Global investors are still trading as though the AI boom mattered more than the bond market. They may be about to discover the opposite is true. The most important threat to Asian equities is no longer tariffs, China’s slowdown or even geopolitics alone. It’s the collapse of
With no end in sight to the Strait of Hormuz crisis caused by President Donald Trump’s illegal war with Iran, the head of the International Energy Agency warned Monday that global energy supplies are running dangerously low. IEA executive director Faith Birol told reporters in
MALE, May XYZ - Maldivian authorities are investigating multiple possible factors behind the deaths of five Italian divers in a deepwater cave last week, including whether they descended far deeper than expected, a government spokesperson told Reuters.
The bodies of all five Italian divers who died in the Maldives last week have now been found, officials tell the BBC.
Narcotics screening and daily alcohol checks will be introduced for public transport drivers.
The students, aged 13 and 14, had gone swimming after studying for an examination.
Two US nationals have been arrested after one jumped the fence of the monkey, who went viral online, police say.
Originally published May 18, 2021, this article is republished five years later to the day with just a bit of updating. More than a week before elite South Korean troops – sent to put down pro-democracy protests in the southwestern city of Gwangju – sparked an uprising with
The canal, built by China, feeds into a bilteral trade corridor project to boost regional connectivity.
The attacks come as Pakistan kicked off a week-long polio vaccination campaign in 79 high-risk districts.
PM Anwar Ibrahim warned Barisan Nasional that a breakdown in their alliance could trigger snap polls.
US President Donald Trump is reportedly expected to meet top national security advisers on Tuesday (May 19) to discuss options for resuming military action.
If convicted, her ambitions to become president in 2028 could be derailed.
He called for a full investigation into shortcomings in the government’s initial recovery efforts.
Negotiations continue regarding investor protection.
WASHINGTON/DUBAI/KARACHI, May 18 - U.S. President Donald Trump said on Monday he had paused a planned attack against Iran to allow for negotiations to take place on a deal to end the U.S.-Israeli war, after Iran sent a new peace proposal to Washington.
The situation is worsened with low basic and complete immunisation in hot spots.
ISLAMABAD, May 18 - Pakistan has deployed 8,000 troops, a squadron of fighter jets and an air defence system to Saudi Arabia under a mutual defence pact, ramping up military cooperation with Riyadh even as Islamabad serves as the main mediator in the Iran war.
ISLAMABAD, May 18 - Pakistan has shared with the U.S. a revised proposal from Iran to end the conflict in the Middle East, a Pakistani source told Reuters on Monday, as peace talks appeared to remain stalled.
He also said there were early discussions on exporting one gigawatt of power to Malaysia.
As the US confronts growing fears that Russian, Chinese and Iranian-backed drone and intelligence activities are turning Cuba into a new strategic pressure point near US territory, the island is reemerging as a focal point of great-power rivalry in the Western Hemisphere. This
The Russian president is to visit China on May 19 and 20.
State news agency Xinhua on Sunday (May 17) said relations between China and Russia will always remain “as unshakeable as a mountain amid wind and rain”.
Rice is a staple for billions but growing it contributes to climate change, as flooded paddy fields release large amounts of methane – a potent greenhouse gas.
China is also facing falling output from wind turbines and nuclear reactors.
A direct conversation between sitting leaders of Taiwan and the US has not happened since 1979.
ISTANBUL, May 18 - The organisers of a flotilla of aid ships bound for Gaza said on Monday that Israeli forces had boarded one of their vessels and that contact had been lost with another of the vessels in the eastern Mediterranean.
Beijing began blocking Taiwan's participation in the annual assembly in 2017.
BEIJING, May 18 - China said on Monday it opposed countries providing platforms for \"Taiwan independence separatist\" activities, after Taiwan's foreign minister arrived in Switzerland for events on the sidelines of a World Health Organization (WHO) meeting.
Link REIT said there were “licensing issues” in renting the venue.
Total number of people on the boat has been revised upwards from 37 to 39.
The 25-year-old reportedly lost his footing and fell 10m from a rock wall, according to Taiwanese media.
KUALA LUMPUR, May 18 - Malaysia's King Sultan Ibrahim held an audience with Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim on Monday, a day after the premier floated the possibility of calling an early election, according to a statement on the monarch's official Facebook page.
The government handed over equipment including six French-made Rafale jets to the military.
The migrants were trying to reach several destinations in Malaysia, including Penang, Terengganu, Selangor and Kuala Lumpur for work.
The activists used to arrange annual candlelight vigils for the crackdown on protests in 1989.
JAKARTA, May 18 - Indonesia will continue to build up its defence capabilities amid an uncertain geopolitical situation, President Prabowo Subianto said on Monday as he officially handed over six Rafale fighter jets and other military hardware to the Indonesian Air Force.
At least eight people were killed and 32 others injured in the accident.
There were no immediate reports of serious damage or casualties following the earthquake.
BEIJING, May 18 - Rescuers were searching on Monday for six people missing after a pickup truck carrying 15 passengers fell into a flooded river in China's southern province of Guangxi amid heavy rains, killing four, state broadcaster CCTV said.
The truck fell into the river while crossing a bridge with a deck submerged by rising water levels.
The freight train collided with a bus in Bangkok, killing eight people and injuring dozens of others.
Myanmar’s war is often described as a clash of ideologies, ethnic identities and competing visions of the state. That is true, but incomplete. At its core, Myanmar’s crisis is also a resource-driven conflict, intensified by geography. The generals did not cling to power for the
Initial charges against the four police officers include jointly detaining others and abuse of authority.
The Trump-Xi summit in Beijing was supposed to signal a new phase of calmer US-China relations. Instead, it exposed a deeper reality that should concern Indonesia and much of Southeast Asia, as stability between great powers can sometimes come at the expense of middle powers.
The bullet train had carried around one million passengers since its debut in June 2018.
The region’s grids urgently need more investment to expand and modernise.