Former Chinese Premier Zhu Rongji, the impatient, sharp-tongued reformer who helped ignite China’s explosive economic boom by forcing wrenching change on state industry in the 1990s and leading ...

Falling water levels linked to weather system are expected to limit number of slots to transit shipping lane ...

Chinese carmakers’ global expansion could create a sizeable new revenue stream, but only for Indian component makers with an ...

JAKARTA, Aug 13 (Reuters) - Indonesia's Attorney General's Office (AGO) has accused two tax officers of accepting bribes from a listed pulp producer to facilitate under-invoicing, causing state losses ...

HANOI, Aug 13 (Reuters) - Starlink, the satellite internet service operated by Elon Musk's SpaceX, has begun accepting orders in Vietnam, according to the ‌company's local website. Households are now ...

Emirates, Qatar Airways and Etihad Airways feature among the winners in the 2026 Flyers’ Choice Awards, based entirely on votes from airline passengers ...

Monde Nissin Corp. on Wednesday said its core income rose by 16 percent to P5.49 billion in the first half from the previous year’s P4.73 billion, on higher sales of its biscuits and other emerging ...

The black box around Xi Jinping’s corruption crackdown has long fueled political gossip in China. Now, an underground market is emerging for selling purported secrets on who might be next to fall.

A customer completes checkout with a smile using a Verifone Victa Lane device in Sydney, Australia. The Verifone Victa Lane uses built-in facial and palm-vein biometric technology, letting shoppers ...

Monde Nissin Corp. reported a 31.2-percent increase in net income to P5.8 billion in the first half of 2026, as stronger gross margins and a turnaround in ...

Vladimir Putin warns Russia will retaliate in kind if European nations seize Russian merchant vessels amid escalating EU sanctions. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.

DHAKA, Aug 12, 2026 (BSS) - A high-level delegation of Visa, led by its Asia Pacific President Stephen Karpin, today held a meeting with Bangladesh Bank (BB) Governor Md Mostaqur Rahman at the central ...