Bitcoin’s decline to its weakest levels since April reflects a confluence of macroeconomic pressure, shifting expectations around U.S. monetary policy, and internal fragilities within the crypto ecosystem. The latest downturn underscores how deeply the world’s largest cryptocurrency remains...

Tensions between Japan and China have risen sharply as Japanese seafood exports become a bargaining chip in a broader diplomatic dispute. What began with comments from Japan’s Prime Minister signalling a willingness to respond militarily to a Chinese attack on Taiwan has escalated into economic...

India’s agricultural sector has gained a cautiously optimistic moment following the decision by Donald Trump to roll back tariffs on more than 200 U.S. food-import categories, a move that could ease pressure on Indian farmers and exporters who were hit hard by earlier levies. The reversal comes at...

At the 2025 COP30 climate summit in Belém, Brazil, the conspicuous absence of a senior delegation from the United States has provided the People’s Republic of China an unexpected opening to assume a more visible and influential role in global climate governance. While the United States has been a...

There is a quiet seismic shift underway in India’s world of inherited wealth: the new generation of heirs—millennials and Gen Z—are no longer content to simply preserve legacy assets like land, stocks and real-estate. Instead, they are actively reshaping how family fortunes are deployed — and their...

India’s booming start-up ecosystem is triggering a surge of initial public offerings (IPOs) as recently fledgling companies aim to tap public markets, but analysts and investors are increasingly scrutinising how and why these listings are being conducted amid mounting concerns over valuation...

China’s younger generations are exhibiting a marked retreat from consumer spending, opting instead for heightened savings and minimalist lifestyles. Although once heralded as the engine of domestic consumption, today’s youth in China are facing a confluence of labour-market stress, mounting debt...

India’s headline consumer price inflation dropped sharply to a provisional 0.25 per cent in October, significantly below market expectations and setting the stage for renewed calls for monetary easing by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI). The drop, from around 1.54 per cent in September, reflects a...

Fragrance has today transcended its traditional place as a luxury add-on to become a central cultural and commercial moment — and none more so than among the younger generation. For Coty Inc., Estée Lauder Companies and other leading beauty firms, the surge in demand for perfumes among Generation Z...

Global food commodity prices fell for the second month in a row in October, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) said, pointing to an easing of inflationary pressures in agriculture markets. The FAO’s Food Price Index (FFPI) averaged 126.4 points in October, down from...

China is quietly reshaping its rare earth export strategy, beginning work on a streamlined licensing system that may quicken shipments but stops short of the sweeping deregulation Washington expected. The Ministry of Commerce’s move reflects a careful recalibration — an attempt to relieve...