Category: Asia

Women’s progress into top management has stalled since 2024, and fewer women are now being hired into those roles, according to the World Economic Forum’s […]

Malaysia is reviewing its RM1,700 monthly minimum wage, with the government weighing employees’ living costs, wage levels and employers’ ability to pay as it assesses […]

Two years ago, central bankers on three continents all but declared victory over inflation. Markets took them at their word, and plenty of investors built […]

North Korea’s recent underwater launch of strategic cruise missiles underscores its accelerating drive to field a survivable, sea-based nuclear deterrent, even as significant engineering hurdles […]

A federal judge has temporarily blocked key parts of USDA’s reorganization, including planned office closures and employee relocations, pending litigation…See More

Jeffrey Miller’s newest novel, The Tree at Panmunjom, begins in the summer of 1976, as a soldier fresh out of basic training named Bill Davis […]

South Korean memory chipmakers must secure new United States licenses by year-end to keep shipping top-end American tools to their Chinese factories, after the Trump […]

Food and beverage cargo theft declined in 2026 after a 2025 surge. Explore targeted products, cargo theft hotspots and security strategies for CPG companies…See More

TEL AVIV — There is one country on earth where Donald Trump could plausibly win a national election, and he knows it. “I could run for […]

Just as Vladimir and Estragon waited for Godot in Beckett’s famous play, the world may now be waiting for Xi Jinping in the present political […]

TSMC expects overseas manufacturing to reduce its consolidated gross margin by nearly two percentage points in 2026, with the impact widening to three to four […]

India’s largest initial public offering (IPO) opens October 21, and investors in Tokyo, Singapore and Hong Kong are being asked a simple question: What is […]

Hershey is accelerating innovation in functional snacks and cultural moments to drive year-round growth as consumer spending and candy sales face pressure…See More

TOKYO — An unwelcome blast of US inflation is blowing across Asia’s markets. September’s hotter-than-expected price data revived concerns that the Federal Reserve will keep […]

Subscribe now with a one-month trial for only $1, then enjoy the first year at an exclusive rate of just $99. China’s industrial rise fuels Japan’s […]

The Albanese government has introduced its digital duty of care legislation to parliament today. The bill includes an “off switch” to allow social media users […]

On a recent episode of the Bulwark podcast, journalist Ron Brownstein described the election as a contest between “the wave versus the wall.” The wave […]

The current El Niño could be the largest in living memory. But which food commodities does it threaten…See More

Indonesia’s Manpower Minister Yassierli has called for human-centred AI in the workplace to boost national workforce productivity, saying the biggest gains come when organisations redesign […]

By: Salman Rafi Sheikh Armed transport in Taliban-controlled Kabul in 2021. Wikimedia photo The Taliban conquered Afghanistan by defeating an insurgency’s enemies, but five years […]