Alcaraz exits Shanghai Masters in straight-sets loss
Seven-times Grand Slam champion Carlos Alcaraz suffered a shock 7-5 7-6(4) defeat by unseeded Belgian Zizou Bergs in the Shanghai Masters round of 32 on Monday, a result that also confirmed Alexander ...
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China’s finance minister to deliver opening speech at Apec meeting in Hong Kong
China’s finance minister, Lan Foan, will deliver a keynote speech, while presentations by three prominent financial institutions will be among the highlights of next week’s Apec meeting in Hong Kong, ...
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Analyst stands by VP Duterte’s 20% GenCorp interest
MANILA, Philippines — The House prosecution’s forensic accounting expert witness, lawyer-accountant Alexander Cabrera, stood by his finding on Monday that Vice President Sara Duterte had a 20-percent ...
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Building solutions for changing needs
These Emerging Enterprise Award finalists use technology and new business models to tackle changing needs across industries...
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Vietnam could lose winter by 2100 as major cities face 100 more hot days, scientists warn
Inner Ho Chi Minh City could see 90-100 more days a year above 35 degrees Celsius by the end of the century under a high-emissions scenario, and inner Hanoi 50-90 more, Vietnam's updated climate proje...
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Which Southeast Asian country has the cheapest household electricity?
Electricity in this country costs 2.5 cents per kilowatt-hour, making it the cheapest in Southeast Asia....
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Victims of Apax Leaders English school boss's $327M fraud rise to 10,123
Nguyen Ngoc Thuy, who ran English language school Apax Leaders, has been indicted for a second time, accused of fraudulently appropriating VND8.459 trillion (US$327 million) from 10,123 people, 60 mor...
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Liên hợp quốc khẩn cấp cứu trợ sau đợt lũ quét mới tại Nepal
Liên hợp quốc đang khẩn trương triển khai chiến dịch hỗ trợ khẩn cấp cho Nepal sau khi các đợt lũ quét mới bất ngờ ập xuống huyện Gorkha ở miền Trung nước này ngày 11/10. Cận cảnh lũ quét tại Nepal c...
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Việt Nam đóng góp tích cực vào các định hướng lớn của UNESCO
Đại sứ Nguyễn Thị Vân Anh nhấn mạnh sự chuyển biến của Việt Nam, từ quốc gia tiếp nhận hỗ trợ trở thành đối tác chủ động, tích cực, tham gia đóng góp xây dựng các định hướng hoạt động lớn của UNESCO. ...
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Act now to avoid next 'great repression', IMF says
Reforms to boost growth, alongside credible tax and spending plans, could help governments avoid a new wave of financial repression, an International Monetary Fund (IMF) official said on Monday....
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