NEW DELHI] India says it will bid for the 2030 Commonwealth Games, seen as part of a wider push by the cricket-mad nation to host the 2036 Olympics. Read more at The Business Times.

KUALA LUMPUR] Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim has called for a “transparent and swift investigation” after former minister Rafizi Ramli said his son had been attacked with a syringe at a mall ...

BEIJING] China’s biggest tech companies are bouncing back after years on the ropes with outsized ambitions to dominate in ...

KUALA LUMPUR] Malaysian developer Sime Darby Property is in talks with banks for a loan of as much as RM3 billion (S$912 ...

HONG KONG] Geely Automobile Holdings’ first-half profit beat estimates as sales soared and the carmaker sought to reduce ...

SINGAPORE] The cut-off yield on Singapore’s latest six-month Treasury bill (T-bill) fell to 1.59 per cent, based on auction ...

SINGAPORE] Singapore’s richest man Goh Cheng Liang, who died this week, kept a low profile for years compared with his other ...

NEW YORK] US President Donald Trump’s controversial plan to take a cut of revenue from chip sales to China is leading to ...

SEOUL] South Korea’s government will announce a plan this month to restructure the country’s petrochemical sector, which is ...

SINGAPORE] Every evening, staff at Beiyuan Grand Hotel in Beijing set up street stalls selling freshly-cooked gourmet dishes ...

NEW DELHI] India’s largest shoemaker Farida Group had already staked out the land, a 150-acre plot in southern Tamil Nadu, for a sprawling new export plant. Then came a blow from Washington: US ...

SINGAPORE] Shares of Singapore Exchange (SGX)-listed real estate companies in Singapore such as UOL Group and PropNex rose by more than 5 per cent in early trade on Thursday (Aug 14), after the ...