Four-month programme provides selected community leaders of Facebook groups with training, mentorship and funding
Plans for a web of sub-sea cables that would create a continental power grid spanning Japan to India are rapidly becoming cheaper and more feasible
A consortium led by Japan Industrial Partners Inc. is considering a takeover of Toshiba Corp. at a valuation of about 2.4 trillion yen ($16.1 billion) in what could be Asia's biggest buyout this year
Europe's natural gas storage sites are about 92% full, above the the five-year average of 87.6%. Germany has hit 95%, a level it aimed to reach by Nov. 1
Asia's economies will need to focus on fiscal stability in order to offset surging debt and to support monetary policy, the International Monetary Fund has warned.
Family members of a van driver, who was killed in the recent attack on a school bus in Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, ended their day-long sit-in on Tuesday after talks with the government
New firm to provide services in India and other countries; area of work 'will never include auditing', says Vorsatz
Credit Suisse Group AG's deputy wealth management head for Asia is leaving after about two decades with the bank, joining a wave of departures from the embattled firm
When it comes to the number of billionaires by region, Asia now has 951 outnumbering all other regions. North America has 777 billionaires and Europe, 536.
LNG markets in 2023 may be tighter than this year as demand may rise in China, India and other parts of Asia, the head of the International Energy Agency (IEA) said
The World Bank has downgraded growth for developing East Asia and Pacific to 3.2 per cent in 2022
Attending funerals on behalf of the United States is normally a straightforward assignment for a vice president, but Kamala Harris will confront controversy at nearly every turn as she visits Asia for the memorial honouring former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe. American allies are seeking clarity after mixed messages over whether President Joe Biden would send troops to defend Taiwan from a Chinese invasion, a potential conflict that could swiftly engulf the rest of the region. There's the potential for more provocations from North Korea, which test-fired a missile shortly before Harris' departure on Sunday from Washington. Meanwhile, South Korea and Japan are inching toward a reconciliation that would heal some of the wounds left from World War II, with the US gingerly trying to nudge along the process. And there's resentment over a new US law that makes electric vehicles built outside of North America ineligible for subsidies. Even Abe's state funeral on Tuesday itself is a
The Asian Development Bank cut its growth forecast for China and also lowered its outlook for developing Asia amid rising interest rates, a prolonged war in Ukraine and Beijing's Covid Zero policy
Moscow plans to raise taxes on energy sector to the tune of $50 bn in 2023-25
The foreign-exchange stockpiles Asian economies built up have helped cushion the impact of this year's market turmoil, which has spurred the largest equity outflows for at least a decade.
The dismal state of American manufacturing combined with resilient Asian supply chains has brought into focus the crucial global role of industrial giants like South Korea, China and Japan
India assumes rotational annual presidency of SCO summit nations; China, Russia and other countries offer support for summit next year in India
Japanese imports of the fuel, which can be used instead of natural gas to produce electricity, surged to a four-year high in August, and are set to stay high in the coming months
Russia sent significantly more oil and coal to India and China over the summer compared with the start of the year, while European countries that long relied on Russian energy have cut back sharply in response to the war in Ukraine, said a report published Tuesday. The Centre for Research on Energy and Clean Air said Russia received about 158 billion euros ($158 billion) in revenue for the sale of oil, natural gas and coal from February to August, more than half of which some 85 billion euros worth was exported to the European Union. Within the EU, Germany was the biggest importer, buying 19 billion euros worth of fossil fuels from Russia during the six-month period. The single biggest importer worldwide, however, was China, which bought 35 billion euros worth of Russian energy, the Helsinki-based group said. While Russia's revenue rose, overall export volumes dropped by 18% compared with when the country invaded Ukraine, the report said. The EU has cut its imports from Russia b
The decision to remove Russia's status was taken last month in Malaysia during the annual meeting of the APG