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Business News > Mint Authors > Gabriele Steinhauser

Gabriele Steinhauser

ARTICLES BY GABRIELE STEINHAUSER

Vietnam began reclaiming land on a large scale in 2021, when huge dredging barges appeared near several reefs and rocks in the Spratlys. (AFP)

Vietnam is building islands to challenge China’s hold on a vital waterway

5 min read . 03 Nov 2025

Earlier this month, Nepali Prime Minister Khadga Prasad Sharma Oli became the third South Asian leader to be toppled by a popular rebellion in as many years. (Photo by Arun SANKAR / AFP) (AFP)

Why Asia’s Gen Z is angry with its leaders

5 min read . 19 Sept 2025

US Marines deploy new land-based anti-ship missile system (Nmesis) to the Philippines, bolstering Pacific defense against China.

US aims to keep Chinese navy guessing with new missile system

3 min read . 26 May 2025

Trump's tariffs disrupt growing US-Vietnam trade, forcing businesses to navigate complex supply chains and geopolitical tensions. (REUTERS)

An American in Vietnam tries to navigate Trump’s trade war

8 min read . 30 Apr 2025

This handout photo shows Philippine coast guard and military personnel holding a Philippine flag during an inter-agency maritime operation in Sanday Cay 2.. (Photo by Handout / National Task Force on West Philippine Sea (NTF-WPS) / AFP) (AFP)

China, Philippines make rival claims in disputed South China Sea

3 min read . 28 Apr 2025

FILE PHOTO: A view of the Typhon missile system at Laoag International Airport, in Laoag, Philippines. (via REUTERS)

The U.S. missile launcher that is enraging China

6 min read . 26 Mar 2025

FILE- An effigy of Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. and Vice President Sara Duterte are displayed during a rally. (AP Photo/Mark Cristino, File) (AP)

The epic dynastic feud behind the arrest of the former Philippine president

8 min read . 13 Mar 2025

The U.S. Agency for International Development was responsible for around two-thirds of U.S. foreign assistance. (AP)

How much the US spent on foreign aid—and where it went

4 min read . 10 Feb 2025

The Al-Hol displacement camp in Hasakah governorate, Syria. REUTERS/Ali Hashisho/File Photo (REUTERS)

Trump order freezing foreign aid halts programs worldwide

5 min read . 28 Jan 2025

Sudanese army soldiers patrol an area in Khartoum North. Sudan's war erupted in April 2023 between the regular army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces. It has resulted in the deaths of tens of thousands and the displacement of 11 million people, according to the United Nations. (Photo: AFP)

The heroic race to rescue 370 orphans from a war zone—twice

13 min read . 01 Jan 2025

Soldiers of the Armed Forces of the DRC (FARDC) march along the road in the hills above the town of Lubero, North Kivu, in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo. (Photo: AFP)

Africa has entered a new era of war

8 min read . 31 Dec 2024

China's President Xi Jinping, center, and his wife Peng Liyuan stand with leaders from African nations for a group photo ahead of the dinner reception of the 2024 Summit of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC) held in Beijing. (Photo: AP)

China shores up ties with Africa despite slowing economy and friction over debt

5 min read . 04 Sept 2024

Women and children at the Zamzam displacement camp in Sudan’s Darfur region. Photo: Mohamed Zakaria/Reuters

Eating leaves, knee-deep in water: Inside Sudan’s man-made famine

5 min read . 06 Aug 2024

Nearly 10 million Sudanese—more than a fifth of the total population—have been forced from their homes over the past 13 months, including around 2 million who have fled to neighboring countries. (File Photo: Reuters)

Genocide survivors in Darfur are caught in another brutal battle

6 min read . 31 May 2024

Innocent Bizimana had his left leg amputated after a shell exploded in front of him.

Kidnapped by one side, maimed by the other: One teenager’s ordeal in Congo war

9 min read . 28 Apr 2024

A Starlink satellite on the roof of a home in Galisteo, New Mexico, US. Photographer: Cate Dingley/Bloomberg (Bloomberg)

Musk’s Starlink cracks down on growing black market

6 min read . 17 Apr 2024

People buy vegetables at a market in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Wednesday, Dec. 13, 2023. Sri Lanka plunged into an economic crisis in 2022, creating severe shortages and drawing strident protests that led to the ouster of then-President Gotabaya Rajapaksa. It declared bankruptcy in April 2022 with more than $83 billion in debt, more than half of it to foreign creditors. (Photo: AP)

How a plan to end poor countries’ debt crises created a new one

8 min read . 14 Dec 2023

Stakes in Sudan’s War Include Russian Gold, Nile Dam, Key Shipping Lane (AFP)

Stakes in Sudan’s War Include Russian Gold, Nile Dam, Key Shipping Lane

6 min read . 22 Apr 2023

Global poor lose services as developing countries face higher debt payments

6 min read . 02 Dec 2022

Four consecutive seasons of poor rains have left millions of drought-stricken people in Kenya, Somalia and Ethiopia facing starvation. (Photo: AFP)

Ukraine war pushes millions of the world’s poorest toward starvation

8 min read . 15 Jul 2022