Asia

A screen tracks trading on the floor at the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) after the closing bell in New York City, US, April 4, 2025. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid
Asia

Stocks slide in Asia as recession fears pummel sentiment, oil hits 4-yr lows

The bar chart shows the tariff rates across Asia countries. Photo: Reuters
World+Biz

Trump kicks all of Asia into the China tariff boat

Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus speaks at Boao Forum for Asia conference in Hainan on 27 March. Photo: BSS
Bangladesh

Asia must strengthen cooperation as destinies are intertwined: CA

A liquefied natural gas (LNG) tanker is tugged towards a thermal power station in Futtsu, east of Tokyo, Japan. 13 November 2017. REUTERS/Issei Kato/File Photo
World+Biz

Trump seeks to reshape Asia's energy supplies with US gas

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Health

65.5m adolescent girls, women in Asia suffer Anaemia annually: Experts 

Karishma Vaswani. Sketch: TBS
Panorama

Behind the rise of the Asian aunty

President Xi Jinping and then-President Donald Trump in Beijing in 2017.Photographer: Qilai Shen/Bloomberg
Asia

Asia's 2025 will be a year of upheaval and uncertainty

In a departure from the status quo under Fed Chair Jerome Powell, market expectations and the Fed’s interest-rate trajectory are converging. Photo: Reuters
Global Economy

Dollar set for big weekly gain as Powell sends yields up, China data mixed

China Railway workers assemble a pipe jacking machine at the construction site of an underground railway station, in Huzhou, Zhejiang province, China October 17, 2024. REUTERS
World+Biz

IMF warns of risks to Asia's economy as trade tensions, soft China growth bite

Rescue workers pull a boat loaded with relief supplies to distribute among flood-affected people in Feni, Bangladesh on 25 August. Photo: Reuters
Panorama

Extreme floods across Asia reflect a growing pattern of uncertainty 

Photo: Collected
Asia

What will US interest rate cuts mean for Asia and the Pacific?

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Bangladesh

Rida Khan becomes Miss Asian International 2024

Tourists hold umbrellas to shelter themselves from the sun as they walk near the Colosseum amid a heatwave in Rome, Italy, June 20, 2024. REUTERS/Guglielmo Mangiapane
Environment

Extreme heat kills hundreds, millions more sweltering worldwide as summer begins