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Trump warns Iran of ‘biggest attack of them all’
President Donald Trump on Tuesday issued yet another threat to all but wipe out Iran as the US military restarted its bombing campaign. In a Truth Social post, the president […]
Can ‘touchless’ preservation extend shelf life without adding ingredients?
Startups are developing ‘touchless’ food preservation technologies that extend shelf life without adding preservatives or ingredients to food labels…See More
Trump admin is urged to end sanctions impacting Iranian students
A leading grassroots advocacy group for the rights of Iranian Americans called on the Trump administration Monday to rescind the recent message it sent when it announced […]
Ratcliffe’s offer, Ukraine and NATO’s future
Mystery continues about the strange visit by CIA Director John Ratcliffe to Moscow, flying there in a massive C-17 Globemaster, a military airlifter. While the […]
Creative friction: How Taiwan taps tradition for modern Asia
Chiayi mayor Huang Ming-Hui tells FoodNavigator how Taiwanese brands are balancing traditional appeal with modern consumer needs as they expand across Asia…See More
Trump running out of bullets against an intractable Iran
President Donald Trump has entangled the United States in a war of choice with Iran that he cannot easily win or quit. The war was […]
India, Indonesia’s hidden hands in SE Asia’s scam centers
The American response to Southeast Asia’s industrial-scale scam compounds has been vigorous, even theatrical at times, yet it remains strikingly incomplete. In April 2026, the […]
CHRO Thailand 2026 to spotlight AI, talent and workforce transformation
As organisations across Thailand accelerate AI adoption while navigating talent shortages and shifting workforce expectations, HR leaders are being challenged to rethink how they build […]
‘All about health’: Bebop takes dairy-free ice cream across APAC
Bebop is targeting APAC markets with a dairy-free, plant-fat ice cream as it seeks to scale beyond Taiwan…See More
Whisper stuff: the call Wall Street can’t put in writing
One of the small costs of running money is that you stop having time to read the people you most want to read. For me, […]
China better suited to build, not own, Indonesia’s solar dream
Indonesia wants China’s help building enough solar power to electrify 100 mid-sized cities without actually owning the capacity. On July 17 in Shanghai, Indonesia’s economy […]
Trump’s try to keep the Iran war from backfiring further
Despite the excitement around Donald Trump’s new sanctions and even the US strikes against the Iranian island of Larak just hours ago, much suggests that Trump is […]
Trump’s trade wars are making China’s Global South pitch easier
The latest US trade fight with Canada should matter far beyond North America. After negotiations collapsed in August, President Donald Trump imposed 50% tariffs on […]
Can making tea be a career? CHAGEE and ITE build the ladder
CHAGEE Singapore and ITE sign a memorandum of understanding to create a tea-beverage qualification and career pathway for baristas, witnessed by Guest-of-Honour Indranee Rajah, at […]
Three days, two workshops, one question: Who runs the next phase of Vietnam’s growth
CHRO Series Vietnam returns to Ho Chi Minh City from 9 to 11 September 2026, with a programme built around a gap employers in Vietnam […]
US-Venezuela oil deal deepens China’s energy security squeeze
A landmark oil agreement between Washington and Caracas threatens to cut Chinese refiners off from a cherished source of discounted crude, handing the United States […]
Trump posts AI slop of Iran bombing
US President Donald Trump published a string of unhinged posts to his social media platform overnight Sunday and into Monday morning, including an artificial intelligence-generated video attempting to depict […]
China’s robot beat Bolt – then it hit the wall
Two major races were won and lost in Beijing on August 26. On one track, a humanoid robot ran 100 meters in 8.64 seconds, nearly […]
Minsk-Karachi railway shows Eurasia’s quiet geopolitical rewiring
The news that Pakistan, Russia, and Belarus are working on a test freight railway connecting Minsk, Moscow, and Karachi may seem like just another infrastructure […]