Myanmar’s ruling military has extended a state of emergency for another six months, state media reported on Friday, a day ahead of the four-year anniversary of a coup that plunged the country into chaos after a decade of tentative democracy. Myanmar has been locked in a civil war triggered by the military’s overthrow of the […]
Read MoreThailand’s economic growth may falter at under 2.9% this year after a weaker-than-expected fourth quarter despite a vaunted government cash handout aimed at firing up sluggish growth, the central bank chief said on Thursday. The Bank of Thailand previously anticipated that the economy could expand by 2.9% this year, lower than the finance ministry’s projection […]
Read MoreGlobal bodies should stop excluding Taiwan for political reasons, President Lai Ching-te told Pope Francis in a letter, adding that he agrees war has no winners. The Vatican is one of only 12 countries to retain formal diplomatic ties with Chinese-claimed Taiwan, and Taipei has watched with concern efforts by Beijing and the Holy See […]
Read MoreIndonesia’s additional budget of 100 trillion rupiah ($6.14 billion) for its programme to give free meals to school children this year will add nearly 2 percentage points to the country’s growth, an aide to President Prabowo Subianto said on Friday. Prabowo’s signature free meal programme began earlier this month and had initially targeted reaching about […]
Read MoreThe Netherlands’ privacy watchdog AP on Friday said it will launch an investigation into Chinese artificial intelligence firm DeepSeek’s data collection practices and urged Dutch users to exercise caution with the company’s software. “The AP is (issuing this) warning because of the serious concerns that there are over DeepSeek’s privacy policies … and the way […]
Read MoreIndia is set to see above-average temperatures in February after a warmer than normal January, the weather office said on Friday, posing a risk to key winter-sown crops such as wheat, rapeseed and chickpeas. Maximum and minimum temperatures in most parts of the country will be above-average in the month, Mrutyunjay Mohapatra, director-general of the […]
Read MoreJapanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba will hold talks with OpenAI CEO Sam Altman and SoftBank Group (9984.T), opens new tab CEO Masayoshi Son on Monday, the Japanese government said on Friday. U.S. President Donald Trump announced last week that OpenAI, SoftBank and Oracle (ORCL.N), opens new tab will form a joint venture and invest up […]
Read MoreThe formation of a new political party by students is a possibility and they are campaigning, Chief Adviser of the interim government Muhammad Yunus told the Financial Times. Speaking on a podcast during his visit to Davos, Switzerland, the chief adviser said, “This is a good time because always I’m protecting the unity of the […]
Read MoreIndian Prime Minister Narendra Modi may seek to shore up faltering economic growth, placate a middle class squeezed by high prices and low wage growth, and prepare for an uncertain year of global trade in the nation’s budget this week. Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman will present the budget for the next fiscal year on Feb. […]
Read MoreTaiwan’s government will soon look at whether it needs to help its domestic industry over threats by U.S. President Donald Trump to put tariffs on semiconductors, Premier Cho Jung-tai said on Wednesday. Home to the world’s largest contract chipmaker, Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. (TSMC) (2330.TW), opens new tab, the island is a key link in […]
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