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Trump hits Iran trade partners with tariffs as protest deaths soar
AFP, Published on 13/01/2026
» US President Donald Trump announced a 25% tariff on any country doing business with Iran, ramping up pressure as a rights group estimated a crackdown on protests in the country has killed at least 648 people.
A pragmatic path through the perfect storm
Business, Special Correspondent, Published on 29/08/2025
» Navigating an increasingly turbulent global landscape marked by geopolitical conflict, economic uncertainty, and a rapidly accelerating climate crisis, Thailand's leading corporate and financial minds have issued a powerful, pragmatic call to action, urging regional cooperation and collective will to forge a sustainable future.
China leads race to modernise global money flows
Bloomberg News, Published on 09/08/2023
» A new platform to expand the reach of China’s digital yuan and other central bank digital currencies is moving closer to reality, raising eyebrows among some defenders of a system long dominated by the US dollar.
Brexit becomes reality as UK quits EU single market
AFP, Published on 01/01/2021
» LONDON: Britain on Thursday finally severed its turbulent half-century partnership with Europe, quitting the EU single market and customs union and going its own way four-and-a-half years after its shock vote to leave the bloc.
Slapped into Silence
Asia focus, Published on 20/07/2020
» Freedom of expression, association and peaceful assembly are fundamental human rights. They are crucial in any country that truly values public participation in development and decision-making.
Tourists will trickle back 'once a virus cure is found'
News, Thana Boonlert, Published on 17/07/2020
» The Thailand Development Research Institute (TDRI) is predicting the hard-hit tourism sector will start to recover once a Covid-19 vaccine is rolled out late next year.
India's economy will work when its women do
Asia focus, Andy Mukherjee, Published on 07/05/2018
» It was only a decade ago that the Nokia smartphone factory near Chennai was seen as the model solution for India's chronic problem of too few women in the workforce.