THAI King Maha Vajiralongkorn has endorsed a new cabinet under the leadership of Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul, a royal command said on Tuesday. According to the official Royal Gazette, the…
JAPANESE Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi on Tuesday expressed her willingness to cooperate with other Asian nations to secure petroleum products, amid crude oil supply disruptions stemming from the US-Israeli conflict…
US President Donald Trump “would be quite interested” in calling on Arab countries to help pay for the costs related to the ongoing US-Israeli war against Iran, White House Press…
UN SECRETARY-GENERAL Antonio Guterres on Monday called on the international community to build zero-waste food systems that “we need to nourish both people and planet”. “The world wastes far too…
JAPAN’S industrial output in February fell 2.1 per cent from the previous month, the first contraction in three months, dragged down by weak output in the motor vehicle sector, government…
SINGAPORE residents will face higher electricity and town gas tariffs in the second quarter, with further increases likely later this year as the Middle East conflict drives up global fuel…
DUBAI will provide support worth over $270 million to help businesses and families, authorities announced Monday, with the Gulf states facing economic disruption from Iran’s aerial attacks and closure of…
THE war in the Middle East has prompted a surge in ships utilizing the Panama Canal, an executive for the interoceanic waterway said Monday. The month-long conflict that began on…
VIETNAM’S fruit and vegetable export turnover was estimated at US$1.48 billion in the first three months of 2026, up 27 per cent year on year, according to local media VnEconomy,…
ON a mild spring morning in Beijing, a group of writers gathered at the National Museum of Modern Chinese Literature. They had travelled from across the country. Some were from…
