What started as an online war of words between Chinese and Thai netizens over a celebrity’s tweet has ballooned into a regional movement, says ... ( read original story ...)
Shared prosperity: The business groups’ response to inequality and the pandemic
A historic event in the annals of Philippine business happened on Nov. 5. In that event, 26 of the country’s largest business and professional associations signed a Covenant for Shared ... ( read original story ...)
Bangladesh on track to becoming a $6b pharma market by 2025
The pharmaceutical market of Bangladesh is expected to surpass $6 billion by 2025 with an absolute growth of 114 per cent from its 2019 levels, according to a report from a Dublin-based market insight ... ( read original story ...)
Ticker: Small business help in Boston; China, other partners sign world’s biggest trade pact
The city of Boston is offering more help to local small businesses struggling to stay viable amid the pandemic. Mayor Martin Walsh announced three new relief funds totaling $6.3 million. One will ... ( read original story ...)
China, 14 other Asia-Pacific countries agree to world’s largest trade pact
China and 14 other countries agreed Sunday to set up the world’s largest trading bloc, encompassing nearly a third of all economic activity, in a deal ... ( read original story ...)
The Rise and Fall of Martin Lee and His Dream of a Democratic Hong Kong
The idea of a free Hong Kong, kept alive by successive generations, is crashing around them. The lawyer’s moderate brand of activism has been rendered unviable or illegal. And once a symbol of the ... ( read original story ...)
Erdogan’s Visit to Northern Cyprus Stokes Decades-Long Dispute
The Turkish president visited disputed northern Cyprus, which is occupied by Turkish forces, angering Cypriot and Greek officials and stoking a bitter conflict. ( read original story ...)
Erdogan says Cyprus to stay divided, visits ‘ghost town’ in Turkish-held north
Turkey's president said he favours a permanent "two-state" division of Cyprus during a visit Sunday to the breakaway Turkish-held north condemned as a provocation by the internationally recognised ... ( read original story ...)
The Latest: Cyprus Hit by Anti-Lockdown Protest, Detains 9
A Cyprus court has ordered nine people detained for three days on suspicion of smashing store fronts and hurling stones and Molotov cocktails at police following a rally against a regional lockdown in ... ( read original story ...)
Election 2020 updates: Klain expects Biden to campaign in Georgia; Giuliani claims to have proof he ‘can’t disclose yet’
Giuliani's new fraud claims sound like more of the same; Obama says he doesn't take Trump seriously; Biden may campaign in Ga. – election updates. ( read original story ...)