China biotech flow picks up as Everest seals US$250 million deal
China’s biopharmaceutical sector is seeing an uptick in deal-making, with sovereign wealth funds from Singapore and the United Arab Emirates joining Chinese state-backed investors...
Frustration, speculation mount in Japan as search for missing boy drags on
Frustration and desperation are growing in Japan amid a search for an 11-year-old boy who disappeared more than two weeks ago in a rural...
China-backed solar project powers up in Laos amid Iran war energy shock
China has completed one of Southeast Asia’s largest solar power projects in Laos, at a time when regional economies are stepping up efforts to...
North Korea tests electromagnetic weapon and carbon fibre bomb: state media
North Korea conducted a slew of new weapons tests, the state-run Korean Central News Agency said, including one involving an electromagnetic weapon system and...
AI fuels global trade growth as China-US flows shift, McKinsey finds
Artificial intelligence has emerged as the driving force behind global trade growth, fuelled by a surge in data-centre buildouts at a time when geopolitical...
Chile exposes smuggling ring that shipped US$917m in stolen copper to Chinese buyers
Chinese buyers were the end destination of a five-year smuggling pipeline that drained an estimated US$917 million worth of stolen copper from Chile, authorities...
Iran war: is the US shifting away from its strategy of precision strikes?
Whether the US-Israeli war on Iran wraps up quickly or drags on, the repercussions will be felt for years, reshaping warfare, geopolitics and energy...
Bondi won’t appear before US lawmakers over Epstein files, Justice Department says
Former US attorney general Pam Bondi does not plan to appear for a planned interview with a House of Representatives committee on the release...
Asia’s flood of cheap Ozempic generics opens gates to weight-loss abuse
As Asia grappled with the impact of the Iran war, a major pharmaceutical milestone quietly made the headlines. On March 20, the patent for...