Exclusive: Huge fentanyl haul seized in Golden Triangle as Asian crime gangs shift to opioids
Myanmar police say they have seized a huge haul of liquid fentanyl, the first time one of the dangerous synthetic opioids that have ravaged North...
Total calls off plan to buy Occidental Petroleum’s Ghana asset
Total has called off a plan to acquire Occidental Petroleum’s assets in Ghana, which was conditional on the completion of the acquisition of Occidental’s other...
Taiwan says did not receive WHO meeting invite, issue off the table for now
Despite strong efforts Taiwan did not get invited to this week’s meeting of a key World Health Organization (WHO) body due to Chinese pressure, its...
Singapore’s health ministry confirms 305 new coronavirus cases
Singapore’s health ministry confirmed 305 new coronavirus cases on Monday, the smallest increase in over a month, taking its tally of infections to 28,343....
China’s defence budget likely to grow despite economic cost of coronavirus
China, facing what it sees as increasing military pressure from the United States, is likely to shrug off the pall hanging over its economy from...
Australians urged to avoid rush hour crush in return to work
Australians in the country’s most populated state began their first full week of loosened coronavirus lockdown measures on Monday, with officials urging commuters returning to...
SoftBank Vision Fund records $18 billion operating loss, portfolio slides underwater
Japan’s SoftBank Group Corp on Monday reported an annual 1.9 trillion yen ($18 billion) operating loss at its gargantuan Vision Fund, as its tech bets...
Panasonic annual profit slides, but Tesla battery venture logs second quarterly gain
Japan’s Panasonic Corp posted on Monday a 29% drop in annual operating profit amid the coronavirus outbreak but said its battery cells joint venture with...
Asia shares supported by re-opening of economies; oil, gold jump
Asian shares stepped ahead on Monday and oil prices hit a five-week peak as countries’ efforts to re-open their economies stirred hopes the world was...
Japan braces for worst postwar slump as pandemic tips economy into recession
Japan’s economy slipped into recession for the first time in 4-1/2 years in the last quarter, putting the nation on course for its deepest postwar...