politics-governance
UN Agency Warns Middle East War Is Starving Africa's Children of Resources
The United Nations children's agency has issued a stark warning from Geneva: the ongoing Middle East …
The United Nations children's agency has issued a stark warning from Geneva: the ongoing Middle East …
China's services sector expanded at its fastest pace in three months during December, according to private sector data released this week, a development that complicates the picture for investors t…
Beijing's top-level directive to embrace failure as part of innovation is running into a fundamental problem: the bureaucrats tasked with implementing it are not willing to take any risks themselve…
China's legal system delivered a swift verdict in the shocking case of a poisoner who killed a prominent billionaire in the gaming industry. On Wednesday, the Chinese government confirmed the execu…
The small village of Ruatahuna in New Zealand is grappling with the economic fallout from rising fuel prices, primarily triggered by recent developments in Iran. As Iran faces sanctions, its fuel e…
The resignation of KPMG Australia's CEO, Gary Wingrove, has shaken corporate circles following his abrupt departure on 9 October 2023. This move comes in the wake of a whistleblower scandal that ha…
Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited has issued a stark warning to Indian consumers and businesses: fuel prices are set to rise again if the current market turbulence persists. Raj Kumar Dubey, the…
Thailand has officially reduced the visa-free stay duration for citizens of over 90 nations, including the United Kingdom, triggering immediate recalculations for the region’s most vital economic e…
Minister Rajmohan of the Tamil Nadu Congress Committee has firmly reiterated the state’s commitment to maintaining the two-language formula in schools, rejecting immediate pressure to reintroduce E…
China’s property sector, once the undisputed engine of the nation’s economic growth, is enduring its most prolonged downturn in decades. House prices have now fallen for nearly three consecutive ye…
China’s factory output growth slowed to 4.1% in April, marking the first deceleration in industrial momentum since late last year. The National Bureau of Statistics released the data on Tuesday, re…
Singapore residents are accelerating their purchases of the Swiss franc, driven by a renewed appetite for safe-haven assets amidst global economic uncertainty. This shift in investor sentiment is r…