KKR agrees $600m private credit facility with Indian conglomerate
June 03, 2025 As Asia’s private credit market continues to grow, KKR is providing $600 million of private credit to Indian conglomerate Manipal Education...
Japanese shoppers queue for hours to buy cheap rice amid soaring prices
Japanese shoppers braved the rain on Saturday morning to secure cheap rice from the government’s stockpiles, as it hit supermarket shelves amid soaring prices...
White House: Trump and Xi Expect Big Trade Talks Soon
President Donald Trump and Chinese communist leader Xi Jinping are set to discuss trade tensions after Trump accused China of violating a tariff truce....
Paralysed Chinese woman falls for ‘doctor’ in rehab, he flees with US$420,000 loan
A paralysed woman in China who fell in love and married a “doctor” she met during rehabilitation has been left distraught after he disappeared...
Hong Kong Airlines to open routes to Urumqi, Melbourne after resolving debt woes
Hong Kong Airlines will launch flights to Urumqi in far western China in August and to Melbourne later, after making an ambitious comeback from...
Albanese Stands By Defence Spending Amid US Push for Increase to 3.5 Percent
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese says Australia will make its own decisions on defence spending amid a call to arms from the United States. This...
Japan wants to reintroduce wolves to tackle marauding monkeys, deer damage
A plan to reintroduce wolves to Japan more than a century after they were hunted to extinction is gaining traction as conservationists warn that...
How Pop Mart turns Labubu into a cultural phenomenon ‘without mentioning China’
Pop Mart, the company behind the hit collectible character Labubu, was virtually unknown outside mainland China before 2024, but now some analysts are comparing...
Pennsylvania Senators Denounce Anti-Semitism After Colorado Attack
‘We’ve lost the argument in parts of my party,’ said Sen. John Fetterman. ‘And for me, that moral clarity, it’s really firmly [with] Israel.’...