HONG KONG, Oct 11 — Hundreds of executives, diplomats and foreign business chambers congregated at Hong Kong’s landmark M+ art museum over canapés and cocktails last month with a clear mission – reinvigorate appeal for the financial hub.

SINGAPORE/STOCKHOLM, Oct 11 — Southeast Asian countries are taking a business-friendly approach to artificial intelligence regulation in a setback to the European Union's push for globally harmonised rules that align with its own stringent framework.

WASHINGTON, Oct 10 — The International Monetary Fund (IMF) should remain a quota-based organisation which represents developing and emerging markets, a group of 24 states (G-24) said on Tuesday, reported Sputnik.

ANKARA, Oct 10 — Oil prices drifted lower on Tuesday over easing concerns that the ongoing clashes between Israel and Palestine will have a limited impact on oil trading, reported Anadolu.

JAKARTA, Oct 10 — Indonesia's Meteorology, Climatology, and Geophysics Agency (BMKG) on Tuesday warned residents in South Kalimantan, Central Kalimantan, and East Nusa Tenggara of new wildfire risks, reported ANTARA News Agency.

MARRAKECH, Morocco, Oct 10 — The International Monetary Fund on Tuesday cut its growth forecasts for China and the euro area and said overall global growth remained low and uneven despite what it called the "remarkable strength" of the US economy.

MARRAKECH, Oct 10 — The World Bank Group and International Monetary Fund (IMF) annual meetings opened on Monday (October 9) in the southern Moroccan city of Marrakech, reported Xinhua, quoting a report of Morocco's national agency MAP.

TOKYO Oct 10 — The Japanese Bankers Association said on Tuesday a glitch at its online payment clearing network system is preventing some domestic transfers at 11 banks including MUFG Bank and Resona Bank.

MARRAKECH, Morocco,  Oct 10 —Rising debt levels among "seemingly healthy" countries in Asia could drag growth in the region below currently forecast levels, World Bank Chief Economist Indermit Gill told Reuters in an interview on Monday.

Beijing, Oct 10 — China's Country Garden Holdings said it might not be able to meet all of its offshore payment obligations when due or within the relevant grace periods, as the country's largest private property developer grapples with debt restructuring.

KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 9 — The government will channel RM1 million to the Humanitarian Trust Fund for the People of Palestine (AAKRP) managed by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, following the recent conflict and violence in the Gaza Strip.

KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 9  — Malaysia urges the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) to take immediate action to call on all parties to cease all acts of violence and clashes in the Gaza Strip.

HONG KONG, Oct 9 — China's Country Garden may announce a restructuring plan for its offshore debt soon, local media reported on Monday, as the country's largest private property developer faced another looming debt deadline.

HONG KONG Oct 9 — China aims to boost the country’s aggregate computing power by more than 50 per cent by 2025, according to a plan released by authorities on Monday, as Beijing tightens its focus on supercomputing and artificial intelligence innovations.

MOSCOW, Oct 9 — More than 123,000 Palestinians have been forced to flee their homes in the Gaza Strip as the Palestinian-Israeli conflict escalates, the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (Ocha) said on Sunday, Sputnik reported .

GENEVA, Oct 9 — More than 11,000 people have been affected by a series of earthquakes in Afghanistan's Herat province on Saturday morning, according to the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), reported dpa news agency.

MOSCOW, Oct 8 — The Hong Kong Observatory issued an upgraded T8 hurricane emergency on Sunday as Typhoon Koinu approached, with school classes and flights cancelled in the city and with winds of 63 kph (40 mph) or higher.

PUTRAJAYA, Oct 8 — Malaysia has expressed deep concern over the escalating clashes in and around the Gaza Strip, emphasising the need for an immediate halt to the loss of lives, suffering, and destruction.

JAKARTA, Oct 8 —Indonesian President Joko Widodo warned that smoke from forest and land fires in the country has the potential to spread widely.

ANGKOK, Oct 8 — Thailand’s Prime Minister, Srettha Thavisin will undertake an official visit to Malaysia this week to discuss ways to expand cooperation between the two countries.