Reemphasizing his country’s neutrality in the Ukraine War after Washington accused Beijing of helping Moscow rebuild its defense industrial base, Chinese President Xi Jinping has begun his first trip to Europe in five years. In an an article under his own byline, published by
More than 560 Vietnamese people are taken to hospital with suspected food poisoning after eating the sandwiches.
Before we discuss the plans Trump advisors are hatching to jettison the Federal Reserve’s independence, let’s concede that every president covets the Fed’s power to set interest rates. Donald Trump wouldn’t be the first to try to grab some of that power. His predecessors in
US officials are ringing alarms about Russia’s new nuclear anti-satellite (ASAT) weapon, a deployment that could transform Low-Earth Orbit (LEO) space into a dangerous no-man’s land. This month, multiple media sources reported that US officials have recently revealed concerns
Malaysia's King Sultan Ibrahim Sultan Iskandar thanked outgoing Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong for his "dedicated foresight", and congratulated Deputy Prime Minister Lawrence Wong on the upcoming leadership transition.
After six disastrous months of serial defeat, Myanmar’s military has finally swung back onto the offensive with a high-stakes campaign already teetering precariously between success and further failure. Troops have been locked for the past three weeks in the army’s single
Xi Jinping is on his first visit to Europe in five years - and it feels much like a charm offensive.
China in late March scrapped wine tariffs, ending three years of punitive levies and offering long-awaited relief to Australian producers.
Chinese President Xi Jinping’s two-day state visit to France starting Monday, coupled with stops in Serbia and Hungary, is garnering significant attention from global investors amid escalating trade tensions between China and the European Union (EU). With ongoing EU probes
China’s controversial plans to deploy floating nuclear reactors in the South China Sea could recalibrate the region’s power dynamics while sparking dangerous new tensions with the United States and its regional partners and allies. This month, The Washington Post reported that
News report that fuel subsidies would be cut by June was “unethical”, said the Malaysian prime minister.
During the past four years, China shifted the preponderance of its exports to the Global South away from developed markets, and at the same time built production facilities across the Global South that re-export to developed markets—circumventing America’s 25% tariff on most
Qantas agrees to pay millions to settle lawsuit accusing it of selling tickets to cancelled flights.
Southern Johor is seeing a boom in data centres thanks to its proximity to Singapore, spillover effects of the US-China trade war, as well as cheaper land, water and power. More tech opportunities beckon, say experts.
