Asia-Pacific

Despite Covid-19 setbacks, Pakistan is reestablishing GDP growth.

In a sign of China's rising strength, the Asian Development Bank announced it may stop lending to the world's second largest economy.

Alibaba is one of more than a hundred Chinese companies currently on the provisional list of firms facing delisting from the New York Stock Exchange over transparency and national security concerns.

After years of scandals and mismanagement, Toshiba may soon be acquired in an M&A deal.

Last year SoftBank earned the highest profits ever for a Japanese firm and during the first quarter of 2022 had its worst quarter ever, losing $15 billion.

Hong Kong's next chief executive is a law-and-order candidate.

Imran Khan, ousted by a parliamentary no-confidence vote, is replaced as Pakistan's Prime Minister by Shehbaz Sharif.

President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has come under fire for his handling of the crisis.

A digitally tracked green bond uses technology such as blockchain to improve data transparency and data collection efficiency for green or environmental securities.

Pandemic responses turn out to be a springboard for profits.

Piyush Gupta, CEO of DBS Bank, reveals how investing in staff and growth-stage technology companies will help meet Asia’s future financial needs.

Islamic financial institutions recorded a strong 2021 while continuing digital investments.

Some of these nations handled the pandemic well and some did not. It almost made no difference in how people evaluated their satisfaction with life.

The Russian invasion of Ukraine caused international investors to pause for thought on where their international investments reside. Are they seeing China in a new light?

Newly minted CEO Taro Shimada—formerly Toshiba's chief digital officer—will try to revive the company's fortunes.

Mizuho and Google will collaborate not only on new products but also on upgrading the bank's dated legacy systems.

Shipments of iPhones from Apple’s iPhone manufacturer are likely to be delayed as have steel, electronics, and auto assembly products headed for India.

Russia's war in Ukraine may strain the BRICS bloc and the fortunes of the bloc's New Development Bank.

Western governments have shunned Russia but doing so is not a viable option for many countries across the globe.

The war in Ukraine is undermining the increasingly close partnership between Russia and China.