The long-awaited return of the IPO market has finally arrived, but not where expected. Encouraged by signs of increased public offering activity, the hopes of US bankers and investors who were preparing for a blockbuster in the second half of the year were dashed. Instead, India, Japan and China took center stage in the third … Read more
FILE–Gilas Pilipinas’ Andy Gemao during a game against Indonesia in the Seaba qualifiers in Malaysia.–Photo from Malaysia Basketball Association MANILA, Philippines — Gilas Pilipinas boys will miss star Andy Gemao in their Fiba U18 Asia Cup campaign starting on Monday evening (Manila time) in Amman, Jordan. The Samahang Basketbol ng Pilipinas (SBP) on Sunday revealed … Read more
Paris Olympics gold medalists from Southeast Asia: Indonesia’s Veddriq Leonardo, Philippines’ Carlos Yulo and Thailand’s Panipak Wongpattanakit. –AFP FILE PHOTOS PARIS – While not quite a global sporting powerhouse region, Southeast Asia equaled its best gold-medal haul at a single Olympics with five golds, three silvers and eight bronzes in a creditable Paris 2024 outing, … Read more
Stock market tumbles in Asia, Europe over fear of U.S. recession – CBS News Watch CBS News Stock markets plummeted overnight in Europe and Asia, including a huge drop in Japan, over fears of a U.S. recession in the wake of a weaker-than-expected jobs report. CBS News business analyst Jill Schlesinger explains the impact. Be … Read more
This article is part of the US-China Dynamics series, edited by Muqtedar Khan, Jiwon Nam and Amara Galileo. One of the founding fathers of geopolitics, Mackinder (1904), emphasizes the importance of Central Asia for the command in the world because of its location in the center of Eurasia. Similarly, Brzezinski (1997) highlights the geopolitical role … Read more