Asia

Dogs get treated for heat burns at a pet clinic in Kolkata. Photo: AFP
World+Biz

Pet dogs and strays suffer in Asia heatwave

Large swathes of South and Southeast Asia are struggling through a heatwave that has broken temperature records and forced millions of children to stay home as schools close across the region.

Photo: iStock via IMF Blog
Global Economy

Asia's growth and inflation outlook improves, but risks remain

Ideal or not, the reality of the world is that one currency, the US dollar, is first among equals. Photo: BLOOMBERG
Global Economy

Asia has a strong dollar problem stretching far beyond Japan

A parched field is pictured in Balkh province, Afghanistan, August 4, 2023. REUTERS/Ali Khara/File Photo
Asia

Asia hit hardest by climate, weather disasters in 2023:UN

A weather map measuring temperatures shows the impact of heatwaves across South Asia on 21 April. Orange and dark orange indicate a range from 30 to 40 degree Celsius. PHOTO: WINDY.COM
Panorama

Asia burning: From El nino 'frying pan' to climate change 'fire'

U.S. President Joe Biden, Germany's Chancellor Olaf Scholz, Britain's Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, President of the European Council Charles Michel, Italy's Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, Canada's Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, France's President Emmanuel Macron and Japan's Prime Minister Fumio Kishida attend a working lunch meeting at G7 leaders' summit in Hiroshima, western Japan May 19, 2023, in this handout photo released by Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan. Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan/HANDOUT via REUTERS
World+Biz

G7 countries for promoting Free, Open Indo-Pacific, managing engagement in Asia

The ripple effect from the complete closure of any waterway can be felt thousands of miles away. PHOTO: BLOOMBERG
Bloomberg Special

Red Sea crisis could fan Asia's inflation anew, delay rate cuts

Men wearing protective masks amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, use mobile phones in front of an electronic board displaying Japan's Nikkei index outside a brokerage in Tokyo, Japan June 16, 2022. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon
Global Economy

Asia stocks struggle even as China slashes rates

Employees work on the production line at Jingjin filter press factory in Dezhou, Shandong province, China August 25, 2022. REUTERS/Siyi Liu
World+Biz

Asia's factories struggle for momentum amid soft Chinese demand

An LNG tanker in Futtsu, Japan.Photographer: Kiyoshi Ota/Bloomberg
Energy

Asia to drive global gas demand in 2024 as Europe still recovers

Photo: Collected
Asia

North Korea says it tested new strategic cruise missile

Bangladesh's bond market one of the smallest in Asia. What will strengthen it?
Bangladesh

Bangladesh's bond market one of the smallest in Asia. What will strengthen it?

About 93% of Indonesian companies are expanding workforce this year creating ample opportunity for professionals to switch to better jobs. Photo: Collected
Global Economy

Majority of Asia’s professionals want a new job this year