Germany seals 2025 budget plan after weeks of tense negotiations
German government leaders on Friday agreed on an outline for the country's 2025 budget after intense negotiations to bridge a gap worth billions of euros.
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Salesforce shareholders reject compensation plan for CEO Marc Benioff, other top execs
Salesforce investors voted against the company's compensation plan for top executives, after shareholder advisory groups raised concerns about equity awards granted to CEO Marc Benioff.
On China and the US, Malaysia can walk and chew gum at the same time
Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim has found himself having to articulate his government’s relationship with China a great deal lately.
India’s neighbourhood anxieties fuel pursuit of Sri Lanka’s untapped seabed cobalt
The MRCC, agreed upon between the two nations in 2022 but technically active even before that, is designed to help broadcast weather warnings and security information across the region.
Japan investigates captain after warship enters China’s territorial waters despite warnings
A Japanese Maritime Self-Defence Force destroyer temporarily sailed into Chinese territorial waters off the country’s eastern province of Zhejiang last week, despite repeated warnings by Chinese vessels, diplomatic sources said on Wednesday.
Has China gained the upper hand over Russia in Kazakhstan?
Kazakhstan, the largest country in Central Asia, has close ties with both Moscow and Beijing. Despite being Russia’s ally in the Collective Security Treaty Organisation, and a member of the Russia-dominated Eurasian Economic Union, Astana has increased economic cooperation with China. Last year, China overtook Russia to become Kazakhstan’s biggest trading partner, with two-way trade hitting US$41 billion.
Amazon's Asian rival Shein wants to be supply chain giant, but some fear Chinese cyber spying inside global trade links
The rise of Asian fast fashion retailer Shein already has Amazon on alert, but its plans of selling proprietary supply-chain technology and services to companies around the world has attracted attention from another corner: U.S. cybersecurity firms and national security experts who warn of the potential for a company with close ties to China spying on the supply chain as it seeks to grow its global logistics footprint.
Risk migrates to Europe from Asia
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