Citi Research raised its gold price target for the next three months to $3,500 per ounce from $3,200, led by fresh buying from Chinese insurers and safe-haven flows amid tariff risks and
April 17, 2025
Citi Research on Thursday raised its gold price target for the next three months to $3,500 per ounce from $3,200, driven by fresh gold buying from Chinese insurers and safe-haven flows
April 17, 2025
Most Wall Street stocks were little changed and the dollar ticked up on Thursday as investors took some heart from trade talks
April 17, 2025
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Thursday China was supplying weapons and gunpowder to Russia, the first time he
April 17, 2025
Chinese tea chain Chagee secured a valuation of $6.2 billion after its shares gained 21% in their Nasdaq debut on Thursday, defying volatility stemming from the United
April 17, 2025
International Monetary Fund Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva said on Thursday that the U.S. and China both have trade grievances, but the world's two
April 17, 2025
Saudi Defence Minister Prince Khalid bin Salman arrived in Tehran on Thursday for meetings with officials in a visit ahead of weekend talks between Iran and the United States over the
April 17, 2025
Chinese President Xi Jinping has arrived in Cambodia for a two-day state visit that serves as an opportunity to further strengthen already robust relations
April 17, 2025
Russia on Thursday suspended its ban on the Taliban, which it had designated for more than two decades as a terrorist organisation, in a move that paves the way for Moscow to
April 17, 2025
Chinese leader Xi Jinping urged Cambodia to "resist protectionism" as he arrived in Phnom Penh on Thursday at the end of a three-nation tour of Southeast Asia, with
April 16, 2025
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang said on Thursday that China was a very important market for Nvidia after the U.S. imposed a ban on sales of its H20 artificial intelligence chips to the
April 17, 2025
The U.S. dollar gained on Thursday after its recent weakness across peer currencies appeared exhausted for the time being, while the euro weakened slightly after
April 17, 2025
Volkswagen's CARIZON, a joint venture between its software subsidiary Cariad and China's Horizon Robotics, has developed the carmaker's first in-house automated driving system, it said on
April 17, 2025
The CEO of Singapore's biggest bank, DBS Group, Tan Su Shan, said on Thursday that businesses have to brace for heightened volatility and uncertainty triggered by U.S.
April 17, 2025
Chinese grandmaster Ju Wenjun makes history by winning fifth Women’s World Chess Championship
April 17, 2025
Russia’s Supreme Court has lifted a ban on Afghanistan’s Taliban, who were designated as a terrorist group more than two decades ago
April 17, 2025
Four people, including a Chinese national, have died and seven others are still missing off a western Philippine province after a dredging vessel carrying 25 people capsized two
April 17, 2025
28-year-old former MLS player dies after falling from 11th floor balcony in China
April 17, 2025
Hyundai Motor plans to temporarily suspend production of some of its electric vehicles (EVs) in South Korea due to slow demand and U.S. tariffs, Yonhap news agency reported on
April 17, 2025
Saudi defense minister visits Iran in highest-level trip in decades as nuclear talks proceed
April 17, 2025
Russia’s Arctic oil exports to China are set to rise sharply this month buoyed by a jump in ship-to-ship transfers at sea to ensure tankers pulling into port
April 17, 2025
Japan is "deeply concerned" about global economic fallout from U.S.
April 17, 2025
Renault Chairman Jean-Dominique Senard is to step down from Nissan's board of directors, the Japanese automaker said on Thursday, as the company tackles its declining performance.
April 17, 2025
Thailand's economic growth will be hit by U.S. tariffs on its exports, although the impact on activity won't be as great as during the
April 17, 2025
Investor concerns over the possible forced de-listing of Chinese companies from U.S. exchanges reemerged as the tit-for-tat trade war between the world's two largest
April 17, 2025
‘I will die in there before anything happens’: Why this region of Russia produces so many MMA champions
April 17, 2025
The head of Myanmar’s military government has granted amnesty to nearly 4,900 prisoners to mark the country's traditional new year
April 17, 2025
China's commerce ministry on Thursday urged the United States to stop putting "extreme pressure" on the world's second-largest economy and demanded respect in any trade talks, but
April 17, 2025
As financial markets try to move past tariff fears, attention turns to what China will do to buffer its economy and how corporate America and business activity globally is holding
April 17, 2025
China has released guidelines to facilitate more efficient and standardised cross-border flows of Chinese and foreign financial institutions' data, the central bank announced on
April 17, 2025
Japanese tyre maker Bridgestone has more than halved the value of a planned bond offering to about 50 billion yen ($350.56 million) as underwriters
April 17, 2025
The world's largest contract chip maker, TSMC, gave a bullish outlook for the year on robust demand for AI applications, adding that it
April 16, 2025
The tens of thousands of U.S. troops stationed in South Korea and Japan appear set to be part of President Donald Trump's tariff negotiations,
April 17, 2025
China will integrate artificial intelligence (AI) applications into teaching efforts, textbooks and the school curriculum as it moves to overhaul education, authorities said in
April 17, 2025
U.S.
April 17, 2025
Indonesia's trade surplus is expected to have narrowed month-on-month in March due to a likely contraction in exports and higher imports amid the Eid-al Fitr festival when
April 17, 2025
China on Thursday commended the Cambodian government for following the "one China principle" when asked to comment on their deportation of Taiwanese citizens to China earlier this
April 17, 2025
Japan recorded a trade deficit for the fiscal year that just ended but racked up a $63 billion surplus with the United States
April 17, 2025
Malaysia's trade minister will travel to the United States on April 24 to meet the U.S.
April 17, 2025
RBC BlueBay Asset Management has opened short positions on the U.S. dollar, betting on the end of U.S. exceptionalism as President Donald Trump's trade war
April 17, 2025
Some factory workers in Vietnam have been told to increase output of products for the U.S. market, while others have had their shifts cut to three
April 17, 2025
TSMC, the world's largest contract chipmaker, posted a 60% jump in first-quarter net profit on Thursday, beating market forecasts as it benefited from surging demand for
April 17, 2025
China is banning automakers from using the terms "smart driving" and "autonomous driving" when they advertise driving assistance features, and will tighten rules around such
April 17, 2025
Chinese tea firm Chagee has raised $411 million by setting the price of its shares at $28 each in its initial public offering in the United States, the company said
April 17, 2025
President Donald Trump touted "big progress" in tariff talks with Japan on Wednesday, in one of the first rounds of face-to-face negotiations
April 16, 2025
At least 62 active-duty Taiwanese military members have been found holding Chinese residency permits, in the latest revelation of Chinese influence in the Taiwanese armed forces
April 17, 2025
China and Malaysia said they would seek to peacefully resolve disputes in the South China Sea and pledged support for the United Nations in a joint statement issued on Thursday
April 17, 2025
Japan's exports rose for a sixth straight month in March, data showed on Thursday, as the threat of sweeping U.S. tariffs drove Japanese companies to ramp up
April 16, 2025
Chinese tech giants Tencent and Douyin, TikTok's sister app in China, have in the past two days launched programs to help Chinese exporters sell their goods domestically, amid an
April 16, 2025
Exporters at China’s largest trade fair are facing uncertainty, stalled shipments and lower sales forecasts due to the trade war with the United States
April 16, 2025
President Donald Trump joined his economic advisers for White House negotiations Wednesday over tariffs and trade with a Japanese official
April 16, 2025
China will pay no attention if the United States continues to play the "tariff numbers game", China's foreign ministry said on Thursday, after the White House outline how China
April 17, 2025
Asian governments are looking to buy more U.S. oil and gas as they scramble to lower their trade surplus with Washington in hopes of easing their tariff burdens under President
April 17, 2025
Bank of Japan policymakers on Thursday warned of heightening uncertainty over the fallout from U.S.
April 17, 2025
Taiwan's TSMC on Thursday lifted some share prices in Asia and Europe amid U.S.
April 17, 2025
South Korea's financial watchdog ordered on Thursday Hanwha Aerospace to submit another revision to its share issue plan, pushing back on the capital raising plans of the country's
April 17, 2025
Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim is set to hold talks in Bangkok on Thursday with Myanmar's junta chief to push for a ceasefire
April 17, 2025
Japanese chemical company Zeon aims to decide by the summer whether to move forward with plans it put on hold to expand production in the United
April 17, 2025
Singapore's non-oil domestic exports in March rose 5.4% from the same month a year earlier, government data showed on Thursday, with shipments of both electronics
April 16, 2025
South Korea's central bank on Thursday signalled it would cut rates in May and left the door wide open to further monetary easing to cope with "
April 17, 2025
The Himalayan nation of Bhutan is exploring ways to mine and leverage green cryptocurrencies using hydropower to boost its economy and create jobs to reduce brain
April 17, 2025
North Korea has threatened retaliation after the U.S. flew long-range bombers over South Korea during training with its forces
April 16, 2025
Hong Kong suspends package postal service to the US after Trump’s tariff hikes
April 16, 2025
China-founded e-commerce sites Temu and Shein say they plan to raise prices for U.S. customers starting next week
April 16, 2025
Chinese online marketplace Temu and fast-fashion retailer Shein, two of the biggest advertisers on U.S. social media, are sharply cutting their U.S. digital ad
April 16, 2025
North Korea criticised the United States for deploying a B-1B strategic bomber in a recent joint military drill with South Korea, describing the move as an "open threat" to
April 16, 2025
When a severe rice shortage sent prices skyrocketing in Japan last year, Tokyo restaurant owner Arata Hirano did what had once seemed unthinkable:
April 16, 2025
U.S.
April 16, 2025
U.S. upland cotton exports to India have risen in the past few months fueled by global tariff conflicts, declining American prices and rising demand in the South Asian country
April 16, 2025
American chipmaker Intel has informed Chinese clients it will start needing a license to sell some of its advanced artificial intelligence processors, the Financial Times reported on
April 16, 2025
U.S. stocks dropped as the costs of U.S. restrictions on global trade compounded
April 16, 2025
One of the biggest stars of Philippine cinema in a career spanning seven decades, Nora Aunor has died
April 16, 2025
A former New York police sergeant has been sentenced to 18 months in prison in a U.S. case about China’s pursuit of critics abroad
April 16, 2025
Global shares fell sharply on Wednesday as U.S. restrictions on chip sales to China and continued tariff uncertainty battered tech
April 16, 2025
Oil prices rose nearly 2% on Wednesday to a two-week high on concerns about global supplies after Washington issued new sanctions targeting Chinese importers
April 16, 2025
The Trump administration is weighing penalties that would block China's DeepSeek from buying U.S. technology and is debating barring Americans' access to its services, the New York Times
April 16, 2025
Nvidia, caught in the US-China trade war, takes a $5.5 billion hit
April 16, 2025
China will next week convene an informal United Nations Security Council meeting to accuse the United States of bullying and "casting a shadow over the
April 16, 2025
Italian luxury outerwear group Moncler on Wednesday reported a stronger than expected 1% increase in revenue in the first quarter thanks mostly to direct-to-consumer sales and Asian
April 16, 2025
The United States on Wednesday issued new sanctions targeting Iran's oil exports, including against a China-based "teapot" oil refinery, as President Donald
April 16, 2025
The Maldives has banned Israeli passport holders from entering its territory, the president's office said on Wednesday, accusing Israel of committing genocide against Palestinians
April 16, 2025
The Treasury Department has imposed sanctions on a Chinese oil refinery that's accused of purchasing more than $1 billion worth of Iranian oil
April 16, 2025
Chinese leader Xi Jinping has told Malaysia’s leader that China will be a collaborative partner and stand with its Southeast Asian neighbors in the wake of global economic shocks
April 16, 2025
Kyrgyzstan's President Sadyr Japarov has persuaded parliament to push back the date of the next election by several months, in an indication he may be
April 16, 2025
Ford Motor's China business, including exports from the country, made $900 million in earnings before interest and taxes last year, one of the automaker's top
April 16, 2025
The dollar resumed its fall on Wednesday with both safe-havens and risk-sensitive currencies outperforming the greenback as traders waited to see if U.S.
April 16, 2025
Vice President JD Vance and his family will travel to Italy and India this week and next to meet with leaders and visit cultural sites
April 16, 2025
A study of about 1 million girls in Indonesia suggests government programs can be effective in reducing the number of child brides.
April 16, 2025
India plans to end taxes on U.S. ethane and liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) imports under broader negotiations with Washington as it looks to reduce its trade
April 16, 2025
Shares in Nvidia and other tech companies slumped after the computer chipmaker said that tighter U.S. government controls on its exports of semiconductors used for artificial intelligence will cost it an extra $5.5 billion
April 16, 2025
Chinese factories are taking the trade war somewhere new
April 16, 2025
Walmart has signed a deal for a second office space in the southern Indian city of Chennai, which is fast emerging as a major technology center after being
April 16, 2025
China wants to deal with the European Union as a partner instead of a rival, its ambassador to Spain said, amid shifting geopolitics and Washington's new trade
April 16, 2025
Singapore's trade minister said on Wednesday that he cannot rule out a recession for the local economy this year following U.S.
April 16, 2025
What matters in U.S. and global markets today By Mike Dolan, Editor-At-Large, Financial Industry and Financial Markets The escalating U.S.-China trade war has expanded
April 16, 2025
Singapore Prime Minister Lawrence Wong said on Wednesday there was little comfort in the U.S. postponing most of its proposed "reciprocal" tariffs, saying the changes had already
April 16, 2025
The Bank of Japan is set to cut its economic growth forecasts at its April 30-May 1 policy meeting as U.S.
April 16, 2025
Hongkong Post said on Wednesday it had suspended mail services for goods sent by sea to the United States, accusing the U.S. of "bullying" after Washington cancelled tariff-free
April 15, 2025
Bin Zhang is in the business of fun, but his job has become less so because of U.S. President Donald Trump.
April 16, 2025
Nvidia did not warn at least some major customers in advance about new U.S. export rules it was told about a week ago requiring it to obtain licenses
April 16, 2025
China's economy expanded at a robust 5.4% annual pace in January-March, supported by strong exports ahead of U.S. President Donald Trump’s rapid increases in tariffs on Chinese exports
April 16, 2025
Chinese President Xi Jinping called on Wednesday for Asian nations to unite in resisting geopolitical confrontation, unilateralism
April 16, 2025
Chinese automaker SAIC's new electric vehicle brand co-developed with technology conglomerate Huawei has been named Shangjie, with the first model to be launched in the autumn,
April 16, 2025
China has appointed a new trade negotiator in the midst of its tariff fight with the United States as the world’s two largest economies steadily increase tariffs on each other’s goods
April 16, 2025
Three U.S. senators are visiting Taiwan this week and will discuss trade and other issues with President Lai Ching-te, a trip that comes as Taipei pushes ahead with tariff talks
April 16, 2025
China on Wednesday unexpectedly appointed a new trade negotiator key in any talks to resolve the escalating tariff war with the
April 16, 2025
Japan crossed the 10 million visitor mark at the fastest ever pace this year, reaching that level already in March, official data showed on Wednesday, as the weak yen propelled an
April 16, 2025
Xiaomi does not plan to showcase its upcoming YU7 electric SUV at China's largest auto show next week, deflating widespread anticipation among visitors keen to catch a glimpse of
April 16, 2025
China's first-quarter economic growth outstripped expectations, underpinned by solid consumption and industrial output, but analysts fear momentum could
April 15, 2025
Global investment banks are lowering their projections for China's economic growth this year as U.S.
April 15, 2025
A look at the day ahead in European and global markets from Stella Qiu It's been a sea of red in Asia so far on Wednesday, with new U.S. moves turning up the heat in the trade war with China, but at
April 16, 2025
The rapid rise of ultra-fast fashion retailer Shein has been so key to the fortunes of a group of urban villages on the outskirts of China's
April 16, 2025
China's crude steel output in March climbed 4.6% from the prior year to the highest level in 10 months, driven by robust exports and favourable margins.
April 16, 2025
Chinese electric vehicle maker Xpeng said on Wednesday that it had done a "thorough analysis" of its supply chain to ensure it would not be impacted by the current turmoil caused
April 16, 2025
China's economy grew 5.4% year-on-year in the first quarter, data showed on Wednesday, surpassing estimates, but a trade war with the United States has cast a shadow over the outlook and
April 16, 2025
China's new home prices stabilised in March after a slight month-on-month dip in February, as government support measures struggled to
April 16, 2025
Hong Kong’s post office will stop shipping small parcels to the United States after Washington announced plans to charge tariffs on small-value parcels from the southern Chinese city
April 16, 2025
The world’s tallest bridge will open in China this summer
April 16, 2025
Chinese sellers of items from lunch boxes to appliances have taken to social media platform Rednote to generate sympathy purchases, telling domestic
April 16, 2025
China's economy grew 5.4% year-on-year in the first quarter, data showed on Wednesday, beating expectations, but an escalating trade war with the United States has darkened the
April 16, 2025
China's industrial output in March rose 7.7% from a year earlier, quickening from 5.9% growth in the January-February period, official data showed on Wednesday, as the world's
April 16, 2025
Property investment in China fell 9.9% in the first three months of 2025 from a year earlier, after dropping 9.8% in the January-February period, official data showed on Wednesday.
April 16, 2025
South Korean Finance Minister Choi Sang-mok will hold a meeting with U.S.
April 15, 2025
Bank of Japan Governor Kazuo Ueda said the central bank may need to take policy action if U.S. tariffs hurt the Japanese economy, the Sankei newspaper reported on
April 15, 2025
Japan's core machinery orders rose 4.3% in February from the previous month, government data showed on Wednesday.
April 15, 2025
Japanese manufacturers expressed improved business sentiment in April versus March though are bearish about their outlook over the next three months as they brace
April 15, 2025
U.S. stocks drifted through a rare quiet day for financial markets worldwide
April 15, 2025
Britain's business minister, Jonathan Reynolds, will travel to China later this year in a bid to boost trade and investment between the two countries, the Guardian newspaper
April 15, 2025
Some trade policy relief and strong bank earnings were not enough to keep Wall Street from pushing U.S. stocks down slightly on Tuesday
April 15, 2025
Honda said it has no plans to move car production from Canada and Mexico to the U.S., responding to a report that it might move operations in an effort to avoid potentially
April 15, 2025
Opposition leader Rahul Gandhi and his mother Sonia, the most senior members of India's Nehru-Gandhi political dynasty, have been accused in a money laundering case by the
April 15, 2025
Trump administration looking at closing nearly 30 overseas embassies and consulates
April 15, 2025
Boeing shares fall on report that China has halted its deliveries as part of trade war
April 15, 2025
The head of China's General Administration of Customs on Tuesday encouraged import and export businesses to rise to the challenges presented by sweeping U.S. tariffs by expanding
April 15, 2025
The dollar rose against the euro and yen on Tuesday, showing tentative signs of recovery following a sharp selloff that saw the dollar index tumble more than 3%
April 15, 2025
Apple's main India suppliers Foxconn and Tata shipped nearly $2 billion worth of iPhones to the United States in March, an all-time high, as
April 15, 2025
China has ordered its airlines not to take further deliveries of Boeing jets in response to the U.S. decision to impose 145% tariffs on Chinese goods, Bloomberg News reported on Tuesday,
April 15, 2025
Chinese President Xi Jinping said deepening high-level strategic cooperation with Malaysia serves the common interests of both countries, in a statement released as he arrived in
April 15, 2025
Oil prices were little changed on Tuesday as investors digested the latest headlines on U.S.
April 15, 2025
Indonesia will propose increasing its imports of crude oil and liquefied petroleum gas from the United States by around $10 billion as part of its tariff negotiations, energy
April 15, 2025
China and the Philippines accused each other on Tuesday of dangerous manoeuvres in a hotly disputed shoal in the South China Sea, in the latest confrontation over the
April 15, 2025
India's retail inflation slipped to a more-than-five-year low as food prices continued to moderate, creating room for deeper central bank
April 15, 2025
India is likely to see above-average monsoon rains for the second straight year in 2025, the government said on Tuesday, raising
April 15, 2025
A Swedish probe found no conclusive evidence to suggest that a Chinese ship had deliberately dragged its anchor to damage two Baltic Sea cables, Sweden's Accident Investigation
April 15, 2025
North Korea’s sacred Mount Paektu designated as UNESCO Global Geopark
April 15, 2025
Japanese regulators have accused U.S. tech giant Google of violating anti-monopoly laws, echoing similar moves in the U.S. and Europe
April 15, 2025
India has decided to pursue a path of trade liberalisation with the United States, India's trade secretary said on Tuesday, with the two countries signing the terms of reference
April 15, 2025
The United States is deploying around 9,000 troops to the Philippines for this year's joint military exercises, as the allies strengthen ties amid tensions with China
April 15, 2025
Popular Western medicines for diseases including cancer and diabetes have been caught in the escalating U.S.-China trade war, a Reuters review of Chinese regulator
April 15, 2025
Global sales of electric and plug-in hybrid vehicles rose 29% year-on-year in March, helped by growth in China and Europe, while EV growth in North America was
April 15, 2025
China and Vietnam expressed their support for maintaining a multilateral trade regime centered around the World Trade Organization in a joint statement issued on Tuesday at the end
April 15, 2025
A group of more than 270 some men and women, who were rescued from forced labor in scam compounds months earlier but remain in detention in Myanmar, attempted a mass escape Sunday from a guarded facility out of fear that they may end up being sent back to the places they were trying to escape from, where they face beatings, torture and potentially even death
April 15, 2025
Pakistan is considering importing crude oil from the United States for the first time to offset a trade imbalance that triggered higher U.S. tariffs, according to a
April 15, 2025
China is "tearing down walls" and expanding its circle of trading partners, "shaking hands" instead of "shaking fists", its foreign ministry said on Tuesday, as Beijing works on
April 15, 2025
Japan's competition watchdog issued a cease and desist order to Alphabet's Google on Tuesday for anticompetitive practices in the first such action against a U.S. tech giant.
April 15, 2025
Candice Li says that after Washington raised tariffs on Chinese goods by 145%, U.S. orders for the medical devices her firm is making
April 15, 2025
Indonesia dismissed on Tuesday a report in defence publication Janes that Russia has requested basing military aircraft in Papua, its easternmost province, after the issue
April 15, 2025
Singapore will hold a national election on May 3, the election commission said on Tuesday, amid worries about the cost of living and fears of a recession as a result of U.S.
April 15, 2025
China is tightening regulations on battery-powered vehicles and will require its automakers to comply with higher battery safety standards, aiming to reduce risks of fire and
April 15, 2025
Singapore’s parliament has been dissolved to pave the way for general elections in which the city-state’s long-ruling party will seek to strengthen its dominance under Prime Minister Lawrence Wong
April 15, 2025
South Korea will seek to delay the implementation of tariffs as long as possible in negotiations with the United States, its finance minister said on
April 15, 2025
India's wholesale inflation eased to a four-month low in March as food prices rose at a slower pace, according to government data released on Tuesday.
April 15, 2025
China says it is pursuing three alleged U.S. operatives accused of carrying out cyberattacks on Chinese infrastructure during the Asian Winter Games
April 15, 2025
The United States has flown long-range B-1B bombers in a show of force against North Korea, days after the powerful sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un vowed to resist a U.S.-led push to eliminate the North’s nuclear program
April 15, 2025
South Korean industry ministry officials are considering travelling soon to Alaska as part of working-level negotiations between the United States and South Korea over Alaska's gas
April 15, 2025
J-pop star Kenshin Kamimura pleaded not guilty in a Hong Kong courtroom on Tuesday to a charge of indecent assault of a woman at a Hong Kong restaurant in March.
April 15, 2025
Extended heatwave in India, Pakistan to test survivability limits, with temperatures reaching Death Valley levels
April 15, 2025
The Trump administration has taken its next steps toward imposing more tariffs on key imports, launching investigations into imports of computer chips and products that contain them, chip making equipment and pharmaceuticals
April 15, 2025
China and Vietnam took initial steps during Chinese President Xi Jinping's visit to Hanoi this week to develop new rail links, as they agreed to conduct feasibility studies for two
April 15, 2025
Advanced Micro Devices said on Tuesday its key processor chips would soon be made at TSMC's new production site in Arizona, marking the first time that its products
April 15, 2025
Nissan will cut Japanese production of its top-selling U.S. model, the Rogue SUV, over May-July, said a person familiar with the matter, becoming the latest global
April 15, 2025
One of China's top officials overseeing Hong Kong affairs, Xia Baolong, said on Tuesday that the United States' tariff war was "extremely shameless" and aims to "take away Hong
April 15, 2025
UBS has downgraded its China GDP growth forecast to 3.4% for 2025, on the assumption that tariff hikes between it and the United States will remain in
April 15, 2025
China accused the United States National Security Agency (NSA) on Tuesday of launching "advanced" cyberattacks during the Asian Winter
April 15, 2025
When a Chinese pork producer filed for bankruptcy in 2019, the news came as a jolt to Alan Hill.
April 15, 2025
The Chinese embassy in Argentina has called out U.S.
April 15, 2025
Japan will seek full removal of additional tariffs imposed by U.S.
April 15, 2025
Taiwan will simulate the impact of any U.S. tariffs on the semiconductor industry and seek talks with Washington on the issue, the island's economy minister said on Tuesday.
April 15, 2025
New Zealand’s partnership with the United States remains one of its most important, particularly when seen in the light of joint interests in the Pacific and the evolving
April 15, 2025
China urges Vietnam to resist ‘unilateral bullying’ as Xi tries to rally region in face of Trump tariffs
April 14, 2025
The Bank of Korea will keep its key interest rate unchanged at 2.75% on Thursday, according to a Reuters poll of economists who expect the central
April 14, 2025
South Korea announced on Tuesday an increase in its support package for the country's vital semiconductor industry to 33 trillion won ($23.25 billion), up about a quarter from a 26
April 14, 2025
South Korea's ousted President Yoon Suk Yeol has appeared at his criminal trial on rebellion charges
April 14, 2025
South Korea will draw up an extra budget of 12 trillion won ($8.45 billion), the finance minister said on Tuesday, up from the previous proposal of 10 trillion won.
April 14, 2025
A history scholar convicted of spying on Chinese dissidents by ingratiating himself as a sympathizer has been spared prison time by a U.S. judge
April 14, 2025
Global grain merchant Archer-Daniels-Midland has begun shutting down domestic trading operations in China and laying off staff within
April 14, 2025
Stocks rallied worldwide after President Donald Trump relaxed some of his tariffs and as stress from within the U.S. bond market seemed to ease
April 14, 2025
The India launch of Eli Lilly's popular weight-loss drug Mounjaro has triggered a huge wave of patient enquiries about its availability, with some Indian doctors
April 14, 2025
Oil prices settled slightly higher on Monday on exemptions for some electronics from U.S. tariffs and data showing a sharp rebound in China's crude imports in
April 13, 2025
China's President Xi Jinping called on Monday for stronger ties with Vietnam on trade and supply chains amid disruptions caused by
April 13, 2025
China’s leader Xi Jinping says no one wins in a trade war as he kicked off a diplomatic tour of Southeast Asia with a trip to Vietnam
April 14, 2025
U.S. shares gained on Monday, while the dollar dipped, after the White House exempted smartphones and computers from U.S. tariffs but
April 13, 2025
Investment flows into Chinese physically backed gold exchange-traded funds so far this month have exceeded those for the whole of the first quarter and overtaken inflows registered
April 14, 2025
The dollar was flat against the euro on Monday after a bruising week last week sent it to a three-year low against the single currency and left it oversold by
April 13, 2025
India and the United States have finalised the terms of reference for the first phase of a bilateral trade agreement to be concluded late this year, with a view to reaching bilateral trade
April 14, 2025
Former Malaysian Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi, a moderate who extended the country’s political freedoms but was criticized for lackluster leadership, has died of heart disease
April 14, 2025
Chinese electric vehicle battery giant CATL's first-quarter net profit grew at its fastest pace in nearly two years, while a rise in revenue ended five straight quarters of decline.
April 14, 2025
Former Malaysian Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi died on Monday, aged 85, his family and medical authorities reported.
April 14, 2025
India and China have held one round of talks on resuming direct passenger air services, but no dates have been fixed yet, New Delhi said on Monday, as
April 14, 2025
North Korea is making what could be its largest, most advanced warship ever, new satellite photos show
April 14, 2025
Japanese government bonds (JGBs) are now a natural investment target over the medium and long term for Norinchukin Bank as the return of
April 14, 2025
China and Vietnam signed dozens of cooperation deals on Monday, including on production and supply chains as well as railway cooperation, as Chinese President Xi Jinping visited the
April 14, 2025
South Korea and Vietnam agreed on Monday to expand economic cooperation after a ministerial meeting on Monday, at a time when the two countries are racing to mitigate
April 14, 2025
Sony said it will hike the price of its PlayStation 5 (PS5) console in markets in Europe, Britain, Australia and New Zealand, citing high inflation and fluctuating exchange rates.
April 14, 2025
Thailand's lower-than-expected March inflation rate was mainly due to lower energy prices and government policies to alleviate cost of living pressures, the commerce ministry said
April 14, 2025
A Philippine delegation will travel to the United States next month to discuss threatened tariffs on Filipino exports, while a minister said the country's smaller trade sector makes
April 14, 2025
Taiwan's first phase of tariff talks with the United States went "smoothly" and the government hopes to take this challenge as an opportunity to promote a new Taiwan-plus-the-United
April 14, 2025
Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim said he will meet the head of Myanmar's junta in Bangkok this week to push for the extension of a ceasefire between the military
April 14, 2025
South Korea's acting President Han Duck-soo said on Monday U.S.
April 14, 2025
Thailand's finance and commerce ministers will lead a delegation to the United States to meet Trump administration officials and push for relief from planned heavy tariffs, a
April 14, 2025
China has announced visa restrictions on some U.S. personnel who have "behaved badly" on Tibet-related issues, its foreign ministry said on Monday.
April 14, 2025
Senior Indonesian ministers will travel to Washington to present their U.S. counterparts with offers of significantly increased U.S. imports and investment proposals as part of
April 14, 2025
Japan's Nikkei share average ended higher on Monday, as iPhone-related shares jumped after the United States excluded smartphones and other electronics from steep tariffs.
April 13, 2025
China's exports jumped 12.4% in March from a year earlier in a last minute flurry of activity as companies rushed to beat President Donald Trump's hefty increases in U.S. tariffs
April 14, 2025
Italian billionaire Gianluigi Aponte's family-run business is emerging as the lead investor of a group seeking to buy 43 ports from conglomerate CK Hutchison, Bloomberg News reported on
April 14, 2025
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April 14, 2025
Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba said on Monday his country does not plan to make big concessions and won't rush to reach a deal in upcoming
April 14, 2025
China's imports of crude oil rose in March from a year earlier, while those of soybeans, coal, iron ore and unwrought copper dropped, customs data showed on Monday.
April 14, 2025
Indonesian authorities arrested three judges who acquitted three palm oil companies of charges of corruption in obtaining export permits, an official said on Monday, following the
April 14, 2025
Hong Joon-pyo, the ex-mayor of the South Korean city of Daegu, announced his bid for the presidency on Monday.
April 14, 2025
China's exports rose sharply in March after factories rushed out shipments before the latest U.S. tariffs took effect, but an escalating Sino-U.S. trade
April 14, 2025
South Korea's ousted leader Yoon Suk Yeol argued that his brief martial law declaration late last year was "not a coup d’etat" as he appeared in court on Monday for the
April 13, 2025
TSMC, the main global producer of advanced chips used in artificial intelligence applications, is set to report a 54% leap in first-quarter profit
April 14, 2025
The Philippines voiced concerns on the South China Sea, including incidents that endangered its vessels and personnel, during negotiations between ASEAN and China for a code of
April 14, 2025
Shares in Asian tech companies that are major suppliers to companies like Apple rose on Monday after the U.S. government granted temporary exclusions from steep tariffs on
April 14, 2025
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April 14, 2025
Tariff uncertainty engulfs annual trade show in Hong Kong
April 14, 2025
Bank of Japan Governor Kazuo Ueda said on Monday global and domestic economic uncertainty has increased sharply due to U.S. tariff policy.
April 14, 2025
Vietnam's party chief To Lam wants to enhance cooperation with China in diplomacy, defence, security and infrastructure connectivity, according an article by the Vietnamese leader
April 14, 2025
Chinese President Xi Jinping called for stronger industrial and supply chain cooperation with Vietnam and wider collaboration in emerging fields, the Chinese foreign
April 13, 2025
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April 11, 2025
The Expo 2025 has opened in Osaka with more than 10,000 people singing Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony to celebrate the start of the six-month event
April 13, 2025
Chinese companies will have to clear a “high trust bar” when investing in key sectors in the U.K., the country’s business secretary said after he took effective control of Britain’s last remaining factory that makes steel from scratch from its Chinese owners
April 13, 2025
Revellers dressed in colourful shirts and goggles fired water guns at each other at the start of the Thai New Year on Sunday, a festival that is marked with water as a symbol of
April 13, 2025
South Korean steelmaker POSCO is considering joining a project by Hyundai Steel to build a $5.8 billion plant in Louisiana as the country's steel industry tries to respond to U.S.
April 13, 2025
Hong Kong's last remaining major opposition party took a key step towards disbanding itself on Sunday after a special meeting approved
April 13, 2025
Britain's foreign minister David Lammy said he was seeking answers from Hong Kong and Chinese authorities on Sunday after an opposition member of parliament, Wera Hobhouse, was
April 13, 2025
How Trump’s trade war with China will hurt the American farmers who voted him in
April 13, 2025
Several Southeast Asian countries are kicking off their annual water festival holiday, an occasion for merrymaking during what is usually the hottest time of the year
April 13, 2025
Chinese President Xi Jinping vowed to deepen his country's strategic partnership with Indonesia in a call with President Prabowo Subianto on Sunday, China's official Xinhua News
April 13, 2025
The 145% tariff from the U.S. and the retaliatory 125% tariff from China are putting businesses doing trade between the U.S. and China on edge
April 13, 2025
A 5.5 magnitude earthquake has struck in central Myanmar in one of the biggest aftershocks since a massive 7.7 magnitude on March 28 in the same part of the country
April 13, 2025
Japan must strengthen the yen, such as by helping boost the country's industrial competitiveness, as the currency's weakness has pushed up households' living costs,
April 13, 2025
New Zealand Foreign Minister Winston Peters said on Sunday his country needed the United States as an "active" partner in the Indo-Pacific region, after a trip to Washington last
April 13, 2025
Jawbone from ancient land bridge reveals a mysterious human ancestor
April 12, 2025
A mysterious ocean glow reported for over 400 years has stumped scientists. A new study could offer clues
April 12, 2025
Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba has attended the opening ceremony for Expo 2025 Osaka and expressed his hope that the event will help restore global unity in a world is plagued by conflicts and trade wars
April 12, 2025
China's capital hunkered down on Saturday as rare typhoon-like gales swept northern regions, forcing the closure of historic sites and disrupting travel while bringing late
April 12, 2025
High winds and the threat of sandstorms have prompted China's capital Beijing to cancel hundreds of flights and close public parks to avoid injuries
April 12, 2025
Taiwan's top financial regulator said on Saturday it would extend temporary curbs on short-selling for another week to ensure market stability after U.S. tariffs unleashed turmoil,
April 12, 2025
More than one hundred Chinese citizens fighting for the Russian military against Ukraine are mercenaries who do not appear to
April 11, 2025
Wall Street posted solid gains on Friday as big banks kicked off first-quarter earnings season and investors closed the book on a turbulent week of wild swings
April 11, 2025
Taiwan officials held their first tariff talks with U.S. officials on Friday, with both sides looking forward to further discussions soon, the island's government said on Saturday.
April 12, 2025
Seoul Mayor Oh Se-hoon will not run for president of South Korea, Yonhap news agency reported on Saturday.
April 12, 2025
When Samsung Electronics chairman Jay Y. Lee met Vietnam's prime minister in July, he had a simple message to convey.
April 12, 2025
Beijing increased its tariffs on U.S. imports to 125% on Friday, hitting back against
April 11, 2025
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April 11, 2025
The price premium for gold in top consumer China above global benchmark spot prices widened this week due to consumers and investors seeking refuge
April 11, 2025
Off the coast of Japan 80 years ago, a U.S. naval captain ordered his battleship to hold a burial at sea for a kamikaze pilot who died slamming his fighter plane into the American vessel
April 11, 2025
South Korean rescue workers on Saturday pulled a man from a collapsed subway construction site near the capital of Seoul and continued searching for another believed to be trapped inside
April 11, 2025
Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva will travel to China next month for his third meeting with President Xi Jinping since taking office in 2023,
April 11, 2025
Benchmark 10-year U.S.
April 11, 2025
GAIL India Ltd issued a tender on Friday to buy an up to 26% stake in a liquefied natural gas project in the United States combined with a 15-year gas import deal,
April 11, 2025
60 years ago, she bit the tongue of the man who allegedly tried to rape her. Now, she’s trying to overturn her conviction
April 11, 2025
U.S. stocks jumped in another manic day on Wall Street, but the falling value of the U.S. dollar and other swings in financial markets suggest worries about President Donald Trump’s trade war remain high
April 11, 2025
Shipments of seven rare earths placed on an export control list last week by Beijing have ground to halt, three sources said, raising the risk of shortages
April 11, 2025
U.S. chipmakers that outsource manufacturing will be exempt from China's retaliatory tariffs on U.S. imports, according to a notice by the main
April 11, 2025
An Australian judge became the latest foreigner to resign from Hong Kong's highest court before the end of his term on Friday as a
April 11, 2025
Human rights experts for the United Nations are expressing urgent concern about ongoing military operations in Myanmar’s civil war, despite ceasefires called by major parties to facilitate relief efforts after the country’s devastating March 28 earthquake
April 11, 2025
She was in a candlelit hut in the Himalayas. Then her future husband walked through the door
April 11, 2025
Japan is gearing up for trade negotiations with the United States that will likely touch on the thorny topic of currency policy, with some
April 10, 2025
Thailand will cut tariffs on imports of corn from the United States, but volumes still need to be finalised, the finance minister said on Friday.
April 11, 2025
India and the U.S. have finalised terms of reference for talks over the first part of a bilateral trade deal, an Indian trade official said on
April 11, 2025
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April 11, 2025
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April 11, 2025
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April 11, 2025
In hope of avoiding punishing U.S. tariffs, Vietnam is prepared to crack down on Chinese goods being shipped to the United States via its territory and will
April 11, 2025
A reordering of global trading relationships could be underway as the world’s two largest economies clash and relations spiral into a trade war
April 11, 2025
Former South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol moved back on Friday with his wife and their 11 dogs and cats to their apartment in an upscale district of Seoul, close to the prosecutors
April 11, 2025
China is delaying approval for plans by Chinese automakers Geely and BYD to produce cars in Latin America as U.S. tariffs fuel trade and economic uncertainties, two people with knowledge
April 11, 2025
India's industrial output in February was its weakest since August 2024, hurt by slowing manufacturing and mining sector growth, government data released on Friday showed.
April 11, 2025
China is looking to mend a strained trading relationship with the European Union, the last open major market for its products, to weather a trade war with the United
April 11, 2025
As Donald Trump's grand plan to redefine global trade whipsaws the U.S. dollar, investors who hold tens of trillions' worth assets in the currency may for the
April 11, 2025
Five senior members of Hong Kong's Democratic Party, the city's biggest and last remaining major opposition party, say that Chinese
April 11, 2025
Xi says China ‘not afraid’ as Beijing raises tariffs on US goods to 125% in latest escalation of trade war
April 11, 2025
South Korea's top trade envoy said on Friday his U.S. counterpart signaled a willingness to reach a deal over tariffs and that Seoul will negotiate in the best interests of the
April 11, 2025
Former South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol left the presidential residence in Seoul on Friday for his private home, a week after the Constitutional Court removed him from office over his ill-fated imposition of martial law in December
April 11, 2025
China's economy likely slowed down in the first quarter while 2025 growth is expected to lag last year's pace, a Reuters poll showed, ramping up pressure for more
April 11, 2025
China's Anker, one of Amazon's largest sellers offering products from power banks to phone cases, has raised prices on a fifth of its products on the U.S. platform since
April 11, 2025
Hong Kong's main opposition Democratic Party is considering disbanding amid a years-long national security crackdown by China after mass pro-democracy protests in 2019.
April 11, 2025
President Xi Jinping told Spain's prime minister on Friday that China and the European Union must join together in defending globalisation and
April 11, 2025
The global trade war might have been reduced to a battle between Beijing and Washington for now, but a bruising week for markets has left policymakers at the ECB and in emerging economies
April 11, 2025
China's exports likely picked up pace in March, as factories rushed out shipments ahead of U.S.
April 11, 2025
In just a week, the dollar has gone from a safe haven to investors' whipping boy as U.S.
April 11, 2025
A sophisticated network of fake social media accounts sprang to the impassioned defence of former Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte after he was sent to the
April 11, 2025
Tesla has suspended taking new orders for Model S and Model X vehicles on its Chinese website, Reuters checks showed on Friday, as the world's two largest economies exchange blows
April 11, 2025
Japan’s biggest Yakuza crime group pledges to end decade-long gang war
April 11, 2025
Taiwan is to be included in the first batch of trading partners to hold talks with Washington, President Lai Ching-te said on Friday, as his economy
April 11, 2025
India wants to tackle its mounting e-waste problem. Global electronics companies say the cost is too high.
April 11, 2025
Chinese President Xi Jinping begins a three-nation tour of Southeast Asia next week, his first overseas trip this year, aiming to consolidate ties with some of China's closest
April 11, 2025
Online fast-fashion retailer Shein has secured approval from Britain's Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) for its planned initial public
April 11, 2025
China and the West should join in supporting multilateralism and open cooperation, Chinese President Xi Jinping has told Spain’s visiting Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez, underscoring China’s opposition to U.S. demands amid global economic uncertainty caused by a chaotic U.S. tariff policy
April 11, 2025
Taiwan prosecutors on Friday for the first time charged a Chinese ship captain with intentionally damaging undersea cables off the island in February,
April 11, 2025
The Reserve Bank of India's rate-cutting cycle could be deeper than expected as downside risks to growth and a benign inflation outlook could prompt the central
April 11, 2025
China has pledged emergency humanitarian assistance of 1 billion yuan ($137 million) to earthquake-stricken Myanmar, its embassy in the southeast Asian nation said.
April 11, 2025
Japanese households' inflation expectations heightened in the three months to March, a Bank of Japan survey showed on Friday, keeping the central bank under pressure
April 11, 2025
Japan's core inflation probably accelerated in March from the previous month as rice prices rose, a Reuters poll showed, a sign of persistent cost pressure that is likely to
April 11, 2025
Former South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol returned to his private home on Friday from the official residence after his removal from office, with crowds
April 11, 2025
China, Japan and South Korea finance and central bank officials met and discussed the impact of U.S. tariffs on the global and regional macroeconomic situation, China's central bank
April 11, 2025
Japan's Nikkei share average slumped on Friday in a brutal end to a volatile week as investors worried about the economic fallout from the rapidly escalating U.S.-China trade war as
April 10, 2025
The Philippine central bank is taking a cautious approach to policy easing this year to avoid overheating the economy and reigniting inflation, which has been on a downward trend,
April 11, 2025
Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway has priced a 6-tranche yen denominated bond totalling 90 billion yen ($626.70 million), according to a term sheet
April 11, 2025
Architect Sou Fujimoto: Expo 2025 is ‘a precious opportunity to come together’
April 11, 2025
South Korea has established diplomatic relations with Syria’s new Islamist government months after longtime leader Bashar Assad was ousted
April 11, 2025
Hyatt Hotels is betting on India's rising population and consumer spending power to help the U.S. hotel chain keep up revenue growth in the double-digit percentage
April 10, 2025
China's Commerce Minister Wang Wentao had discussions with his Saudi Arabian and South African counterparts to exchange views on responding to the United States' "reciprocal
April 10, 2025
Chinese property developer Country Garden said on Friday it had reached an agreement with a key bondholder group and was close to finalising negotiations
April 10, 2025
South Korea and Syria have signed an agreement in Damascus establishing diplomatic relations, the South Korean foreign ministry said on Friday, opening new ties with a traditional
April 10, 2025
Imposing tariffs on U.S. imports from the Philippines could affect the U.S. ally's ability to afford U.S. weapons systems and a long-
April 10, 2025
U.S. stocks surrendered a chunk of their historic gains from the day before as President Donald Trump’s trade war continues to threaten the economy
April 09, 2025
Myanmar’s deadly earthquake exposes void left by US in global disaster responses
April 10, 2025
Jawbone dredged up from the seafloor expands the range of a mysterious species of ancient human
April 10, 2025
A Pakistani-born Canadian businessman accused of helping orchestrate the 2008 attacks in Mumbai, one of India's deadliest, arrived in New Delhi on Thursday after the U.S.
April 10, 2025
Chinese tea chain Chagee said on Thursday it was targeting a valuation of up to $5.1 billion in its U.S. initial public offering, braving choppy market
April 10, 2025
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