After German Chancellor Olaf Sholz on February 25-26 and Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni on March 2-3, Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese is to arrive in India on Wednesday for a four-day visit. This will see his large delegation – comprising senior ministers, officials and 27 business leaders of higher education, finance, mining, aviation, health, […]Continue Reading
TAIPEI: Taiwan’s exports in February fell annually for a sixth straight month to their lowest level in two years due to a deteriorating global economy, with the outlook remaining dim for at least the first half of the year. Exports last month were down 17.1 per cent by value fromContinue Reading
In place of stores shut by Tiffany, Valentino, Burberry and other big brands over the last three years, including in Tsim Sha Tsui, Central and Causeway Bay shopping districts, pharmacies and sports apparel outlets for brands like Adidas and Sweaty Betty have moved in. Luxury and big brand retail companiesContinue Reading
To achieve its goal of carbon neutrality by 2060, China is retrofitting coal-fire powered plants, expanding energy storage systems, and changing the demand for energy across key sectors, according to a collaborative article from MioTech and GIC.Continue Reading
“I am 95 years old and I don’t know if I die today or tomorrow. But never in my life have I felt so distressed,” Yang Geum-deok, who worked at a Mitsubishi factory during the war, said at a rally in Seoul. “Even if I die of hunger, I wouldContinue Reading
SYDNEY: Australia’s sovereign wealth fund, the Future Fund, is screening its portfolio for Chinese companies at risk of United States investment restrictions, its chairman said on Tuesday (Mar 7). The Biden administration plans to ban investments in some Chinese technology firms and increase scrutiny of others, sources have said, asContinue Reading
A March 6 announcement by South Korean Foreign Minister Park Jin of a plan to resolve the issue of Korean wartime forced laborers marked a triumph of leadership and strategic decisiveness. But it was a triumph almost entirely due to Korea and the government of President Yoon Suk-yeol, in contrast to the timidity and political […]Continue Reading
A ransomware task force in Singapore has recommended that it be made mandatory for companies to report ransom payments. Sygnia’s vice president of cyber security service in APAC weighs up the considerations behind ransom payments.Continue Reading
Beijing has stepped up the pace of its efforts to build its own artificial intelligence chatbots as Chinese news media express fears the United States will use ChatGPT to brainwash Chinese people. Since the Microsoft-backed startup OpenAI unveiled ChatGPT last November, many Chinese companies have announced their plans to launch their chatbots in 2023. Chinese […]Continue Reading
Russia’s failure in its invasion of Ukraine has weakened Moscow’s old ties with India, for decades a bedrock of Indian foreign relations, and brought to the fore the most complicated geopolitical puzzle of the “new Cold War” — between India, China and the United States. New Delhi is shifting its position between the other two, […]Continue Reading