The Obama administration did try to boost U.S. economic ties with Southeast Asia in 2016 by forging the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), but that trade deal was broadly unpopular in the United States.

Former Hawaii County Mayor Mitch Roth has joined Central Pacific Bank as senior vice president and Hawaii island region manager. In his new role, Roth, 60, is responsible for the bank’s ...

Former Hawaii County Mayor Mitch Roth has joined Central Pacific Bank as senior vice president and Hawaii Island region manager. He is based in the bank’s Hilo branch. In his new role, the 60-year-old ...

ISTANBUL: A Turkish court on Sunday (Mar 23) jailed Istanbul Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu, President Tayyip Erdogan's main political rival, pending trial on corruption charges in a move that inflamed ...

undreds of thousands of people rallied in Istanbul late Friday to protest the arrest of the city's opposition mayor, Ekrem Imamoglu, defying a warning from President Recep Tayyip Erdogan that ...

Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass announced Friday that the city has issued its first permits for Pacific Palisades residents looking to rebuild their homes, and that a new executive order will further ...

University of the South Pacific Vice-Chancellor Professor Pal Ahluwalia, a key conference participant, expressed gratitude to PNG on the final day. “I want to acknowledge the wonderful hospitality of ...

However, venture investors in China seem to be in no hurry to ink deals as the country's VC market is still in decline, writes Nikkei Asia's Yifan Yu. As of March 11, China had logged 100 deals in ...

Greg Poling testified before the U.S.-China Economic & Security Review Commission on China’s military and security footprint in the Southeast Asia and the Pacific Islands Chair Price, Vice Chair ...

CAIR, CAIR-Florida, and the ACLU — among others — applied public pressure on Miami Beach Mayor Steven Meiner to ... Despite winning the Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature, “No ...

five days after it won Best Documentary Feature at the Academy Awards. Meanwhile, O Cinema has sold-out screenings of No Other Land set for tonight and Thursday. The mayor’s move comes two days ...

In Asia Pacific alone, 409 companies from 23 countries have been named 2025 Top Employers. Top Employers Institute celebrates companies that prioritise their employees and highlights the positive ...