Vietnam enters FTSE emerging-market ranks, eyes billions in inflows

Paul Bratby had already drawn up plans for expanding to Hong Kong when war broke out in the Middle East earlier this year. But the founder of xBratAI, a Dubai-based AI-powered trading signals platform, soon brought that timeline forward as the Iran conflict dragged on and widened in scope. “Our Hong Kong entity had been scheduled for a few years later, but we established it in early 2026,” he said. Bratby is not alone in looking east. As missiles continue to target Gulf capitals and shipping...

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney said on Tuesday that trade negotiations with India are making “good progress” and that the two countries are aiming to conclude talks by the G20 summit in mid-December. Carney also said India had, to his understanding, confirmed that Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi would visit Canada around that time, though the precise date had not been finalised. “We are making good progress in our trade negotiations with India,” Carney said at a news conference on the...

A court found 15 men guilty of coordinating a series of suicide bombings in hotels and churches, which killed more than 300 people.

Japan’s prime minister met with President Trump to discuss China’s economic and security pressure while also seeking to de-escalate tensions with Beijing.

The fishing town of Nemuro depends on Russia for trade. But it’s also leading a fight to win back islands seized by Moscow in World War II.

Expect little movement on trade, less on Taiwan, and who knows on tech.

Rising youth unemployment, the advent of AI translation, and growing anger against everything foreign are fueling public anger against English education in China.

Washington will not slow its own AI labs. Slowing China’s instead would look like safety policy, but it could cost the United States the one AI deal within reach this week.

Chinese chipmaker Hygon Information Technology on Tuesday launched a suite of central processing units (CPUs) for robotics and industrial edge devices, expanding beyond cloud computing and into the fast-growing market for physical artificial intelligence. The firm unveiled its Hygon 1000 series processors, designed to be embedded into physical devices in industrial automation systems such as robotics and factory controllers, enabling computing and graphics processing to be handled locally. Built...