Is India buckling under US pressure on Russian oil purchase?
India may buy less Russian oil and increase its imports of American crude, while also considering sourcing from blacklisted suppliers such as Iran and...
How China was ready for Super Typhoon Ragasa – and what still needs to be done
Super Typhoon Ragasa may have been the biggest storm of its kind in the world this year, but when it made landfall in mainland...
Beijing’s new ‘Made in China’ standards give foreign firms ‘national treatment’
Beijing’s recent move to clarify standards for “domestically made products” in government procurement is designed to shore up the confidence of foreign companies operating...
Singapore scam trio denied bail over Cambodia-Malaysia syndicate
A Singapore district court on Thursday denied bail to the brother and girlfriend of an alleged syndicate leader. The syndicate purportedly led a group...
Hong Kong retail recovery accelerates as August sales rise by 3.8%
Published: 4:46pm, 2 Oct 2025Updated: 4:49pm, 2 Oct 2025 Hong Kong’s retail recovery accelerated in August with sales rising by 3.8 per cent year...
Chinese healthcare, biotech firms flock to Hong Kong for IPOs
Eleven Chinese healthcare and biotechnology companies filed applications to list on the Hong Kong stock exchange in the last two days of September, taking...
US pride in its own exceptionalism is hastening its decline
Well before the first Trump administration, US markets dominated because of a free and open economy for trade and ideas, its trusted currency, its...
Dump truck catches fire in Hong Kong’s Causeway Bay shopping district
Published: 4:26pm, 2 Oct 2025Updated: 4:39pm, 2 Oct 2025 A dump truck caught fire in Hong Kong’s shopping district of Causeway Bay on Thursday,...
OpenAI valuation hits US$500 billion, passes SpaceX as world’s largest start-up
OpenAI has completed a deal to help employees sell shares in the company at a US$500 billion valuation, propelling the ChatGPT creator past Elon...