China vows helium-trade policy changes as global tightening squeezes gas supplies
China will adjust its export controls on helium in response to changes in domestic and global supply conditions, after temporarily suspending overseas shipments of...
New Johor rail link: a US$815m challenge for Singapore’s retail and F&B
Published: 5:31pm, 16 Jul 2026Updated: 5:55pm, 16 Jul 2026 Singapore consumers are expected to spend an additional S$1.05 billion (US$815 million) annually in Malaysia’s...
Zelensky faces fury on Ukrainian streets after dropping popular defence minister
Published: 5:26pm, 16 Jul 2026Updated: 5:55pm, 16 Jul 2026 Large protests erupted in several Ukrainian cities on Thursday morning against the removal of popular...
Mainland schools for Hong Kong pupils beat city average in university entrance exams
Published: 5:05pm, 16 Jul 2026Updated: 5:30pm, 16 Jul 2026 Two of the four schools in mainland China whose students can take Hong Kong’s university...
BYD aims to build 3,000 ‘flash-charging’ stations across Europe within months
Chinese electric car giant BYD is building a network of 6,000 charging stations in overseas markets including Europe, as it looks to turbocharge its...
Nvidia chief Jensen Huang seals Japan robotics push after ‘yakitori summit’
Jensen Huang, chief executive of US artificial intelligence chipmaker Nvidia, held a “yakitori summit” with Japanese executives from semiconductor materials and components companies while...
Climate disasters compete with wars, markets for distracted world’s money
Capital is finite, as is political bandwidth and public concern. So far, this year has asked all three to stretch further than usual, split...
S. Korean standoff jammer aircraft project rolls forward
South Korea’s procurement of electronic warfare (EW) aircraft – specifically designed for standoff jamming – is proceeding apace, with Bombardier Defense announcing on 14...
Ex-World Bank official warns to diversify away from US markets, people ‘will suffer’
Published: 4:01pm, 16 Jul 2026Updated: 4:24pm, 16 Jul 2026 A coordinated push towards global market diversification is urgently needed to shield savers from a...