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Trade deal optimism lifts Asian shares
Published on 28/06/2025
» RECAP: Most Asian stock markets rose on Friday, and a gauge of global equities reached another record high, on trade-deal optimism and increased expectations for US interest-rate cuts this year.
Time for Asean to tackle scam trade
Published on 21/06/2025
» In April, China's President, Xi Jinping, undertook a tour of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) member countries in an effort to shore up his country's relationships amidst rising tensions and fears of a full-blown trade war with the United States. While these visits sought to tighten diplomatic ties and deepen economic collaborations, a troubling issue continues to fester in many countries: the growing proliferation of cybercrime and multi-billion-dollar cyber scam networks.
Insurers must embrace AI tools
Oped, Published on 09/04/2025
» Over the past year and a half, insurers have been pulling out of high-risk areas at an alarming rate. Nowhere has this been more obvious than in California, where wildfires have become more frequent and intense -- the Los Angeles conflagration in January being only the latest in a series of devastating blazes. And it's not just wildfires: the Golden State is also prone to large, damaging floods.
The Houthi threat to global shipping
Oped, Published on 28/03/2025
» Amidst the unpredictable arc of crisis shadowing the Middle East, the systemic and sustained merchant shipping attacks in the Red Sea persist. The culprits are a shadowy but lethal Iranian proxy force, the Houthis, who use their control of mountainous parts of the Yemeni coast to launch missile, drone and speedboat attacks on vital shipping lanes connecting the Mediterranean with the Gulf of Aden.
G20 leaders say global stability threatened by declining cooperation
AFP, Published on 27/02/2025
» CAPE TOWN - The erosion of multilateralism threatens global growth and stability, President Cyril Ramaphosa warned Wednesday at a G20 finance meeting in South Africa marked by the absence of the US treasury secretary.
Thailand's climate challenge solutions
Oped, Published on 12/02/2025
» Thailand's economy is among the hardest hit by the harsh impacts of global warming. But there is still a way forward.
Are Russian sanctions working? Debate takes new urgency with Trump
Published on 02/01/2025
» LONDON — Thousands of far-reaching sanctions have been imposed by dozens of countries on Russian banks, businesses and people since Moscow ordered tanks to roll across the border into Ukraine in the winter of 2022.
Bridging Thailand's climate adaptation finance gap
Oped, Sarinee Achavanuntakul, Published on 25/12/2024
» By many accounts, Thailand consistently ranks among the most vulnerable countries in the world to climate change. The oft-cited Global Climate Risk Index by GermanWatch ranked Thailand's long-term climate risk in 2021 as 9th in the world.
'Who's next?': Misinformation and online threats after US CEO slaying
AFP, Published on 23/12/2024
» WASHINGTON - A US health boss's murder sparked a torrent of online misinformation and calls for violence against other executives, suggesting a failure of social media moderation that analysts fear could translate into real-world harms.
Emerging AI cybersecurity threats poised to surge in 2025
Business, Suchit Leesa-nguansuk, Published on 20/12/2024
» A single unified data security platform to tackle evolving security threats, deepfakes at scale, and quantum security are among the cybersecurity trends in 2025, says global cybersecurity firm Palo Alto Networks.