Africa’s yuan pivot: why more top lenders are eyeing China’s bond market
Beijing’s push to internationalise the yuan is gaining a new vehicle in Africa as another major multilateral lender is set to diversify towards the...
Top Goldman Sachs lawyer resigns after Epstein disclosures
Goldman Sachs chief legal officer Kathy Ruemmler has resigned, CEO David Solomon said on Thursday, after recent documents by the US Justice Department showed...
Bangladesh’s BNP Wins Big in Historic Parliamentary Election
DHAKA—The Bangladesh Nationalist Party won a landslide parliamentary election on Friday, local TV stations showed, securing a resounding mandate in a pivotal vote that...
Father, son arrested in Malaysia after woman’s dismembered remains found at landfills
Jealousy has been identified as the main motive behind the brutal murder of a woman found dismembered in Indah Permai, Malaysia’s Sabah state, following...
Make every penny count for combat, China’s military told in countdown to Lunar New Year
The PLA has been told to close the funding loopholes and tackle the deep flaws in combat readiness exposed by an anti-corruption drive in...
Trump flouts science to revoke landmark US climate finding, calling it ‘giant scam’
US President Donald Trump on Thursday revoked a landmark scientific finding underpinning US regulations to curb planet-warming pollution, marking his biggest rollback of climate...
BYD Sales Plunge 30%, Cars Pile Up, Workers Strike for Pay—China’s EV Market Collapses
BYD’s passenger car sales totaled around 205,500 units, a 30.7% drop compared to last year. Battery electric vehicles (BEVs) sold about 83,200 units, down...
China’s MiniMax releases cheap AI model ‘designed for real-world productivity’
Chinese artificial intelligence (AI) company MiniMax has released a new model “designed for real-world productivity”, hot on the heels of new releases from its...
NATO Allies Pledge More Than a Billion to Supply Ukraine With US-Made Weapons
NATO member nations on Feb. 12 announced new financial support to purchase U.S. military hardware for Ukraine, reaffirming their commitment to ending the war...