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Shopee, Lazada, TikTok, and Tokopedia have more than half of Southeast Asia’s e-commerce market. Shoppertainment, or content-driven commerce, is set to grow quickly with popularity of livestreams. Regulations could damp …
In Southeast Asia, Ramadan is an online shopping bonanza Read More
When the US military shot down an unmanned Chinese aircraft many thought the worst. Joshua Brown looks at why things might have even grown better. When a Chinese surveillance balloon …
Why didn’t the balloon go up? Read More
Dirk Ehnts suggests that Liz Truss’s downfall may have not been because she was wrong. Shadow chancellor, Rachel Reeves, said in 2021 that delaying tackling climate breakdown would be at …
Was Truss on the money? Read More
James Robson holds up a trio of pledges that a Labour government might consider in any bid to align education with the skills needed for UK prosperity. Sooner or later …
Education, education and education Read More
A squabble among EU countries over whether to grant Ukraine’s vast farming sector another year of emergency, no-strings-attached access to their markets could well be a taste of what’s to …
EU discord over Ukraine free trade spells trouble for Kyiv’s accession hopes Read More
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in February 2022 fundamentally changed the energy landscape in Europe, as Germany, France and their neighbors scrambled to ditch Russian fossil fuels. The effort showed how quickly a modern …
As Europe shifts to clean energy, does it still need so much US LNG? Read More
China’s efforts to “de-risk” its economy from the West through massive investments in manufacturing and strategic technologies are exacerbating Europe’s industrial decline, experts and business leaders say. Beijing’s push to achieve …
China’s ‘de-risking’ from West worsens EU industrial decline, experts say Read More
As the climate crisis has escalated over the past decade, there has been a conspicuous absence of films that mirror the predicament we are faced with. Climate philosopher and activist …
The End of the beginning Read More
LONDON — U.K. hospitals, town halls and government departments will be heated via a massive energy deal with a subsidiary of a firm still importing Russian gas to Europe — …
UK strikes energy deal with firm linked to Putin’s gas exports Read More
The agriculture sector holds a lot of power within the European Union, receiving around one-third of the bloc’s total budget. But, amid rising production costs and lower incomes, farmers have …
Q&A: The impact of farmer protests on the EU’s upcoming parliamentary elections Read More