Japan's Ministry of Finance is preparing to raise its assumed interest rate for long-term government bonds at 2.6% for fiscal 2026/27 budget requests, marking the highest level in 17 years, the ...
Pakistan woos old rival Bangladesh, as India watches on
Decades after Pakistani troops killed his friends in Bangladesh's independence war, veteran freedom fighter Syed Abu Naser Bukhtear Ahmed eyes warming ties between Dhaka and Islamabad with cautious pragmatism.
Troop costs, China in focus when South Korea’s Lee meets Trump
When South Korean President Lee Jae Myung meets U.S. President Donald Trump next week for their first summit, he'll face calls to pay more for the upkeep of American troops on the peninsula with ...
Nvidia CEO in Taipei to visit TSMC, says in talks with US over new China chip
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang arrived in Taipei on Friday to visit chip foundry partner TSMC , as the biggest U.S. company navigates rising friction between Washington and Beijing over access to its ...
Trump tariffs push India closer to America’s strategic rivals China and Russia
F or more than two decades, Washington and New Delhi built a strategic partnership that was hailed as one of the great success stories of post–Cold War diplomacy. Today, that relationship is facing ...
Can China cope with a deindustrialised future?
China regulates accountancy, law, retail and even estate agents more tightly than the average member of the OECD, a club of mostly rich democracies. And China’s urban sprawl makes it difficult to reap ...
The president has never served in the military and got deferred from Vietnam War draft five times.
Donald Trump declared himself a war hero while lamenting that he does not get enough credit for ordering bombings in Iran. The president, who never served in the military and avoided the Vietnam draft ...
Thailand’s Land & Houses Considers $600 Million Property Trust IPO
Thailand's largest home builder by market capitalization is considering listing some of its real-estate assets in an offering that could potentially raise as much as $600 million. ( read original story ...)
What do we know about Iran’s nuclear program amid different assessments?
U.S. officials say that American negotiators initially put forth a proposal that would allow Iran to enrich uranium at a low level for its nuclear energy program, but that the president later ... ( read original story ...)
Bangladesh, Pakistan to form commission on trade, investment
Bangladesh and Pakistan have agreed to establish a new joint trade and investment commission to boost bilateral trade, Commerce Adviser Sk Bashir Uddin said yesterday.