This week, a United States aircraft carrier arrived in waters near the Korean Peninsula for a trilateral exercise as North Korea strengthens its military cooperation with Russia. While tensions between China and the Philippines remain high over the South China Sea, a regional-based Chinese “flattop” has yet to return to its base as of Monday,…
American and Japanese air defense units conducted live fire trainings with their Patriot missiles as Chinese and Russian military aircraft continued to fly near Japan’s airspace. Operation Shining Star is an annual training exercise where air defense experts from the United States and Japan execute simultaneous live fires of the Patriot air defense missile system….
Before the trading day starts we bring you a digest of the key news and events that are likely to move markets. Today we look at: Good morning, this is Ashutosh Joshi, an equities reporter in Mumbai. A pall of gloom continues to hang over India’s stock market, with Nifty futures offering little respite. As…
“The China Coast Guard conducted law enforcement patrols in the territorial waters of China’s Huangyan Island and the surrounding area,” the China Coast Guard said, referring to Scarborough Shoal, known as Panatag Shoal in the Philippines “This was a law-enforcement activity carried out by the Chinese maritime police in accordance with the law.” The patrol…
A major global university ranking company has said the city’s new “Study in Hong Kong” campaign launched at an opportune time given the fee rises, quotas and visa problems experienced at institutions in some traditionally popular destinations in the West. But Quacquarelli Symonds (QS), a British-based education information firm, said Hong Kong needed to put…
This summer, Hideaki Sato closed his fine-dining restaurant Ta Vie in Hong Kong, which received its third Michelin star in 2023, for several weeks, reopening it only at the beginning of September. While done primarily for renovations and redecoration following nine years of almost non-stop operation, another reason for the pause was for the chef…
Japan’s top envoy in Hong Kong has said officials from his country are in talks with local authorities over the city’s seafood import ban as he launched an inaugural exhibition on sushi. Kenichi Okada, the outgoing Japanese consul general in Hong Kong, also expressed his wish on Thursday for the city to continue shining as…
President-elect Donald Trump‘s recent victory in the U.S. presidential election is part of a larger global trend of anti-incumbency sentiment and populist appeals to voters, as nearly half the world has held elections this year. More than 60 countries have held elections in 2024. Billions of people were faced with a choice to choose their…
Asian and European markets surged Thursday as investors weighed Donald Trump‘s White House return. The Republican secured the presidency this week with 50.9 percent of the popular vote and counting. Driven by expectations of renewed trade, corporate tax cuts, and deregulation, many markets are preparing for both growth potential and economic disruption. Trump has suggested…
Asian stocks outside of Japan declined in early trading, dragged down by losses in Hong Kong-listed Chinese technology shares as Donald Trump took an early lead in the US presidential election. The MSCI Asia Pacific Excluding Japan Index slid almost 1%, with Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. and Meituan among the biggest drags on the benchmark….