The World Trade Organization's (WTO) first female and first African director-general Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala began work on Monday, ending a six-month leadership void by vowing to unblock negotiations on rules to stop over-fishing.
HONG KONG: Hang Seng Indexes said on Monday (Mar 1) it would shake up the main Hong Kong stock benchmark with the goal of including 100 companies, part of an effort to ensure the index better reflects the range of firms listed in Hong Kong. The Hang Seng Index has...
SINGAPORE: Emirates is giving its economy class passengers the option to buy up to three empty adjoining seats on their flight. The option is available only during the check-in process at the airport. The Dubai-based airline on Monday (Mar 1) said the product was introduced for customers "seeking ...
SoftBank's internet subsidiary Z Holdings outlined plans on Monday to invest 500 billion yen (US$4.7 billion) in technology over five years to resist an onslaught from larger overseas rivals.
China's aviation regulator is studying a plan with Boeing Co on the recertification of Boeing 737 MAX, which has been grounded for nearly two years, the agency's vice head Dong Zhiyi said on Monday.
Russia's communications regulator accused Twitter on Monday of "maliciously" violating Russian law, saying the social media platform had not complied with some of its requests to delete banned content.
The world's biggest central banks will happily live with higher inflation and investors now aggressively betting on a quicker end to monetary stimulus are all but certain to be proved wrong.
Britain's multi-billion pound supermarket industry is placing its bets on whether big-spending older shoppers will stick with buying their groceries online when months of lockdown end.
Texas's largest and oldest electric power cooperative on Monday filed for bankruptcy protection in federal court in Houston, citing a disputed US$1.8 billion bill from the state's grid operator.
China's rare earths are underpriced due to vicious competition and face low resource utilisation, which would lead to a race to the bottom, the country's industry minister said on Monday.
