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              The UAE is working towards signing 26 Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreements. AFP

              UAE’s Cepa deals at odds with global shift towards protectionism

              CommentFebruary 26, 2024
              Presidential candidate and Indonesia's Defence Minister Prabowo Subianto with supporters after polls closed on Wednesday. AFP

              Indonesia's President congratulates Prabowo on preliminary win

              WorldFebruary 15, 2024
              A container ship in the Gulf of Suez. Shipping volumes between Asia and Europe through the waterway have plunged. Reuters

              Red Sea disruption threatens the Middle East's apple a day

              UKFebruary 04, 2024
              Pakistan's former prime minister Imran Khan and his wife Bushra Bibi in Lahore, in July 2023. AFP.
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              Pakistan ex-PM Khan and wife sentenced to 14 years over gifts

              AsiaJanuary 31, 2024
              A home improvement store in Brooklyn. The US Federal Reserve is expected to cut interest rates this year after raising its benchmark policy rates since March 2022 to bring down consumer prices from a 40-year high. Getty Images / AFP

              IMF raises global growth estimate as prospects of soft landing rise

              EconomyJanuary 30, 2024
              People watch a news broadcast pertaining to a North Korean missile launch, at a station in Seoul, South Korea. EPA

              North Korea fires cruise missiles off its east coast

              AsiaJanuary 28, 2024
              Hong Kong's benchmark index gained some lost ground on news that Chinese authorities are considering a rescue package to stem an extended market slump. Bloomberg

              Why has China's stock market slumped and what lies ahead?

              MarketsJanuary 24, 2024
              Sabic's headquarters in Jubail. Saudi Arabia aims to expand its trade and investment ties with China. Reuters

              Sabic approves $6.4bn investment for China petrochemicals complex

              MarketsJanuary 22, 2024
              Electric cars at China's Yantai port. The Chinese economy is expected to lag behind the pace of economic growth of the broader Asian region. AFP

              World economy to slow further in 2024, WEF says

              EconomyJanuary 15, 2024
              The court reprieve stoked a $13.3 billion wealth gain for Gautam Adani. AFP

              Gautam Adani overtakes Mukesh Ambani as Asia’s richest person

              MoneyJanuary 05, 2024
              The trains collided about 500 metres from Cicalengka train station in Bandung city. AFP
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              At least three killed as trains collide in Indonesia

              AsiaJanuary 05, 2024
              The Adani Group denied allegations of manipulation, but Hindenburg's report still chopped $150 billion off its stock market value. EPA

              India's Adani Group cleared of further inquiries by Supreme Court

              EconomyJanuary 03, 2024
              Apartment complexes in Seoul, South Korea. The Asian nation's property market is showing the most strain after China in the region, with prices in 2023 falling by the most in a quarter of a century after years of growth. Reuters

              How pressure is building in key Asian real estate markets

              PropertyDecember 31, 2023
              A customer at a flower market in Pakistan's Peshawar city, where the trade is threatened by a shortage of water and rising inflation. Musa Kamal / The National
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              Why Pakistan’s once-blooming ‘city of flowers’ is wilting

              WeekendDecember 29, 2023
              Paper lanterns are released at an Asean-Japan meeting in Tokyo on December 17. For many countries in the region, the priorities in 2024 will be stability and continuity. Reuters

              Next year, Asian nations must do much more to build trust

              CommentDecember 28, 2023
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              TravelDecember 26, 2023
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