As of December 2025, new laws came into effect making Hainan a separate customs zone and consolidating a favorable regulatory environment in the southernmost province of China.
The move contrasts with the current global trend of protectionism, as many countries move to tighten trade rules…
When shopkeepers selling mobile phones and other electronics in Tehran’s business district shut their premises on Sunday to protest against the country’s currency plummeting, not many would have expected them to trigger the largest nationwide…
Kyiv, Ukraine
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Liudmyla Shramko left Kyiv in 2024 with her young twin daughters to avoid shelling and blackouts. But a year later, 16-hour power outages caught up with her in…
At a recent high-level government conference in Beijing, senior officials basked in China’s success the past year in its trade war with Donald Trump, boasting that the country’s system of state-directed planning was superior to unfettered…
Japan’s Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi is among some 60 female lawmakers petitioning for more women’s toilets in the parliament building to match their growing representation in the legislature.
A record 73 women were elected into the 465-seat…
