News from across Asia including trade, geopolitics, technology, and regional updates.
AsiaManila: Energy ministers from across Asia have agreed a new regional push to strengthen oil stockpiling, with Japan, the Philippines, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates backing coordinated petroleum reserves as Asia's energy ministers met for the Asia Zero Emission Community (AZEC) Ministerial Meeting on October 8.
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AsiaThe ESG Symposium 2026 is moving from dialogue to action. In an announcement issued from Bangkok under the theme "ASEAN in Action: Powering Inclusive Green Transition", the symposium is advancing three key agendas — Energy Transition, Just Transition and Climate Adaptation — through Public-Private-P
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AsiaChina has suspended October oil-product exports beyond Hong Kong and Macau, sending Asian gasoline refining margins to a record above $50 a barrel and tightening fuel supply across the region.
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AsiaTyphoon Choi-Wan intensified over the Pacific Ocean on the night of October 2, the Philippine weather bureau PAGASA said in its 5 a.m. bulletin on Saturday, October 3. The typhoon remains outside the Philippine Area of Responsibility (PAR) and is not expected to enter it, but its trough is already b
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AsiaPakistan carried out overnight airstrikes on Helmand and Kunar provinces in Afghanistan, killing at least 10 civilians — most of them children — the UN mission UNAMA said.
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AsiaUttar Pradesh, India's most populous state, has been devastated by severe flooding following relentless heavy rains, resulting in a tragic death toll that has climbed to 81. The disaster agency confirmed the grim figures as rescue and relief operations continue in the affected regions. This deluge comes as the state, home to over 240 million
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AsiaAsia’s tech future looks bright vs Europe and the Americas—chips, mobile markets, startups and digital FDI, with geopolitics still in view.
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