US military's logistics drill aims to burnish East Asia crisis response

TAIPEI (Reuters) -Drills in East Asia this summer by the U.S. military body charged with moving munitions and equipment will help it better coordinate and communicate with allies in response to a crisis, its commander said on Friday. Alarmed by growing …

Non-tariff barriers, not tariffs, are stalling South-east Asia’s trade ambitions

[SINGAPORE] While global headlines fixate on tariff wars and rising protectionism sparked by US President Donald Trump’s administration and its use of levies as geopolitical leverage, analysts say it is non-tariff barriers that are quietly choking trade …

Climate change is eroding safety nets, accelerating child marriage in South Asia

In drought-hit Bundelkhand, girls wake at dawn to collect water before the heat becomes unbearable. In flood-scarred Sindh, displaced families live for months in makeshift camps, where security is fragile and futures uncertain. Along the saline coastlines …

L’Oreal sees Middle East and Southeast Asia as next growth engines as China slows: ‘Eventually demographics have to win’

East meets West: Spiritual and practical solutions to global unity

Hazrat Maulana Malik Ghulam Faridra MA (1897-1977) Mr Rudyard Kipling expressed a generally accepted view when he wrote his famous lines: Oh, East is East, and West is West, and never the twain shall meet, Till Earth and Sky stand presently at God’s great …

Asia Distillates: Diesel spot diffs at three-week high; July refiner sales in focus

Asia’s middle distillates’ market activity centered around July spot refiner sales, against a backdrop of more unplanned supply outages in Japan, while spot premiums hit three-week highs. July refiner sales for diesel was the market’s focus this week, with …

Middle East Crude-Benchmarks post weekly decline as OPEC+ hikes supply

Middle East crude benchmark spot premiums of Oman, Dubai and Murban posted weekly declines, as OPEC+ decided another output hike in July and Saudi Arabia lowered July official selling prices to Asia. SINGAPORE CASH DEALS Cash Dubai’s premium to swaps rose …

FROM THE MAIL | A call to protect human and environmental health in Southeast and East Asia

MANILA – In celebration of World Environment Day, the International Pollutants Elimination Network (IPEN) and participating organizations from Indonesia, the Philippines, Thailand, and Malaysia are calling for urgent, coordinated action to combat the …

TR Consumer Forum 2025: Spotlight on Asia Pacific’s rebalancing act

Luke Barras-Hill, Editorial Director, TRBusiness, moderated the panel. The second panel session on day 2 of the TR Consumer Forum (2-4 June) turned its focus to the changing face of Asia Pacific travel retail. The panel featured Anna Marchesini, Head of …

Saudi Arabia to Host FIBA Asia Cup 2025: A New Era for Middle East Sports

June 6, 2025, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia- The FIBA Asia Cup 2025 is making headlines as it heads to Saudi Arabia. This is a landmark event in Middle East sports. The occasion will assemble the best ones in basketball from Asia. Players and fans are excited …