Asia

Stock market today: Asian stocks rise as US-China trade talks announced, China cuts interest rates

May 11, 2025

US stock futures rose after the Trump administration announced top US officials would meet with their Chinese counterparts this weekend to discuss trade. Futures attached to the Dow Jones Industrial Average (YM=F) climbed 0.5%, S&P 500 futures (ES=F) coasted 0.6% up, and contracts on the Nasdaq 100 (NQ=F) rose 0.7% The meeting marks the first […]

‘Trying To Bring…’: America’s Statement On Escalating Tensions Between India And Pakistan

May 10, 2025

India-Pakistan Conflict: As tension between India and Pakistan continues to escalate following Pakistan's drone and missile attack on multiple areas, the United States has issued a fresh statement asking the two neighbouring countries to defuse the conflict at the earliest. Speaking on the prevailing tensions at the LoC, White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt said […]

SGS Awards GDP Certification To Air India For Their Cargo Business

May 10, 2025

PRNewswire Gurgaon (Haryana) [India], May 8: SGS has awarded the World Health Organization Good Distribution Practices (GDP) certificate to Air India Limited, India's leading global airline. This certification is awarded for the cargo business of Air India and recognizes excellence in handling, storage and transportation of time and temperature-sensitive pharmaceutical shipments at Air India sites […]

AI may ‘exacerbate inequality’ at work. Here’s how experts think companies should address that

May 9, 2025

The rise of AI can cause both "utopian" and "dystopian" effects in the future, says AI expert Pedro Uria-Recio. Mtstock Studio | E+ | Getty Images Workplace leaders are grappling with balancing between prioritizing people and profit making amid the rapid rise of artificial intelligence. Companies have a responsibility to protect jobs as the AI […]

The Dow drops 390 points as even more companies yank forecasts and Wall Street eyes the Fed

May 9, 2025

Photo: Anna Moneymaker (Getty Images) U.S. stocks tumbled Tuesday, with the Dow closing down 390 points, while the S&P 500 and Nasdaq slid 0.77% and 0.87%, respectively. Losses were spread across sectors. AI software giant Palantir was a notable loser, closing the day down by 12%. In the oil patch, Diamondback Energy (FANG) CEO Travis […]

Miss Universe Philippines 2025 reveals Top 24

May 9, 2025

Only 24 out of the 66 candidates remain as the Miss Universe Philippines 2025 pageant announced the ladies moving on to the next round. Here are the candidates who made it on the first cut: Gwendoline Meliz Soriano – Baguio City Amanda Russo – Pasay City Chanel Olive – Nueva Ecija Juliana Fresado – Iligan […]

Philippines’ Inflation Hits Record Low, Eyeing Further Rate Cuts

May 9, 2025

Join the newsletter that everyone in finance secretly reads. 1M+ subscribers, 100% free. What’s going on here? The Philippines' inflation rate plunged to 1.4% in April, its lowest in over five years, possibly setting the stage for a rate cut by year's end. What does this mean? April's data shows the Philippines with its most […]

Putin’s parade cynically exploits WWII to justify his own criminal invasion

May 9, 2025

Dozens of foreign leaders are expected in Moscow on May 9 for the largest international event in the Russian capital since Vladimir Putin launched the full-scale invasion of Ukraine more than three years ago. Officially, they are gathering for a military parade to mark eighty years since the World War II victory over Nazi Germany, […]

Who Could Be the Next Pope?

May 9, 2025

Any baptized man can become pope, but traditionally he (and it is always a ‘he’) is elected from the college of Cardinals. This year, possible contenders range from Francis’ liberal-leaning secretary of state, Italian Cardinal Pietro Parolin, to Cardinal Robert Sarah of Guinea, an ultra-conservative and outspoken critic of Francis. We could also see, for […]

What challenges await the next pope? Chicago Catholics weigh in

May 9, 2025

As 133 Catholic cardinals —including Chicago’s Blase Cupich — enter the Sistine Chapel Wednesday to begin deliberating and electing a new pope, whoever emerges as pontiff from this conclave takes on a job that has changed dramatically in the last 12 years. On top of internal problems like fewer priests and the ongoing fallout of […]