Gloria Solis moved to the United States from Mexico in 1998. To put food on the table for her four children, she works in the agricultural sector in…
Read more How will Trump’s plans to deport undocumented migrants impact US economy?Investors are scrambling to shift their positioning following the closely-watched debate between US Republican Donald Trump and Democratic Vice President Kamala Harris, as betting markets swung in Harris’s…
Read more Investors scramble to shift positions after Trump-Harris debatePetaling Jaya, Malaysia – Looking from behind his counter on a recent Saturday afternoon, computer shop owner Goh Sook Lam surveyed the empty corridors of 3 Damansara shopping…
Read more Malaysia is building malls like crazy – but shoppers aren’t comingDisruption to food supplies hits both wealthy and poor nations. Climate change is disrupting food production and supply worldwide. Crops, fruit, livestock and transport are all affected. It…
Read more How is climate change affecting food prices and inflation?The US Department of Justice reports that it disrupted a Russian-government-backed, AI-enabled propaganda campaign to use a bot farm to spread disinformation. The United States Department of Justice…
Read more US DOJ says it disrupted Russian social media influence operationByteDance said US government prefers to shut down than work on an ‘effective solution’ to protect US users. TikTok and Chinese parent ByteDance have urged a United States…
Read more TikTok says US refused to engage in serious settlement talksThe Democratic-majority Senate is expected to vote on the bill next week, sending it to President Joe Biden to sign into law. The United States House of Representatives…
Read more US House approves aid package worth billions for Ukraine, IsraelJakarta, Indonesia – After spa therapist Murniyati survived COVID-19 on a sparse salary, she thought the worst was over. But after the Indonesian government’s announcement of a steep…
Read more ‘Nothing left’: Indonesia’s tourism industry fears wipeout under tax hikePolice in Argentina have fired rubber bullets to disperse protesters gathered outside Congress in Buenos Aires as lawmakers debated newly elected President Javier Milei’s sweeping economic, social and…
Read more Photos: Argentine police battle protesters opposed to sweeping reform billThe president has said that the austerity measures are due to years of overspending that have resulted in huge debts. Argentine unions have begun a 12-hour strike in…
Read more Argentines protest against new austerity measuresNew Delhi, India – Immediately after becoming the prime minister in 2014, Narendra Modi held backdoor negotiations with the Finance Commission of India to significantly cut funds allocated…
Read more As PM, India’s Modi secretly tried to massively cut state fundsKuala Lumpur, Malaysia – From Malaysia to Singapore and the Philippines, second- and third-generation family businesses in Asia are charting a different path from their forefathers as they…
Read more Asia’s business heirs look beyond profits, hoping to escape parents’ shadowSudhir Kothari, 36, a financial analyst and adviser based in the southern Indian city of Chennai, has ordered a special five-kilogramme (11-pound) choco-truffle cake, garlands and booked dhol…
Read more Reclaiming Bollywood, Shah Rukh Khan styleNew president Milei warns of painful measures as currency value slashed, subsidies cut, public works tenders cancelled. Argentina’s government has announced it will slash the value of its…
Read more Argentina’s Milei starts shock therapy by devaluing peso by 50 percentFor more than a month, protests against Central America’s largest open-pit copper mine have held Panama in a state of siege. Roadblocks have caused gas and propane shortages.…
Read more Panama celebrates court order to cancel mine even as business is hitIsrael aviation authority advises airlines still flying in its airspace to carry extra fuel as delays are to be expected. Leading international airlines have suspended or reduced flights…
Read more Major international airlines suspend flights to Israel amid war on GazaThe US economy added 336,000 jobs in September, far more than many economists expected. A blowout US jobs report on Friday sent the dollar higher and cast a…
Read more US jobs growth exceeds expectations, fuels interest rate hike fearsTestimony in Manhattan court begins, with Donald Bender, longtime accountant for Trump, as the state’s first witness. Prosecutors and defenders in the United States have made their initial…
Read more Key takeaways from the first day of Donald Trump’s civil fraud trialIncentives available to partner with Ukrainian manufacturers as Kyiv looks to create ‘world class military products’. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has announced plans to expand the country’s domestic…
Read more Ukraine tempts Western arms producers with plan for ‘large military hub’After Rupert Murdoch’s resignation, what is next for his media empire? Plus, TikTok and the Mafia: elements of the Italian underworld are surfacing online. The resignation of 92-year-old…
Read more Rupert Murdoch steps down, Lachlan Murdoch steps up
