Hong Kong extends digital bond ambitions with third offering
Hong Kong is marketing a new set of “digitally native” bonds denominated in multiple currencies, intensifying the city’s drive to become a global hub...
China, US suspend rival port fees in latest trade war thaw
Published: 5:01pm, 10 Nov 2025Updated: 5:21pm, 10 Nov 2025 China has suspended retaliatory port fees on US-linked vessels for one year, following Washington’s pause...
‘Everything stopped’: Thailand halts Cambodia peace deal after landmine blast
Thailand’s Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul has threatened to derail a fragile peace deal with Cambodia – signed just last month – after a landmine...
Hong Kong police seek store worker over alleged assault on suspected thief
Hong Kong police are searching for a woman believed to be a convenience store worker who allegedly assaulted a man suspected of shoplifting. Advertisement...
Why did Kazakhstan join the Abraham Accords if Israel wasn’t the reason?
Kazakhstan’s decision to join the US-brokered Abraham Accords marks a symbolic victory for Israel, but analysts say the larger motivation for Astana is “currying...
Why Vietnam’s property sector has weathered Trump’s tariff typhoon well
In an interview with Fox News in April, Peter Navarro, US President Donald Trump’s senior counsellor for trade and manufacturing, described Vietnam as “essentially...
China joins space factory race with breakthrough in inflatable module technology
China’s “in-orbit factory” has taken shape following a technological breakthrough in the form of an inflatable, reconfigurable space module, as it joins the United...
Experts in Vietnam race to save centuries-old wreck exposed by Typhoon Kalmaegi
Severe coastal erosion caused by Typhoon Kalmaegi exposed a centuries-old shipwreck in Vietnam, providing a narrow window to salvage what experts say could be...
Malaysia boat tragedy reignites concern over rising toll of Rohingya sea exodus
The deaths of at least 11 people, including several children, in a boat accident off Malaysia’s coast have reignited fears of a renewed surge...