Category: Asia

The International Monetary Fund warned Tuesday that the US-Israeli war on Iran could slow global economic growth, stoke inflation, and increase the possibility of a worldwide […]

Artificial intelligence is rapidly learning to autonomously design and run biological experiments, but the systems intended to govern those capabilities are struggling to keep pace. […]

On Monday, US President Donald Trump threatened to expand his administration’s boat-bombing spree to Iranian vessels that “come anywhere close” to the US naval blockade of the […]

In the span of 12 days, two councils were formed claiming to lead Myanmar toward peace and unity. They could not be more different — […]

A growing cohort of global organisations is demonstrating that environmental leadership is translating into measurable business and organisational returns, according to the CDP Corporate Health […]

South Korea’s entry-level job market squeeze is reshaping pay expectations and career strategies among young talent, new survey data shows. Hoped-for starting salaries among young jobseekers […]

US President Donald Trump’s decision to block ship traffic through the Strait of Hormuz presents China with a sticky choice: to accept Trump’s prohibition on […]

The war with Iran is not just a geopolitical conflict. We see religious rhetoric used to cast strategic interests as a moral or sacred matter. […]

By: Tim Daiss China is in a tightening bind. A fragile two-week ceasefire has kept the Strait of Hormuz partially open, but flows remain constrained […]

Viktor Orban’s “democratic ouster” is expected to remove Hungary’s procedural opposition to the EU’s planned 90 billion euro loan to Ukraine, to be financed by […]

In the opening months of 2026, a fierce, 40-day conflagration between Iran, the United States and Israel upended decades of received wisdom regarding military power. […]

As generative AI (GenAI) evolves from a novelty into a “super assistant,” Singapore is moving aggressively to ensure its workforce remains relevant. At the Straits […]

As organisations across the Asia-Pacific region move from AI experimentation to full-scale execution, the mandate for leadership has shifted. It is no longer enough to […]

The Indo-Pacific’s quest for critical mineral security is colliding with an uncomfortable reality: the geography of heavy rare earth elements (HREEs) does not map neatly […]

The world economy survived the shocks of the Ukraine-Russia conflict, which has had limited impact on economic growth. But the escalation of hostilities in the […]

By: Khanh Vu Duc Hanoi is calling it “new momentum.” As General Secretary and President Tô Lâm arrives in Beijing this week for his first […]

China has urged the United States and Iran to return to the negotiating table after Washington launched an operation to close the Strait of Hormuz […]

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The Trump administration is putting in place a military blockade of all of Iran’s ports and coastal areas. The blockade came into effect at 10 am […]