The coronavirus, a tanking economy, an aggressive China, a postponed Olympics, a U.S. election: That’s just the start. And any successor will confront those challenges without having the stature of ... ( read original story ...)
Strengthening Typhoon Maysak to strike Japan, South Korea this week
An area of low pressure that was meandering over the Philippine Sea organized and strengthened Friday, becoming a tropical depression and then eventually Tropical Storm Maysak. This tropical feature ... ( read original story ...)
Normalcy returning to Pakistan’s monsoon-drenched Karachi
Normalcy has begun slowly returning to Pakistan’s financial capital Karachi after flood waters from days of monsoon rains that killed 47 people receded, enabling relief work in the city of 15 million ... ( read original story ...)
India’s Reliance Retail to acquire Future Group’s units for $3.4 billion
Reliance Retail, India’s largest retail chain, has found a much simpler way to expand its dominant position in the country: Acquire most of the second largest chain's units. On Saturday evening (local ... ( read original story ...)
China Tightens Tech Export Rules Amid TikTok Talks
China announced new restrictions on artificial-intelligence technology exports that could further complicate the sale of TikTok’s U.S. operations, while intensifying the tech battle between the ... ( read original story ...)
Southeast Asia is Ground Zero in the New U.S.-China Conflict—and Beijing Is Winning
Southeast Asia is Ground Zero in the New U.S... Sometimes the signs are scattershot. Investigative journalists imprisoned for doing their job in Thailand or the Philippines. Another forest razed to ... ( read original story ...)
2-story restaurant collapses in China, killing 17 people
The restaurant was in Shanxi province's Xiangfen county, about 630 kilometers (400 miles) southwest of Beijing. The cause of the collapse was not immediately clear. Hundreds of re ... ( read original story ...)
13 dead after two-storey restaurant collapses in China
Thirteen people were killed in China after a two-storey restaurant collapsed during a gathering Saturday morning, state media said. ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong investors to get greater choice of exchange-traded funds, as securities watchdog approves two Shenzhen-listed products
Hong Kong's securities watchdog has approved the listing of two exchange-traded funds (ETFs) that will invest in ETFs listed on the mainland, as part of efforts to expand investors' choices of ... ( read original story ...)
Cyprus personal finance basics for the post-pandemic
Here in Cyprus, we’re probably not into the post-pandemic entirely yet, but we’re certainly in some sort of consequent phase – no doubt the epidemiologists will find a term for it as they seem to be ... ( read original story ...)