4:29 am, Thursday, 20 November 2025
BREAKING NEWS
HONG KONG WEEKEND SALES BLITZ SHOWS HOW RETAIL IS CHASING ‘MICRO-MOMENTS’
Discounts as content, stores as stages Hong Kong’s chains rolled out overlapping promotions this weekend—Watsons and Wellcome among them—turning price
U.S. STALLS GLOBAL VOTE ON PRICING SHIPPING EMISSIONS, DELAYING CLIMATE ACTION AT SEA
Inside the IMO setback An international vote to approve a global mechanism for cutting maritime emissions was pushed back by
JAPAN’S ASAHI SUPER DRY SHIPMENTS RESUME AFTER RANSOMWARE DISRUPTION
Beer, cyberattacks and the fragility of modern logistics Japan’s best-selling beer is flowing again after a ransomware attack forced Asahi
ISRAEL IDENTIFIES REMAINS OF ANOTHER HOSTAGE RETURNED BY HAMAS
Identification and context Israel on Saturday identified the remains of Eliyahu Margalit, 76, a hostage abducted during the Oct. 7,
JIMBOCHO, TOKYO’S ‘COOLEST’ NEW NEIGHBORHOOD? RESIDENTS WEIGH IN
What’s behind the buzz Bookstores, curry houses and retro cafes have long defined Tokyo’s Jimbocho. Now the “book town” is
PRIVATE FUND AIMS TO PLUG 20,000 ‘ORPHAN’ OIL WELLS IN THE U.S.
The plan and why it’s different A privately financed effort is taking shape to retire roughly 20,000 abandoned oil and
VESTAS SHELVES POLAND OFFSHORE PLANT AS EUROPE’S WIND MARGINS THIN
Cost inflation and policy delays bite Danish turbine maker Vestas said it will not proceed with a previously planned manufacturing
JAPAN’S MEGABANKS PLAN JOINT STABLECOINS FOR CORPORATE PAYMENTS
What the banks are building Japan’s three megabanks—MUFG, Sumitomo Mitsui, and Mizuho—plan to jointly issue stablecoins pegged to legal tender
AFGHANISTAN, PAKISTAN HEAD TO DOHA AS BORDER CEASEFIRE HOLDS
Delegations and agenda A high-level Afghan delegation flew to Doha on Saturday to open talks with Pakistan, signaling a cautious
ISRAEL IDENTIFIES REMAINS OF ONE MORE HOSTAGE AS TALKS STALL
Forensics confirmation and family notification Israeli authorities said the remains of 76-year-old Eliyahu Margalit — abducted by Hamas during the
