Income and pension requirements are expected to be part of revised requirements for foreign residents seeking the status.
Indonesia’s plan for a Singapore rival starts to take shape
A new law lays the legal groundwork, but economists warn governance will decide the financial centre's fate Indonesia wants to build a financial centre to rival Singapore, Hong Kong or Dubai, but ...
Southern China drenched as Typhoon Noul makes landfall
(Corrects the second paragraph to say Noul is the 12th tropical cyclone this year) HONG KONG, July 26 (Reuters) - Typhoon Noul made landfall early on Sunday in southern China, bringing heavy rain and ...
Typhoon Noul makes landfall in southern China, with over 700,000 evacuated and flights canceled
Typhoon Noul is expected to bring winds and heavy rain to southern China, including Hong Kong, over the weekend. Hong Kong’s Observatory reports that Noul, with maximum sustained winds of 81 ...
Typhoon Noul makes landfall in China, with hundreds of thousands evacuated
Noul hit southern Guangdong province and neighbouring Hong Kong, bringing strong winds and heavy rain to the region.
Thailand works on $700 million EV plan to replace 80,000 vehicles
By Orathai Sriring and Panarat Thepgumpanat BANGKOK, July 23 (Reuters) - Thailand is reviewing a 24 billion baht ($714 million) plan to help replace up to 80,000 ageing transport vehicles with EVs and ...
Vance, Caine raised concerns about escalating war in Iran, sources say as US pauses consecutive nights of strikes
Vice President JD Vance and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Dan Caine both raised concerns about escalating the war in Iran as President Donald Trump weighed the possibility during a White ...
Airstrikes have paused and talks are pressing forward. But can the US and Iran take the off-ramp?
The U.S. military has paused its airstrikes on Iran after nearly two weeks of intensifying bombing, while diplomatic efforts have pushed forward to try to avert a return to all-out war. But it remains ...
Sheikh Hasina ally resigns as Bangladesh’s president
Bangladesh president Mohammed Shahabuddin has resigned, as concerns grow that his former ally, ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina, will return to the country.
India’s education minister resigns after massive youth-led protests
India's education minister resigned Saturday amid a scandal that led hundreds of thousands of young people and students to the streets in one of the country's largest protests.