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
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Hong Kong suspends package postal service to the US after Trump’s tariff hikes
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28-year-old former MLS player dies after falling from 11th floor balcony in China
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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
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
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
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
Malaysia's trade minister will travel to the United States on April 24 to meet the U.S.
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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
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'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
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
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
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
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
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
Taiwan's TSMC on Thursday lifted some share prices in Asia and Europe amid U.S.
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
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
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
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 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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Bank of Japan policymakers on Thursday warned of heightening uncertainty over the fallout from U.S.
April 17, 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
One of the biggest stars of Philippine cinema in a career spanning seven decades, Nora Aunor has died
April 16, 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
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
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 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
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
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North Korea has threatened retaliation after the U.S. flew long-range bombers over South Korea during training with its forces
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
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
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
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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 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
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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. 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
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
U.S. stocks dropped as the costs of U.S. restrictions on global trade compounded
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
Nvidia, caught in the US-China trade war, takes a $5.5 billion hit
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Chinese factories are taking the trade war somewhere new
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
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
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
Chinese President Xi Jinping called on Wednesday for Asian nations to unite in resisting geopolitical confrontation, unilateralism
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
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
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
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 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
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
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
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
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
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 on Wednesday unexpectedly appointed a new trade negotiator key in any talks to resolve the escalating tariff war with the
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
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
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
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 new home prices stabilised in March after a slight month-on-month dip in February, as government support measures struggled to
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 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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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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
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
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Japan's core machinery orders rose 4.3% in February from the previous month, government data showed on Wednesday.
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
North Korea’s sacred Mount Paektu designated as UNESCO Global Geopark
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
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
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
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
Oil prices were little changed on Tuesday as investors digested the latest headlines on U.S.
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
Trump administration looking at closing nearly 30 overseas embassies and consulates
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
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
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
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
Boeing shares fall on report that China has halted its deliveries as part of trade war
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Extended heatwave in India, Pakistan to test survivability limits, with temperatures reaching Death Valley levels
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 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
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 will seek full removal of additional tariffs imposed by U.S.
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
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
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
China accused the United States National Security Agency (NSA) on Tuesday of launching "advanced" cyberattacks during the Asian Winter
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
China urges Vietnam to resist ‘unilateral bullying’ as Xi tries to rally region in face of Trump tariffs
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
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
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
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
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
North Korea is making what could be its largest, most advanced warship ever, new satellite photos show
April 14, 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
Former Malaysian Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi died on Monday, aged 85, his family and medical authorities reported.
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
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
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
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
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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
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
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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
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
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
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
South Korea's acting President Han Duck-soo said on Monday U.S.
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 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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Hong Joon-pyo, the ex-mayor of the South Korean city of Daegu, announced his bid for the presidency on Monday.
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
Since South Korea's Constitutional Court ousted President Yoon Suk Yeol this month, he has lost presidential immunity and is vulnerable to additional charges on top of an ongoing
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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
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
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
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
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
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 exports likely picked up pace in March, as factories rushed out shipments ahead of U.S.
April 11, 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
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
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
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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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
A mysterious ocean glow reported for over 400 years has stumped scientists. A new study could offer clues
April 12, 2025
Jawbone from ancient land bridge reveals a mysterious human ancestor
April 12, 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
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
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
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
More than one hundred Chinese citizens fighting for the Russian military against Ukraine are mercenaries who do not appear to
April 11, 2025
Seoul Mayor Oh Se-hoon will not run for president of South Korea, Yonhap news agency reported on Saturday.
April 12, 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
When Samsung Electronics chairman Jay Y. Lee met Vietnam's prime minister in July, he had a simple message to convey.
April 12, 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
Xi says China ‘not afraid’ as Beijing raises tariffs on US goods to 125% in latest escalation of trade war
April 11, 2025
Benchmark 10-year U.S.
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
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April 11, 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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
She was in a candlelit hut in the Himalayas. Then her future husband walked through the door
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
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
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 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
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
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
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
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
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
Japan’s biggest Yakuza crime group pledges to end decade-long gang war
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
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 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
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
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
Hamburger Hill, Hue, the Ia Drang Valley, Khe Sanh: Some remember the Vietnam War battles from the headlines of the 1960s and 1970s, others from movies and history books
April 10, 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
In just a week, the dollar has gone from a safe haven to investors' whipping boy as U.S.
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
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
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
Online fast-fashion retailer Shein has secured approval from Britain's Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) for its planned initial public
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
India wants to tackle its mounting e-waste problem. Global electronics companies say the cost is too high.
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Myanmar’s deadly earthquake exposes void left by US in global disaster responses
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
Jawbone dredged up from the seafloor expands the range of a mysterious species of ancient human
April 10, 2025
The top U.S. commander in the Pacific is warning senators that the military support that China and North Korea are providing to Russia in its war on Ukraine risks security in his region as Moscow provides critical military assistance to both in return
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
The European Union and China have agreed to look into setting minimum prices of Chinese-made electric vehicles instead of tariffs imposed by the EU last year, a European Commission
April 10, 2025
China reaffirmed its support on Thursday for peace efforts in Ukraine and said relevant parties should avoid "irresponsible remarks", in an apparent jab at President Volodymyr
April 10, 2025
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April 10, 2025
Chilean copper giant Codelco is seeing strong demand for the red metal from China in the second quarter, the firm's chairman told Reuters on Thursday.
April 10, 2025
Researchers say a fossil jawbone discovered in Taiwan belonged to an enigmatic group of early human ancestors
April 10, 2025
China is reaching out to other nations as the U.S. layers on tariffs, in what appears to be an attempt by Beijing to form a united front to compel Washington to retreat
April 10, 2025
The Taliban morality police in Afghanistan have detained men and their barbers over hairstyles and others for missing prayers at mosques during the holy month of Ramadan
April 10, 2025
Ukrainian intelligence has identified 155 Chinese citizens fighting for Russia, Zelensky says
April 09, 2025
South Korean opposition leader Lee Jae-myung, widely seen as the front-runner in a presidential by-election triggered by the removal of President Yoon Suk Yeol last week over his ill-fated imposition of martial law, officially announced his presidential bid on Thursday, vowing to heal a starkly divided nation through economic growth
April 10, 2025
US ‘alarmed’ as American faces years in jail on charges of insulting Thai monarchy
April 08, 2025
South Korea's top trade envoy Cheong In-kyo said on Thursday that U.S.
April 09, 2025
Chinese producers of plastic Christmas trees and other festive decorations say orders from U.S. clients, which are crucial for their business
April 09, 2025
Ukraine has expanded on its claim that significant numbers of Chinese nationals are fighting for Russia’s invading army, saying it had gathered detailed intelligence on more than 150 mercenaries Moscow allegedly recruited through social media
April 09, 2025
Lego has opened a $1 billion factory in Vietnam that it says will make toys without adding planet-warming gas to the atmosphere by relying entirely on clean energy
April 09, 2025
Kim Shin-jo, a prominent North Korean commando who resettled in South Korea as a pastor after his daring mission to assassinate then South Korean President Park Chung-hee in 1968 failed, has died
April 09, 2025
U.S. stocks soared to one of their best days in history on a euphoric Wall Street after President Donald Trump said he would back off on most of his tariffs temporarily
April 09, 2025
In a stunning reversal, U.S.
April 09, 2025
Oil prices surged from a four-year low on Wednesday and gold rallied in a broad-based commodities and equity market rebound after U.S.
April 09, 2025
Stock indexes posted their biggest one-day gains in years, with the S&P 500 recording its largest rise since 2008, while the dollar gained and Treasuries
April 09, 2025
US stocks skyrocket higher after Trump signals shift in trade policy
April 09, 2025
President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Wednesday that Ukrainian intelligence had information about 155 Chinese citizens fighting for the Russian military against
April 09, 2025
Stocks surged to one of their biggest gains since World War II after President Donald Trump paused his tariffs against most other nations, as investors had desperately hoped he would
April 09, 2025
U.S. President Donald Trump's administration has reversed cuts in emergency food aid to several nations but maintained them in Afghanistan and Yemen, two of the world’s poorest countries
April 09, 2025
Oil prices climbed more than 4% on Wednesday, bouncing back from four-year lows earlier in the session, after U.S.
April 09, 2025
Pakistan says U.S. companies are interested in investing in the country's largely untapped minerals sector
April 09, 2025
U.S.
April 09, 2025
Canada, chair of the Group of Seven advanced economies, is working with Japan and the European Union to maintain global stability in
April 09, 2025
The U.S. dollar rebounded against safe-haven currencies including the yen and Swiss franc on Wednesday after President Donald Trump announced a
April 09, 2025
Spain will pursue closer trade ties with China in the interests of its citizens and of the EU, its agriculture minister Luis Planas said on Wednesday, rejecting a U.S. warning that
April 09, 2025
A company controlled by Hong Kong-based CK Hutchison has invested $1.7 billion in two ports near the Panama Canal, it said on Wednesday, surpassing
April 09, 2025
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April 09, 2025
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April 09, 2025
The head of U.S. forces for the Indo-Pacific, Admiral Samuel Paparo, said on Wednesday he would be advocating "most strongly" for the continuation of USAID funding to the Pacific
April 09, 2025
Fact check: Trump falsely claims Biden ‘terminated’ South Korea deal Biden actually made
April 09, 2025
Soil and rocks returned from the moon's far side suggest it may be drier than the side constantly facing Earth
April 09, 2025
China's commerce ministry slapped restrictions on more than a dozen U.S. defence firms on Wednesday after President Donald Trump made good on his threat to
April 09, 2025
Hundreds of Indonesians are flocking to buy gold bars, betting that the precious metal's value could shield them from tougher economic times ahead as the currency
April 09, 2025
Indian tycoon Vijay Mallya on Wednesday lost an appeal against a bankruptcy order made by London's High Court over a more than 1 billion-pound ($1.28 billion) debt to lenders
April 09, 2025
China needs to implement more proactive macroeconomic policies and roll them out in a timely manner as "external shocks" have put pressures to China's economic stabilisation,
April 09, 2025
India is considering measures such as extending interest subsidies on bank loans and offering incentives to help exporters to diversify amid rising global uncertainty after the
April 09, 2025
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April 09, 2025
China's yuan ended at its weakest level in more than 17 years on Wednesday after its offshore counterpart fell to a record low overnight, as an escalating Sino-U.S.
April 09, 2025
China is set to receive about 3 million metric tons of U.S. soybeans in April-May, according to sources and shipping data, despite new higher tariffs on
April 09, 2025
China began censoring some tariff-related content on social media on Wednesday after U.S. "reciprocal" tariffs on dozens of countries took effect,
April 09, 2025
China on Wednesday said that any deal for TikTok had to comply with Chinese law, reiterating an earlier stance when asked about U.S.
April 09, 2025
China's car exports will likely face greater than forecast pressure this year as U.S. tariff hikes hit the economies of important overseas markets hard, potentially curbing consumer
April 09, 2025
South Korea's trade and industry minister Ahn Duk-geun said on Wednesday that potential cooperation with Washington in the shipbuilding sector is a "very important
April 09, 2025
Apple supplier Luxshare is in talks with customers on ways to respond to U.S. tariffs by shifting more production outside China, including the
April 09, 2025
Taiwan's Foxconn sees Japan as a big opportunity for growing its electric vehicle business and hopes to agree on partnerships with Japanese companies as soon as possible, an
April 09, 2025
Toymaker Lego has opened a new factory in southern Vietnam, it said on Wednesday, as the company aims for long-term growth in the Asia Pacific region and
April 09, 2025
Global markets were took a beating again on Wednesday as U.S.
April 09, 2025
Ukraine says it captured two Chinese nationals fighting in Russian army
April 08, 2025
China vows ‘resolute and effective measures’ after Trump’s 104% tariffs take effect
April 09, 2025
Quake-stricken Myanmar is still in desperate need of medical assistance, field hospitals and shelters, Thailand's foreign minister said, stressing the importance of a
April 09, 2025
China's top leaders plan to meet as soon as Wednesday to hammer out measures to boost the economy and stabilise capital markets, people with knowledge of the matter said, as trade war with
April 09, 2025
President Donald Trump's administration is considering softening its proposed fee on China-linked ships visiting U.S. ports after a flood
April 08, 2025
Japan's Seven & i Holdings said on Wednesday fourth-quarter profit dropped 15%, a result that could hamper its ability to fend off a takeover attempt by Canada's
April 09, 2025
Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto says that his country will offer temporary shelter to Palestinian medical evacuees and children orphaned by the Israel-Hamas war in Gaza
April 09, 2025
Indonesia's central bank will act boldly to maintain rupiah stability by intervening in the spot, domestic non-deliverable forwards, and bond markets, a deputy
April 09, 2025
CF Industries said on Tuesday it has formed a joint venture with Japan's largest power generator, JERA, and trading house Mitsui & Co to build one of the world's largest low-carbon ammonia
April 09, 2025
China on Wednesday vowed to take resolute and effective measures to safeguard its rights and interests, after U.S.
April 09, 2025
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) lowered its key repo rate on Wednesday for a second consecutive time and changed its monetary policy stance
April 09, 2025
President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said that Ukrainian forces had captured two Chinese men fighting for Russia in eastern Ukraine, potentially threatening
April 08, 2025
South Korean battery maker Samsung SDI, is cutting by 14% the price of new shares it will sell to raise 2 trillion won ($1.4 billion), as the global markets' selloff triggered by U.S.
April 08, 2025
European trade commissioner Maros Sefcovic has postponed a planned trip to Vietnam this week due to "the latest international developments," the EU delegation in Hanoi said.
April 09, 2025
Asian buyers are reducing purchases of U.S. agricultural goods as Washington's planned fees on China-linked vessels and sweeping import duties on key regional
April 09, 2025
The operator of Uniqlo, Japan's Fast Retailing, is expected to post another quarter of strong earnings on Thursday, but the focus will be on how the global clothing
April 09, 2025
China's new yuan loans likely rebounded in March after a sharp fall in February, a Reuters poll showed on Wednesday, as policymakers pledged fresh
April 09, 2025
Bank of Japan Governor Kazuo Ueda said on Wednesday the central bank will continue to raise interest rates if the economy keeps recovering, but will scrutinise "without pre-
April 09, 2025
Bank of Japan Governor Kazuo Ueda said the central bank must scrutinise "without preconception" whether the economy is on track to meet its projection, suggesting the
April 08, 2025
Japan's Nikkei share average slipped on Wednesday, ending nearly 4% lower in a broad sell-off, as traders gauged concerns over a potential economic slowdown amid an intensifying trade
April 08, 2025
Japanese retailer Seven & i Holdings is
April 08, 2025
Ukraine's president says the military has captured two Chinese men fighting alongside the Russian army in the eastern Donetsk region
April 08, 2025
A Hong Kong court sentenced a prominent social worker on Wednesday to 3 years and 9 months imprisonment for rioting during the city's 2019 pro-democracy protests,
April 09, 2025
The leaders of Vietnam and Spain on Wednesday pledged to boost economic ties and defence cooperation and voiced their support for upholding free trade, at a time when both are hit
April 09, 2025
The Reserve Bank of India cut its key repo rate on Wednesday for a second consecutive time and changed its monetary policy stance to "accommodative" from "neutral" to boost the sluggish
April 09, 2025
Taiwan hopes that it can come to a quick agreement with the United States to resolve tariffs and has already approached Washington to discuss the issue, a senior Taiwanese official
April 09, 2025
The 24% tariff rate imposed by the United States on Malaysian exports could affect growth although policies already in place will help to mitigate the impact, Malaysia's
April 09, 2025
A look at the day ahead in European and global markets from Ankur Banerjee As the next leg of the rapidly escalating trade war comes into view, investors remain shell-shocked, extending a deep stock
April 09, 2025
The mayor of Seoul, Oh Se-hoon, will announce his bid for the South Korean presidency, Yonhap News Agency reported on Wednesday.
April 09, 2025
Vietnam's Deputy Prime Minister is set to talk on Wednesday with U.S.
April 09, 2025
Top Chinese brokerages have pledged to help steady domestic share prices in a concerted effort, the Shanghai bourse said, and scores of listed companies unveiled stock
April 09, 2025
South Korea's main opposition party head Lee Jae-myung said on Wednesday he was stepping down as party leader, amid expectations that the current populist
April 09, 2025
A Hong Kong social worker has been sentenced to three years and nine months in prison for rioting after she tried to mediate between protesters and police at the 2019 anti-government protests
April 09, 2025
Tariffs on China set to rise to at least 104% on Wednesday, White House says
April 08, 2025
Japanese Finance Minister Katsunobu Kato on Wednesday ruled out using the country's U.S.
April 09, 2025
Japanese Finance Minister Katsunobu Kato said on Wednesday trade negotiations with the United States could include discussions on foreign exchange rates.
April 09, 2025
The powerful sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un on Wednesday mocked Washington and its Asian allies for what she called their “daydream” of denuclearizing the North, insisting that the country will never give up its nuclear weapons program
April 09, 2025
A handful of major Chinese companies like home appliance maker Midea have new badges of honour this year: mandatory clock-off times for
April 08, 2025
The U.S.
April 09, 2025
Indonesia is ready to temporarily shelter Palestinians hit by the war in Gaza, President Prabowo Subianto said on Wednesday, estimating there could be 1,000 in the first wave, as he
April 08, 2025
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing could face a penalty of $1 billion or more to settle a U.S. export control investigation over a chip it made that ended up inside a
April 08, 2025
South Korea on Wednesday announced emergency support measures for its auto sector, seeking to reduce the blow of U.S.
April 08, 2025
The ‘Shinkansen kiss’: Japan’s little-known rail spectacle that attracts trainspotters from around the world
April 09, 2025
The full implementation of U.S. tariffs could cut developing Asia's growth by about a third of a percentage point this year and nearly a full percentage point in 2026, the Asian
April 08, 2025
The United States said on Tuesday that 104% duties on imports from China will take effect shortly after midnight, even as
April 08, 2025
China slammed US Vice President JD Vance for his comments about “Chinese peasants” in an interview with Fox News that has drawn widespread ire and ridicule on China’s internet – and comparisons with Vance’s own self-proclaimed “hillbilly” background.
April 08, 2025
Continued tariff escalation between the United States and China presents a downside risk to a 2025 full-year real GDP forecast of 4.5% for China, Goldman Sachs said in a note.
April 08, 2025
Western intelligence agencies warned on Tuesday of an increasing threat from Beijing's security services to use malicious mobile phone applications to surveil Taiwanese
April 08, 2025
North Korea's status as a nuclear weapons state can never be reversed, no matter how much the United States and its Asian allies demand it, state media reported on Wednesday, citing
April 08, 2025
South Korea's central bank may be forced to bring forward or deepen interest rate cuts this year as Asia's fourth-largest economy grapples with the risk of recession
April 08, 2025
A majority of Singaporeans have yet to decide which party to vote for ahead of a general election this year, but most of those who have made up their minds would back the ruling
April 08, 2025
U.S. stocks dove following another stunning reversal
April 07, 2025
U.S.
April 07, 2025
Major stock indexes fell on Tuesday as the trade war between the United States and China intensified, while oil prices and the U.S. dollar also eased.
April 08, 2025
Oil prices settled down more than $1 a barrel on Tuesday at a four-year low as investors priced in an increasing likelihood of a recession due to the
April 08, 2025
Japan is sending a team to negotiate on trade, U.S.
April 07, 2025
The U.S.
April 08, 2025
The Euro gained on Tuesday following reports that German political parties had agreed to form a coalition, while the U.S. dollar
April 08, 2025
U.S. stocks dropped after a second day of stunning reversals
April 08, 2025
Iran’s foreign minister says he’ll meet with U.S. envoy Steve Witkoff in Oman for the first negotiations under the Trump administration seeking to halt Tehran’s rapidly advancing nuclear program
April 08, 2025
Stellantis has stopped making its Chinese partner Leapmotor's T03 small electric car in Poland and is assessing alternative production options, the Franco-Italian automaker said on
April 08, 2025
China lashes out at JD Vance for comments about ‘Chinese peasants’
April 08, 2025
Spain's Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez will be the first of a series of European leaders to head east following the announcement by U.S.
April 08, 2025
A Russian spacecraft safely delivered an American astronaut Jonathan Kim and two Russian cosmonauts to the International Space Station (ISS) on Tuesday, a flight hailed
April 08, 2025
As President Donald Trump and China spar over tariff hikes and other retaliatory moves, governments elsewhere are brainstorming over strategies for coping with the trade war between the world’s top two economies
April 08, 2025
Taiwan authorised the activation of its $15 billion stock stabilisation fund on Tuesday to prop up the market after two days of sharp falls in reaction to U.S.
April 08, 2025
Indonesia announced a raft of concessions on U.S. imports Tuesday, including reducing taxes on electronic goods and steel, ahead of trade
April 08, 2025
Russia sees no reason to discuss the possibility of signing a long-awaited peace treaty with Japan to formally end World War Two because of Tokyo's unfriendly stance towards Moscow,
April 08, 2025
Beijing, feeling boxed into a corner by the United States' intensifying tariff assault on China and any country that buys or
April 08, 2025
An American academic was arrested in Thailand on Tuesday charged with insulting the monarchy, in a rare prosecution of a foreigner under one of the world's strictest lese-majeste
April 08, 2025
Thailand will increase U.S. imports, lower some of the higher taxes on American goods and address non-tariff barriers, the finance minister said on Tuesday, as the government seeks
April 08, 2025
South Korea says its military has fired warning shots after North Korean soldiers crossed the border
April 08, 2025
China says it will “fight to the end” and take countermeasures against the United States to safeguard its own interests after President Donald Trump threatened an additional 50% tariff on Chinese imports
April 08, 2025
Pakistani star’s Bollywood return excites fans and riles far right
April 08, 2025
Daruma dolls are one of Japan’s most popular souvenirs. But where do they come from?
April 08, 2025
Citi cut China's GDP growth forecast to 4.2% from 4.7% for 2025, citing rising external risks.
April 08, 2025
Singapore Prime Minister Lawrence Wong said on Tuesday a 10% universal tariff rate imposed by the United States does not look open for negotiation and warned of potential
April 08, 2025
China's regulatory body for state assets said on Tuesday it would support central government-owned companies to increase their stock holdings and share buybacks to
April 08, 2025
Three Japanese companies have postponed the sale of 100 billion yen ($678.43 million) worth of yen-denominated bonds in the wake of global financial
April 08, 2025
Indonesia's stock market sank and the rupiah fell to a record low on Tuesday as markets reopened after an extended holiday break and reacted to global market
April 08, 2025
South Korea will hold a snap presidential election June 3 to choose Yoon Suk Yeol’s successor after the conservative was ousted over his imposition of martial law late last year
April 08, 2025
Hedge funds tracked by Morgan Stanley globally posted growing losses as markets tumbled last week after U.S.
April 08, 2025
Chinese manufacturers of goods from tableware to flooring are flagging profit warnings, scrambling to plan new overseas plants or accelerate offshore projects,
April 08, 2025
China's state planner said on Tuesday it held a meeting with private domestic companies, including Trina Solar, ride-hailing company Didi and Goertek, to hear suggestions about
April 08, 2025
German sports car maker Porsche delivered 8% fewer vehicles globally in the first quarter, it said on Tuesday, hit by declining demand in China and Europe.
April 08, 2025
Chinese agricultural stocks rose sharply on Tuesday as investors bet tariffs would limit U.S. agricultural imports and boost domestic producers, defying a broader market crash sparked by
April 08, 2025
Chinese state holding companies vowed on Tuesday to increase share investment while a slew of listed firms announced share buybacks as Beijing stepped up efforts to stabilise a
April 07, 2025
China vowed on Tuesday to "fight to the end" against U.S. tariffs as some citizens railed against President Donald Trump after he singled out
April 08, 2025
China and Hong Kong stocks regained some ground on Tuesday, steadying in the wake of stronger regional markets and government-led support after a brutal selloff triggered by
April 08, 2025
India is preparing to roll out its first school curriculum for Buddhist monasteries this month, aiming to unify education programmes and foster patriotism in
April 08, 2025
Pirelli is having difficulties investing in the United States because its largest shareholder is China's state-owned Sinochem, the Italian tyremaker's executive vice chairman Marco
April 08, 2025
Japan's Nikkei share average closed 6% higher on Tuesday, recovering from a 1-1/2-year low hit in the previous session, as investors scooped up stocks, encouraged by signs of a
April 07, 2025
Taiwan can have negotiations with the United States at any time on the tariffs issue, Foreign Minister Lin Chia-lung said on Tuesday, a day after the
April 08, 2025
China is using generative artificial intelligence (AI) to ramp up disinformation against Taiwan to "divide" Taiwan's public, the island's National Security Bureau said.
April 08, 2025
Fast-fashion retailer Shein is facing opposition from the Chinese government over its plans to shift some production out of the country, Bloomberg News reported on Tuesday, citing people
April 08, 2025
Any U.S. attempt to pull off a 1985 Plaza Accord-type coordinated depreciation of the dollar likely won't work as it would require the consent of China and Europe,
April 08, 2025
Chinese buyers of LNG are re-selling U.S.-sourced cargoes as tit-for-tat tariffs drive up import costs, and the trend is set to
April 08, 2025
Japan's bankruptcy filings in fiscal 2024 totalled 10,144, the most in 11 years, credit research firm Tokyo Shoko Research (TSR) said on Tuesday, amid rising uncertainties around the
April 08, 2025
Indonesia's annual inflation rate was 1.03% in March, the statistics bureau said on Tuesday, missing market expectations and also staying below the central bank's target range for
April 08, 2025
Vietnam will buy more American goods, including defence and security products, and has asked for a 45-day delay in the imposition of U.S. tariffs, Prime Minister Pham Minh
April 07, 2025
South Korea's Hanwha Aerospace will cut the size of a planned fundraising by one-third to 2.3 trillion won ($1.6 billion) to ensure the success of the financing, and
April 07, 2025
Hong Kong leader John Lee said on Tuesday the city would sign more free trade pacts to diversify its risk amid a global trade war triggered by what
April 08, 2025
Chinese autonomous driving technology developer DeepRoute.ai said on Tuesday it will cooperate with Qualcomm to develop "cost-effective" advanced driver assistance solutions based
April 08, 2025
Policymakers across Asia are preparing measures to support financial markets as a rout deepened following sweeping tariffs announced by U.S.
April 07, 2025
U.S.
April 07, 2025
China's central bank said on Tuesday it supported sovereign wealth fund Central Huijin Investment increasing its holdings in stock market index funds.
April 08, 2025
South Korea's government has approved June 3 as the date for a snap presidential election, following the removal from office of Yoon Suk Yeol last week over his short-lived
April 08, 2025
Japan's Economy Minister Ryosei Akazawa has been appointed as trade negotiator with the United States, the government's top spokesperson said on
April 08, 2025
Samsung Electronics on Tuesday flagged a much smaller-than-feared 0.2% fall in first-quarter operating profit, boosted by solid memory chip
April 07, 2025
Indian police have arrested a 24-year-old American Youtuber who visited an off-limits island in the Indian Ocean to try to establish contact with an isolated tribe known for attacking intruders
April 07, 2025
A global trade war touched off by U.S.
April 07, 2025
Canada said on Monday the most popular news account on Chinese social media platform WeChat was pushing false narratives about Prime Minister Mark Carney in a bid to influence the
April 07, 2025
US stocks careened after President Donald Trump threatened to crank his tariffs higher, despite a stunning display showing how much Wall Street wants him to do the opposite
April 06, 2025
Most major stock indexes ended a turbulent Monday lower as U.S. President Donald Trump showed no sign of easing up on his global trade war, while U.S.
April 06, 2025
U.S. stocks careened after President Donald Trump threatened to crank his tariffs higher on Monday
April 07, 2025
U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent will lead trade negotiations with Japan, the Nikkei newspaper reported on Tuesday.
April 07, 2025
Oil prices slid 2% to a near four-year low on Monday on worries U.S.
April 06, 2025
The U.S. dollar weakened against the safe-haven Swiss franc in mixed trading on Monday as concerns about a global recession heightened
April 06, 2025
Pakistan's military says its security forces have raided a militant hideout in the restive northwest near the Afghan border and killed nine militants
April 07, 2025
Danish drugmaker Novo Nordisk is looking at an early launch of its blockbuster weight-loss drug Wegovy in India to better compete with rival Eli Lilly in the
April 07, 2025
Some hedge funds say they are offloading all or most of their holdings of stocks as U.S.
April 07, 2025
The impact from U.S. President Donald Trump's blast of tariff hikes is reverberating across world markets as America's trading partners puzzle over whether there is room for negotiating better deals
April 07, 2025
U.S. military shipbuilder Huntington Ingalls and South Korea's HD Hyundai Heavy Industries have signed an agreement to explore opportunities to increase production in commercial and
April 07, 2025
Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba said on Monday he told U.S.
April 07, 2025
McLaren remains the team to beat in Formula 1, but Max Verstappen’s victorious drive for Red Bull at the Japanese Grand Prix Sunday proves only excellence is good enough
April 07, 2025
Chinese electric vehicle giant BYD launched on Monday its premium Denza brand in Europe, aiming to support its expansion in the region and compete with top-end
April 07, 2025
China on Monday accused the U.S. of unilateralism, protectionism and economic bullying with tariffs, while calling on representatives of American companies including Tesla, to “take concrete actions” to resolve the tariffs
April 07, 2025
German carmaker Mercedes-Benz said on Monday its first-quarter unit sales of cars and vans fell 7%, hit by declining demand in China and Europe.
April 07, 2025
Middle East stock markets are tumbling as they struggle with the dual hit of U.S. tariffs and a sharp decline in oil prices
April 07, 2025
What matters in U.S. and global markets today By Mike Dolan, Editor-At-Large, Financial Industry and Financial Markets Forget about those puts.
April 07, 2025
Saudi Arabia, the world's top oil exporter, on Sunday slashed its prices for Asian buyers to close to their lowest level in four years, adding to speculation it is
April 06, 2025
Threats and pressure are not the right way to deal with China, a Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson said on Monday after describing U.S.
April 07, 2025
Honda Motor said on Monday that it had accepted the resignation of Executive Vice President Shinji Aoyama which followed an allegation of inappropriate conduct during a social
April 07, 2025
Taiwan's central bank said on Monday that it will intervene if necessary to ensure the stability of the Taiwan dollar exchange rate and that it has "sufficient ability" to deal with
April 07, 2025
The European Union wants India to eliminate tariffs on car imports under a long-pending trade deal and Prime Minister Narendra Modi's
April 07, 2025
U.S.
April 07, 2025
Japanese technology investment group SoftBank Group plans to raise 600 billion yen ($4.10 billion) by issuing bonds to retail investors, it said in a filing on Monday
April 07, 2025
Rice crisis: Japan releases strategic reserves to ease prices of nation’s most important food
April 07, 2025
Super Rat: the record-setting rodent sniffing out landmines and saving lives
April 07, 2025
India's central bank could tolerate a sharper depreciation of the rupee if China lets the yuan weaken to cushion the impact of U.S. tariffs,
April 07, 2025
Microsoft's joint venture Wicresoft will cease its China operations from Tuesday, a move that will lead to the layoff of about 2,000 staff, Chinese media outlet Caijing reported on
April 07, 2025
Chinese battery giant CATL is in talks to buy a controlling stake in electric vehicle maker Nio's power unit, which runs more than 3,000 battery swapping stations in China, four
April 07, 2025
Global credit markets began to come under fire on Monday, driving the cost of insuring against corporate and sovereign default higher, as
April 07, 2025
The Bank of Japan said uncertainty over Japan's economy was growing as some firms worried about the hit to profits from higher U.S. duties, a sign that President
April 07, 2025
China intervened on Monday to support domestic stocks plunging on U.S. tariff woes, with a sovereign wealth fund increasing its holdings in
April 07, 2025
Taiwan stocks plummeted almost 10% on Monday, the biggest one-day percentage fall on record, in the first trading since U.S. tariffs were announced last
April 06, 2025
Global markets plunge: Trump’s tariff turmoil sends European and Asian stocks into tailspin
April 07, 2025
China's foreign ministry said on Monday the country had lodged representations with the United States over reports that a Taiwan delegation was in Washington to meet with the Trump
April 07, 2025
The United States has blocked imports of sea salt products from a major South Korean salt farm accused of using slave labor, becoming the first trade partner to take punitive action against a decadeslong problem on salt farms in remote islands off South Korea’s southwest coast
April 07, 2025
Singapore is expected to further ease monetary policy at next week's review, following a move in January, as U.S. tariffs against its trading partners cast a
April 07, 2025
Indonesia wants a fair and equal relationship with the U.S., and will pursue diplomacy to address a 32% tariff rate imposed by the Trump administration, President Prabowo Subianto
April 07, 2025
China's move to impose 34% tariffs on all U.S. goods in a tit-for-tat blow against U.S. President Donald Trump is set to roil industries from aviation to agriculture.
April 07, 2025
China's Vice Commerce Minister Ling Ji told U.S. companies including Tesla and GE Healthcare that the country would always protect the rights of foreign-funded firms in China, including
April 07, 2025
Global investors have yearned for clarity over U.S. President Donald Trump's tariffs, but now they have it, they don't much like what they see.
April 04, 2025
A look at the day ahead in European and global markets from Wayne Cole Another day, another rout in Asian markets as President Trump shows no sign of backing away from his tariff plans
April 07, 2025
India may still meet its 6.3%-6.8% growth projection for the 2025/26 fiscal year that started on April 1 despite global disruptions from new
April 07, 2025
China's Horizon Robotics announced on Monday that it would cooperate with Volkswagen on advanced driver assistance solution, extending its co-operation with the German automaker.
April 07, 2025
Goldman Sachs has raised the odds of a U.S. recession to 45% in the next 12 months, joining other investment banks in revising their forecast as fears of a trade war grip markets
April 07, 2025
South Korea's finance minister said on Monday the government would prepare support measures for sectors with urgent needs, ahead of U.S.
April 07, 2025
Samsung Electronics' television business is expected to be less affected by U.S. tariffs than rivals because most of its TVs sold in North America are produced in Mexico, an
April 07, 2025
Run rates for China's struggling independent oil refiners have nudged up recently, but still face near-term pressure over tepid domestic fuel demand
April 07, 2025
LG Energy Solution (LGES), an electric vehicle (EV) battery supplier for General Motors and Tesla, estimated on Monday a 138% rise in its quarterly operating profit.
April 07, 2025
The Indian rupee will track the dollar and Chinese yuan's reaction to escalating global trade tensions this week, while the domestic central
April 07, 2025
A Russian court in Vladivostok slightly cut the sentence of U.S. soldier Gordon Black who was jailed last year after being found guilty of stealing $113 from his girlfriend and making
April 07, 2025
The Australian dollar dived to five-year lows on Monday, slammed by fears that a tit-for-tat global trade war would send the global economy into a recession, which had
April 07, 2025
Hong Kong and Chinese stocks dived on Monday as markets around the world crumbled in the face of a widening global trade war and fears it will unleash a deep recession.
April 07, 2025
Goldman Sachs said it expects Chinese policymakers to accelerate fiscal easing measures significantly to offset the drag on growth from higher tariffs
April 06, 2025
Billionaire fund manager Bill Ackman, who endorsed Donald Trump's run for President, said the U.S. leader was losing the confidence of business leaders and should pause his trade
April 07, 2025
Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba said on Monday the government will continue to ask U.S.
April 06, 2025
South Korea's cabinet is expected to finalise a June 3 date for a presidential election following the removal of Yoon Suk Yeol last week for his short-lived martial law declaration,
April 06, 2025
India's economic growth could slow by 20-40 basis points in the ongoing financial year due to the latest U.S. tariffs, which would prompt deeper interest rate cuts by
April 04, 2025
Toyota aims to have about 15 electric vehicle models developed on its own by 2027 and is targeting production of about 1 million cars a year by then, the Nikkei newspaper said on
April 06, 2025
Japanese real wages dropped for a second straight month in February due to higher inflation, labour ministry data showed on Monday, amid broader worries in Japan about the impact of
April 06, 2025
Samsung Electronics is expected to forecast a 21% drop in the first quarter profit on Tuesday, hurt by sluggish sales of artificial intelligence chips and continued
April 06, 2025
How far can you go without a map and smartphone in Japan? US gamer Ludwig Ahgren tries to find out
April 06, 2025
Wanted world leaders cast a wary eye at The Hague as Duterte languishes in ICC custody
April 05, 2025
Ai Ogura and how MotoGP’s American dream could lie in Japanese hands
April 05, 2025
Taiwan's President Lai Ching-te on Sunday offered zero tariffs as the basis for talks with the U.S., pledging to remove trade barriers rather than imposing reciprocal measures and
April 06, 2025
Max Verstappen wins tense Japanese Grand Prix as teenage sensation Andrea Kimi Antonelli makes F1 history
April 06, 2025
India does not plan to retaliate against U.S.
April 06, 2025
Taiwan's top financial regulator said on Sunday it will impose temporary curbs on short-selling of shares to help deal with potential
April 06, 2025
Max Verstappen of Red Bull has won the Japanese Grand Prix, his first victory of the season and just the third in 17 races
April 05, 2025
North Korea on Sunday held its first Pyongyang International Marathon in six years, hosting foreign runners in the reclusive country that has largely closed its borders
April 05, 2025
Indonesia will not retaliate against U.S.
April 06, 2025
U.S. and Vietnamese businesses have asked the Trump administration to delay its planned 46% tariff on Vietnamese goods, saying the levy will hurt them and bilateral commercial
April 06, 2025
The speaker of South Korea's parliament on Sunday proposed revising the constitution to curb presidential powers, citing public support for such a move after President
April 06, 2025
Vietnam's economic growth slowed in the first quarter of the year, data showed on Sunday, ahead of challenges the export-reliant economy will face in
April 06, 2025
Reporters and human rights groups say the Trump administration's efforts to dismantle the U.S. Agency for Global Media have put dozens of journalists at risk, especially those who defied authoritarian regimes to help fulfill the U.S. mission of delivering uncensored news to parts of the world under repressive rule
April 06, 2025
Seven serious and unserious ‘White Lotus’ theories for the Season 3 finale
April 05, 2025
The confirmed death toll from last week’s massive earthquake in Myanmar has risen to 3,455, as U.N. agencies and foreign aid donors ramp up their emergency relief efforts
April 05, 2025
Several grass fires wreak havoc at Japanese Grand Prix qualifying as Max Verstappen sets new lap record
April 05, 2025
Closed doors and price hikes: Travel is getting expensive
April 05, 2025
Taiwan President Lai Ching-te met tech executives on Saturday to discuss how to respond to new U.S. tariffs, promising to ensure Taiwan's global competitiveness and safeguard the
April 05, 2025
Three U.S. aid workers were laid off while in Myanmar helping the rescue and recovery from the country's massive earthquake, a former senior staffer said, as the
April 05, 2025
The United Nations called for the world to rally behind quake-hit Myanmar on Saturday as the death toll rose to 3,354, while a former USAID official said a U.S. aid team had
April 05, 2025
China said on Saturday "the market has spoken" in rejecting U.S.
April 05, 2025
India and the United Arab Emirates agreed to develop an energy hub in Sri Lanka, India's foreign ministry said on Saturday, as New
April 05, 2025
Vietnamese budget airline VietJet is set to operate Chinese-made COMAC ARJ21-700 aircraft, also branded as C909, on domestic routes for the first time from mid-April, according to a
April 05, 2025
Max Verstappen of Red Bull will start from pole position in the Japanese Grand Prix after turning the top time in qualifying on Saturday in his final attempt
April 05, 2025
Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Manet has presided over the opening of an expansion of his country’s main naval base, which analysts and the U.S. government suspect will be used as a strategic outpost by China
April 05, 2025
The Philippines expressed alarm on Saturday over the arrest of three Filipinos in China on suspicion of espionage, saying they were ordinary citizens and the arrests could be
April 05, 2025
Nissan Motor is considering shifting some domestic production of U.S.-bound vehicles to the U.S., the Nikkei reported on Saturday, as President Donald Trump ramps up trade tariffs on
April 05, 2025
Taiwan's Foxconn, the world's largest contract electronics maker, posted its highest first-quarter revenue ever on strong demand for artificial intelligence products but said it
April 05, 2025
Rara Sekar, an Indonesian singer, draws inspiration from nature as she encourages people to return to simple living as a way to combat climate change
April 04, 2025
South Korea’s Constitutional Court has unanimously removed Yoon Suk Yeol as president after he threw the nation into turmoil by declaring martial law and sending troops to parliament in an ill-fated effort to break through legislative gridlock
April 03, 2025
Day after day, Chinese rescue teams haul children and elderly people from collapsed buildings
April 05, 2025
U.S.
April 04, 2025
Nintendo said it is delaying the start of pre-orders for the Switch 2 gaming device in the United States as it examines the potential impact of tariffs.
April 04, 2025
The head of Taiwan's National Security Council arrived in the United States for talks with President Donald Trump's administration, a
April 04, 2025
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un on Friday visited the military training base of the special operation units of the Korean People's Army, state media reported on Saturday.
April 04, 2025
China's retaliation on Friday against new U.S. tariffs is poised to accelerate Beijing's move towards alternative suppliers for
April 04, 2025
North Korea media reported on South Korea's Constitutional Court ruling to oust the country's impeached president, Yoon Suk-Yeol, state media KCNA said on Saturday.
April 04, 2025
Wall Street’s worst crisis since COVID slammed into a higher gear
April 04, 2025
Global stock markets extended their recent rout on Friday, with S&P 500 companies wiping out $5 trillion in stock market value since U.S.
April 03, 2025
The rout on Wall Street continued on Friday, with the Nasdaq earning a bear-market classification, after China imposed fresh tariffs on all U.S. goods in response to the Trump
April 04, 2025
Oil prices plunged nearly 8% on Friday to the lowest level since 2021, while copper, soybeans and other commodities also fell as China
April 04, 2025
Bank stocks tanked across the globe on Friday as fears of a recession swept through markets after U.S.
April 04, 2025
The United States will no longer bear the burden of providing the majority of global humanitarian aid, Secretary of State Marco
April 04, 2025
U.S. chip companies, banks and oil majors fell sharply on Friday after China retaliated to Trump's tariffs with steep duties, in an intensifying trade war between the
April 04, 2025
Japanese chipmaker Rapidus is negotiating with Apple, Google and dozens of other potential clients to mass-produce advanced chips by 2027, the Nikkei business daily reported on Friday,
April 04, 2025
India is looking to strengthen energy and defence ties with Sri Lanka and promote investments during Prime Minister Narendra Modi's two-day
April 04, 2025
Reaction to a court verdict ousting South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol from office was a vivid window into the nation’s deep political divisions
April 04, 2025
Search teams have pulled more bodies from the ruins of buildings a week after a massive earthquake rocked Myanmar killing more than 3,300 people
April 04, 2025
Myanmar has confirmed that 180,000 Rohingya refugees living in Bangladesh since fleeing their homeland are eligible to return, the Bangladesh government’s press office
April 04, 2025
Armenia's president on Friday signed into law a bill that sets a legal foundation for the South Caucasus country to move towards joining the European Union as it moves to
April 04, 2025
U.S. trading partners have few good options in their trade war with President Donald Trump, other than to sue for
April 04, 2025
Sri Lanka is ready to engage with the United States in strengthening trade relations, the island nation said on Friday, committing to substantially reduce tariff and non-tariff
April 04, 2025
China hit back with a stiff import tax on US goods as countries and industries around the world weighed their responses to President Donald Trump’s latest tariffs hikes that are roiling global trade and world markets
April 04, 2025
Businesses spent years diversifying away from China. Trump’s trade war could destroy those economies
April 04, 2025
Myanmar's military is limiting critically needed humanitarian aid for earthquake victims in areas where it sees opposition to its rule, the United Nations human
April 04, 2025
China imposes 34% reciprocal tariffs on imports of US goods in retaliation for Trump’s trade war
April 04, 2025
China said it had opened a formal complaint against the new U.S. tariffs with the World Trade Organization on Friday, saying the measures violate WTO rules and requesting
April 04, 2025
A group of Chinese people have decided they wanted the nation’s biggest movie to be big in the United States, literally
April 04, 2025
China announced additional tariffs of 34% on U.S. goods on Friday, upping the ante in a global trade war after President Donald Trump's sweeping tariffs this week.
April 04, 2025
A wave of anxiety has gripped India's diamond polishing hub of Surat, as hefty U.S. tariffs threaten to undermine the country's gem and
April 04, 2025
India's prime minister urged Bangladesh's interim leader to avoid rhetoric that marred bilateral relations during their first meeting
April 04, 2025
Taiwan's government announced T$88 billion ($2.67 billion) worth of financial help on Friday for companies
April 04, 2025
Vietnamese budget airline VietJet is set to sign a $200 million aircraft finance deal with a partner of investment fund KKR at a meeting in Washington next week
April 04, 2025
With a snap election looming, South Korea's rival parties jockeyed for position with vows to focus on the economy and livelihood, but the
April 04, 2025
Japan could lose $17 billion in car export potential in the U.S. following President Donald Trump's decision to introduce 25% tariffs on the automotive sector,
April 04, 2025
Thavarathnam Pushparani fought on the front lines for the now-defeated Tamil Tiger rebels against the Sri Lankan forces in its decades-long separatist war and later took to clearing the land mines on the same battle lines
April 04, 2025
The smell of death still lingers in the town at the epicenter of Myanmar’s earthquake
April 04, 2025
From his kitchen in Beijing, Yu Bo is running a campaign to connect China with America – one slapstick cooking video at a time.
April 04, 2025
IndusInd Bank ignored established Indian derivative accounting practices for years as it chased profit growth, resulting in a $175 million balance-
April 04, 2025
US tourist arrested after allegedly attempting to contact ‘world’s most isolated’ tribe
April 04, 2025
Yoon Suk Yeol: The ‘American Pie’-singing conservative dramatically ousted from office
April 04, 2025
South Korea’s Constitutional Court has formally removed President Yoon Suk Yeol from office by upholding his impeachment over his imposition of martial law in December
April 01, 2025
Vietnam will impose a temporary anti-dumping levy of up to 37.13% on some galvanised steel products originating from China, and up to 15.67% for some products from South Korea,
April 04, 2025
Japanese banks posted their biggest weekly drop in at least four decades on Friday, as U.S. tariffs sparked fears that a slowdown in global growth could choke off the country's
April 04, 2025
The Bank of Japan may raise interest rates once more this year then pause, as U.S.
April 04, 2025
Sweeping new U.S. import tariffs threaten to further erode demand for global petrochemical producers and accelerate capacity cuts in an industry plagued by weak
April 04, 2025
A Thai court issued an arrest warrant for an American academic on charges of insulting the monarchy, a rare use of the country's "lese majeste" law against a foreigner, according
April 04, 2025
Families of Philippine drug war victims who say they have been targeted by a "coordinated" campaign of online harassment urged law enforcers on Friday to investigate the attacks and
April 04, 2025
New U.S. tariffs announced by President Donald Trump may delay, but likely won't derail, the Bank of Japan's plan to raise interest rates further as policymakers seek
April 04, 2025
South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol was ousted on Friday by the Constitutional Court, ushering in an election after it upheld parliament's impeachment
April 03, 2025
South Korea's Constitutional Court has upheld parliament's impeachment of President Yoon Suk Yeol and removed him from office
April 04, 2025
South Korea’s impeached president is removed from office, four months after declaring martial law
April 04, 2025
The United States' sweeping new tariff regime risks slowing both U.S. and global growth, shrinking export markets and potentially prompting a Federal Reserve response, the Asian
April 04, 2025
Japanese stocks sank on Friday to their lowest since last August, marking their sharpest weekly drop in five years, as fears of a global recession
April 03, 2025
The rapid expansion in India's dominant services sector cooled slightly in March amid softer demand, despite firms raising prices at the lowest rate in three-and
April 04, 2025
Yoon Suk Yeol called South Korea's National Assembly a “den of criminals” when he announced martial law in December
April 01, 2025
A look at the day ahead in European and global markets from Wayne Cole It's been another day of pain in Asia with the Nikkei down 3% and a stomach-churning 9.6% for the week, the biggest drop since
April 04, 2025
India's $32 billion gems and jewellery industry is bracing for a sharp fall in exports as hefty U.S. tariffs will impede overseas sales to its biggest market,
April 03, 2025
South Korea will hold a snap presidential election within 60 days after the Constitutional Court unanimously removed President Yoon Suk Yeol from office on Friday, upholding his
April 04, 2025
Singapore's trade minister said the wealthy financial hub was disappointed that the U.S. had imposed a 10% tariff on its exports despite it having a free-trade agreement and
April 03, 2025
India's parliament has passed a controversial bill moved by Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Hindu nationalist government to amend laws governing Muslim land endowments
April 03, 2025
Bank of Japan Governor Kazuo Ueda said on Friday the central bank will scrutinise the impact of U.S. tariffs on the country's economy when setting monetary policy,
April 03, 2025
South Korea's ousted leader Yoon Suk Yeol, a brash ex-prosecutor who came to power by repeatedly defying setbacks and taking gambles, ultimately fell victim to political
April 04, 2025
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