While Joe Biden is trying to calm concerns about recession and Christine Lagarde is scaring markets with quantitative easing (QE), the central banks of South Korea and Japan are pleasing investors in their own way. Starting with the “Land of the Rising Sun,” despite Japan’s 2.84 trillion yen (US$19.7 billion) intervention in the foreign-exchange market in the […]Continue Reading
Opening on October 16, 2022, China’s 20th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party is virtually certain to see general secretary Xi Jinping confirmed as China’s top leader for a third term. This will mark yet another step in China’s steady slide towards a more personalist regime centered on a single individual. In the near […]Continue Reading
SINGAPORE: The Court of Appeal has sentenced a woman who scalded her five-year-old son to death to life imprisonment. In a written judgment issued on Tuesday (Oct 18), the court also ruled that her husband, who had already been sentenced to life imprisonment earlier, would face no caning. Azlin ArujunahContinue Reading
Elon Musk has done it again. After initially wading into the Russo-Ukrainian war by giving the beleaguered Ukrainian defenders against the terrible Russian invasion free access to 20,000 Starlink terminals, Musk is reassessing his commitment. Shortly after the Russian invasion of Ukraine this year, Musk was goaded into generously providing free Internet access to Ukraine […]Continue Reading
Li has been tight-lipped on whether he will stay in politics or retire altogether after he steps down as premier at the end of his two terms.Continue Reading
After a two-year Covid-19 hiatus, the Ubud Writers and Readers Festival will be kicking off on 27 October, in Bali, Indonesia. Over four days the festival will host dozens of events, with disinformation and misinformation being just one example of the important issues being tackled.
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Closely-watched growth data for the world’s second largest economy was due to be released on Tuesday.Continue Reading
It’s a special year for the Chinese pop star, who celebrates a decade in the biz after his EXO debut: He’s got a new EP, West, and he’ll be performing his solo show Grandline 2: Infinite Lands in Singapore on Oct 19.Continue Reading
A 37-year-old Canadian man seen rollerblading on busy Bangkok roads and later fined by police said he only wanted to see the city while exercising.Continue Reading
In light of supply chain disruptions and economic uncertainty, companies are stockpiling inventory closer to customers. This takes a toll on bottom lines and the environment, says logistics adviser Tim Foster.Continue Reading