Truckmaker Volvo lifts market view, picks Samsung for batteries
Sweden’s AB Volvo raised its market forecasts for North America and Europe on Thursday, as higher trucks and construction equipment deliveries helped it to top...
TSMC expects 5G earnings boost, flags South Korea-Japan spat as risk
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co Ltd (TSMC) on Thursday said it expects a stronger half-year on 5G telecoms demand, and that a dispute over chip-making materials...
Britain’s easyJet reassures on outlook, hires Ryanair operations chief
Britain’s easyJet on Thursday reported third quarter trading in line with expectations, boosted by more customers taking optional extra services and enabling it to reiterate...
Mooncakes, hymns and post-it notes: the color of Hong Kong’s protests
Hong Kong’s protests have drawn millions of people to the city’s streets in recent months and thrown the former British colony into its biggest political...
Trump slammed for tweet about hunting down Mumbai attack mastermind
U.S. President Donald Trump faced criticism for saying Pakistan’s arrest of the alleged mastermind of the 2008 attacks on Mumbai had come after a 10-year...
Asia-Pacific meth drug trade worth up to $61 billion, U.N. says
Transnational crime groups are trafficking vast quantities of methamphetamine made in Southeast Asia, the United Nations said on Thursday, putting the value of the Asia-Pacific...
Ex-chairman of Vietnam’s BIDV bank dies in detention
A former head of Vietnam’s second largest listed bank, the Joint Stock Commercial Bank for Investment and Development of Vietnam (BIDV), died in detention on...
Malnutrition, disease rising in North Korea: aid organization
Rates of malnutrition and disease are increasing in North Korea as it faces a harvest that is half of what was expected, the International Federation...
Olympics: Mixed weather and waves at Tokyo 2020 surfing test event
Surfing’s unpredictability is part of its charm and Tokyo 2020 organizers got a taste this week of what might face them next year when the...
Ofwat calls for £12 billion boost to water network investment
Britain’s water regulator on Thursday called for the country’s utilities to invest the equivalent of 6 million pounds every day for the next five years...