Asia

Let's get you up to speed with the day's stories. Reigning badminton world champion Loh Kean Yew will not defend his title. Singapore's Loh, who is ranked eighth in the...

A blistering heatwave has engulfed China in the country's hottest summer on record, subsuming half its land in drought. The world's second-largest economy has experienced more than 70 days of...

FROM DROUGHT TO FLOODS Earlier this year much of the nation was in the grip of a drought and heatwave, with temperatures hitting 51 degrees Celsius in Jacobabad, Sindh province....

HONG KONG: Asian markets rose Friday (Aug 26) after a Wall Street rally ahead of a speech by Federal Reserve boss Jerome Powell that is expected to reiterate his plan...

KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia's government will present its budget for 2023 to parliament on Oct 7, earlier than originally scheduled, news portal Malaysiakini reported on Friday (Aug 26), citing the country's...

MUMBAI: India's stricter digital lending rules have disrupted card services of foreign-backed fin-tech firms and jeopardised loan offerings of Amazon, prompting companies to chart a lobbying pushback, according to industry...

BEIJING: Chinese food delivery company Meituan posted a better-than-expected 16.4 per cent rise in quarterly revenue on Friday (Aug 26), as its business fared better than expected in a period...

BEIJING: China central bank said on Friday (Aug 26) that it will allow more foreign banks to get cheap funding via its carbon emission reduction supporting tool. The People's Bank...

KUALA LUMPUR: Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department Wan Junaidi Tuanku Jaafar confirmed that Malaysia’s 2023 budget will be tabled on Oct 7.  This is three weeks earlier than the...

JAKARTA: Indonesia may raise subsidised fuel prices by 30 per cent to 40 per cent to manage fiscal pressure from a ballooning subsidy budget, lawmakers from President Joko Widodo's ruling...