David Stanway

Myanmar's junta chief-turned-president Min Aung Hlaing met on Tuesday with Japanese philanthropist Yohei Sasakawa in the capital Naypyitaw, state ​media reported, as international re-engagement with the Southeast Asian ‌nation ramps up after years of diplomatic isolation.

Broadcom CEO Hock Tan ​said on Monday that ‌capital will be the biggest constraint ​facing the company ​as AI development continues.

Intel CEO Lip-Bu Tan said on Monday ​that the token costs ‌of Chinese frontier AI models have been lower and adoption has ​been "very fast".

Thailand is at "the last ​paragraph" of a trade agreement ‌with the United States, Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul said on Wednesday.

The Philippines' National Security Council said it is looking into information presented during the impeachment trial of Vice President ​Sara Duterte alleging that a company linked to her ‌husband had received remittances from China and Hong Kong, it said on Tuesday.

Nearly 1,500 Myanmar nationals sent back from Malaysia aboard navy ships are expected to reach the war-torn country's commercial hub of Yangon within days, state media reported on Friday, despite warnings ​from the United Nations and rights groups that the returnees could be ‌at risk amid a raging civil war.

The Philippines' coast guard said on Thursday that it has deployed its largest vessel and an aircraft to ​challenge a Chinese research ship operating off northern Batanes province near Taiwan, ‌adding that a Chinese coast guard vessel had also moved in.

German chipmaker Infineon Technologies opened a new facility in Thailand on Thursday, as Southeast Asia's second-largest economy ​pushes to attract investment into the semiconductor industry amid rising regional competition.

Extreme heat caused by ​this year's "super-El Niño" could result in as many as ‌451,000 excess deaths across the globe from June this year to February 2027, researchers with the University of Chicago's Climate Impact Lab said on Wednesday.

Canada's trade minister said on Tuesday that negotiations on separate free trade agreements with the Philippines and ASEAN are more than 90% complete, with Ottawa pushing ​to have both deals ready by the time Prime Minister Mark Carney visits Manila in ‌November.