Is Prabowo’s big budget for Indonesia achievable or overly ambitious?
Published: 4:54pm, 19 Aug 2025Updated: 4:57pm, 19 Aug 2025 Indonesia’s President Prabowo Subianto has unveiled an ambitious draft budget for 2026 that seeks to...
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Lenovo confirms Middle East expansion plans
August 19, 2025 Global PC giant the Lenovo Group has appointed a leadership team for Saudi Arabia, as it establishes its regional headquarters in...
Vietnam’s reforms and pending index upgrade ease transhipment tariff concerns
August 19, 2025 Almost immediately after the White House, overseen by US president Donald Trump, introduced so-called reciprocal tariffs back in April, Vietnam’s general...
Philippines reports surge in Chinese ships after ‘embarrassing’ collision
The Philippine government has reported a marked increase in Chinese maritime activity near Scarborough Shoal, intensifying a stand-off over the disputed South China Sea...
China-India ties: on Delhi trip, Wang Yi appeals for partnership and opportunity
China and India should see each other as “partners and opportunities” and offer the world “much-needed certainty and stability”, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi...
Smoke and mirrors: cannabis drama swirls around Philippine Senate’s ‘bad boy’
In the Philippines, politics can often feel like theatre. But few senators embody the blurring of screen and state as fully as Robinhood Ferdinand...
Nvidia plans more powerful chip for China after H20 approval: sources
Nvidia is developing a new artificial intelligence chip for China based on its latest Blackwell architecture that will be more powerful than the H20...
Malaysia sentences Singaporean to 72 years’ jail for murdering wife, stepson
A Singaporean man who murdered and dismembered the bodies of his wife and stepson six years ago in Melaka before fleeing to the republic...
China’s youth unemployment hits 11-month high as graduates join job hunt
Published: 3:06pm, 19 Aug 2025Updated: 3:13pm, 19 Aug 2025 China’s youth unemployment rate rose to its highest level in 11 months in July, as...