HSBC's global brand in the balance as it doubles down on Asia bet
HSBC Chairman Mark Tucker leaned into the microphone at a vast conference table in Beijing, telling British business leaders ...
Kumbh Mela stampede latest: Nearly 40 dead in crowd crush at world’s largest religious festival in India
Nearly 40 bodies were taken to a hospital morgue following the pre-dawn stampede this morning at India's Maha Kumbh Mela, ...
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Marriage registration is customarily done at district offices, but on Thursday, around 300 couples are expected to complete ...
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The slow fight for same-sex marriage in Asia
And Thailand, along with Taiwan and Nepal, is "an outlier" in Asia for having legalised same-sex marriage. "Few other countries in the region are likely to follow suit." From our morning news ...
On This Day: Naomi Osaka becomes Asia's 1st No. 1 ranked tennis player
Naomi Osaka beat Petra Kvitova to win the Australian Open, becoming Asia's first No. 1 ranked player in tennis.
LNG imports jump as Europe draws cargoes from Asia
The world's imports of liquefied natural gas are set to jump to the highest in a year in January as Europe's winter demand ...
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Bank Asia, EBL avail $70m IFC loan
Bank Asia PLC and Eastern Bank PLC (EBL) have signed separate agreements with the International Finance Corporation (IFC), a ...