Tag: asia
Last month was the planet’s hottest June on record by a huge margin
Brussels: This past June was the hottest June globally on record in terms of sea and air temperatures, according to a statement by the EU-backed…
May services activity expands at second fastest pace in 13 years
Service activity in May slowed from the previous month, but still remained strong by recording the second fastest pace in nearly 13 years amid favourable…
india: India may have achieved current account surplus, say experts
Weakening of commodity prices, strong services exports and rising remittances by people working abroad likely pushed India‘s current account balance to surplus in the quarter…
Iraq plans $17 billion transportation project linking Asia to Europe
IRBIL: Iraq‘s PM on Saturday announced plans for a $17 billion regional transportation project intended to facilitate the flow of goods from Asia to Europe….
Crippling heatwaves deepen Asia’s reliance on Russian energy
The extreme heat that’s been scorching Asia in recent weeks has produced one clear beneficiary — Russia.As countries across the region scramble to make sure…
Japan: Japan, South Korea leaders pray at memorial for Korean atomic bomb victims in Hiroshima
HIROSHIMA: Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol prayed together Sunday at a memorial for Korean victims of the 1945…
Ukrainian president meets with world leaders at G7 as Russia claims a key victory in the war
HIROSHIMA: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy huddled with some of his biggest backers in Hiroshima on Sunday, building momentum for his country’s war effort even as…
Asia: Climate change made Asia humid heatwave at least 30 times more likely: attribution study
BATHINDA: The human-caused climate change made humid heatwave in the month of April in India, Bangladesh, Laos and Thailand at least 30 times more likely,…
Rate-cut bets are surfacing across emerging Asia on policy pivot
Traders accustomed to aggressive interest-rate hikes across Asia are now seeking to gauge when the region’s central banks will begin cutting, a pivot that would…
WHO to shut specalised Moscow office over Ukraine
COPENHAGEN: The World Health Organization’s European office decided to close a specialised WHO office in Moscow and move its functions to Denmark, the health body…