Russia is courting the Taliban with one hand and arming the Taliban’s neighbor with the other. Moscow was the first country to recognize the Taliban, a diplomatic coup it has since tried to turn to its advantage. Now it is rushing weapons and border equipment to Tajikistan to guard against […]

The myth of the ASEAN FTA as a bad deal is costing India diplomatically.

As of February, Thailand had 42 data centres.

Indonesia’s leaders promise that the country will be a world power by 2045, the centennial of its independence. Yet when shares plunge or smoke drifts abroad, officials reflexively blame foreigners. That blame game asks nothing of those in charge. Who really owns our listed companies? Who wins […]

The lab was launched at the Asia Clean Energy Summit in Singapore.

GUWAHATI, India, Oct 27 – India has deployed hundreds of additional security personnel in its remote northeast, authorities said on Tuesday, after youth protesters clashed with police last week over a plan to build a mega-dam to counter a Chinese hydropower project upstream.

ASEAN countries must strengthen energy supplies and infrastructure to weather future disruptions, Philippine Energy Secretary Sharon Garin told CNA’s Roland Lim.

The tests examined whether the model would act beyond a user’s instructions, evade human oversight or improperly influence people.

The proposed task force would facilitate information sharing, financial intelligence and cross-border evidence gathering.

The move comes as its portfolio companies announced products, funding, and local operations tied to AI hardware and semiconductor supply chains.

Tata Motors will supply the trucks, while Amazon’s carrier partners will own and operate them.

Fuel surcharge for Nov 1 to Nov 15 was raised a notch up from Level 16 to 17 in second half of October.

Anthropic, developer of AI chatbot Claude, has filed its prospectus and is expected to go public on Wall Street in November at a valuation of up to US$2 trillion. That would make it the highest-valued initial public offering (IPO) ever, ahead of SpaceX’s $1.77 trillion listing in June. OpenAI, […]

The official was handed a death sentence with a two-year reprieve over corruption.

Haze is much more than just particulate matter. It also includes a toxic mix of polluting gases.

He was accused of joining protests in Mumbai against the country’s election chief in October.

JYP Entertainment is home to K-pop groups Twice and Stray Kids.

BEIJING, Oct 27 – Chinese President Xi Jinping on Tuesday extended condolences to the family of former Japanese Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda, who died last week, while calling on Japan’s current leadership to \”safeguard the political foundation\” of ties that have been strained since late last […]

The revised procedure may take longer, so travellers are advised to arrive early.

The government cited a potential to to strengthen Indonesia’s aviation industry as the reason.

ETG will gain access to Traveloka’s accommodation supply in Southeast Asia.

The board accepted former chairperson Le Van Tan’s resignation and was preparing documents to seek State Bank of Vietnam.

Bio-based polyethylene straws had the worst impact in 10 of 16 categories studied.

Instacart shares rose about 8% in regular trading, while DoorDash fell about 6%.

Sea has filed CEO Forrest Li’s memo on Monee’s possible IPO and the launch of Sea Cloud, an AI-first enterprise platform. Here’s the full text.

The firms may work on Nvidia’s OpenShell, including Sentry for monitoring agent behaviour.

Which investors are writing the most checks to Hong Kong’s startups?

The financing will add Andreessen Horowitz cofounder Ben Horowitz to Atoms’ board.