The Latest Breaking News from Asia

Central Asian states keep close ties with Moscow, but younger citizens of ex-Soviet nations are questioning alliances.

Shares have slipped in Asia after benchmarks on Wall Street took their biggest hit in four weeks as investors registered disappointment over an inflation reading that came in hotter than expected

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The Commerce Ministry says it wants Thailand to become one of the largest exporters in Asia by 2027.

‘It’s time for a whole host of other perspectives,’ says museum’s director after £15m redevelopment

Standard Chartered, the Asian focussed City bank, that has often flattered to deceive disappointed City analysts today with lacklustre returns.

Rapid development in Asia and the Pacific has propelled the region to become a key engine of growth for the global economy, yet this prosperity has not reached everyone. And with the region not on track to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals by 2030, much work lies ahead of us.

The election of the Hawke Labor government on March 5 1983 began an era of once-in-a-century economic reforms that opened the Australian economy to the world. It floated the dollar, eliminated controls on international capital flows, and dismantled the high tariffs that protected local manufacturers from imports. It refocused Australia’s…

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Egypt’s Suez Canal Authority said it will amend a surcharge on loaded crude oil tankers to 25% of normal transit dues and on empty crude oil tankers to 15% of the dues, effective April 1, according to a circular issued on Tuesday. It added that the additional fees were temporary…

I want to use another airline as I can’t enter the transit country used by BA flights to south-east Asia, but the airline has only offered a voucher