TAIPEI – Taiwan’s cabinet plans defense spending next year of T$949.5 billion ($31.27 billion), amounting to 3.32% of gross domestic product, the official Central News Agency said on Thursday, set to ...

WELLINGTON – New Zealand is facing the toughest national security challenges of recent times with increasing threats of foreign interference and espionage, particularly from China, according to an ...

China has unveiled a detailed plan to build and implement a tennis ecosystem, from boosting the number of top professional players and creating Chinese tournament brands to expanding the availability ...

Elon Musk was ordered on Wednesday by a federal judge to face a lawsuit by voters accusing the world’s richest person of defrauding them into signing a petition to support the U.S. Constitution for a ...

BEIJING – China’s top court ruling that makes it illegal for businesses and employees to avoid social insurance payments is stoking fears about jobs and the survival of small firms, forcing Beijing to ...

THE PHILIPPINES’ balance of payments (BoP) position swung to a $167-million deficit in July as the government paid off external debt, the central bank said on Tuesday. Preliminary data from the Bangko ...

MANILA continued its downward slide in the latest global index of “smart cities” by International Society for Urban Informatics (ISUI), even ranking last among select Asia-Pacific cities.

US PRESIDENT Donald J. Trump’s proposal to impose up to 300% tariffs on semiconductor chip imports to the US would kill global trade, according to Philippine Economy Secretary Arsenio M. Balisacan.

TRADING at the stock market is automatically canceled if Metro Manila is placed under Tropical Cyclone Wind Signal (TCWS) No. 3 or higher, according to new rules issued by the Philippine Stock ...

HOTEL101 GLOBAL Pte. Ltd., the Singapore-based unit of DoubleDragon Corp. (DD), is building two hotel projects in Cambodia that are slated for completion by 2028. Hotel101 entered into definitive ...

MEDIA company ABS-CBN Corp. said it has signed the deeds of absolute sale (DoAS) covering part of its Quezon City property with property developer Ayala Land, Inc. (ALI), formalizing a P6.24-billion ...

LOCAL BROKERAGE Unicapital Securities, Inc. has lowered its year-end forecast for the Philippine Stock Exchange index (PSEi) to 7,100 from 7,800, citing slower corporate earnings growth. “We forecast ...