Ecuador suspends visa waivers for Chinese citizens over irregular migration
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The UAE is set to be the No. 1 'wealth magnet' in the world, new report shows
The United Arab Emirates is set to be the world's leading wealth magnet for the third year in a row.
China fears spark Indian race for cobalt in contested ocean waters
India has sought rights to explore an underwater cobalt-rich mountain. But Sri Lanka also has eyes on the region.
Why Gaza gets more attention than Xinjiang
Condemnation of Israel’s invasion of Gaza has dominated the news, mobilized civil society groups to launch protests, and drawn rebukes from world leaders.
China’s GDP troubles point to need for bolder reform
China’s property crisis is back in global headlines for all the wrong reasons as Asia’s biggest economy goes wobbly.
Multinational corporations make the war go round
Shortly after the outbreak of the Israel-Hamas War and the beginning of the widescale destruction of Gaza in October 2023, McDonald’s executives in Chicago found themselves inadvertently entangled in the conflict.
Malaysia banks on China’s love of mala hotpot to spice up palm oil exports
China is the second-largest importer of Malaysian palm oil, buying last year nearly 3.1 million tonnes of the controversial commodity that environmental groups have said is responsible for mass deforestation and the destruction of the habitat of critically endangered animals such as the orangutan.
Singapore tour agencies milked Malaysia’s diesel subsidies for decades, Anwar says
“This meant that they had been benefiting from our diesel subsidies for decades. Not only them, there were foreign fishermen and others at the country’s borders making use of our subsidies.”