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Singapore – Singapore’s image as a squeaky-clean business hub is under scrutiny amid a huge money laundering scandal that has so far resulted in 10 arrests and the seizure of assets …
Singapore’s clean image under scrutiny amid money laundering scandal Read More
SECRET PAKISTANI ARMS sales to the U.S. helped to facilitate a controversial bailout from the International Monetary Fund earlier this year, according to two sources with knowledge of the arrangement, …
U.S. aids Pakistan IMF bailout with secret Ukraine arms deal Read More China on Thursday warned that looking into Chinese state subsidies for electric vehicles would have a “negative impact” on economic and trade ties between the bloc and Beijing. The Chinese commerce ministry deemed the …
China denounces Europe investigation of EVs Read More
Among foreign economists and civil society activists, the Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus is an icon for extending microloans to those too poor to access conventional banks. But at home, in Bangladesh, he has …
Muhammad Yunus, the father of microfinance, is facing a prison sentence Read More
The U.S. and Vietnam have leveled up their diplomatic relationship, including with an agreement that would put CHIPS Act funding towards growing the semiconductor industry in Vietnam. But for the …
The U.S. is racing to source chips from Vietnam — but engineers are scant Read More
NEW DELHI (AP) — It’s never been easy for the leaders of the world’s largest economies to find common ground, but Russia’s war on Ukraine has made it even harder …
India seeks a greater voice for the developing world at G20 but the Ukraine war may overshadow talks Read More
The Philippines has imposed a price cap on rice as the Southeast Asian country grapples with some of the highest inflation in the region. President Ferdinand Marcos Jr signed an …
Philippines’ Marcos orders price cap for rice amid ‘alarming’ price surge Read More
Mary Grigoryan’s day starts when the electricity is switched on, so she can heat up sugarless tea for her children’s breakfast. Energy use in the disputed territory of Nagorno-Karabakh, which …
Queues for bread and no formula milk: Motherhood in blockaded Nagorno-Karabakh Read More
H&M, the world’s second-largest fashion retailer, is investigating 20 alleged instances of labour abuse at Myanmar garment factories that supply it, Reuters news agency has reported, just weeks after Zara-owner Inditex, the …
H&M probes alleged Myanmar factory abuses as pressure intensifies Read More
The Indian government has made yet another attempt to give its flagship Make in India initiative a push. On August 3, India said companies importing laptops, tablets, and PCs into …
Another week, another push to “Make in India” Read More