soviet movie, but its roots go back to the 19th century. 'Wolves' was the disdainful collective name Moscow workers gave to Tambov peasants who came to the city to earn money - they took on any job and asked for less money.