World Cup 2022 briefing: Asia’s finest take aim at Croatia and Brazil Japan and South Korea could meet in the quarter-finals if they make it through. Could we even see Asia’s first winner? The Guardian - UK · Dec 5, 2022
How Sri Lanka went from training in the dark to 2022 Asian Netball Championship winners Sri Lanka won this year's Asian Netball Championships, but COVID-19 and economic hardship made the journey far from ideal. ABC News · Dec 3, 2022
Global goods trade forecast to shrink in 2023 The global goods trade will shrink next year in a downturn reminiscent of previous recessions, Oxford Economics said, in a worrying forecast for Asia’s export-dependent economies and beyond. Bangkok Post · Dec 3, 2022
Diverse World Cup knockout stage a leap forward for Africa and Asia Every inhabited continent is represented at the last 16 in Qatar, aided by a crop of tactically smart, quick-thinking coaches The Guardian - UK · Dec 3, 2022
Easing of Chinese Covid curbs lifts equity sentiment RECAP: Asian shares were mixed yesterday as investors were heartened by the possible easing of Covid curbs in China, while they awaited job figures in the United States that could determine whether the Federal Reserve will start to moderate its interest-rate increases as widely expected. Bangkok Post · Dec 2, 2022
Hwang Hee-Chan strikes dramatic winner to send South Korea through after beating Portugal South Korea 2-1 Portugal: Despite an early lead through Ricardo Horta, the Asian nation turned things around to reach the World Cup knockouts at Uruguay’s expense in the most incredible fashion The Independent UK · Dec 2, 2022
Crypto exchange Zipmex set for $100m buyout The embattled cryptocurrency exchange Zipmex Asia is poised to be acquired by a venture capital fund for about US$100 million in digital coins and cash, one of the first rescues in Asia since a wave of defaults ripped through the sector. Bangkok Post · Dec 2, 2022
Japan reports lowest births on record amid Asia's baby bust Japan's demographic problems are now faced by other Asian economies like mainland China, South Korea and Hong Kong. Fortune · Dec 2, 2022
Asian shares sink on revived worries over recession, China Shares have retreated in Asia after a mixed day on Wall Street The Independent UK · Dec 2, 2022
Japan coach: I hope we have made Asian football proud DOHA: Japan coach Hajime Moriyasu said that his side's 2-1 win over Spain was a moment that would make Asian football proud. Bangkok Post · Dec 2, 2022
Indian coal magnate Gautam Adani goes green Asia’s richest man, coal magnate Gautam Adani, made his vast fortune betting on coal as an energy hungry India grew swiftly after its economy was liberalized in the 1990s The Independent UK · Dec 2, 2022
SET rides Asian market upswell The Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET) joined an Asian rally yesterday, a day after Thailand lifted its key interest rate, as investors took heart from the Federal Reserve chairman's remarks on US rate hikes and signs China is easing its Covid-19 measures. Bangkok Post · Dec 1, 2022
Morning Mail: Labor’s workplace reforms pass through parliament; tragedies of the youth vaping crisis In today’s newsletter: the parliamentary year ends with a late Senate vote on IR and euthanasia rights for the territories; plus, the shocking scale of Australia’s vaping crisis The Guardian - AU · Dec 1, 2022
The Guardian - UK · Dec 1, 2022 What does this year’s double Booker win mean for south Asian literature? With Sri Lanka’s Shehan Karunatilaka and India’s Geetanjali Shree taking home two of publishing’s biggest prizes, what next for one of the world’s most overlooked literary regions?
Asharq Al-Awsat · Dec 1, 2022 PIF Secures Record-Breaking $17bn Senior Unsecured Term Loan Badeel has announced a partnership to establish the largest solar photovoltaic plant in the region, while Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund (PIF) announced that it has secured a $17 billion seven-year senior unsecured term loan (63.7 billion Saudi riyals). The loan is the largest-of-its-kind general corporate-purpose loan worldwide. While the…
The Independent UK · Dec 1, 2022 Ang Lee cast his son Mason Lee as Bruce Lee in new biopic Mason has been training for the project for the last three years in Asia
The Guardian - UK · Dec 1, 2022 Indonesian collective at heart of antisemitism row top art world power list ruangrupa group, who curated exhibition including mural with Jewish caricatures, are first Asian artists to top list
The Independent UK · Dec 1, 2022 Asian shares gain after Fed chair signals slower rate hikes Shares have advanced in Asia after a rally on Wall Street spurred by the chair of the Federal Reserve's comments on easing the pace of interest rate hikes to tame inflation
Financial Times · Dec 1, 2022 India’s plan to take on China as south Asia’s favourite lender With the private sector’s help, New Delhi has stepped up spending on infrastructure in neighbouring countries
The Guardian - AU · Nov 30, 2022 Graham Arnold hails Socceroos after team ‘unites the country’ with World Cup run The Australia coach was left ‘so proud and happy’ after his side’s 1-0 win over Denmark that saw Australia reach the last 16 for the first time since 2006
The Times of India · Nov 30, 2022 Investors want more of India, says Goldman Sach’s Sengupta NEW DELHI: Foreign investors are showing increased interest in India, as Asia’s third-largest economy ramps up its manufacturing capacity and improves infrastructure, said Santanu Sengupta, chief India economist at Goldman Sachs Group Inc.
Edinburgh Live · Nov 30, 2022 Popular Edinburgh eatery claim Restaurant of the Year award at glamorous ceremony The Cove only opened three years ago yet have become regular contestants in some of the country's top Asian food awards. They recently won Bangladeshi Restaurant of the Year at a ceremony in Glasgow
Bangkok Post · Nov 29, 2022 TRT predicts revenue rising as recovery gathers pace SET-listed Tirathai (TRT), a local transformer maker and service provider, expects to rack up more revenue this year after transmission development projects across Asia, which were delayed the last two years, resume in the fourth quarter.
The Conversation · Nov 29, 2022 Canada's Indo-Pacific strategy: The same old starry-eyed thinking about Asian trade Canada’s new Indo-Pacific strategy, announced with much fanfare by Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly, marks a welcome return of common sense in place of the illusions that have dominated Canada’s approach to Asia for the past quarter-century.