Early indications suggest that major regional flooding could cause economic losses in excess of $12.6 billion. Read more at ...

FLOODING across Southeast Asia, including the Philippines, may have pushed economic losses above $10 billion in 2025, far exceeding the $1 billion to $2 billion typically recorded during major ...

Scientists and analysts warn that deforestation, weak flood defences and lack of funding for disaster resilience heighten damages Read more at The Business Times.

Asia-Pacific insurers start 2026 with a set of overlapping pressures and adjustments linked to geopolitics, natural ...

Vietnam and the United Kingdom just stepped into a new chapter together, one that feels larger than a simple diplomatic upgrade. When the two countries agreed to lift their partnership to a ...

A study published in Nature reveals that small areas of deforestation, often less than 5 acres (about 2 hectares), in humid tropical forests are responsible for more than half of carbon losses ...

Last August, archaeologists discovered a number of artefacts in Indonesia that could transform theories of early human migrations.

The Association of Southeast Asian Nations has formally unveiled its roadmap for the region’s tourism development with the official launch of the ASEAN Tourism Sectoral Plan (ATSP) 2026–2030 during ...

The 11-member Association of Southeast Asian Nations, whose foreign ministers met in the Philippines this week, faces a ...

In 2009, the combination of a cyclone, atmospheric waves and warm moist air triggered a record-breaking heatwave. It’s ...

JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Human-caused climate change worsened recent torrential rains and floods that devastated parts of southern ...