It is the highest level since October 2008 as the economy makes steady progress toward the bank’s goal of stable 2% inflation ...

People leaving New Zealand hit record levels in the 12 months to November 2024, in another sign of the weakness in the ...

Southeast Asian cities were among five most polluted in the world on Friday according to air-monitoring organisation IQAir, ...

Several Southeast Asian cities joined the ranks of the world's most polluted places today, as they grapple with worsening ...

The country is also seasonally affected by smoke from fires lit by farmers across South-east Asia. Read more at ...

South Asia's climate vulnerabilities have been taking a major toll across all regional states. Many ordinary people in countries like Afghanistan, Bangladesh, India and Pakistan are already ...

The Bank of Japan has raised short-term interest rates by a quarter point, the highest in 17 years, signalling efforts to normalise monetary policy in response to persistent inflation and increasing ...

"There is still a considerable distance to the neutral interest rate" -- a level that is neither stimulative nor restrictive to the economy, BOJ Gov. Kazuo Ueda said in a press conference. He stopped ...

BANGKOK: Air pollution forced nearly 200 schools in Bangkok to close on Thursday (Jan 23), local authorities said, as ...

As the dollar prepares for its worst weekly loss in two months, global markets ride a wave of optimism fueled by Trump's trade chatter, while the yen steadies itself for a likely rate hike.

Filipino artists flexed their star-power in Singapore over the weekend at Art SG 2025, the biggest art fair in Southeast Asia ...

Competing in their first Women’s World Cup at any level in the sport, Nepal’s next generation plot their future, taking on ...