Citi appoints Japan investment banking co-head
July 02, 2025 US-headquartered global bank Citi has appointed Akira Kiyota and Taiji Nagasaka as co-heads of investment banking for Japan, effective October 1,...
2 arrested in Hong Kong over suspected hit-and-run that killed cyclist, 71
Published: 1:29pm, 2 Jul 2025Updated: 4:28pm, 2 Jul 2025 Hong Kong police have arrested two people over a suspected hit-and-run accident that killed a...
Hong Kong restaurant Super Star closes last branch, leaving 50 workers in limbo
A 36-year-old Hong Kong seafood restaurant chain has abruptly shut down its last remaining branch, leaving about 50 employees in limbo as they seek...
Hong Kong’s hawkers could ‘disappear’ by 2033 unless rules are eased: lawmaker
Hong Kong should relax hawker licensing rules so assistants who are not family members can take over stalls, a lawmaker and district councillor have...
The EU-China reset that never was: summits begin but divisions remain
For six months, Europe has debated how Washington’s shake-up of the Western order might reshape its relations with China. As a weeks-long flurry of...
Quad Nations Agree to Cooperate on Building Critical Minerals Resilience
Foreign ministers from the Quad alliance agreed on July 1 to cooperate on securing and diversifying critical mineral supply chains amid efforts to tackle...
‘Something is rotten’: concerns mount over Malaysia’s judicial vacuum
Malaysia’s largest party in the ruling coalition has made a last-minute appeal to extend the tenure of the country’s two top judges as concerns...
CCP Leaders Propose Regulations to Rein In Xi’s Superagencies
News Analysis China’s top leaders are proposing new rules to regulate a set of powerful commissions and groups established nearly a decade ago by...
Going beyond code: MAS and AWS urge cultural rethink on AI
July 02, 2025 The biggest change AI is driving in finance may not be in infrastructure — but in mindset.
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