Baidu issues US$618 million dim sum bond amid tough competition
Published: 3:23pm, 9 Sep 2025Updated: 3:36pm, 9 Sep 2025 Chinese search engine giant Baidu will issue a 4.4 billion yuan (US$618 million) dim sum...
Dior fined in China for sending data overseas without security screening
Published: 3:16pm, 9 Sep 2025Updated: 3:51pm, 9 Sep 2025 Chinese police have fined fashion giant Dior’s Shanghai subsidiary after finding the company guilty of...
France’s Macron facing critical dilemma after second PM ousted in a year
Published: 2:49pm, 9 Sep 2025Updated: 2:53pm, 9 Sep 2025 The challenge French President Emmanuel Macron faces in choosing his fifth prime minister in under...
Samoa’s First Female Prime Minister Finally Concedes She Lost the Election
A tense two weeks in Samoa’s capital, Apia, has come to an end today with the country’s first female prime minister, Fiame Naomi Mata’afa,...
‘Prosperity for generations’: Malaysia urges Hong Kong to tap Asean ‘as a bloc’
Published: 2:32pm, 9 Sep 2025Updated: 2:39pm, 9 Sep 2025 Business leaders and governments should think of Asean as a bloc with nearly 700 million...
Malaysia tightens security at Petronas’ Bintulu LNG hub to investigate ‘threat’
Malaysia’s National Security Council has ordered a temporary tightening of security at Petronas’ massive gas facility in Borneo and launched an immediate investigation into...
Tunisia denies Gaza aid flotilla boat was hit by drone at port
The Global Sumud Flotilla (GSF) for Gaza said on Tuesday that one of its main boats was struck by a drone at a port...
Plan for ‘Tens of Thousands’ To March Across Auckland Harbour Bridge for Palestine and Climate
Protests demanding greater action on climate change and sanctions against Israel will combine in Auckland, New Zealand, on Sept. 13 in what organisers hope...
Global giants pivot investments to China’s new-economy sectors: HSBC co-CEO
Foreign investment in China is going through a significant structural transformation as multinational companies move capital towards the country’s new-economy industries, according to HSBC...