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Key challenges for Jokowi in second term
JAKARTA: Indonesian President Joko Widodo started his second five-year term on Sunday pledging faster infrastructure development and more investment opportunities to create jobs and growth in Southeast Asia's biggest economy.
Lessons from Trump’s racist tweets
PRESIDENT Donald Trump singled out four coloured members of the United States House of RepresentÂatives in his recent tweets.
Federal Reserve retains interest rate while big questions loom
ON WEDNESDAY, as most investors expected, the Federal Reserve left interest rates unchanged for now, but said the case for cuts later in the year is stronger than before. That judgment looks reasonable, all things considered.
Malaysia shelves US$2bil plan to buy new fighter jets
KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia has put on hold a $2 billion (£1.5 billion) plan to replace its ageing fleet of combat aircraft, looking instead to upgrade its aerial surveillance capabilities to confront the growing threat of militancy inspired by the Islamic State group, a source with knowledge of the matter said.
India's Modi eyes first labour overhaul in decades to create jobs
NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi has set in motion the first major revamp in decades of India's archaic labour laws, part of a plan to revive the flagging economy, boost manufacturing and create millions of jobs.
US sharply criticizes Chinese oil rig move amid Vietnam protests
HONG KONG: The United States on Tuesday sharply criticized the movement of a huge Chinese oil rig that Vietnam says has entered its waters, the latest show of Beijing's growing assertiveness to raise alarm among smaller countries in the region.
Protests erupt as India executes man for 2001 parliament attack
NEW DELHI (Reuters) - India hanged a Kashmiri man on Saturday for an attack on the country's parliament in 2001, sparking clashes in Kashmir between protesters and police who wielded batons and fired teargas. Dozens of people were injured.
Bridging the East and West requires continual global dialogue
Andrew Sheng feels that in order to cope with the current economicuncertainties, the East and West need to come together in continuous dialogue .
Refugee problem haunts Bhutan
Two small bombs exploded in a Bhutanese border town just three days ahead of the royal wedding on Oct 13.
China seeks profit, shuns politics, in Afghanistan
KABUL, Oct 4 (Reuters) - The Chinese passengers boarding the weekly Ariana Flight 332 from the remote western city of Urumqi to Kabul speak volumes about ties between a rising China, the world's number two economy, and its desperately poor and unstable neighbour, Afghanistan.
