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Insights on global and local economic trends, policies, and financial developments.
BANGKOK: Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi held talks with the interim leader of neighbouring Bangladesh on Friday, the first such…
JERUSALEM: Israel is in talks with its main ally the United States to reduce tariffs imposed by President Donald Trump…
WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump unveiled the first “gold card”, a residency permit sold for $5 million each, aboard Air…
BANGKOK: Myanmar’s ostracised junta leader met the prime ministers of India and Thailand during a regional summit in Bangkok on…
WASHINGTON/OTTAWA: Countries around the world threatened to ratchet up a trade war with the United States on Thursday as President…
GAZA CITY: Gaza’s civil defence agency said Israeli air strikes in the north of the territory killed at least 15…
GAZA CITY: Gaza’s civil defence agency said at least 25 people were killed Thursday in an Israeli air strike on…
BRUSSELS: U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio told NATO allies on Thursday that Washington remained committed to the alliance but…
DHAKA/COLOMBO/MUMBAI: Bangladeshi garment exporter Shahidullah Azim woke up on Thursday to the shock of U.S. President Donald Trump slapping a…
HANOI/BANGKOK: Vietnam’s government said on Thursday it would set up a task force and other Southeast Asian nations said they…