Apps promising to swiftly ease jet lag have proliferated. We traveled to the other side of the globe and back to see if they made a difference for a long-haul journey.
Category: Far East, South and Southeast Asia and Pacific Areas
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Amid Devastating Winter Losses, Another Threat Looms For U.S. Beekeepers
The parasitic Tropilaelaps mite, which threatens honeybees and the food supply, isn’t in North America. Yet.
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To Sidestep Trump Tariffs, Asian Nations Seek New Trade Partners
Most nations are still negotiating in hopes of avoiding punitive import taxes. At the same time, they’re looking for trading partners as a way around the United States.
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Trump’s New Trade Threats Set Off Global Scramble to Avoid Tariffs
Many countries thought they were negotiating in good faith. The White House renewed its “reciprocal” tariff plan anyway, giving countries until Aug. 1 to make offers.
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Canada Shipping Natural Gas to Asia as It Looks Beyond the US for Trade
A tanker is headed to South Korea with a first shipment of liquefied natural gas from Canada, which hopes to reduce its export reliance on its neighbor.
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Scientists Retrace 30,000-Year-Old Ocean Voyage, in a Hollowed-Out Log
Japanese researchers turned to “experimental archaeology” to study how ancient humans navigated powerful ocean currents and migrated offshore.
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China Is Unleashing a New Export Shock on the World
As President Trump’s tariffs close off the U.S. market, Chinese goods are flooding countries from Southeast Asia to Europe to Latin America.
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Cargo Ship Carrying Electric Vehicles Burns Off Alaska
The U.S. Coast Guard said it would allow the fire to burn because the cars’ lithium-ion batteries could explode. The ship’s crew escaped on a lifeboat.
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‘It’s All About Trump’s Tariffs’: Asia Flocks to U.S. Trade Official
Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation nations, staring down U.S. tariffs, jockeyed for time with U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer at a gathering in South Korea.
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Trade War Shock Is Scrambling China’s Exports
Shipments of goods out of China slumped in April, including a big decline in exports to the United States, as President Trump imposed sky-high tariffs.
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Vietnam Used to Be a Safe Haven for Trade. Now It Might Not Be.
On the 50th anniversary of the end of the Vietnam War, U.S. companies that have come to rely on Vietnam’s factories, like Apple and Nike, are in a bind because of Trump’s tariffs.
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Companies See China as a Safe Harbor Amid Trump’s Tariffs
The heavy U.S. tariffs on other Asian countries have made China a more appealing option for companies scared to make a hasty decision amid upheaval in global trade.