Saudi Arabia has temporarily shut its 1,200-kilometre East-West oil pipeline after a drone attack damaged the vital crude conduit, adding to mounting disruptions to energy flows across the Middle East as the
Asia’s manufacturing sector gained momentum in June as a global artificial intelligence investment boom drove demand for technology-related goods, helping offset some of the economic pressure caused by the Iran war, according
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Two employees of Ernst and Young (EY) have been dismissed after Australian authorities alleged that Prime Minister Anthony Albanese’s personal banking information was unlawfully accessed while the pair were working for the
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China’s rapid rise as the world’s leading electric vehicle producer was not driven solely by Beijing’s industrial policies or state subsidies, but by alliances between local governments and private companies that helped
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JPMorgan Chase is reshaping its approach to national security financing with a sweeping investment initiative that will see the country’s largest bank deploy billions of dollars of its own capital into companies
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Warren Buffett has delayed his usual midyear donation to the Gates Foundation, breaking a two-decade pattern of annual contributions as he waits for the results of an internal review examining the foundation’s
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A bitter legal dispute involving members of Thailand’s billionaire family behind the Singha beer empire has drawn renewed attention to a century-old law that allows parents to revoke gifts from children accused
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The push comes after a series of incidents involving alleged industrial espionage, technology smuggling and illicit activities that have highlighted vulnerabilities in Japan’s economic system. Cases involving suspected theft of industrial secrets,
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Sovereign wealth funds and central banks managing $29 trillion in assets are reassessing their investment strategies as concerns grow over the long-term role of the US dollar, according to a survey published
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China has expanded export restrictions on Japanese entities, adding 20 companies and organizations to its dual-use export control list as Beijing intensifies measures against firms it says are linked to Japan’s military
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For mothers unable to breastfeed, Brazil has developed one of the world’s most extensive support systems, transforming donated breast milk into a vital resource for vulnerable babies, particularly premature infants. The country’s
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