A fire kills 15 in a Philippine factory, where rains and a wrong address delayed firefighters
A fire has killed 15 people in a small apparel factory in a Philippine residential area, where flooding, traffic and a wrong address delayed firefighters
2023-08-31 14:58
UBS Smashes Banking Record as It Absorbs Credit Suisse
UBS Group AG posted the biggest-ever quarterly profit for a bank in the second quarter as a result
2023-08-31 14:46
New China Map Draws Another Rejection, This Time From Manila
The Philippines doesn’t recognize Beijing’s latest standard map showing its expansive South China Sea claims, joining opposition from
2023-08-31 14:24
Visual artists fight back against AI companies for repurposing their work
Three visual artists are suing artificial intelligence image-generators to protect their copyrights and careers
2023-08-31 14:20
Australian gig workers to get right to negotiate minimum pay, conditions
By Lewis Jackson SYDNEY Australian gig workers will be able to negotiate for minimum pay and conditions under
2023-08-31 13:55
India Exempts Some Nations From Rice Curbs for Food Security
India has permitted some rice shipments to Mauritius, Bhutan and Singapore for food security purposes after the South
2023-08-31 13:52
X Plans to Collect Biometric Data, Job and School History
X, the social network that used to be known as Twitter, updated its privacy policy to include a
2023-08-31 13:50
China's Baidu makes AI chatbot Ernie Bot publicly available
Chinese search engine and artificial intelligence firm Baidu has made its ChatGPT-equivalent language model, Ernie Bot, fully available to the public
2023-08-31 13:46
HK’s London Trade Office Defaced as UK Seeks Detente With China
The Hong Kong government blasted the vandalism of its trade office in London as a “nefarious” act by
2023-08-31 13:27
Active ETFs Cash In on Corporate Reform in Japan
Actively managed exchange-trade funds are set to launch in Tokyo next week, with one asset manager focusing its
2023-08-31 13:25
Japan's PM visits fish market, vows to help fisheries hit by China ban over Fukushima water release
Japan’s Prime Minister Fumio Kishida has sampled seafood and talked to workers at Tokyo’s Toyosu fish market on a visit to assess the impact of China’s ban on Japanese seafood in reaction to the release of wastewater from the Fukushima Daiichi plant
2023-08-31 12:15
China Stock Investors Pin Hopes on Revival After Brutal August
August may have marked the darkest hour before dawn for China’s battered equity markets, with some investors pinning
2023-08-31 11:17