Oil prices gain, U.S. crude trails Brent after inventory data
Oil prices rose on Wednesday after steep falls in the previous session, although U.S. crude trailed gains for international benchmark Brent following data showing U.S....
A factory goes from Viet Cong to Team USA
X40 was the code name for a factory in Hanoi that used to make military uniforms for the North Vietnamese army. Now it makes a...
Basketball: Simmons opts out of World Cup in blow for Australia
Australia’s hopes of claiming a maiden basketball World Cup have been dealt a blow, with Ben Simmons opting out of the tournament to focus on...
Budweiser APAC’s IPO failure hurt retail investors, say newspaper adverts urging reform
The dramatic failure of brewer Budweiser APAC’s $9.8 billion Hong Kong listing left “mom and pop” investors badly out of pocket, a local broker has...
A Hanoi garment factory’s Olympic transformation
X40 was the code name for a factory in Hanoi that used to make military uniforms for the North Vietnamese army. Now it makes a...
Suu Kyi’s bid to reform charter sparks rival protests in Myanmar
Hundreds of people demonstrated in Myanmar’s largest city, Yangon, on Wednesday in support of proposed constitutional amendments that would reduce the power of the military....
Acacia’s North Mara mine ordered to stop using tailings storage facility
Acacia Mining said on Wednesday that Tanzania has ordered it to stop using tailing storage facility at its North Mara mine due to failure to...
Vietnam, China embroiled in South China Sea standoff
Vietnamese and Chinese ships have been embroiled in a weeks-long standoff near an offshore oil block in disputed waters of the South China Sea, which...
Sudan’s military council, opposition coalition agree political accord
Sudan’s military council and an alliance of opposition groups initialed a political accord on Wednesday as part of a power-sharing deal aimed at leading the...
UK’s Johnson planning summer 2020 election: Times
Boris Johnson’s team wants to hold a national election in the summer of 2020 and has started raising funds to hire more staff and prepare...