India's ban on wheat exports has delivered a fresh blow to world markets already reeling from tight supplies due to output issues in traditional export powerhouses Canada, Europe and Australia and snarled supply lines in the war-torn Black Sea area.
High on the agenda at the gatherings in Jakarta is concern about China's increasingly assertive activity in the South China Sea, an important trade corridor.
Online posts that claim the United Kingdom has the highest per capita rape rate among the world's developed economies are missing key context, including that rape in the UK is defined more broadly than in many other countries.
In South Africa's Johannesburg there is a scourge known as the Parktown Prawn, which is a actually a giant cricket.
Brooks Running, which is owned by Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway , is committed to keeping production in southeast Asia even if U.S. President Donald Trump's proposed tariffs mean consumers will pay more for its performance running shoes, its chief executive said.
Palm oil producers profiting from a global price boom should use the opportunity to ramp up efforts to make the business more sustainable and head off rising risks of forests being cleared for plantations, the new head of the industry's watchdog said.
Thailand's new Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin said on Thursday he held talks with Tesla chief Elon Musk during a visit to New York and they discussed the electric vehicle industry.
North Korea's firing of an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) this week violates multiple U.N. resolutions and threatens peace and stability in the region, the United States, South Korea, and Japan said on Friday in a joint statement condemning the launch.
Singapore-headquartered corporate solutions and business advisory firm InCorp Global said on Thursday it has been acquired by global alternative investment firm Hillhouse Investment.
India's palm oil imports in 2021/22 are likely to drop 9% from a year earlier on a rise in domestic supplies, as farmers expand the area planted with oilseeds in response to record high prices, a leading industry analyst told Reuters.
South Korea's factory activity contracted for a second straight month in November, as demand remained subdued, a private-sector survey showed on Monday, though a finalised trade deal with the United States brought some clarity for manufacturers.
The Philippines said it delivered provisions earlier this month to its military personnel stationed at features in the South China Sea that Manila occupies but are claimed by Beijing.
Chinese battery minerals producer Zhejiang Huayou Cobalt said on Wednesday it had started trial production of lithium concentrates at its Arcadia mine in Zimbabwe.
The CEO of ChatGPT maker OpenAI on Monday said a tour of capital cities had left him "quite optimistic" about prospects for global coordination on artificial intelligence (AI).
India's palm oil imports in August dropped 13.9% from a year earlier to 734,351 tonnes, a leading trade body said on Friday, due to a sluggish recovery in demand from hotels and restaurants as local coronavirus cases continued to rise.
Novavax's COVID-19 vaccine could receive approval from Europe's drug regulator next week and subsequently an emergency use listing from the World Health Organization, the Financial Times reported on Thursday, sending shares of the U.S. drugmaker up 7%.
France's presidency said on Tuesday that it was crucial Paris and Beijing cooperated more closely to overcome the consequences of the war in Ukraine after Emmanuel Macron met Chinese President Xi Jinping on the sidelines of a summit in Indonesia.
Indonesian state-controlled miner Aneka Tambang (Antam) aims to launch the construction of two nickel processing facilities next year under its partnership with China's Ningbo Contemporary Brunp Lygend Ltd (CBL).
India's edible oil imports in November jumped to their highest level in four months as refiners raised purchases of palm oil, soyoil and sunflower oil to replenish inventories after robust demand during festival season, five dealers said.
Southeast Asian nations need to more than double their annual investment on renewables to accelerate energy transition and to meet climate goals, a report released on Thursday by the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) showed.