‘No easy solutions’: did Indonesia’s Prabowo inherit a poisoned chalice?
Indonesia’s wave of unrest has put President Prabowo Subianto under intense pressure less than a year into his term, as he grapples with deep-seated...
‘We’re going in’: Trump to send National Guard troops to Chicago
US President Donald Trump said on Tuesday he would deploy National Guard troops to fight crime in Chicago, an extraordinary effort to militarise the...
400 Religious Leaders Call for 2-State Solution During Global Summit
The Second International Summit of Religious Leaders has concluded with a call to end fighting in Gaza and the adoption of a two-state solution...
Bill to sanction Chinese officials who avoid action on fentanyl passes US House
A bipartisan bill that would impose sanctions on Chinese officials who intentionally avoid taking action to prevent the trafficking of fentanyl and other synthetic...
House Passes Bill Aiming to Stop Chinese Fentanyl
WASHINGTON—The House on Sept. 2 overwhelmingly passed a bill seeking to stop the flow of fentanyl from China. The tally was 407–4. The Stop...
Hong Kong’s MPFA reviews low-fee funds to address needs of silver economy
The city’s pension regulator has begun a review of regulations related to a fee cap for a popular investment option under the Mandatory Provident...
US House Oversight Committee releases batch of files in Epstein, Maxwell cases
The US House Oversight Committee on Tuesday publicly posted the files it has received from the Justice Department on the sex trafficking investigations into...
Hong Kong and Washington race to regulate the future of digital finance
September 03, 2025 The $280 billion market for fiat backed digital tokens is expected to receive an institutional boost after Hong Kong’s Stablecoin Bill...
Global lenders turn to tech and stress tests amid tariff surge
September 03, 2025 Unilateral US trade measures and reciprocal tariff hikes are forcing global lenders to overhaul risk models. Regulators in Asia Pacific (Apac)...