Bank of Japan (BOJ)

Hundreds to Sue Japanese Government Over ‘Unconstitutional’ Climate Inaction in Landmark Case

Hundreds of people across Japan will file a landmark lawsuit against the central government on Thursday (Dec 18), seeking damages for what they describe as “unconstitutional” inaction on climate change. The case, the first of its kind in the country...
IndiGo

IndiGo’s Turbulence Exposes Structural Fault Lines in India’s Aviation Boom

Not too long ago, the reputation of IndiGo, India’s largest budget carrier, appeared unassailable. With a dominant 65 per cent share of the domestic passenger market, a fleet exceeding 400 aircraft, and more than 2,000 daily flights, IndiGo had become...
Bondi Beach Terror Attack , Australia

Australia Moves to Toughen Hate Speech Laws After Deadly Bondi Beach Terror Attack

Australia will introduce sweeping reforms to crack down on hate speech and extremist violence, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese announced on Thursday (Dec 18), as the nation continues to grieve after its deadliest mass shooting in nearly three decades. The reforms...
Japan Prime Minister, Sanae Takaichi

Japan PM Takaichi Seeks Dialogue as Japan–China Tensions Flare Over Taiwan Remarks

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi said on Wednesday that she remained “always open” to dialogue with China, even as diplomatic tensions between Tokyo and Beijing continue to simmer following her remarks on Taiwan that triggered a sharp backlash from Beijing....
China manufacturing

Southeast Asia’s Youth Dividend at Risk as Unemployment and Skills Gaps Deepen

Southeast Asia is often described as one of the world’s most demographically advantaged regions. Home to more than 680 million people, over half of its population is under the age of 30. This youthful profile has long been touted as...
China Services Sector

China’s New Economic Model Puts Asia’s Gen Z at Risk

Asia’s economic miracle was built on trade. For decades, export-led growth lifted hundreds of millions out of poverty, created vast manufacturing workforces, and offered young people a reliable ladder into the middle class. That model is now under severe strain...
Fujian Aircraft Carrier

Fujian Aircraft Carrier: China’s New Aircraft Carrier Fujian Makes First Post-Commissioning Transit Through Taiwan Strait

China’s newest and most advanced aircraft carrier, the Fujian, sailed through the Taiwan Strait on Tuesday (Dec 16), Taiwan’s defence ministry said, marking the vessel’s first known transit of the sensitive waterway since it formally entered service last month. In...
Oil tanker sails on Lake Maracaibo, in Cabimas, Venezuela

Trump Orders ‘Total and Complete’ Blockade of Sanctioned Venezuelan Oil Tankers, Raising Legal and Market Concerns

US President Donald Trump on Tuesday ordered what he described as a “total and complete blockade” of all sanctioned oil tankers entering and leaving Venezuela, sharply escalating Washington’s pressure campaign against President Nicolas Maduro by targeting the country’s primary source...
Donald Trump

Donald Trump Expands US Travel Ban to Nearly 40 Countries, Including Syria and Palestinian Authority Passport Holders

US President Donald Trump on Tuesday (Dec 16) sharply expanded a sweeping travel ban, barring people from seven additional countries — including Syria — as well as holders of Palestinian Authority passports from entering the United States. The move brings...
Australia's Prime Minister Anthony Albanese visits Ahmed al Ahmed, the bystander who charged at one of the gunmen and seized his rifle during the deadly shooting at Bondi Beach, at St George Hospital

Australia Charges Survivor of Bondi Beach Hanukkah Attack With Terrorism and Murder as Funerals Begin

Australian police on Wednesday charged a 24-year-old man with 59 offences, including 15 counts of murder and committing a terrorist act, over a mass shooting at a Jewish Hanukkah celebration on Sydney’s Bondi Beach that killed 15 people and wounded...
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