Hundreds of people have been killed and millions displaced as extreme weather has ravaged Southeast Asia this month. Indonesia’s heavy rain was linked to two tropical cyclones. By Jin Yu Young and ...
When the government effectively forced TikTok to shut down its Shop feature, the company quickly struck an unusual deal with a local company to bring it back. Agata Pinastika Kenastuti’s children’s ...
Secretary of War Pete Hegseth and Indonesia Minister of Defense Sjafrie Sjamsoeddin stand for the playing of the U.S. and Indonesian national anthems prior to a bilateral meeting at the Pentagon, ...
ACHIEVING RECIPROCAL TRADE: Today, the Trump Administration finalized a landmark trade agreement with Indonesia that will provide Americans with unprecedented market access and unlock major ...
JAKARTA, Indonesia — The defense ministers of Indonesia and Japan signed a cooperation agreement on Monday, Jakarta said, underlining the need to safeguard regional peace and stability in the face of ...
Forget about copper for just a moment. The real bull star on the London Metal Exchange right now is tin, with year-to-date gains of 41% eclipsing even the red metal's 33% price rise.
The BRICS group of major emerging economies - Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa - emitted a record 1.98 billion metric tons of carbon dioxide from power generation during the first quarter of 2024, data from energy think tank Ember shows.
Donald Trump says he’ll impose a 40% levy on trans-shipments through the Southeast Asian country. It will hassle but not crush Chinese re-exporters. More damaging to Beijing is if the US demands supply chain security of Hanoi and others. That would be easier to enforce, too.
Singapore's expansion in advanced manufacturing, technology and electrification of vehicles will accelerate growth in power demand over the next decade, the chief executive of its Energy Market Authority said on Monday.
Mauritius said it would wait up to the end of July for Britain to finalise a deal to hand over the Chagos Islands after London put the agreement on hold following objections from U.S. President Donald Trump.
Vietnamese low-cost carrier Vietjet stopped operating two Chinese-made COMAC C909 aircraft on October 18 after a six-month lease contract for the planes expired, two sources familiar with the matter said.
Restaurant Brands Asia said on Tuesday Inspira Global will invest up to 34.16 billion rupees ($375.06 million) for a controlling stake in the Burger King India operator, as private equity firm Everstone exits its stake.
An Indonesian Constitutional Court ruling setting out a time limit on President Joko Widodo's emergency COVID-19 law will have no bearing on the government's 2022 budget and fiscal consolidation plans, a senior lawmaker said on Monday.
Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr has ordered his government to strengthen its coordination on maritime security to confront "a range of serious challenges" to territorial integrity and peace, as a dispute with China escalates.
Indian traders are struggling to sign export contracts even after New Delhi allowed the export of 1 million metric tons as mills are seeking a hefty premium over London prices, which overseas buyers are unwilling to pay, four trade sources told Reuters.
About 180 Rohingya Muslims fleeing grim conditions in Bangladesh camps are presumed to have drowned at sea in recent weeks, possibly after their rickety boat broke apart, in what could make 2022 among the deadliest years for the community.
A look at the day ahead in European and global markets from Ankur Banerjee
Brazil launched the Global Alliance for Hunger and Poverty on Friday at the G20 Summit in Rio, a Brazilian government official said, with an initial 41 participating members pledging to lift 500 million people out of poverty through cash transfers and social protection systems.
The U.S. National Weather Service's Climate Prediction Center published an advisory Thursday on the emergence of La Nina conditions in September, which are likely to persist through December 2025 to February 2026, with a 55% chance of a transition to ENSO-neutral likely in January to March 2026.
India is considering a proposal to restrict sulphur exports after industry lobby groups raised concerns about soaring prices and disruption to supplies from the Gulf, three sources aware of the development said.
The Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunization (GAVI) said on Monday it had signed two advance purchase agreements with Chinese drugmakers Sinopharm and Sinovac to provide up to 550 million COVID-19 vaccines to the COVAX programme.
Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida kicked off his Southeast Asia tour on Friday, meeting his Indonesian counterpart to discuss regional responses to the Ukraine crisis as well as counter China's growing assertiveness in the region.
Emerging markets are in for a tough and uncertain year due to policy shifts in the United States and uncertain growth in China, JPMorgan said in its annual outlook, predicting emerging markets bond funds were in line for sizeable outflows.
Gresini Racing's Enea Bastianini claimed his second MotoGP win of the season at the Grand Prix of the Americas on Sunday to move top of the championship, while the returning Marc Marquez stormed back to finish sixth after dropping to last place.
Asian equities suffered massive foreign outflows in September, hit by worries about interest rates remaining higher for a prolonged period in the United States and a surge in Treasury yields.