The EU parliament has just approved sweeping new rules that will require companies to avoid and mitigate human rights and environmental abuses in their supply chains. These are noble aims. They have been a long time coming. But without careful design and more proactive support
The investigation comes amid a widening crackdown on graft involving prominent political figures, including those seen as close to 98-year-old veteran leader, a long-time foe of current Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim.
Almost daily bombings and shootings have left many Myawaddy residents uncertain about their future.
India has just tested an Israeli air-launched ballistic missile (ALBM), reflecting a move away from Russia as its primary supplier for high-end weapons and the possible adoption of a counterforce strategy against Pakistan’s nuclear arsenal. This month, multiple media sources
The US Congress just passed — and Biden signed — a major national security bill. The bill has four main provisions: I’m actually pretty surprised this bill passed, for two reasons. First, Mike Johnson, the Speaker of the House, had stalled Ukraine aid for quite some time, under
The average wait time for public housing in Hong Kong is currently 5.8 years.
Many companies in Bengaluru city have found innovative ways to encourage people to vote.
Bangladesh has closed schools and colleges due to extreme heat for the second year in a row.
The financial crisis of 2008 showed just how much the world depends on banks being well run. Since then, regulators have been given new powers to keep some of the biggest institutions on a much shorter leash to stamp out risk, greed and corruption. But this approach hasn’t
Minister of Higher Education Zambry Abdul Kadir also says those studying at university will be exempted from paying school fees until the completion of their studies.
As Israel’s air campaign in Gaza enters its sixth month after Hamas’s terrorist attacks on October 7, it has been described by experts as one of the most relentless and deadliest campaigns in recent history. It is also one of the first being coordinated, in part, by algorithms.
Authorities have highlighted that EVs are central to realising Nusantara's vision as a smart and green city with an environmentally friendly transport system.
Blinken's trip is a sign of improved US-China ties, but the two still view each other with suspicion.
He threatened to "chop off" the hands of a Chinese student who put up pro-democracy fliers on campus.
In the quest for a leadership ethos, can the meeting of minds between Einstein and Tagore illuminate the way? As leaders, we are prone to dismissing the opinions of others with whom we disagree, often subconsciously ignoring perspectives that diverge from our own. The
For the first several decades after World War II, the United States championed free trade. Exporting sectors like agriculture benefited from it. Many economists still support it. Much of the rest of the country has soured on it. The economic logic behind free trade is that
US and South Korean delegations met in Hawaii on April 23 to begin talks about how much host nation support Seoul will pay toward the cost of operating US military bases in South Korea. Under a “special measures agreement” that is renewed every few years, Seoul helps pay for
Indian Premier League batters are fearlessly unleashing big shots, every match a six-hitting spectacle.
Today, Nobuhiro Nishi’s father would be proud of his son’s fine cuisine that melds culture and tradition with surprise twists at his eponymous restaurant Nishikane by Nobuhiro Nishi.
Beijing has called the European Union “protectionist” after the EU raided the offices of a Chinese security equipment supplier in Europe and probed into China’s procurement market for medical devices. The European Commission, the executive arm of the EU, on Tuesday carried out
The Senate overwhelmingly approved a US$95.3 billion foreign aid funding package for Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan on April 23, 2024, following months of political infighting that stalled the bill in the House of Representatives. About $61 billion of this aid package will be spent