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Southeast Asia’s children are among the world’s most exposed to online risks – and among the least protected.That is the warning from Dr Yuhyun Park, founder of the Singapore-based DQ Institute, a global think tank that develops international standards and research frameworks for digital intelligence and child online safety.She said uneven progress in cyber protection between advanced and developing economies was leaving millions of children in poorer regions vulnerable to abuse, exploitation and manipulation in the digital world.“There’s an increasing disparity between the rich and poor countries and across the region,” Park told This Week in Asia. “The most vulnerable…

China’s vast property market is expected to continue to decline at least through the next year, according to S&P Global Ratings.“We estimate nationwide primary property sales will fall 8 per cent in 2025 and between 6 to 7 per cent in 2026, as overall demand remains soft,” said Edward Chan, director at S&P Global Ratings, at a webinar on Thursday.This will continue to put pressure on Chinese developers, many of which are going through the challenge of delivering homes, while maintaining their operations to meet their debt obligations, the firm said.Distressed Chinese company Cifi Holdings, for example, said it will…

At a laboratory in northern China, less than an hour away from Beijing, a team of scientists is working on a new technology with huge potential as a clean energy source: nuclear fusion.The spacious ENN Group campus in Langfang, Hebei province, is home to a cluster of experimental facilities. At its heart is a spherical device called the EXL-50U – a compact tokamak that uses a magnetic field to confine charged gas, or plasma, to fuse hydrogen nuclei.On the day the South China Morning Post visited, engineers were installing new neutral beam – or heating – systems to increase its…

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney on Thursday said he expects to meet senior Chinese leaders in the “coming month or so” as part of a broad re-engagement with Beijing, but declined to say whether Ottawa will lift tariffs on Chinese electric vehicles.“We are in the process of having those discussions on a much broader range of issues than single sectors and single trades,” Carney said at a press conference.“And when we look at the auto sector, we take into account the dynamics with the United States, the ongoing negotiations there, and what the potential impact is.”Relations between Beijing and Ottawa…

Most US stock indexes rose during Thursday’s session amid strong demand for technology shares, particularly artificial intelligence companies.   US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said that President Donald Trump’s administration plans to intervene in certain sectors and impose minimum price floors on products in response to what he described as China’s “market manipulation.”   Amid ongoing trade tensions, China accused the US government of causing global alarm over restrictions on rare earth metal exports.   The third-quarter 2025 earnings season kicked off this week, with several major banks reporting strong profits and revenues.   This came despite the US government…

Bitcoin came under renewed pressure on Thursday, trading near 110,600 dollars and testing its main ascending trendline support. Rising geopolitical tensions and renewed trade friction between the United States and China have weakened risk appetite among investors, limiting momentum in high-risk assets.   According to a report from Copper Research, Bitcoin could retest the 100,000-dollar level before regaining upward momentum.   Slowing Price Recovery Amid Weak Risk Appetite   Bitcoin’s rebound slowed this week as escalating tensions between Russia and Ukraine, coupled with renewed trade disputes between Washington and Beijing, pushed the world’s largest cryptocurrency to around 110,600 dollars on…

Every weekday, the CNBC Investing Club with Jim Cramer releases the Homestretch — an actionable afternoon update, just in time for the last hour of trading on Wall Street. Markets: The S & P 500 reversed lower Thursday afternoon on concerns about credit stress in the banking industry. The latest issue came up when regional bank Zions revealed plans late Wednesday to write off $50 million to cover two loans. Shares of Zions dropped nearly 12% on Thursday. In sympathy, Capital One , one of the nation’s largest credit card issuers, dropped more than 6%, and Wells Fargo, known for…

Salesforce struck back. The business software maker on Wednesday unveiled an optimistic, multiyear financial roadmap that rejects the sluggish-growth narrative that has been dogging the stock. “It’s the old Salesforce, and I’ve been waiting for the old Salesforce,” Jim Cramer said Thursday morning on CNBC. Shares of Salesforce are up more than 4% Thursday on the news. At its influential Dreamforce conference this week, Salesforce projected annual revenue of $60 billion for the fiscal year 2030, excluding its pending Informatica acquisition . That is above the LSEG consensus of $58.4 billion. And crucially, Salesforce said its outlook translates to average…

French stocks rose to a seven-month high on Thursday after the government survived a confidence vote, while a jump in Nestle buoyed the wider European market. The pan European STOXX 600 closed up 0.7%, with gains in food and beverage stocks offsetting weakness in insurance stocks. French Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu survived two no-confidence votes with last-minute backing from the Socialist Party – a lifeline that came at the cost of suspending President Emmanuel Macron’s contested pension reform. French blue-chip shares added 1.4%, the yield on the country’s 10-year bond fell to a two-month low and the euro climbed. “As…

Every weekday the CNBC Investing Club with Jim Cramer holds a “Morning Meeting” livestream at 10:20 a.m. ET. Here’s a recap of Thursday’s key moments. 1. The U.S. stock market pushed modestly higher Thursday, buoyed by a strong revenue forecast from Taiwan Semi , which shifted Wall Street’s focus from escalating trade tensions with China. President Donald Trump threatened the world’s second-largest economy Tuesday with a cooking oil trade ban . This follows Trump’s threat last Friday of an extra 100% traffic on China — in retaliation for China putting export restrictions on rare earths, which are key elements in…