Peter Conti-Brown, a historian of the Federal Reserve at the Wharton School, recently issued a clear warning: the politicization of monetary institutions poses a serious threat to modern democracies. Such unease is emerging in today’s Indonesia. In a Financial Times interview,
Critics say enforcing laws alone will not resolve long-standing disputes and risks fuelling religious tensions.
Protesters gathered in Sydney and Melbourne to demand an end to Israel’s “occupation” of Palestine.
With 2.2 per cent GDP growth estimated for 2025, Thailand’s economy has lagged regional peers.
Sanitisation and thorough cleaning will be carried out in areas identified as high risk.
Political analysts view Sanae Takaichi’s decisive election victory as a sign voters want stability and strong leadership amid economic pressures.
TOKYO, Feb 9 - Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi renewed a pledge on Monday to cut a sales tax on food, after a historic election win brightened chances for stimulus measures that have rattled financial markets.
BERLIN, Feb 9 - Germany has indicted a Ukrainian national in connection with allegations of a plot linked to Russian intelligence to detonate parcel packages in Europe, German prosecutors said in a statement on Monday.
BANGKOK, Feb 9 - Thai Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul's big surprise win in Sunday's election, and the likelihood of a strong coalition government, could provide temporary relief to a stuttering economy that has faced repeated bouts of political instability.
ATHENS, Feb 9 - Survivors of a shipwreck that killed 15 Afghan migrants off Greece last week said that the dinghy they were in did not change course or ram a coastguard vessel, contradicting the official account by authorities.
TBILISI, Feb 9 - U.S. Vice President JD Vance will visit Armenia and Azerbaijan this week to push a Washington-brokered peace agreement that could transform energy and trade routes in the strategic South Caucasus region.
Another five cases involving Singaporeans in Johor are currently being processed through legal channels, says the Malaysian authorities.
DUBAI, Feb 9 - Ali Larijani, an adviser to Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, will visit Oman accompanied by a delegation on Tuesday, the semi-official Tasnim news agency reported on Monday.
Beijing has been bristling over comments Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi has made concerning Taiwan.
Hybe, the concert organiser, said it plans to secure 3,553 safety personnel for the BTS concert.
This comes as the Thai city aims to curb road accidents and maintain its image as a tourist site.
Sheyna Lashira Smaradiani was buried on Feb 8.
BANGKOK, Feb 9 - Thailand faced a realignment of conservative politics on Monday, with coalition talks expected to start soon after Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul's party clinched a stronger-than-expected victory in general elections.
MOSCOW, Feb 9 - Russia remains open for cooperation with the United States but is not hopeful about economic ties despite Washington's ongoing efforts to end the Ukraine war, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said in an interview published on Monday.
South Korea's government aims to introduce another Bill widening regulatory control over digital assets.
The proposed ban is meant to address leakages under the BUDI95 scheme.
Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi's Liberal Democratic Party secured 316 out of 465 seats in Sunday's election.
Plan for a new national security strategy would further accelerate military spending.
TOKYO, Feb 9 - Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s thumping election win has blunted domestic opposition to her hawkish security agenda, encouraging plans to press ahead with a defence expansion that China has condemned as a return to militarism.
The telecommunications company has said it is aware of the issues.
BEIJING, Feb 9 - China's policy towards Japan will not be changed by one particular election, a foreign ministry spokesperson said on Monday.
Anti-Indianism is rising in Bangladesh as ties between the South Asian neighbours sink to a new low.
These days it seems like the only things to write about are politics and AI. I wrote about AI last time, so today I’ll write about politics. Here is my basic theory of American politics in the 2020s: The United States is a nation of moderates ruled by a fringe of extremists.
She was accused of bilking taxpayers of at least US$8.5 million (S$10.8 million) while in office.
An alarm linked to electrical current in one cable went off a day after the Niigata facility was restarted on Jan 21.
This will be first election since the overthrow of the autocratic government of Sheikh Hasina.
Vice-Premier Cheng Li-chiun said the industrial ecosystem was built over decades.
In US foreign policy right now, there is a growing split between countries Washington considers “grateful” and those it labels “ungrateful.” It is no longer mainly about common strategic interests or dependable long-term alliances. The real yardstick seems to be how openly and
MOSCOW, Feb 9 - Russia's Federal Security Service (FSB) said on Monday that the attempted assassination of General Vladimir Alexeyev was ordered by the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU), the Interfax news agency reported.
TOKYO, Feb 9 - Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi is set to be pressed on her promised tax cuts and spending plans on Monday after a historic election win was seen heightening the chances of her delivering on stimulus measures that have rattled financial markets.
The Penang-based Ernest Zacharevic alleged that AirAsia had illegally used his artwork Children On A Bicycle.
HONG KONG, Feb 9 - Hong Kong's High Court on Monday sentenced media tycoon and China critic Jimmy Lai to 20 years in jail for two counts of conspiracy to collude with foreign forces under the city's national security law, as well as one count of publishing seditious materials.
The recent wave of coordinated militant attacks across Pakistan’s southwestern province of Balochistan has once again exposed the fragile intersection of security, geopolitics and development at the heart of one of Asia’s most consequential infrastructure corridors. For
The South Korean Army has suspended operations of all AH-1S Cobra attack helicopters.
The crew docked in Cape Verde in September 2025, when the owner left with their passports.
Jindo County Chief Kim Hee-su has apologised, conceding he had “used the inappropriate word”.
Despite not having any formal education in Tamil, it is the language she is most comfortable in.
The post-Cold War fantasy of a unipolar world order under American hegemony is definitively over. What’s emerging in its place isn’t the neat bipolar rivalry between Washington and Beijing that many strategists anticipated, but rather a more chaotic multipolar system where
HONG KONG, Feb 9 - Jimmy Lai, the Hong Kong media mogul and China critic, was sentenced on Monday to 20 years in jail, the most severe punishment under the city's national security law which Beijing imposed after sometimes violent pro-democracy protests in 2019.
He was charged over throwing a cigarette butt in a public place instead of a designated container in KL.