Government-owned Lao Airlines is set to start operating COMAC's C909 regional jet, a spokesperson for the country's flag carrier said, joining several other
March 26, 2025
The Indonesian central bank said it is ready to intervene to stabilise the rupiah, which on Wednesday stayed close to its lowest levels since 1998 even as officials said market
March 26, 2025
South Korea has set up a "reciprocal" platform in a disputed area of the Yellow Sea, known in Seoul as the West Sea, where China has increasingly built structures, Oceans Minister
March 26, 2025
Nissan plans to dramatically cut its car development time to boost its competitiveness, the struggling automaker's incoming CEO Ivan Espinosa said on
March 26, 2025
Hillhouse Investment has hired co-heads for its Japan real estate investment business, a person familiar with the matter said, as it bulks up its
March 26, 2025
Tokyo Gas aims to nearly double its net profit in the 2025/26 fiscal year and plans to expand in the United States, Japan's biggest city gas
March 26, 2025
Chinese electric vehicle giant BYD aims to double its sales outside China to more than 800,000 cars in 2025 and will look to overcome tariffs by assembling cars locally, its
March 26, 2025
A South Korean appeals court held on Wednesday that main opposition leader Lee Jae-myung was not guilty of violating the election law, reversing a lower
March 26, 2025
Indian stand-up comedian Kunal Kamra faces police scrutiny for a performance seen to have criticised a key politician and ally of Prime Minister Narendra Modi
March 26, 2025
Chinese electric truck startup Windrose is increasing its final round of funding to $300 million, a person with direct knowledge of the matter said, as it plans more assembly
March 26, 2025
A U.S. panel on religious freedom said on Tuesday the treatment of minorities in India is deteriorating and it recommended sanctions be
March 25, 2025
Sri Lanka's central bank kept its key policy rate unchanged for a second consecutive meeting on Wednesday to underpin the island nation's economic recovery
March 26, 2025
Wind-driven wildfires in South Korea’s southern regions have killed at least 24 people, forced the evacuation of 28,800 others and destroyed more than 300 structures
March 25, 2025
Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva has stressed the importance of free trade and multilateralism and decried threats against democracy as he and Japan’s Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba agreed to step up ties across the board
March 26, 2025
‘We are not just one city’: Asia’s 50 best restaurants for 2025 revealed
March 26, 2025
This country was the world’s ‘baby exporter.’ But its government violated human rights to meet demand, probe finds
March 26, 2025
Beijing residents shaken in their beds by 4.5 magnitude quake
March 26, 2025
The U.S. has added dozens of companies to its export control, including more than 50 based in China that it says sought advanced knowhow in supercomputing, artificial intelligence and quantum technology for military purposes
March 26, 2025
Why are a growing number of airlines banning power banks on flights?
March 26, 2025
The chief-executive-to-be at money-losing Japanese automaker Nissan is determined to speed up the company's decision-making to come up with models that say Nissan _ and really sell
March 26, 2025
Taiwan's central bank on Wednesday defended the island's trade and currency record ahead of possible tariffs from U.S.
March 26, 2025
Singapore's manufacturing output in February fell 1.3% from the same period a year earlier, bucking expectations of growth due mainly due to a steep decline in the biomedical
March 26, 2025
China wields significant policy room to stimulate its economy this year while some reform was needed to boost consumption, Huang Yiping, an advisor to China's
March 26, 2025
Indonesia's currency neared a record low against the U.S. dollar on Wednesday as worries over slowing growth and rising government spending shook investor
March 26, 2025
China's foreign ministry on Wednesday urged the United States to stop thinking of China through its own "hegemonic mentality," in response to the U.S. calling China the top
March 26, 2025
Vietnam will cut its tariffs on several U.S. products including LNG and cars, and moved to approve Starlink services, as the country tries to avoid being hit with U.S.
March 26, 2025
One of Taiwan's deputy defence ministers will visit the United States for a ceremony this week marking the completion of a new F-16 fighter jet for the island, the first
March 26, 2025
Japan's economic fundamentals suggest the yen's real value is closer to 120-130 per dollar rather than the current 150 levels, senior
March 26, 2025
DBS Group, Southeast Asia's top bank by assets, is the frontrunner to buy a controlling stake in Indonesia's Panin Bank, three people
March 26, 2025
Vietnam's government said on Wednesday it will allow SpaceX to launch its Starlink satellite internet service on a trial basis in the country.
March 26, 2025
A look at the day ahead in European and global markets from Kevin Buckland The relief rally in global stocks was still in place on Wednesday in Asia, but with dwindling conviction.
March 26, 2025
Thailand’s Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra easily survived a no-confidence vote in Parliament following a two-day debate in which rivals charged that she has mismanaged the country and let her father, a former prime minister, control her administration
March 26, 2025
Wall Street firm Morgan Stanley raised on Wednesday its index targets for Chinese shares for the second time this year, citing improved earnings growth forecasts and a more
March 26, 2025
With her tiny studio tucked in the crowded lanes of the sprawling Rohingya refugee camp in south-eastern Bangladesh, Tanya is
March 26, 2025
Pakistan and China's discussions about security measures to protect Chinese nationals working in the South Asian country are a work in progress,
March 26, 2025
The Bank of Japan must raise interest rates if persistent increases in food costs lead to broad-based inflation, Governor Kazuo Ueda said on Wednesday, signalling the
March 25, 2025
At least 16 people have died as multiple wildfires rage across South Korea's southeastern region.
March 25, 2025
Chinese artificial intelligence startup DeepSeek released a major upgrade to its V3 large language model, intensifying competition with U.S. tech leaders like OpenAI and Anthropic.
March 25, 2025
Global stocks were slightly higher on Tuesday, after a sharp rally in the prior session on hopes that U.S.
March 25, 2025
China remains the top military and cyber threat to the U.S., according to a report by U.S. intelligence agencies published on
March 25, 2025
Wall Street followed up one of its best days of the last year with a quiet day of trading
March 25, 2025
China and India are likely to try to interfere in the Canadian general election on April 28, while Russia and Pakistan have the potential to do so, the country's
March 24, 2025
China's Chagee revealed its revenue nearly tripled in 2024 as the tea chain filed for a U.S. initial public offering on Tuesday, joining firms betting on a broader recovery in investor
March 25, 2025
The dollar weakened against the yen and was steady against the euro on Tuesday as uncertainty around President Donald Trump's planned tariffs kept traders
March 25, 2025
Police in India’s western city of Mumbai are investigating whether a popular comedian's jokes about a state politician were defamatory
March 24, 2025
Bangladesh reported a first outbreak of highly pathogenic bird flu on a farm since 2018, the World Organisation for Animal Health said on Tuesday, citing local authorities.
March 25, 2025
Largest fully preserved dinosaur claw unearthed in Mongolia’s Gobi Desert
March 25, 2025
Thailand's auto sector faces a slow and painful recovery from a prolonged slump even with government support, three executives
March 25, 2025
India has ordered Samsung and its executives in the country to pay $601 million in back taxes and penalties for dodging tariffs on import of key
March 25, 2025
As Starlink nears regulatory approval in India for satellite broadband services, analysts say a victory there could pave a road into more emerging
March 25, 2025
Trade of Venezuelan oil to top buyer China stalled on Tuesday after U.S.
March 25, 2025
China's Commerce Minister Wang Wentao met with President of Boeing Global Brendan Nelson on Tuesday, and called on the planemaker to deepen cooperation with China's aviation
March 25, 2025
India is open to cutting tariffs on more than half of U.S. imports worth $23 billion in the first phase of a trade deal the
March 25, 2025
Wildfires spread across South Korea's southeastern region on Tuesday, forcing the evacuation of thousands of inmates from local prisons and
March 25, 2025
The Brazilian government on Tuesday confirmed a Japanese mission will visit the South American country to inspect its slaughterhouses, it said in a statement.
March 25, 2025
Merck has signed a licensing agreement for a heart disease drug with Jiangsu Hengrui Pharmaceuticals worth up to $2 billion, the latest in a series of deals U.S. drugmakers
March 25, 2025
Fossils unearthed during construction of a water pipeline in the Gobi Desert of Mongolia have revealed one of the oddest members of a rather strange group of dinosaurs, a
March 25, 2025
Chinese and Italian shareholders in Pirelli are at odds over the group's governance, two sources said, with the Chinese investor potentially a hurdle for the
March 25, 2025
Japan's largest credit card company, Rakuten Card, is aiming to almost double its annual operating profit to 100 billion yen ($663.7 million) in
March 25, 2025
Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba told the leader of a junior party in the coalition government that he would "introduce strong measures to counter rising prices", the head of
March 25, 2025
Japan has said that it backed close security cooperation with South Korea and India in the Indo-Pacific, days after the Philippines' military chief said a U.S.-
March 25, 2025
Chinese foreign minister met with his Portuguese counterpart in Beijing on Tuesday, calling for closer ties with Europe as Chinese and European leaders navigate intensifying global
March 25, 2025
Indonesia will join New Development Bank, a multilateral bank developed by BRICS member nations, President Prabowo Subianto said on Tuesday.
March 25, 2025
The Unification Church in Japan was ordered dissolved by a court after a government request spurred by the investigation into the 2022 assassination of former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe
March 25, 2025
Citigroup appointed Akira Hoshino as the head of markets for Japan on Tuesday, effective immediately.
March 25, 2025
China's Vice Premier He Lifeng met Blackstone's Chairman Stephen Schwarzman in Beijing, the official Xinhua news agency reported on Tuesday, stating that the Chinese side said it
March 25, 2025
One of Japan's largest property developers has struck a deal with Legal & General to build more than 1,000 homes in Britain's rental housing market, where demand for
March 25, 2025
China has narrowed the AI development gap with the United States to just three months in some areas, because firms such as DeepSeek have worked out
March 25, 2025
China firmly opposes the move by the United States to penalise countries that buy oil and gas from Venezuela with tariffs on trades with the U.S., the Chinese foreign ministry said
March 25, 2025
China has never been interested in interfering in Canada's internal affairs, the Chinese foreign ministry said on Tuesday, when asked about Canada saying China and India are likely
March 25, 2025
China's Xiaomi Corp said on Tuesday it had raised $5.5 billion in an upsized share sale as the company pushes forward with its ambitious electric vehicle manufacturing
March 24, 2025
Alaskan state representatives led by the governor and including energy officials visited South Korea on Tuesday to discuss energy cooperation, amid a push for U.S. allies
March 25, 2025
A comedian told a joke about a politician. Now he’s under police investigation
March 25, 2025
World’s longest-serving death row prisoner awarded $1.4 million after acquittal – that’s $85 for each day
March 25, 2025
Chinese EV titan BYD eclipses Tesla with annual sales of more than $100 billion
March 25, 2025
Samsung Electronics says the executive credited with elevating its television business has died
March 25, 2025
Foreign investors have soured on Southeast Asian markets as the rising threat of U.S. tariffs, worries over domestic growth and a surge in
March 25, 2025
South Korea will launch a special probe into violations of the free trade pact with the United States regarding country of origin markings, the Korea Customs Service (KCS) said on
March 25, 2025
A look at the day ahead in European and global markets from Ankur Banerjee The prospect of narrower-than-feared U.S. tariffs rekindled some investor optimism in recent days but the relief rally in
March 25, 2025
Alibaba Group Chairman Joe Tsai said on Tuesday the tech giant would recommence hiring, emboldened with more confidence following President Xi Jinping's
March 25, 2025
Car production in Thailand dropped 13.62% in February from a year earlier, as a lengthy decline in domestic sales and exports squeezed output for a 19th straight month, the
March 25, 2025
Indonesia's central bank stepped into the currency market to defend the rupiah on Tuesday, as growing concerns over politics, government spending and capital
March 25, 2025
Samsung Electronics said on Tuesday that co-CEO Han Jong-hee had died of a heart attack, leaving newly-appointed boss Jun Young-hyun solely in charge
March 24, 2025
A controversial South Korean church with powerful political connections faces dissolution in Japan after a Tokyo court issued an order to revoke its legal status
March 25, 2025
Samsung co-CEO Han Jong-Hee dies at 63
March 25, 2025
Bank of Japan policymakers discussed the pace of raising interest rates further after deciding to hike short-term interest rates to the highest in 17 years, minutes of their January
March 24, 2025
The Reserve Bank of India on Monday issued revised guidelines on priority sector lending, in a move to expand PSL's coverage and increase loan limits across sectors.
March 24, 2025
Deadly wildfires spread further across South Korea on Monday as authorities designated three more counties 'special disaster zones'.
March 24, 2025
China calls for global business to ‘resist protectionism’ as American executives gather in Beijing
March 24, 2025
Global stocks rallied on Monday, led by gains in U.S. stocks, while U.S.
March 24, 2025
The latest twist in South Korea's political crisis came Monday with the reinstatement of Prime Minister Han Duck-soo after the Constitutional Court overturned his impeachment in a 7-1 ruling
March 24, 2025
South Korea's Hyundai Motor Group announced a $21 billion investment in the United States with President Donald Trump
March 24, 2025
Stocks closed broadly higher as Wall Street navigates through the uncertainty of a trade war
March 24, 2025
The dollar jumped to multi-week highs against the euro and yen on Monday after data showed U.S. business activity picked up in March and reports that U.S.
March 24, 2025
Oil prices gained 1% on Monday as U.S. President Donald Trump said he will impose a 25% tariff on countries that buy oil and gas from Venezuela.
March 24, 2025
Japan’s official cherry blossom spotters on Monday confirmed the first blooming of the country’s favorite flower, declaring the official start of the festive season in the Japanese capital
March 24, 2025
China's commerce minister told Apple CEO Tim Cook on Monday that the company is welcome to expand investment in the country, a ministry statement showed.
March 24, 2025
Britain on Monday imposed sanctions on three former senior Sri Lankan military commanders and one former Tamil Tiger rebel commander over human rights violations during a civil war
March 24, 2025
Danish drugmaker Novo Nordisk has bought global rights to China-based United Laboratories International's so-called "triple-G" weight-loss drug candidate in a deal worth up
March 24, 2025
The Philippine defense chief has called China’s expansive claims in the South China Sea as “the biggest fiction and lie” that no Southeast Asian country will accept
March 24, 2025
Several steel makers in northwestern China's Xinjiang region began production cuts from Monday, local reports said, after Beijing earlier stated
March 24, 2025
China and the United States need to cooperate in artificial intelligence, and duplication of efforts in the area could be avoided, the president of the National Committee on United
March 24, 2025
Chinese Premier Li Qiang has signed an order to implement new rules for strengthening China's countermeasures to foreign sanctions, the Chinese government said on Monday.
March 24, 2025
South Korean Prime Minister Han Duck-soo has been reinstated as the acting president as the Constitutional Court overturned his impeachment
March 24, 2025
Tesla said on Monday it would release its smart driving-assistance feature in China after completing regulatory approval, following complaints that a limited-time free trial of its
March 24, 2025
Two United Nations agencies said on Monday that any shortfalls in funding from global donors could have dire consequences for Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh.
March 24, 2025
U.S. allies Japan and South Korea would struggle to quickly ramp up shipbuilding to meet U.S. demand for alternatives under President Donald Trump's plan to
March 24, 2025
China's economy tsar, Vice Premier He Lifeng, sought to reassure foreign CEOs of the country's business potential, describing the economy as highly resilient, while
March 23, 2025
Chinese electric vehicle maker BYD's net profit leapt 73.1% in the fourth quarter of 2024 to a record 15 billion yuan ($2.1 billion), it said on Monday, reaping the rewards of lower
March 24, 2025
Missed three-foot putt costs Sergio Garcia a spot at The Open
March 24, 2025
South Korea fights deadly wildfires in southeast as thousands evacuate
March 24, 2025
South Korea top court reinstates prime minister suspended over martial law turmoil
March 24, 2025
Miami Open: Australian Open champion Madison Keys stunned by Filipina teenager Alexandra Eala
March 24, 2025
Bank of America Corp is set to appoint Vikram Sahu as the new country executive for its India business, according to a memo reviewed by Reuters.
March 24, 2025
Chinese smartphone and EV maker Xiaomi Corp is raising up to $5.27 billion in a top-up placement on Monday, according to a term sheet seen by Reuters.
March 24, 2025
China's central bank said it will change the way it sells its medium-term loans, a move that market participants say may further erode the significance of role of such a bond
March 24, 2025
China is turning up pressure on Walmart. That could mean higher prices for US customers
March 24, 2025
Climbing Mount Fuji will now require a $27 fee and a test
March 24, 2025
K-pop band NewJeans announces hiatus amid ‘mental and emotional toll’ of legal battle
March 24, 2025
China has not received any application for asylum from Philippines' former President Rodrigo Duterte and his family, a foreign ministry spokesperson said on Monday.
March 24, 2025
Singapore's annual core inflation rate eased to 0.6% in February, data showed on Monday, and an analyst said the lowest reading in nearly four years meant an
March 24, 2025
South Korea's Constitutional Court reinstated Prime Minister Han Duck-soo to the post of acting president on Monday, striking down his impeachment as he
March 24, 2025
New sovereign fund Danantara Indonesia unveiled on Monday what it called a "dream team" to chart its strategy, including ex-presidents as
March 24, 2025
Nippon Steel's president said on Monday that the Japanese steelmaker and the U.S. government share a mutual understanding that its planned acquisition of U.S.
March 24, 2025
Testimony from parliamentary inquiries and other evidence shows that top Thai officials secretly decided to hand a group of Uyghur detainees over to China while denying plans to do so in public, giving the detainees and their advocates no chance to make a last-ditch appeal before they were bundled off and sent back to a country where where U.N. experts say they could face torture or other punishment
March 24, 2025
Malaysia must still pursue long-term structural reforms to achieve high-income status despite the near-term risks of a global trade war and an escalation of geopolitical
March 24, 2025
Thailand's opposition on Monday grilled Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra on the first day of a parliamentary no-confidence motion,
March 23, 2025
Japan has lodged a protest with China about a statement that misquoted Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba's remarks during Friday's meeting with Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi, Japan's
March 24, 2025
Growth in India's overall business activity softened in March as robust manufacturing expansion failed to offset a slowdown in the services sector, a private
March 24, 2025
Bank of Japan Governor Kazuo Ueda said on Monday the central bank will continue to raise interest rates if its underlying inflation target is likely to be achieved
March 24, 2025
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's government has decided to let lapse a $23 billion program to incentivize domestic manufacturing,
March 21, 2025
Malaysia plans to tighten regulations on semiconductors as it comes under U.S. pressure to staunch the flow to China of chips crucial to the development of artificial intelligence, the
March 24, 2025
China's embassy in Spain said Stellantis and its
March 21, 2025
Japan's factory activity fell at the fastest pace in a year in March, dragged by declines in production and new orders in a worrying sign for the economy, a private-sector survey
March 23, 2025
The Bank of Japan's meeting last week passed with no surprises, but for a careful BOJ watcher its message on the need to remain vigilant on food-driven inflationary
March 23, 2025
U.S.
March 23, 2025
Oscar Piastri wins Chinese Grand Prix while teammate Lando Norris makes it a McLaren 1-2
March 23, 2025One of Asia’s most raucous sporting spectacles is moving to a shiny new high-tech home. Can its party spirit survive?
March 22, 2025
Chinese Premier Li Qiang says Beijing and Washington should choose dialogue instead of confrontation
March 23, 2025
McLaren driver Oscar Piastri has cruised to his maiden Chinese Grand Prix win from pole position with the Australian untouchable ahead of his teammate Lando Norris as the pair completed McLaren’s milestone 50th one-two finish in Formula 1
March 23, 2025
Chinese Premier Li Qiang urged countries to open their markets to combat "rising instability and uncertainty" at a business forum in Beijing on Sunday, as China
March 23, 2025
The Taliban say the U.S. has lifted bounties on three senior Taliban figures, including the interior minister who also heads a powerful network blamed for bloody attacks against Afghanistan’s former Western-backed government
March 23, 2025
OpenAI and Meta Platforms have held separate discussions with India's Reliance Industries over potential partnerships to expand their artificial intelligence offerings in the country,
March 22, 2025
The United States has lifted a $10 million reward offer for information leading to the arrest of a major Taliban leader, Sirajuddin Haqqani, an Afghan interior ministry spokesperson
March 22, 2025
Lewis Hamilton takes first-ever win for Ferrari in sprint race at Chinese Grand Prix
March 22, 2025
U.S. Senator Steve Daines, a strong supporter of President Donald Trump, has met China's vice premier with warm exchanges in front of journalists as tensions between their countries spiked over trade fentanyl
March 22, 2025
U.S.
March 22, 2025
China's aviation regulator has not released an expected update on its investigation into a deadly China Eastern Airlines crash three years ago, leaving relatives and the
March 22, 2025
The top diplomats from Japan, China and South Korea met in Tokyo on Saturday, seeking common ground on East Asian security and economic issues amid escalating global
March 22, 2025
McLaren’s Oscar Piastri has scored his maiden pole position in Formula 1 ahead of Sunday’s Chinese Grand Prix by delivering two sizzling laps that were quick enough for the top spot ahead of Mercedes’ George Russell
March 22, 2025
Foreign ministers from Japan, China and South Korea sought common ground in areas like aging, low birth rates, natural disasters and cultural exchange at a meeting that took place at a time of growing tensions
March 22, 2025
South Korea's industry minister pressed U.S.
March 21, 2025
South Korea's Foreign Minister Cho Tae-yul said on Saturday that military cooperation between North Korea and Russia must stop, and North Korea should not be rewarded for its
March 22, 2025
When mountain permafrost thaws and glaciers melt, glacial lakes can become lethal flood risks for anyone downstream.
March 19, 2025
The Federal Communications Commission said on Friday it is investigating nine Chinese companies including Huawei Technologies, ZTE, Hangzhou Hikvision, China
March 21, 2025
Wall Street edged higher and the dollar gained ground on Friday after U.S.
March 21, 2025
An eruption of Indonesia's Lewotobi Laki-laki volcano spewed ash clouds more than 8 kilometres (5 miles) high, authorities said as they raised the alert status to the highest level
March 21, 2025
Bumble Bee sued by deep-sea crew who say they were forced into ‘fishing boat slavery’
March 22, 2025
Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba said the importance of relations between Japan, South Korea and the United States will not change, South Korea's foreign ministry said on
March 21, 2025
China's central bank will cut banks' reserve requirement ratio and interest rates at the "appropriate time" and strengthen the resilience of its forex market, it said on Friday
March 21, 2025
India's information technology companies, among the worst-performing sectors this year, may not see a recovery in fiscal 2026, analysts
March 21, 2025
A Philippine official says U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is scheduled to visit the Philippines, the first stop in his first trip to Asia next week, for talks that will include increasing deterrence against aggression in the disputed South China Sea
March 21, 2025
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un expressed his unwavering support for Russia’s aggression against Ukraine during a meeting with a top Russian security official in Pyongyang, North Korean state media said Saturday
March 20, 2025
Last year was the deadliest on record for migrants, with nearly 9,000 people dying on perilous routes and one in 10 of those killed violently in incidents such as shootings, the U.N.
March 21, 2025
An Indian parliamentary committee recommended on Friday the government cut tariffs on imports of raw materials in a bid to support local manufacturers, who are expected to come
March 21, 2025
U.S. stocks shook off a weak start and ended slightly higher, enough to break a four-week losing streak
March 21, 2025
Cambodia expects its new airport to serve the capital Phnom Penh will open in July
March 21, 2025
U.S. Senator Steve Daines is visiting Beijing as the U.S. and China swap tariff threats and harsh words over each others’ handling of the illegal trade in fentanyl
March 21, 2025
(This March 20 story has been corrected to say that soldiers do not have to resign before taking up civilian posts in the Attorney General's office, in paragraph 6) By Stefanno Sulaiman and Ananda
March 20, 2025
Eli Lilly launched its blockbuster diabetes and weight-loss drug Mounjaro in India on Thursday, beating rival Novo Nordisk for a much-awaited entry into the
March 20, 2025
Iranian oil shipments into China are set to fall in the near-term after new U.S. sanctions on a refiner and tankers, driving up shipping costs, but
March 21, 2025
Lamborghini and Mercedes-Maybach plan to expand in India as a growing tribe of young, rich Indians splurge on super luxury cars, driving their sales to record
March 21, 2025
AstraZeneca said on Friday it will spend $2.5 billion on a research and development hub in Beijing, as the drugmaker scrambles to revive business in its second-
March 21, 2025
Malaysia Aviation Group, the parent company of Malaysia Airlines, said on Friday it will purchase 30 new Boeing 737 aircraft for 2029 delivery, aimed at
March 21, 2025
Russian President Vladimir Putin's top security adviser Sergei Shoigu discussed Ukraine with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, the TASS news agency reported
March 21, 2025
The U.S. on Thursday issued new sanctions intended to hit Iran's oil exports, including what the State Department said were the first U.S. measures targeting a
March 20, 2025
Korean Air will soon finalise a $32.7 billion deal for new Boeing aircraft and GE Aerospace engines, South Korea's industry ministry said during a visit to the United States to
March 21, 2025
The Mount Lewotobi Laki Laki volcano in south-central Indonesia has erupted, sending an ash column 26,000 feet high and prompting authorities to expand the danger zone around the volcano
March 21, 2025
Japan becomes first country to qualify for 2026 men’s World Cup
March 21, 2025
A South Korean court issued an injunction on Friday to stop members of K-pop group NewJeans from pursuing independent projects, marking the latest twist in a long-
March 21, 2025
Chinese artificial intelligence startup Manus on Thursday registered its China-facing AI assistant and was featured for the first time in a state media broadcast, highlighting
March 21, 2025
CK Hutchison's shares fell on Friday after it reported weak earnings and dividends, while pro-Beijing newspaper published a fresh editorial saying the firm's
March 21, 2025
NewJeans: Court rules against embattled K-pop band days before headline show
March 21, 2025
Lewis Hamilton has surprised the crowd and himself by securing his first sprint pole position for Ferrari in the final moments of qualifying at the Chinese Formula 1 Grand Prix
March 21, 2025
Japanese companies have agreed to raise pay by 5.4% this year, the second tally of annual labour talk results from the country's largest union umbrella group Rengo
March 21, 2025
Top brands drop South Korean actor Kim Soo Hyun after relationship controversy
March 21, 2025
Shares of India's Manappuram Finance jumped 6% on Friday after analysts said that Bain Capital's plans to buy an 18% stake and jointly control the gold loan provider will help ease its
March 21, 2025
South Korean opposition parties raised a motion to impeach acting President Choi Sang-mok on Friday, the majority Democratic Party said, in a move likely to escalate
March 21, 2025
Thailand is offering a guarantee for loans for pickup trucks, a key segment of its car manufacturing industry, as it seeks to boost a flagging autos sector that saw production
March 21, 2025
Thailand's exports rose for an eighth consecutive month in February and more than expected, the commerce ministry said on Friday, although
March 21, 2025
Indian billionaire Gautam Adani's group is battling allegations in court this month that its planned multibillion-dollar power plant
March 21, 2025
South Korea and the United States have agreed to work together to swiftly resolve any fallout from the U.S.
March 21, 2025
Major copper smelters across top consumer China have kicked off equipment maintenance in March, traditionally a peak demand period, in a bid to stem
March 21, 2025
Beijing's criticism of Hong Kong conglomerate CK Hutchison's move to sell its ports business is a precursor to heightened political scrutiny of major Chinese business divestments involving
March 21, 2025
Inditex-owned fast-fashion retailer Zara opened what it dubbed a new-style Asia flagship store in the eastern Chinese city of Nanjing on Friday as part of its global
March 21, 2025
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un oversaw the test-firing of the country's latest anti-aircraft missile system on Thursday, state media KCNA reported, as some experts said
March 20, 2025
The role of the Indonesia's central bank must be strengthened to help support the government's economic growth target of 8% by 2029, a lawmaker heading a parliamentary committee
March 21, 2025
In a dilapidated warehouse on the outskirts of the Chinese capital, businessman An Dawei inspected rows of giant fridges, industrial
March 21, 2025
More than three-quarters of Japanese companies have no plan to pull back from promoting workplace diversity and decarbonisation despite recent policy changes in
March 20, 2025
Japan's core inflation hit 3.0% in February and an index stripping away the effect of fuel rose at the fastest pace in nearly a year, a sign of broadening price
March 20, 2025
Indonesia’s Parliament has unanimously voted to pass a controversial revision of its military law that will expand the armed forces’ role in civilian affairs despite growing opposition from pro-democracy and rights groups who see it as a threat to the country’s young democracy
March 20, 2025
A real estate businessman who aided a Chinese effort to pressure an expatriate to return home has been sentenced to over a year in a U.S. prison
March 20, 2025
U.S. stock indexes edged lower following another reminder that big, unsettling policy changes are underway because of President Donald Trump, along with more signals suggesting the U.S. economy remains solid for now
March 20, 2025
Canadian farmers are facing a two-front trade war, with China's tariffs on Canadian canola oil, canola meal and peas taking effect on Thursday and U.S.
March 20, 2025
U.S. stocks posted modest losses and the dollar strengthened on Thursday as investors weighed solid data against notes of caution about trade from world central
March 20, 2025
Hyundai Motor and General Motors are close to finalizing a deal for Hyundai to share two electric commercial van models with the
March 20, 2025
Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez will travel to China in April to meet with President Xi Jinping, a government spokesperson said.
March 20, 2025
The dollar appreciated broadly on Thursday, a day after the Federal Reserve indicated it was in no rush to cut interest rates further this year due to
March 20, 2025
Eli Lilly on Thursday launched in India its diabetes and weight-loss drug, Mounjaro, which has already clocked in over $20 billion in global sales since its initial U.S. launch in 2022.
March 20, 2025
Vivian Wang bought a gold medallion decorated with a carved dragon from Laopu Gold nearly a decade ago, but forgot about the brand until last year when
March 20, 2025
Police in India's northern state of Punjab detained hundreds of farmers and used bulldozers to tear down their temporary camps in a border area where they had
March 20, 2025
India's defence acquisition council gave initial approval on Thursday for the purchase of arms and equipment worth more than 540 billion rupees ($6.26 billion) to enhance the
March 20, 2025
India's IT ministry has unlawfully expanded censorship powers to allow the easier removal of online content and empowered "countless"
March 20, 2025
Retail giants Amazon and Walmart-owned Flipkart violated Indian quality control rules by stocking products that did not have the required standards certificate, India's top government-run
March 20, 2025
PDD Holdings, which operates e-commerce platforms Pinduoduo and Temu, missed market estimates for quarterly revenue on Thursday, as demand remained
March 20, 2025
Iron ore miner Vale, a Chinese commercial partner since the 1970s, is welcome, along with other Brazilian firms, to further expand economic links with
March 20, 2025
CK Hutchison, a Hong Kong-based conglomerate, agreed to sell much of its global $22.8 billion ports business that includes assets near the strategically important Panama Canal to a group
March 20, 2025
The Philippines is exploring the possibility of converting two islands that were once part of a U.S. navy base into a military reservation, its defence department said on Thursday,
March 20, 2025
There was the crack of Shohei Ohtani’s bat, the roars from the Tokyo Dome crowd and the beeps from the credit card machines at the massive merchandise center selling boatloads of Los Angeles Dodgers and Chicago Cubs gear
March 20, 2025
Air India is exploring a fresh multi-billion dollar order for dozens of widebody jets from Boeing and Airbus, industry
March 20, 2025
China's giant steel industry is facing mounting pressure on exports this year as it faces another wave of trade frictions from U.S.
February 27, 2025
South Korea and the United States wrapped up on Thursday 11 days of annual joint military drills known as Freedom Shield, which included staging a river-crossing
March 20, 2025
Wrapped up in warm coats and woolly hats, hundreds of people have braved Moscow's chilly spring weather to form an orderly queue.
March 20, 2025
Japan's Mitsubishi Motors, a junior partner of Nissan Motor, plans to outsource production of electric vehicles to Taiwan electronics contract manufacturer Foxconn, Kyodo News said on
March 20, 2025
CK Hutchison on Thursday reported an 11% drop in underlying profit for 2024, as one of Hong Kong's most powerful conglomerates becomes increasingly embroiled in a
March 20, 2025
By Paritosh Bansal -President Donald Trump's tariffs and other policies have some financiers and officials in Asia predicting the remaking of the post-World War II economic order, leading to an urgent
March 20, 2025
Malaysia’s government has given final approval for a Texas-based marine robotics company to renew the search for Malaysia Airlines Flight 370, which is believed to have crashed in the southern Indian Ocean more than a decade ago
March 20, 2025
Taiwan's central bank held its policy rate unchanged as expected on Thursday, prompted by lingering concerns over inflation and uncertainty about new
March 20, 2025
Thailand's central bank said on Thursday it has relaxed loan-to-value rules starting in May until June next year to support the ailing property sector, a measure it said would not
March 20, 2025
China held benchmark lending rates steady for the fifth straight month in March on Thursday, matching market expectations.
March 20, 2025
U.S. President Donald Trump told Breitbart News in an interview on Wednesday that he believes India will probably be lowering the tariffs it imposes on American goods.
March 20, 2025
Japanese technology investor SoftBank Group is accelerating its move into chip technology companies with the $6.5 billion
March 19, 2025
Global investment banks have raised their projections for China's economic growth and turned less bearish on the Chinese currency after early signs of
March 20, 2025
Joblessness among youth in Chinese cities rose a second month in February, tracking the nation's jobless rate which reached a two-year high, official data showed on Thursday.
March 20, 2025
Chinese search giant Baidu on Wednesday denied allegations it had suffered an internal data breach after a top executive's teenage daughter posted personal details of other
March 20, 2025
Microsoft will launch its first cloud region in Malaysia with three data centres by mid-year, the tech company said on Thursday, nearly a year after it announced a $2.2
March 20, 2025
Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva will visit Vietnam next week, bringing with him a business delegation including executives from planemaker Embraer
March 20, 2025
Frustration is building inside India's newest airline, Akasa Air, with top executives privately criticising Boeing for delayed plane
March 20, 2025
China has not shipped any antimony to European Union countries since October, customs data showed on Thursday, after the dominant supplier imposed export controls
March 20, 2025
Philippine officials on Thursday defended before the country's Senate the arrest and transfer to the International Criminal Court of former President Rodrigo Duterte, as they faced
March 20, 2025
Investors pared bearish bets on Asian currencies as the U.S. dollar faltered, with markets increasingly anxious that President Donald Trump's protectionist trade agenda
March 20, 2025
South Korea said on Thursday it would offer a visa exemption to Chinese visitors in the third quarter of the year to boost tourism amid sluggish domestic demand and ahead of an Asia-
March 20, 2025
Vietnam's government said some private banks can increase their foreign ownership to up to 49% from 30% after they took over struggling financial institutions as part of the
March 20, 2025
China should step up support for its burgeoning services sector to boost consumption, which top leaders made a priority this year to spur growth amid U.S. tariff disputes,
March 20, 2025
Canada said on Wednesday that China had executed four Canadian citizens on drugs smuggling charges earlier this year, and strongly condemned Beijing's use of the death penalty.
March 19, 2025
South Korea's Constitutional Court said on Thursday it will deliver a decision on Prime Minister Han Duck-soo's impeachment on March 24 after he was suspended as acting president last
March 20, 2025
Thirty years on from the fatal sarin nerve gas attack in Tokyo’s subway network, survivors and families who lost loved ones are still seeking justice
March 20, 2025
A multi-year cleanup at a former U.S. air base in Vietnam was abruptly halted when the Trump administration cut funding, leaving tons of dioxin-contaminated soil exposed
March 19, 2025
Canada's government says China executed four Canadians earlier this year
March 19, 2025
Chinese technology giant Tencent said on Wednesday it would boost capital expenditure in 2025, as it strengthens artificial intelligence development and infrastructure.
March 19, 2025
The dollar pared gains against the euro after the Federal Reserve held interest rates steady as expected on Wednesday, but indicated policymakers anticipate reducing borrowing
March 19, 2025
U.S. stocks bounced on Wednesday after the U.S.
March 19, 2025
Shohei Ohtani hit a towering solo homer in his return to Japan, taking Chicago Cubs pitcher Nate Pearson deep with a ball that barely cleared the fence in right-center field and helping the Los Angeles Dodgers beat the Chicago Cubs 6-3 to sweep the two-game series in Tokyo
March 19, 2025
Pakistan and Afghanistan on Wednesday reopened their main border crossing after clashes between the security forces of both sides led to its closure for nearly a month,
March 19, 2025
Roki Sasaki’s Major League Baseball debut was equal parts electrifying and erratic, with the Los Angeles Dodgers right-hander displaying a powerful arm but also a wild streak that limited his outing to three innings at the Tokyo Dome
March 19, 2025
Chicago Cubs fans take pride in being underdogs, a role that ended briefly when they won the World Series in 2016 to end a 107-year drought between championships
March 19, 2025
Sota Fujimori is the luckiest 10-year-old in Japan
March 19, 2025
U.S. stock indexes are rising as Wall Street waits to hear what the Federal Reserve will say about where interest rates may be heading
March 19, 2025
A multi-year cleanup at a former U.S. air base in Vietnam was abruptly halted when the Trump administration cut funding, leaving tons of dioxin-contaminated soil exposed
March 19, 2025
France's foreign minister is planning a two-day visit to China on March 27 and 28, the head of cognac lobby group BNIC said on Wednesday, repeating calls for an easing of trade
March 19, 2025
China has lifted a two-year ban on poultry imports from Argentina, reopening a key supply channel amid a tit-for-tat trade war with the United States that has led to steep tariffs
March 19, 2025
Malaysia has agreed to terms and conditions of an agreement with exploration firm Ocean Infinity to resume the search for the wreckage of the missing Malaysia Airlines flight
March 19, 2025
The Philippines and its allies are trying to expand the Squad grouping of nations to include India and South Korea to counter China in the Indo-Pacific region, the
March 19, 2025
Alimentation Couche-Tard CEO Alex Miller said on Wednesday no non-disclosure agreement had been signed over potential stores needed to be sold by the Canadian company and Japan's
March 19, 2025
Hong Kong-based conglomerate CK Hutchison is facing intense criticism from Beijing over its ports sale to a BlackRock-led consortium, fuelling speculation as to whether China
March 19, 2025
Japan's government stuck with its cautiously optimistic outlook for the economy U.S.
March 19, 2025
Taiwan's Foxconn, the world's largest contract electronics maker and Apple's main iPhone maker, expects its server revenue to surpass its revenue from iPhones within two years,
March 19, 2025
Vodafone Idea is in exploratory talks with various satellite communication providers, including Starlink, the company said on Wednesday, a week after the Indian telecom firm's rivals signed
March 19, 2025
Chinese trade officials are stepping up a charm offensive as Beijing seeks to assure global business leaders of the economy's long-term prospects despite
March 19, 2025
Global investors are deserting India's stock market, selling shares at a record pace to buy Chinese stocks instead, in a dramatic
March 19, 2025
Taiwan is strengthening its ability to move troops swiftly in case China suddenly turns one of its frequent drills around the island into an attack, Defence Minister Wellington Koo
March 19, 2025
Japan Airlines (JAL) said on Wednesday it plans to buy 17 more Boeing 737-8 aircraft to refresh its fleet.
March 19, 2025
Indonesia's central bank kept policy rates unchanged for a second straight review on Wednesday, as expected, against a backdrop of turmoil in
March 19, 2025
Taiwan will deepen military cooperation with the United States including intelligence sharing and holding joint tabletop exercises, the island's defence ministry said
March 18, 2025
Rights groups in Indonesia on Wednesday urged parliament to reject contentious revisions of military laws, saying they would take the archipelago back to an era
March 19, 2025
China is expected to leave its benchmark lending rates unchanged on Thursday, a Reuters poll showed, as signs the economic recovery was gaining some momentum and persistently
March 19, 2025
China's foreign ministry said on Wednesday it hopes Japan will take concrete action to uphold its commitment to fostering strategic and mutually beneficial ties with China, as
March 19, 2025
South Korean battery maker SK On said on Wednesday that it had won a deal to supply batteries for electric vehicles for Nissan Motor in the United States.
March 19, 2025
The Bank of Japan kept interest rates steady on Wednesday and warned of heightening global economic uncertainty, suggesting the timing of further
March 18, 2025
A leading rights group says that Pakistan's authorities have intensified pressure on Afghan refugees to go back to neighboring Afghanistan where they risk persecution by the Taliban and face dire economic conditions
March 19, 2025
The Bank of Japan held interest rates steady on Wednesday, as expected, as policymakers opted to spend more time gauging the impact of potential higher U.S. tariffs on the export-dependent
March 19, 2025
A board member of South Korea's central bank said on Wednesday household debt growth could take centre stage in policy discussions again amid an
March 19, 2025
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Economists expect Singapore to grow 2.6% this year, near the midpoint of the government's forecast range, a survey by the central bank published on Wednesday
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As Indonesia's government plays fast and loose with its spending plans, a slow exit of foreign investors is turning into a tide that risks engulfing the relatively
March 19, 2025
Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha said on Tuesday that Kyiv was not the obstacle for a peace deal with Russia and believes it can achieve just and lasting
March 18, 2025
Record greenhouse gas levels helped bring temperatures to an all-time high in 2024, accelerating glacier and sea ice loss, raising sea levels and edging the
March 19, 2025
A ship carrying Russian crude transferred from three smaller tankers that are under U.S. sanctions unloaded last week at a Chinese
March 19, 2025
South Korea said on Wednesday it will tighten property market trading rules in wealthy parts of Seoul to stem any speculative transactions that have been boosting home prices in the
March 19, 2025
The Bank of Japan kept interest rates steady on Wednesday, underscoring policymakers' preference to spend more time gauging how mounting global economic risks from higher U.S.
March 19, 2025
Thailand's economy was seen growing slightly more than 2.5% this year, less than earlier expected, minutes of the Bank of Thailand's February 26 monetary policy meeting showed on
March 19, 2025
Japan's exports rose for a fifth straight month in February, data showed on Wednesday, possibly helped by some stockpiling amid growing concerns over U.S.
March 18, 2025
Samsung Electronics said on Wednesday it is looking at major deals to drive growth as it faced tough questions from shareholders after
March 18, 2025
Authorities have imposed an indefinite curfew in parts of a western Indian city a day after communal clashes that were sparked by protests by Hindu nationalist groups demanding removal of the tomb of a 17th-century Muslim Mughal ruler
March 18, 2025
She went on her first international trip at age 56. Now this Chinese grandma is exploring the world by bike
March 19, 2025
Chinese EV maker Leapmotor has started selling two electric vehicle models at Stellantis dealerships in Britain via its joint venture with the world's No. 4 automaker,
March 18, 2025
Business sentiment among Japanese manufacturers in March worsened for the first time in three months into negative territory on concerns about U.S. tariff
March 18, 2025
Wall Street swung back down, and its former superstars once again led the way
March 18, 2025
Defying Trump, several US-funded international broadcasters are still reporting the news
March 18, 2025
Wall Street ended sharply lower and gold surged to record highs on Tuesday as the U.S.
March 18, 2025
Thousands of fans clustered inside and outside the Tokyo Dome for the Major League Baseball season opener. Ohtani mania has grabbed Japan as LA Dodgers star player makes a rare appearance playing in his home country. CNN's Hanako Montgomery was at the venue speaking to fans.
March 18, 2025
The dollar eased against the euro on Tuesday as Germany's parliament approved plans for a massive spending surge on Tuesday and as the Federal Reserve kicked
March 18, 2025
Oil prices eased about 1% on Tuesday as U.S.
March 18, 2025
Yemen's Houthis said on Tuesday they would expand their range of targets in Israel in the next hours and days unless the "aggression" on Gaza stops.
March 18, 2025
Yoshinobu Yamamoto threw five strong innings, Shohei Ohtani had two hits and scored twice and the defending World Series champion Los Angeles Dodgers beat the Chicago Cubs 4-1 in Major League Baseball’s season opener at the Tokyo Dome
March 18, 2025
U_S_ Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard, speaking ahead of an expected phone conversation Tuesday between President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin, said Monday that while the negotiations to end Russia war with Ukraine have just begun, Trump is “looking forward to success.”
March 18, 2025
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The Wikimedia Foundation, which runs Wikipedia, has asked India's Supreme Court to quash an order directing the online encyclopedia operator to take down a
March 18, 2025
Vietnam vet reunites with former unit over Zoom
March 18, 2025
The jammed sellout at the Tokyo Dome as the Dodgers and Cubs opened their regular season had a different vibe than the usual MLB game
March 18, 2025
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March 18, 2025
Shortstop Mookie Betts has returned to Los Angeles to continue recovering from an illness that will cause him to miss the Dodgers’ first two games of the regular season at the Tokyo Dome
March 18, 2025
Los Angeles Dodgers first baseman Freddie Freeman was scratched from the starting lineup with left rib discomfort before the season opener against the Chicago Cubs on Tuesday night at the Tokyo Dome
March 18, 2025
China's energy and auto giant BYD has announced a super fast EV charging system that it says is nearly as quick as a fill up at the pumps
March 18, 2025
India has asked the U.S. to list a Sikh separatist group as a terrorist organisation, an Indian government source said on Tuesday, more than a year after the U.S.
March 18, 2025
India and New Zealand aim to sign a free trade agreement in the next two months, New Zealand's Prime Minister Christopher Luxon said on Tuesday, a move that could
March 18, 2025
Indonesia's finance minister denied rumours of her imminent resignation and pledged to maintain fiscal discipline at a hurriedly called press conference announced after the
March 18, 2025
China's Xiaomi on Tuesday reported an almost 50% jump in fourth-quarter revenue, beating analyst estimates, and raised its target for electric vehicle deliveries this year
March 18, 2025
Indonesia is set to pass contentious revisions to a military law this week that will allow armed forces personnel to hold more civilian posts, a move that has triggered concern in
March 18, 2025
Costco Wholesale is pressuring mainland China suppliers to cut prices in response to U.S. tariffs, The Financial Times reported on Tuesday, citing two suppliers.
March 18, 2025
Despite a weeks-long multinational crackdown, scam centres along the Thai-Myanmar border are still operating with up to 100,000 people working
March 18, 2025
Chinese electric vehicle maker XPeng on Tuesday forecast first-quarter revenue above estimates, betting on the launch of its lower-priced G6 and G9 SUV models as well as its foray into
March 18, 2025
Sri Lanka's economy grew 5% last year, official data showed on Tuesday, beating forecasts, and marking a strong rebound from the country's worst financial crisis in
March 18, 2025
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The Bank of Japan is likely to keep hiking interest rates gradually as wages are seen rising at a pace that will keep inflation stably around its 2% target, according
March 18, 2025
A five-minute charge to go 250 miles? This Chinese EV giant claims it can offer just that
March 18, 2025
Indonesia will question hundreds of its citizens arriving in the capital on Tuesday after they were rescued from online scam compounds in
March 18, 2025
Japan's land prices rose at their fastest pace in 34 years in 2024 with recovery spreading to regional areas thanks to sustained economic growth, in the latest sign of a pickup in
March 18, 2025
South Korean police started on Tuesday providing additional security for the leader of the main opposition Democratic Party, after lawmakers had warned of a potential assassination
March 18, 2025
Most of the Bank of Korea's board members assessed Asia's fourth largest economy was losing steam faster than expected due to sluggish domestic spending and uncertainties from U.S.
March 18, 2025
The foreign ministers of South Korea, Japan and China will hold a meeting in Tokyo on Saturday in the first such talks since 2023, the
March 18, 2025
Taiwan’s Defense Ministry says an unusually large number of Chinese military ships, planes and drones entered the airspace and waters surrounding the self-governing island between Sunday and Monday
March 18, 2025
Hong Kong’s leader says his government opposes coercion by foreign governments, an allusion to comments by U.S. President Donald Trump, but stopped short of criticizing a prominent local conglomerate’s decision to sell its Panama Canal port assets to a consortium including American investment bank BlackRock Inc. John Lee was speaking during a news briefing after Beijing’s Hong Kong affairs office reposted newspaper commentaries critical of the deal between the constortium and CK Hutchison...
March 18, 2025
Authorities clamped indefinite curfew on parts of the Indian city of Nagpur after more than a dozen police officers were hurt in clashes sparked by a Hindu
March 18, 2025
Australia Foreign Minister Penny Wong said on Tuesday she had raised with China concerns over anonymous letters sent to Australians offering a
March 18, 2025
When South Korea's Constitutional Court rules on President Yoon Suk Yeol's impeachment, expected in coming days, few will be watching more closely - or be watched more
March 18, 2025
The U.S. energy department put South Korea on a watchlist because visitors to its laboratories mishandled sensitive information, Joseph Yun, the acting
March 18, 2025
U.S. Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard said President Donald Trump is committed to ensuring peace and security through “realism and pragmatism,” in remarks Tuesday before the U.S. leader speaks with Russian President Vladimir Putin
March 18, 2025
China's BYD has unveiled a megawatt charging system that it says can charge an EV as quickly as filling up a fuel tank, and said it will build a network across China, igniting a
March 18, 2025
Japanese automaker Mazda Motor said on Tuesday it will keep investments in its electrification efforts in check by making use of partnerships and its existing manufacturing plants
March 18, 2025
China's Hohhot, the capital of Inner Mongolia, announced a slew of childcare subsidies this month and promised to "care" for new mothers by giving them a daily cup of free milk,
March 18, 2025
Hong Kong is opposed to "bullying tactics" by foreign governments, the city's leader said on Tuesday when asked about conglomerate CK Hutchison's port deal with U.S.
March 18, 2025
Dozens of foreign CEOs will visit Beijing this month for a flagship development conference where some are expected to meet President Xi Jinping, according to a draft
March 17, 2025
Dozens of foreign CEOs will visit Beijing this month for a flagship business conference and some will meet with President Xi Jinping, as China seeks to attract
March 18, 2025
North Korea condemned recent U.S. strikes on Yemen as an act violating international law and a country's sovereignty and said such a move could never be justified in any way, the
March 18, 2025
The Major League Baseball season kicks off Tuesday night at the Tokyo Dome when Shohei Ohtani and the defending World Series champion Los Angeles Dodgers face the Chicago Cubs
March 17, 2025
Beijing has renewed registrations that allow hundreds of U.S. pork and poultry facilities to export to China, industry groups said on Monday,
March 17, 2025
Hong Kong billionaire property developer Lee Shau Kee had died
March 17, 2025
The bank at the centre of Vietnam's biggest financial fraud has received a central bank bailout amounting 5% of the nation's 2024 economic output, which a
March 17, 2025
Shohei Ohtani is widely regarded as the best player in Major League Baseball
March 16, 2025
The Los Angeles Dodgers gave Shohei Ohtani an unprecedented $700 million contract hoping to drive interest — and the dollars that come with it — from fans across the Pacific
March 17, 2025
U.S. stocks climbed again as Wall Street's wild roller-coaster ride veers back upward
March 17, 2025
Wall Street stocks ended higher and gold held near $3,000 per ounce on Monday after mixed economic data and ahead of talks between U.S.
March 17, 2025
U.S. firms are buying cobalt metal produced in Indonesia by China's Lygend Resources that does not incur the tariffs placed by the Trump administration on imports
March 17, 2025
Oil prices rose slightly on Monday after the United States vowed to keep attacking Yemen's Houthis until the Iran-aligned group ends its assaults on shipping,
March 16, 2025
The dollar hovered near a five-month low against the euro on Monday as worries about the economic fallout from U.S.
March 17, 2025
U.S. cuts to humanitarian aid are having a crushing impact on people in Myanmar, with violence likely to spiral, Thomas Andrews, the U.N. special rapporteur on
March 17, 2025
The World Health Organization (WHO) on Monday said that the agency is concerned about funding shortages in Afghanistan which could force closure of 80% of WHO-supported essential health
March 17, 2025
The German insurer Allianz said on Monday that it was selling its 26% stake in two joint ventures with India's Bajaj Finserv to the Bajaj Group for around 2.6 billion euros ($2.84
March 17, 2025
Alphabet's Google is preparing to partner with Taiwan's MediaTek on the next version of its AI chips, Tensor Processing Units, that will be made next year, the Information reported on
March 17, 2025
Tata Sons' acquisition of an additional 10% stake in Tata Play from an affiliate of Singaporean sovereign wealth fund Temasek Holdings has received regulatory clearance, the Competition
March 17, 2025
From Oh to Ohtani: How Japan developed a generation of baseball superstars (again)
March 17, 2025
A Hindu temple in Chino Hills, California, was desecrated on March 7 with anti-Hindu graffiti, which also targeted Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi
March 17, 2025
Japanese automaker Honda Motor will procure batteries for its hybrid vehicles from Toyota Motor's plant in the United States in an effort to reduce tariff risks under the Trump
March 17, 2025
South Korea's acting president urged ministries on Monday to work with the U.S. to avoid any negative impact on science, technology and energy
March 17, 2025
Chinese military exercises near Taiwan on Monday were punishment for Taiwanese President Lai Ching-te's continued promotion of "separatism", according to a stern statement
March 17, 2025
BYD on Monday unveiled a new platform for electric vehicles (EVs) that it said could charge EVs as quickly as it takes to pump gas and announced for the first time that it would
March 17, 2025
Los Angeles Dodgers shortstop Mookie Betts will not play in the two-game Tokyo Series against the Chicago Cubs because of an illness that’s lingered for the past week
March 17, 2025
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi said U.S.
March 17, 2025
Authorities in China pledged on Sunday to "vigorously boost consumption" and "expand domestic demand in all directions" as they seek to cushion the impact of weak
March 17, 2025
Foreign investors are rushing into Chinese interbank debt instruments as mainland yields rise, seeking to exploit the advantage of favourable currency conversion rates
March 17, 2025
South Korea's Foreign Minister Cho Tae-yul sought Kyiv's cooperation in the handling of North Korean prisoners of war during a telephone call on Monday with his Ukrainian counterpart
March 17, 2025
Tesla is launching a free trial of its Full Self-Driving (FSD) service in China from March 17 to April 16, the company said on its Chinese website.
March 17, 2025
Fire ripped through a packed and unlicensed nightclub early on Sunday in the North Macedonian town of Kocani, killing 59 people and injuring more than
March 16, 2025
Property developer Sunac China said on Monday it expects to report a wider loss for the year ended December 2024.
March 17, 2025
A former South Korean defence minister charged with insurrection for his role in trying to enforce martial law defended his actions at the start of his trial on Monday
March 17, 2025
Chinese electric vehicle giant BYD is considering Germany for a possible third assembly plant in Europe, a source familiar with the matter told Reuters, after
March 17, 2025
Nomura Holdings, Japan's largest securities firm, said on Monday it has partnered with regional lender Hyakujushi Bank to boost its wealth management services.
March 17, 2025
India's merchandise trade deficit in February narrowed sharply to $14.05 billion, the lowest level in more than three years, as imports fell amid
March 17, 2025
Hong Kong-based conglomerate CK Hutchison, which is facing pressure from Beijing authorities over a port deal with a BlackRock-led consortium, will not hold earnings
March 17, 2025
China unveils plan to boost consumption as Trump tariffs bite
March 17, 2025
After a long night of partying, things get WEIRD for the Ratliff brothers in ‘White Lotus’ episode 5
March 17, 2025
BMW Group will integrate Huawei HiCar, the Chinese tech conglomerate's car mobile app connecting devices with vehicles, into its locally produced new models in 2026, the German
March 17, 2025
Brands including Prada have cut ties with South Korean actor Kim Soo-hyun amid controversy over his relationship with actress Kim Sae-ron who was found dead in February
March 17, 2025
Indonesia's crude and refined palm oil exports surged 62.2% in February from a month ago to reach a four-month high, the
March 17, 2025
India's wholesale inflation in February rose to 2.38% year-on-year, slightly above 2.31% in January as a slowing food price increase was offset by a
March 17, 2025
China's retail sales growth quickened in January-February in a welcome sign for policymakers' efforts to boost domestic consumption even as joblessness
March 17, 2025
Shops selling Russian goods are springing up in cities across China, selling everything from Russian dolls to vodka and chocolate. But with counterfeit products accounting for much of what’s on offer, Chinese market regulators have launched investigations. CNN’s Marc Stewart goes shopping in Beijing to find out what's really going on.
March 16, 2025
Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway raised its holdings in five Japanese trading houses, regulatory filings showed on Monday, in the U.S. conglomerate's latest
March 17, 2025
Swiss pharmaceutical giant Novartis will watch "very carefully" how the reciprocal tariff policy proposed by the United States unfolds in early April, Chief Executive Vas Narasimhan
March 17, 2025
China's customs authorities have denied reports that they plan to go slow on inspections of imported coal, potentially leading to fewer imports.
March 17, 2025
Beer manufacturer Sapporo Holdings Ltd needs to be more transparent about its plans to divest some of its substantial real estate holdings, said a board candidate backed by the
March 17, 2025
Taiwan's central bank is likely to maintain its policy interest rate this week and keep it steady through the first quarter of next year, due to concerns over inflation and fresh
March 17, 2025
A look at the day ahead in European and global markets from Rae Wee Market movement on Monday continued the narrative of investors falling out of love with U.S. stocks and flocking to European and
March 17, 2025
South Korea's opposition Democratic Party on Monday urged the country's Constitutional Court to swiftly rule on President Yoon Suk Yeol's impeachment, saying keeping the country
March 17, 2025
Bank Indonesia will hold interest rates steady on Wednesday to protect the rupiah from further depreciation amid growing global trade tensions, but is expected
March 17, 2025
Property investment in China fell 9.8% in the first two months of 2025 from the same period a year earlier, after tumbling 10.6% in 2024, official data showed on Monday.
March 17, 2025
The joint venture of Volkswagen and FAW Group said on Monday it will launch 11 new Volkswagen and Jetta branded models tailored for the China market from 2026.
March 17, 2025
Asia's ability to supply sustainable aviation fuel will outpace regional demand this year and next as more production comes online, increasing exports and
March 17, 2025
China's property slump persisted in February, with official figures on Monday showing declines in prices, investment and sales, as government measures
March 17, 2025
In the Central Mamuju district of Indonesia’s West Sulawesi, where the Budong-Budong River meets the sea, people have long feared crocodiles
March 17, 2025
Russian teenager Mirra Andreeva has come back to beat No. 1-ranked Aryna Sabalenka 2-6, 6-4, 6-3 in the BNP Paribas Open
March 16, 2025
Public support for Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba's government dropped to a record low after he handed out gift vouchers to some ruling party lawmakers, a poll conducted by
March 16, 2025
China's State Council unveiled on Sunday what it called a "special action plan" to boost domestic consumption, featuring measures including increasing residents' income and
March 16, 2025
‘Made in Russia’ goods are the new craze in China
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Hundreds of U.S. meat plants granted access to China in a 2020 "Phase 1" trade deal with President Donald Trump are set to lose
March 14, 2025
At least five officers and two civilians have been killed and 10 wounded when a suicide car bomber targeted a convoy of buses carrying security forces in Pakistan's restive Balochistan province
March 16, 2025
Nearly 25 years after Ichiro Suzuki embarked on a Hall of Fame career for the Seattle Mariners, the impact of Japanese players in Major League Baseball is at a high point
March 16, 2025
The United States has called for better access to the Korean market, particularly in the agriculture and technology sectors, South Korea's trade minister said on
March 16, 2025
For two days in Japan, it’s the Hanshin Tigers who have looked like the class of the National League
March 16, 2025
Los Angeles Dodgers shortstop Mookie Betts is still struggling to recover from an illness, with manager Dave Roberts pessimistic that the eight-time All-Star will be ready for opening day against the Chicago Cubs on Tuesday in Japan
March 16, 2025
Thousands of cocoa farmers across Indonesia are working with businesses and other organizations to protect their crops against the bitter impacts of climate change
March 16, 2025
Chinese President Xi Jinping has declined an invitation to visit Brussels for a summit to mark the 50th
March 16, 2025
Volkswagen is in talks with digital cockpit system developer Ecarx to put the Chinese company's technologies in cars it sells in developed markets, such as Europe, Ecarx's CEO said
March 12, 2025
China's Baidu said on Sunday it has launched two new artificial intelligence models, including a new reasoning-focused model that it said rivalled DeepSeek's model, as it vies to
March 16, 2025
Shaksaaz, a tailor in the Kashmiri city of Srinagar, inherited his passion for local Sufi music from his grandfather along with a meticulously preserved collection of cassette tapes from the 1970s, which he often listens to as he works
March 16, 2025
The Tokyo Series and its celebration of Shohei Ohtani begins this week in a festive atmosphere
March 14, 2025
The Chicago Cubs and Los Angeles Dodgers can party like it’s 2022 on a baseball field for a few days in Japan, and even like it’s 1982 off of it
March 15, 2025
Shortstop Mookie Betts will miss the Los Angeles Dodgers’ two exhibition games in Japan because of an illness
March 15, 2025
Japanese star Shohei Ohtani showed off some prodigious power in his return to the Tokyo Dome on Saturday night
March 15, 2025
South Koreans gathered in huge numbers in the capital Seoul on Saturday to support or oppose impeached president Yoon Suk Yeol before a court decides
March 15, 2025
SHANGHAI ((Reuters)) - China's securities watchdog will step up monitoring fake information in the stock market and work with the police and cyberspace regulators to crack down on those who
March 15, 2025
SHANGHAI ((Reuters)) - China should choose the right timing and force in easing monetary policy, state media said on Saturday in the latest signal that further easing to boost the world's second-
March 15, 2025
U.S.
March 14, 2025
The U.S. State Department has announced sanctions on an unknown number of current and former Thai officials for their role in deporting at least 40 Uyghur men to China despite worries that they could be jailed or even face death there
March 14, 2025
China has lashed out at accusations it is endangering maritime safety made by top diplomats from the Group of 7 industrialized democracies
March 15, 2025
The U.S.
March 15, 2025
G7 foreign ministers took a tough stance on China on Friday, stepping up language on Taiwan and omitting some conciliatory references from past
March 14, 2025
The death toll from a militant hijacking of a train in Pakistan's southwestern mountains has risen to 31 soldiers, staff and civilians, the military said on
March 14, 2025
Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Andrei Rudenko is visiting North Korea, North Korean state media KCNA said on Saturday.
March 14, 2025
A group of House Republicans has put forward legislation seeking to prevent Chinese students from studying in American schools, citing national security concerns
March 14, 2025
South Korea's trade minister has asked his U.S. counterpart to exempt the country from reciprocal tariffs if they go into effect in April, the trade ministry said on Saturday.
March 14, 2025
U.S. equities followed European stocks higher on Friday to end a bumpy week on a positive note, although safe-haven gold hit a record high
March 14, 2025
The Trump administration official overseeing the dismantling of the main U.S. foreign aid agency proposed phasing out help for crisis-torn Lebanon and the
March 14, 2025
U.S. stocks rallied to their best day since November's election, but that wasn't enough to keep Wall Street from a fourth straight losing week
March 14, 2025
The euro rose on Friday after German parties agreed on a fiscal deal that could boost defence spending and revive growth in Europe's largest
March 14, 2025
Vietnamese and Americans firms have signed a series of deals on energy and minerals during a visit to the United States by Vietnam's trade minister, state media and one of the firms
March 14, 2025
Jailed former Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has appeared by videoconference before judges at the International Criminal Court
March 14, 2025
Millions of people in South Asia are celebrating Holi, the Hindu festival of colors, by smearing each other with brightly colored powder, dancing to festive music and feasting on traditional sweets prepared for the occasion
March 14, 2025
The United Nations food agency says that more than 1 million people in the war-torn nation of Myanmar will be cut off from food assistance due to critical funding shortfalls
March 14, 2025
Country Garden Services, the property services arm of China's Country Garden, on Friday forecast a higher full-year profit on the back of lower impairment charges.
March 14, 2025
By Stephanie van den Berg and Anthony Deutsch THE HAGUE -Former Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte was "abducted" before being taken to The Hague to face murder allegations and is too ill to give
March 14, 2025
The United Nations will do all it can to help prevent food rations being cut for Rohingya refugees in camps in Bangladesh, U.N.
March 14, 2025
Former Philippines leader Duterte appears in Hague courtroom via video link on ‘war on drugs’ charges
March 14, 2025
Bank of America has cut 16 bankers from its investment banking department in Hong Kong as part of global cuts to its dealmaking workforce, three sources
March 14, 2025
As U.S.
March 14, 2025
CATL reported 15% growth in 2024 net profit, the slowest pace in six years, as a prolonged price war in China's electric vehicle market put pressure on the Chinese EV battery giant.
March 14, 2025
Taiwan's Foxconn,the world's largest contract electronics maker, said on Friday that solid demand from its tech clients would drive strong revenue
March 13, 2025
Representatives of China, Russia and Iran have called for an end to U.S. sanctions on Iran over its rapidly advancing nuclear program and a restart to multinational talks on the issue
March 14, 2025
The spotlight will be on slugger Shohei Ohtani this week when the superstar returns to Japan and leads the defending World Series champion Los Angeles Dodgers against the Chicago Cubs in the first two games of the Major League Baseball season at the Tokyo Dome
March 13, 2025
Thailand's household debt and non-performing loans have stabilised after economic growth gained pace towards the end of last year, its finance minister said on Friday, pledging
March 14, 2025
Tens of thousands of JPMorgan Chase software engineers increased their productivity 10% to 20% by using a coding assistant tool developed by the bank, its
March 13, 2025
China and Russia stood by Iran on Friday after the United States demanded nuclear talks with Tehran, with senior Chinese and Russian
March 14, 2025
China blasts ‘spineless’ plan to sell Panama Canal ports to BlackRock
March 14, 2025
Japanese firms agreed to raise wages by more than 5% on average this year, on course for their most substantial pay hike in over three decades - a
March 14, 2025
Top U.S. tech, defence and energy companies including Boeing and Apple will join a large business mission to Vietnam next week, a list of participants seen by
March 14, 2025
China is likely to face a supply shortage of rapeseed meal by the third quarter of this year as Beijing's tariffs on shipments from top exporter Canada
March 14, 2025
New bank lending in China tumbled more than expected in February from a record high the previous month, even as policymakers seek to shield the economy from
March 14, 2025
Vietnam escalated a charm offensive with the United States on Friday as it announced provisional deals for the import of U.S. energy products and a
March 13, 2025
More than a million people in Myanmar will be cut off from life-saving food assistance provided by the World Food Programme (WFP) from next month because of critical
March 14, 2025
It's the World Series-champion Los Angeles Dodgers against the Chicago Cubs on Tuesday and Wednesday at the Tokyo Dome to start the Major League Baseball season
March 14, 2025
The U.S.
March 14, 2025
Indonesia's trade surplus in February likely narrowed to $2.45 billion, despite a larger increase in exports and a small import growth, a Reuters poll showed on Friday, indicating
March 14, 2025
Hong-Kong based insurer AIA on Friday posted an 18% rise in annual value of new business (VONB) but missed estimates, while announcing a $1.6
March 13, 2025
Global equities sank on Thursday with the
March 13, 2025
Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba apologised on Friday for giving gift certificates to some ruling party lawmakers, a move that could hurt his administration's
March 14, 2025
China's Hong Kong and Macau Affairs Office (HKMAO) reposted a commentary criticising CK Hutchison's port deal with U.S. firm BlackRock as a betrayal
March 14, 2025
China hits out at ‘threats of force’ on Iran as Trump pushes for new nuclear deal
March 14, 2025
DBS Group, Southeast Asia's biggest bank, has raised $2 billion through a multi-tranche U.S. dollar senior bond issuance for general business purposes and to finance treasury activities,
March 14, 2025
Asia hedge funds weathered the March selloff in markets better than their U.S. counterparts, helped by the relative outperformance of Chinese stocks as global
March 14, 2025
Tesla will make a lower-cost version of its best-selling Model Y in Shanghai, three people with knowledge of the matter said, aiming to regain ground lost during a price war in its
March 14, 2025
Indonesia has issued telecommunications permits for five different models of Apple's iPhone 16, the communications ministry said on Friday, a step towards allowing sales after a
March 14, 2025
The Bank of Japan is set to keep interest rates steady next week and discuss just how much of a risk the escalating U.S. trade war poses to the export-reliant economy
March 14, 2025
Japan's core inflation likely decelerated in February from the previous month due to the resumption of energy subsidies, a Reuters poll showed, though the overall price trends will
March 14, 2025
A spare power bank is a possible cause of a fire that engulfed an Air Busan plane in January, South Korea's transport ministry said on Friday, citing interim investigation results.
March 14, 2025
China will take all necessary measures to safeguard its rights and interests, the Chinese foreign ministry said on Wednesday, after U.S.
March 12, 2025
A genetic study of Asian elephants in northern Cambodia reveals a larger and more robust population than previously thought, raising hopes the endangered species could slowly recover
March 13, 2025
South Korea's acting President Choi Sang-mok called on Friday for the nation to respect and accept any decision, ahead of a Constitutional Court's ruling on the
March 14, 2025
The world’s greatest places of 2025, according to TIME
March 13, 2025
Fear and resignation after ‘world’s most powerful company’ pays Trump a $100 billion ‘protection fee’
March 13, 2025
SoftBank plans to transform a former Sharp LCD panel plant in Japan into a data centre for operating artificial intelligence agents developed in collaboration with U.S.-based ChatGPT
March 13, 2025
The arrest of former Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte has given a timely boost to the International Criminal Court, which is facing U.S. sanctions
March 13, 2025
Former Philippines leader Rodrigo Duterte will make his first appearance at the International Criminal Court on Friday at 1300 GMT, the court said on Thursday.
March 13, 2025
A Philippine general says that ex-Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte threatened him with lawsuits, refused to be fingerprinted and told law enforcers “you have to kill me to bring me to The Hague.”
March 13, 2025
There is about a 40% chance of a U.S. recession this year and a risk of lasting damage to the country's standing as an investment destination if the administration undermines
March 12, 2025
Wall Street’s sell-off hit a new low following President Donald Trump’s latest escalation in his trade war
March 13, 2025
The China Shipowners' Association opposes a U.S. proposal to slap hefty port entry fees on ocean cargo carriers that own or have ordered vessels from China,
March 13, 2025
Oil prices fell over 1% on Thursday as markets weighed macroeconomic concerns, including the risk that tariff wars between the U.S. and other
March 13, 2025
The U.S. dollar rose against most major currencies including the Swiss franc and the euro on Thursday, as investors consolidated positions
March 13, 2025
Armenia and Azerbaijan were locked in conflict over Nagorno-Karabakh for nearly four decades after the Soviet Union they were both members of collapsed.
March 13, 2025
Over the past week, Panama's government has released dozens of migrants from around the world who were deported from the U.S. The migrants fled conflict, religious persecution, poverty and government crackdowns in countries such as Afghanistan, Somalia, Cameroon, China, Pakistan and Iran
March 12, 2025
Chicago Cubs star swaps baseball bat for samurai sword during practice ahead of Tokyo Series
March 13, 2025
Foreigners added nearly $16 billion to their emerging market portfolios in February, with investors loading up on Chinese stocks as well as debt across developing
March 13, 2025
Hostages freed after a day-long ordeal following an attack by militants on a train in Pakistan's Balochistan province described crouching on the floor for
March 13, 2025
Pakistan’s prime minister has commended the country’s armed forces for successfully rescuing 339 passengers after a deadly train hijacking by insurgents in the southwest
March 13, 2025
The Indian government has asked a local court to deliver a summons issued by the U.S.
March 13, 2025
Taiwan President Lai Ching-te said on Thursday China has deepened its influence campaigns and infiltration against the democratic island, pledging measures to tackle
March 13, 2025
U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres is on a four-day visit to Bangladesh for a first-hand look at the situation of more than 1 million Rohingya refugees as fears mount of serious aid cuts
March 13, 2025
Shohei Ohtani begins his second season with the Los Angeles Dodgers in his native Japan, taking on the Chicago Cubs in a pair of games at the Tokyo Dome
March 13, 2025
U.S. investment firm Blackstone will purchase a 40% stake in Indian real estate developer Kolte-Patil Developers in a deal worth 11.67 billion rupees ($134 million), the latter said on
March 13, 2025
As India's longest equity slump in nearly three decades wipes out roughly $1 trillion in market capitalization, the
March 13, 2025
BlackRock has hired Yu Beihua, formerly head of AXA's China fund joint venture, as the new boss of its China business, two people with knowledge of the matter said,
March 13, 2025
Australia is scrambling to deploy new long-range missiles as the recent arrival of powerful Chinese warships off the Australian coast delivers a sharp reminder of Beijing’s
March 13, 2025
A Thai business group on Thursday urged Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra to negotiate with the United States and consider lowering import taxes on U.S. goods, as the government
March 13, 2025
Tesla is working with Chinese tech giant Baidu to improve the performance of its advanced driving assistance (ADAS) system in China, two people with knowledge of the matter
March 13, 2025
The presidents of Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan signed a deal on Thursday on demarcating their shared frontier, seeking to end a long-running border conflict that has seen dozens
March 13, 2025
Chinese AI startup Zhipu AI secured 500 million yuan ($69.04 million) in funding from state-owned Huafa Group, just earlier this month announcing a separate 1 billion yuan capital
March 13, 2025
Taiwanese President William Lai Ching-te says tougher measures are needed to counter stepped-up Chinese infiltration, spying and other efforts to weaken the island’s defenses
March 13, 2025
Alimentation Couche-Tard could bolster its $47-billion offer for Seven & i if the Japanese firm became more cooperative and revealed
March 12, 2025
It’s official: This is the world’s highest urban microbrewery
March 13, 2025
Canada’s Alimentation Couche-Tard has reiterated its determination to acquire Seven & i Holdings, although the operator of Japan’s top convenience store chain has rejected its offer
March 13, 2025
Walmart feels the heat in China after Trump imposes tariffs
March 13, 2025
U.S. President Donald Trump threw a curve ball at China by linking the fentanyl issue to his tariffs on imports
March 13, 2025
India's telecom regulator plans to recommend that satellite broadband spectrum be allotted for around five years to assess initial market
March 13, 2025
Former Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte said he takes full responsibility for his administration's "war on drugs", in a video message posted on his Facebook account, as he
March 13, 2025
Hundreds of fans at Tokyo’s Haneda Airport lined up 10 deep and hoping to catch a glimpse of Shohei Ohtani as he arrived
March 13, 2025
Elon Musk’s Starlink has signed an agreement with India’s top telecom operator on Wednesday to bring the U.S. satellite internet giant’s services to the world’s most populous country, a day after announcing a similar agreement with the country’s second-largest provider
March 12, 2025
Singapore prosecutors told a court on Thursday that a case in which Singapore-based firms have been accused of fraudulently supplying U.S. servers to Malaysia involves
March 13, 2025
Vietnam's aviation regulator has proposed to recognise China's aircraft design certifications as equivalent to U.S. standards, facilitating
March 13, 2025
Anheuser-Busch InBev on Thursday denied a report that thousands of job cuts were planned this year at its Asia-Pacific unit Budweiser Brewing Co APAC Ltd.
March 13, 2025
Beijing officials met with Walmart this week to discuss media reports that the U.S. retailer has asked Chinese suppliers to slash prices on their goods to offset the
March 12, 2025
‘Things took a darker turn’: Survivors recall horror of deadly Pakistan train siege
March 12, 2025
The Bank of Japan is expected to keep its key interest rate steady at its March 19 meeting, with over two-thirds of economists expecting a 25-basis-point hike to
March 13, 2025
Bank of Japan Governor Kazuo Ueda on Thursday painted an optimistic view on consumption and reaffirmed the bank's resolve to shrink its "too big" balance sheet, a sign
March 13, 2025
South Korea's central bank said on Thursday that U.S.
March 13, 2025
The International Criminal Court has taken custody of former Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte on a warrant accusing him of crimes against humanity for anti-drugs crackdowns he oversaw while in office
March 12, 2025
South Korean military investigators charged two Air Force pilots on Thursday with criminal negligence over an accidental bombing of a village last week during a training exercise,
March 13, 2025
Pakistani officials say insurgents who attacked a passenger train carrying 440 people in the southwest killed 21 hostages but security forces rescued the others
March 12, 2025
Former Philippine President Duterte in ICC custody over anti-drugs crackdown
March 11, 2025
The International Criminal Court has had former Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte arrested on a warrant containing charges of murder as a crime against humanity over deadly anti-drugs crackdowns he oversaw while in office
March 12, 2025
Pakistani security forces stormed a train on Wednesday that had been hijacked by separatist militants, killing all 33 attackers and ending a day-long
March 12, 2025
Search intensifies for missing US student in Dominican Republic
March 12, 2025
Global trade is forecast to grow, albeit less robustly, as the world reacts to U.S.
March 12, 2025
India arrests man accused of running $96 billion crypto exchange at request of US
March 12, 2025
Pakistan’s neglected southwestern province of Balochistan has been the scene of a yearslong insurgency
March 12, 2025
U.S. stock indexes rose after getting some relief from an encouraging inflation update
March 12, 2025
Former Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte was taken into custody by the International Criminal Court on Wednesday following his
March 12, 2025
Global stocks rose on Wednesday with U.S. Treasury yields as relief over cooler U.S. inflation in February was countered by uncertainty around U.S.
March 12, 2025
Lawyers representing four Indonesian fishermen say they were beaten and trapped on vessels that were part of the global supply chain that provided tuna to Bumble Bee Seafoods
March 12, 2025
A military operation against militants who hijacked a train carrying hundreds of passengers in southwest Pakistan has ended, a spokesman for the army said late on Wednesday.
March 12, 2025
Two South Korean steelmakers said they were considering new investment options in the United States, while Europe's steel mills warned of a
March 12, 2025
Philippine ex-President Duterte, who faces murder charges at the International Criminal Court over his war on drugs, will be taken
March 12, 2025
China's top lawmaker and the third-ranked leader of its ruling Communist Party, Zhao Leji, spoke to journalists covering parliament on Wednesday, state media reported, a day after
March 12, 2025
China said on Wednesday that the U.S. has undermined bilateral counter-narcotics cooperation by imposing tariffs on Chinese goods over fentanyl, calling on
March 12, 2025
Kazakhstan contributed more than a half of overall OPEC+ oil production rise in February, lagging behind its pledges to reduce production, OPEC data showed on Wednesday.
March 12, 2025
TSMC has pitched U.S. chip designers Nvidia, Advanced Micro Devices and Broadcom about taking stakes in a joint
March 12, 2025
Mercedes-Benz will develop smart driving cars for global markets equipped with Hesai's lidar sensors, a person with direct knowledge said, the first time a foreign automaker has
March 11, 2025
U.S.
March 12, 2025
India's industrial output in January outpaced expectations, powered by strong manufacturing and mining activity, government data showed on Wednesday.
March 12, 2025
Apple has successfully blocked its opponents in India, Tinder-owner Match and a group of startups, from accessing its commercially sensitive information which was
March 12, 2025
India's retail inflation fell below 4% in February for the first time in six months mainly due to a decline in vegetable prices, giving the central bank room to cut rates further in coming
March 12, 2025
India's retail inflation fell below 4% in February for the first time in six months mainly due to a decline in vegetable prices, giving
March 12, 2025
The moment Jerica Ann Pico, the widow of a man who was killed during the war on drugs in the Philippines, heard the news of former President Rodrigo Duterte's arrest,
March 12, 2025
Jaguar Land Rover has shelved plans to build electric vehicles at parent company Tata Motor's upcoming $1 billion factory in southern India, four people with
March 12, 2025
ArcelorMittal's India joint venture has sued New Delhi for rejecting imports of a steelmaking raw material, saying it was
March 12, 2025
Many of Japan's biggest companies from tech conglomerates to Toyota have met union demands for substantial wage hikes for a third consecutive year, seeking to help
March 11, 2025
Elon Musk makes India inroads with two major deals
March 12, 2025
Pakistani security forces are carrying out a rescue operation to free dozens of passengers taken hostage by separatist militants who hijacked their train in the southwest of the country on
March 12, 2025
Industrial and Commercial Bank of China, the world's biggest commercial lender by assets, announced on Wednesday the launch of an 80 billion yuan ($11.04 billion) technology and
March 12, 2025
Iron ore futures surrendered early gains to trade lower on Wednesday, as sentiment was spooked by resumed market talks of China's plan of trimming crude
March 12, 2025
South Korea's air traffic authorities will ban drones from flying around the Constitutional Court in Seoul from Thursday ahead of the ruling on the impeachment of President Yoon Suk
March 12, 2025
The Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant’s radiation levels have significantly dropped since the cataclysmic meltdown 14 years ago
March 11, 2025
Two independent directors of Japan's Seven & i Holdings have resigned, the convenience store operator said on Wednesday, as it rejigs its management in the face of a $47 billion
March 12, 2025
With inflation cooling, Pakistan's central bank hit pause on its multiple rounds of monetary easing that might have risked destabilising its currency or worsening
March 12, 2025
China will hold a meeting on Friday in Beijing with Russia and Iran on the Iranian "nuclear issue", its foreign ministry said, with both nations sending their deputy foreign
March 12, 2025
Cathay Pacific Airways reported marginal full-year profit growth on Wednesday, but airfares fell because of intense competition as Asia's airlines
March 12, 2025
South Korea's Trade Minister Cheong In-kyo will visit Washington, D.C. from March 13 to 14 to discuss trade issues including reciprocal tariffs and investment projects with his
March 12, 2025
The weather in some of the world's most densely populated cities is swinging from droughts to floods and back again as rising temperatures play havoc with the
March 12, 2025
India's central bank is prioritising currency stability over concerns about credit market tightness, defying wider market expectations it would need to
March 12, 2025
China will import even more off-exchange refined copper this year, according to analysts and traders, as output from the Congo booms and users look to alleviate shortages and head
March 12, 2025
Bank of Japan Governor Kazuo Ueda on Wednesday took in stride recent rises in bond yields, saying they were a natural reflection of market expectations of future
March 12, 2025
How this Japanese ski town became the powder capital of Asia – and maybe even the world
March 12, 2025
Mukesh Ambani's Reliance Jio signed a deal with Elon Musk's SpaceX to bring Starlink satellite internet services to
March 12, 2025
South Korea plans to overhaul inheritance tax codes to make them more equitable and encourage wealth transfer to younger generations, the finance ministry said on Wednesday, in its
March 12, 2025
Japanese suitors face a heightened chance of U.S. targets baking in hefty termination fees to protect against a deal
March 10, 2025
Separatist militants blew up a railway track and opened fire on a passenger train in southwestern Pakistan on Tuesday, taking dozens of hostages and
March 11, 2025
Japan's annual wholesale inflation hit 4.0% in February, data showed on Wednesday, underscoring pressure from rising raw material costs that will keep alive market
March 11, 2025
India's largest privately owned oil and gas company Cairn India said it may invest in U.S. service and engineering companies as part of a $5 billion plan to grow
March 11, 2025
China in February again led purchases of electric vehicles, which increased worldwide versus a year ago, even as European Union tariffs on China-made EVs reduced sales
March 11, 2025
Bessemer Venture Partners, an early backer of Swiggy, has raised $350 million for an India-focused fund to invest in AI-enabled businesses,
March 11, 2025
Hopes for the release of detained Hong Kong media tycoon Jimmy Lai are higher following U.S.
March 11, 2025
Pakistani insurgents have attacked a passenger train carrying several hundred people and claimed to have taken more than 100 hostages
March 11, 2025
Ukraine's acceptance of a U.S. proposal for a ceasefire with Russia briefly pushed the euro to a five-month high while equities fell in
March 11, 2025
The U.S. stock market fell further following President Donald Trump’s latest escalation in his trade war, briefly pulling Wall Street 10% below its record set last month
March 11, 2025
An unplanned experiment takes scientists closer to solving a long-standing mystery: To what extent, if any, have human-created emissions influenced thunderstorms?
March 11, 2025
The euro hit a five-month high on Tuesday after Ukraine agreed to a 30-day ceasefire proposal, while the dollar rose to a one-week high before
March 10, 2025
Uber has terminated its $950 million bid for Delivery Hero's Foodpanda business in Taiwan, the food delivery company said on Tuesday, owing to regulatory hurdles.
March 11, 2025
Only seven countries met World Health Organization (WHO) air quality standards last year, data showed on Tuesday, as researchers warned that the war on smog would
March 11, 2025
Philippine officials say arrested former Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has left Manila on a plane and he will be turned over to the International Criminal Court in The Hague
March 11, 2025
OpenAI launched new tools for developers on Tuesday that will help them build advanced AI agents, using a few application programming interfaces (APIs), amid growing competition from
March 11, 2025
Former Philippines leader Rodrigo Duterte was sent to The Hague on Tuesday hours after he was arrested in Manila at the request of the International Criminal Court as
March 11, 2025
A 15-page International Criminal Court arrest warrant for Rodrigo Duterte, made public by the court, outlines the accusations against the former
March 11, 2025
Former Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte was arrested and taken into custody on Tuesday in Manila on an International Criminal Court warrant for the "war on drugs" that defined
March 11, 2025
A report details how China in two decades has grown to be the dominant global player in shipbuilding, dwarfing the U.S., which now has only 0.1% of the global market
March 11, 2025
Philippine ex-President Rodrigo Duterte, who left a savage legacy over his deadly anti-drugs crackdown, was arrested on an international warrant as he returned to Manila
March 11, 2025
The youngest daughter of former Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte said on Tuesday her father had been put on a plane and his family not told of its destination.
March 11, 2025
Indonesia's government on Tuesday introduced in a parliamentary committee a watered-down version of contentious legislation that would enable President Prabowo Subianto to appoint
March 11, 2025
Indian telecom operator Bharti Airtel says it has signed a deal with Elon Musk’s Starlink to explore providing the U.S. satellite internet giant’s services to customers in India, depending on government approval
March 11, 2025
Zhengzhou Exchange on Tuesday raised the trading margin requirements for some rapeseed meal futures contracts to 9% from 7% after Beijing's 100% tariff
March 11, 2025
Elon Musk's Starlink has signed a deal with India's No. 2 telecoms company Airtel to bring Starlink's internet services to the world's most populous country, intensifying rivalry with
March 11, 2025
Nissan on Tuesday named Ivan Espinosa its next chief executive, tapping the two-decade company veteran with deep product experience to revive a once-
March 10, 2025
South Korean singer Wheesung found dead at Seoul home aged 43
March 11, 2025
Korean Air on Tuesday launched new aircraft livery and corporate branding that will be introduced across the company as it combines with South Korean rival Asiana
March 11, 2025
Before he was elected president of the Philippines, Rodrigo Duterte already was nicknamed "The Punisher" and "Duterte Harry" for his years-long and often violent campaign against
March 11, 2025
By Stephanie van den Berg THE HAGUE - Following a request from the International Criminal Court (ICC), the Philippines arrested former President Rodrigo Duterte due to an investigation into thousands
March 11, 2025
U.S.-headquartered cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase Global has registered with India's Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU), allowing it to offer crypto trading services in the country
March 11, 2025
The list of the world’s top 20 most polluted cities is out. All but one are in Asia
March 11, 2025
Indian town’s abandoned European-style mansions are a throwback to its opulent past
March 11, 2025
Former Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte arrested over ICC warrant for crimes against humanity
March 11, 2025
The NBA’s shortest player is a 5-foot-8 rising star from Japan. Meet Yuki Kawamura
March 11, 2025
If you cannot fight them, join them, is the mantra among Chinese mom-and-pop investors who are embracing DeepSeek and other artificial
March 11, 2025
A Hong Kong court convicted on Tuesday prominent social worker Jackie Chen of rioting, following a retrial after the government appealed against
March 11, 2025
The Bank of Japan said it will increase scrutiny into how lenders are estimating the impact of rising interest rates on their profits in next fiscal year's on-site
March 11, 2025
The third-ranked leader of China's ruling Communist Party was absent on Tuesday from a key parliamentary session he had been due to open, with
March 11, 2025
Asian stocks slump amid US recession fears
March 11, 2025
China has wrapped up its biggest political event of the year leaving one question unanswered: How far will it go to try to revive economic growth in 2025
March 11, 2025
Several Chinese labour unions, including in central Hunan province and the southern hub of Shenzhen, issued official notices to companies to stop requiring prospective female
March 11, 2025
China's Evergrande Property Services Group said on Friday it expects
March 07, 2025
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March 11, 2025
Japan's trade minister says he has not gotten assurances from U.S. officials that the key U.S. ally will be exempt from higher tariffs, some of which take effect on Wednesday
March 11, 2025
Chinese electric vehicle maker Xpeng sees humanoid robots as a long-term project and is considering large investments that could go up to 100 billion yuan ($13.80 billion), state
March 11, 2025
India is considering new incentives for its exporters amid global trade uncertainty and the potential impact of tariffs threatened by the Donald Trump administration on shipments
March 11, 2025
The United Nations' migration agency has reinstated humanitarian assistance to Rohingya refugees in Indonesia, its chief of mission in Jakarta told Reuters on Tuesday.
March 11, 2025
Former Philippine President Rodrigo on Tuesday questioned under what law and for what crime he had been arrested, according to a video posted by local media outlet GMA news.
March 11, 2025
Canada's Alimentation Couche-Tard on Tuesday said it is confident there is a "clear path" to overcome U.S. regulatory hurdles in its proposed $
March 10, 2025
Most of the world has dirty air, with just 17% of global cities meeting WHO air pollution guidelines, a report Tuesday found
March 11, 2025
Waiting to break their fast during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, clerics in the Indonesian town of Majalengka gathered for an unusual
March 11, 2025
Japan's Economy Minister Ryosei Akazawa said on Tuesday the government will work closely with the Bank of Japan (BOJ) in reaching its 2% inflation target as rising
March 11, 2025
Standard Chartered said on Tuesday that its global private banking unit had launched an investment platform specifically tailored for its ultra-high-net-worth clientele.
March 11, 2025
South Korea's acting President Choi Sang-mok said on Tuesday that U.S. President Donald Trump's "America First" policies had started targeting his country.
March 11, 2025
Japan's trade minister said he had asked the United States not to impose trade tariffs on his country, but did not win any assurance that Japan would be exempt, including from a 25% steel
March 10, 2025
The Panama Canal is exploring the construction of a pipeline to move liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) across the trade passage, canal administrator Ricaurte
March 11, 2025
Citi analysts cut their recommendation for U.S. stocks to "neutral" from "overweight" on Monday after recession fears pummelled the market, arguing that the U.S.
March 11, 2025
South Korea’s Constitutional Court could soon rule whether to dismiss or reinstate impeached conservative President Yoon Suk Yeol
March 11, 2025
Japanese household spending rose 0.8% in January from a year earlier, internal affairs ministry data showed on Tuesday, worse than the median market forecast for a 3.6% rise.
March 10, 2025
Japan's economy expanded in the October-December quarter at a slower pace than initially reported, weighed by weaker consumption but still likely supporting the
March 10, 2025
India's February consumer inflation likely eased below the Reserve Bank of India's medium-term target of 4.0% for the first time in six months on moderating food
March 10, 2025
Cuts to US foreign aid are hurting efforts to tackle human trafficking at scam compounds. Americans may pay the price
March 11, 2025
Leo Liu, manager of the sprawling Wankelai store in the Chinese capital of Beijing, spoke into a microphone, announcing progressively
March 10, 2025
The U.S. stock market’s sell-off accelerated as worries built about pain for the economy because of tariffs and other policies by President Donald Trump
March 10, 2025
Illumina on Monday lowered its annual forecast and said it plans to cut $100 million in spending after China announced a ban on imports of its genetic sequencing instruments.
March 10, 2025
Stocks slumped globally on Monday, while U.S. bond yields dropped as investor worries about the potential economic slowdown were
March 09, 2025
Chinese government bonds fell on Monday and 10-year yields climbed to three-month highs after comments from the central bank governor tempered market bets of imminent interest
March 10, 2025
The U.S. dollar weakened against the yen on Monday as investors worried about a probable U.S. economic slowdown and a
March 10, 2025
China's DeepSeek said on Monday an issue impacting its advanced R1 artificial intelligence reasoning model was resolved after a brief outage.
March 10, 2025
Oil prices were down 1% on Monday on fears that U.S. tariffs on Canada, Mexico and China would slow economies around the world and slash
March 09, 2025
Nissan Motor Corp. recently showcased its driverless technology on city streets in Yokohama
March 10, 2025
Dozens of Tibetan protesters have clashed with police outside the Chinese Embassy in New Delhi as Tibetans living in exile mark the 66th anniversary of their uprising against China
March 10, 2025
North Korea fired multiple ballistic missiles on Monday, hours after condemning the South Korean and U.S. militaries for launching drills that Pyongyang
March 09, 2025
South Korea's military says North Korea has fired several ballistic missiles into the sea
March 10, 2025
Japanese investors increased bond purchases in February due to a fall in yields overseas, but retreated from foreign equities on concerns over U.S.
March 10, 2025
Britain is concerned by China's "dangerous and destabilising" activity in the South China Sea, British foreign minister David Lammy said on Monday.
March 10, 2025
India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi will travel to Mauritius on Tuesday for talks on upgrading strategic ties, days after U.S.
March 10, 2025
Taiwan’s Foxconn said on Monday it has launched its first large language model and plans to use the technology to improve manufacturing and supply chain management.
March 10, 2025
Pakistan's central bank unexpectedly halted its easing cycle on Monday, keeping its key policy rate at 12%, saying there could still be price risks including from an
March 10, 2025
Former Philippines president Rodrigo Duterte said in Hong Kong that he was ready for possible arrest amid reports the International Criminal
March 10, 2025
Vietnam expects to sign pacts with the United States this week after its trade minister meets U.S. trade and energy officials, according to a government document reviewed by Reuters.
March 10, 2025
Private-sector members of a key Japanese government panel on Monday urged policymakers to be vigilant to the risks of rising inflation hurting the economy as the
March 10, 2025
Global hedge funds continued to sell China equities for a fourth straight week as the renewed enthusiasm for Chinese tech stocks, ignited by low-cost artificial
March 10, 2025
Full Truck Alliance (FTA), China's "Uber for trucks", could revisit plans for a second listing in Hong Kong in the wake of a rebound in investor sentiment and an
March 10, 2025
Iran, China and Russia launch annual joint naval drills as Trump upends Western alliances
March 10, 2025
China’s deflation problems get worse
March 10, 2025
A plan by the United States to levy fees on China-linked ships will hurt global supply and industrial chains and undermine the interests of U.S. companies, China's foreign ministry
March 10, 2025
China will continue to grow bilateral relations with Canada on the basis of mutual respect and equality, the foreign ministry said after Mark Carney won the race to lead Canada's
March 10, 2025
Fitch Ratings has assigned a negative outlook to Indian energy infrastructure company Adani Energy Solutions Limited, citing concerns over corporate governance and potential risks from
March 10, 2025
Japan may see corporate bankruptcy cases hit an 11-year high in the fiscal year to March as some firms go under due to a lack of workers, a think tank survey showed,
March 10, 2025
Japan's service-sector sentiment worsened in February for the second straight month, a government survey showed on Monday, a sign the rising cost of living was weighing on
March 10, 2025
China will exert utmost efforts to realise "peaceful reunification" with Taiwan, but will take all necessary steps to safeguard China's territorial integrity, its foreign ministry
March 10, 2025
Fast-moving developments on Ukraine and Europe will no doubt continue to dominate financial markets this week, while U.S. data includes key inflation numbers and China looks determined to
March 07, 2025
A private placement to raise 1 billion ringgit ($226 million) by Malaysia's Capital A, owner of budget airline AirAsia, was "done", Group CEO Tony Fernandes said on Monday, as
March 10, 2025
A look at the day ahead in European and global markets from Kevin Buckland It was a nervy start to the week for markets, led by an uncharacteristically steep decline for Wall Street futures early in
March 10, 2025
Thailand's government wants to lift economic growth above its 3% target this year and is confident a strong first half will be
March 10, 2025
Japan is remembering the 105,000 people killed in a single night, 80 years ago Monday, in the U.S. firebombing of the Japanese capital
March 10, 2025
Several of China's top universities have announced plans to expand their undergraduate enrolment to prioritise what they called "national strategic needs" and develop talent in
March 10, 2025
Ambitions by the BRICS group to take on a greater climate leadership role, building on success last month at United Nations nature talks, depend on the countries
March 10, 2025
China announces high-tech fund to grow AI, emerging industries
March 06, 2025
Japan recorded a current account deficit in January for the first time in two years as a weak yen inflated the cost of imports, finance ministry data showed on Monday
March 10, 2025
China announced tariffs on over $2.6 billion worth of Canadian agricultural and food products on Saturday, retaliating against levies Ottawa
March 08, 2025
South Korean prosecutors will pursue President Yoon Suk Yeol's conviction for insurrection despite a court decision ordering the release of the impeached leader from
March 10, 2025
Japan's Seven & i Holdings said on Monday that talks have begun with Canada's Alimentation Couche-Tard (ACT) over a store sale plan that would set the stage for ACT's $47 billion
March 09, 2025
Police will be out in force, and subway stations and at least one school will be closed over safety concerns when South Korea's Constitutional Court rules whether to
March 10, 2025
South Korea's acting president on Monday ordered authorities to actively communicate with the U.S. administration to resolve any misunderstanding over tariffs, after U.S.
March 10, 2025
China should recognise that the Philippines is an independent and sovereign state whose actions and decisions are driven entirely by national interest and not at the direction of
March 10, 2025
Thousands of sick, exhausted and terrified young men and women, from countries all over the world squat in rows, packed shoulder to shoulder, surgical masks covering their mouths and, some, their eyes
March 09, 2025
An unannounced trip by former Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte to Hong Kong has set off speculations that he may be trying to evade a possible arrest warrant by the International Criminal Court over his bloody crackdown on drugs
March 09, 2025
Japan's real wages fell in January after two months of slight gains, data showed on Monday, days before the annual rounds of pay negotiations held each spring
March 09, 2025
Prices of cooking oil could be buoyed up for years by stagnating production and a biodiesel push in top
March 09, 2025
Artisan Partners, a U.S.-based investor in Seven & i Holdings, on Sunday opposed the Japanese retailer's CEO succession plan and urged the company to reconsider a takeover offer, according
March 09, 2025
India has won another global cricket tournament with a four-wicket victory over New Zealand in the Champions Trophy final
March 09, 2025
Shohei Ohtani’s bat is ready for the Los Angeles Dodgers while Shota Imanaga has looked good on the mound for the Chicago Cubs with less than 10 days remaining before baseball's regular-season opener in Japan
March 09, 2025
Russia is advancing in Kursk, threatening Ukraine’s sole territorial bargaining counter
March 09, 2025
Panama has released dozens of migrants deported from the United States who were held for weeks in a remote camp on the condition that they would leave the Central American nation in 30 days
March 09, 2025
Consumer prices fell in China in February for the first time in 13 months, as persistent weak demand was compounded by the early timing of the Lunar New Year holiday
March 09, 2025
China's property sector is showing positive changes and market confidence is improving, its housing minister said on Sunday, as policymakers
March 09, 2025
China will step up resources and funding to support employment and unveil new policies to help college graduates get jobs, as the external environment could become more complex and
March 09, 2025
Rohingya refugees in crammed Bangladeshi camps say they are worried about a U.S. decision to cut food rations by half beginning next month, while a refugee official says the reduction will impact the nutrition of more than 1 million refugees and create social and mental pressure
March 09, 2025
China's consumer price index in February missed expectations and fell at the sharpest pace in 13 months, while producer price deflation persisted, as seasonal demand faded and
March 09, 2025
Police in southern India have arrested two men in connection with allegations of gang rape of an Israeli and a local woman
March 08, 2025
North Korea has unveiled for the first time a nuclear-powered submarine under construction
March 08, 2025
South Korea’s impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol has been released from prison a day after a Seoul court canceled his arrest to allow him to stand trial for rebellion without being physically detained
March 08, 2025
South Korea’s impeached President Yoon freed from detention but faces ongoing trials
March 08, 2025
South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol walked out of a detention centre on Saturday after prosecutors decided not to appeal a court decision to cancel the impeached
March 08, 2025
Myanmar's military government will hold a general election in December 2025 or January 2026, state media said on Saturday, citing the junta chief, who provided the first specific time frame
March 08, 2025
Japan must fix "any misunderstanding" held by U.S.
March 08, 2025
British foreign minister David Lammy said on Saturday that Britain and the Philippines were committed to a rules-based international order.
March 08, 2025
Stock indexes rose on Friday after Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell said the U.S. economy continues to be in a good place and it remains to be seen if
March 07, 2025
The U.S. dollar dropped to multi-month lows against the euro and yen and fell versus most currencies on Friday after data showed the labor market in
March 07, 2025
China has announced retaliatory tariffs on some Canadian farm and food imports, after Canada imposed duties in October on Chinese-made electric vehicles and steel and aluminum products
March 08, 2025
Panama offers temporary reprieve for 112 migrants deported by US
March 08, 2025
U.S. stocks rose, but only after careening through another wild day
March 07, 2025
The leaders of a U.S.
March 07, 2025
Pakistan's interior ministry on Friday asked all "illegal foreigners" and Afghan Citizen Card holders to leave the country before March 31, warning they would otherwise be
March 07, 2025
The U.N.
March 07, 2025
Police used batons and tear gas to disperse thousands of members of a banned Islamist group as they marched through streets in Bangladesh's capital
March 07, 2025
British foreign minister David Lammy said on Friday that Japan could help Ukraine by ramping up economic pressure on Russia, adding that Tokyo and London had a shared interest in a
March 07, 2025
China slams Trump’s return to the ‘law of the jungle’
March 07, 2025
A South Korean court cancelled impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol's arrest warrant on Friday, potentially paving the way for his release from jail while
March 07, 2025
South Korean court orders release of President Yoon Suk Yeol as he awaits impeachment ruling
March 07, 2025
Taiwan's exports rose more than expected in February as demand for artificial intelligence related technologies got a boost from buyers trying to get
March 07, 2025
Police in Bangladesh's capital Dhaka used tear gas and sound grenades on Friday to disperse hundreds of members of the banned militant group Hizb-ut-Tahrir seeking to march to demand
March 07, 2025
Taiwan is considering warning citizens about risks of travelling to countries with strong ties to China, such as Laos and Cambodia, as they could be caught up in
March 07, 2025
Malala Yousafzai returns to Pakistan hometown for first time since she was shot
March 07, 2025
US army soldiers accused of selling military secrets to buyers in China
March 07, 2025
A South Korean court has ordered impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol to be released from jail
March 07, 2025
The Philippines and Canada are set to sign a Status of Visiting Forces Agreement (SOVFA) after negotiations aimed at enhancing defence and security cooperation between the two
March 07, 2025
China's new yuan loans are expected to have sharply decreased in February from an all-time high in January, a Reuters poll showed on Friday, due to muted
March 07, 2025
Japan's Toyota began selling a $20,000 smart electric car in China this week, aiming to attract buyers with its advanced features similar to Chinese rivals, as the automaker ups
March 07, 2025
Canada's Alimentation Couche-Tard said on Friday its top executives will visit Tokyo to speak with media about its $47 billion bid to buy 7-Eleven convenience store operator Seven & i
March 07, 2025
Japan's Trade Minister Yoji Muto will visit Washington from March 9-11 to discuss economic ties with U.S. senior officials, the trade ministry announced on Friday.
March 07, 2025
South Korea's education ministry has agreed to freeze the number of new medical students at about 3,000 a year, it said on Friday, in a bid to end a 13-month dispute
March 07, 2025
Sri Lanka and Japan signed agreements on Friday to restructure $2.5 billion worth of debt, completing two years of talks that will assist the island nation in
March 07, 2025
Indonesia has issued local content certificates for 20 Apple products, including the iPhone 16, an industry ministry spokesperson said on Friday, although the company still needs
March 07, 2025
Directors of Japan's third-largest automaker Nissan will discuss potential successors to CEO Makoto Uchida at a meeting on March
March 07, 2025
Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi says China will continue to retaliate for the United States’ “arbitrary tariffs” and accused Washington of “meeting good with evil” in a press conference Friday on the sidelines of the annual parliamentary session
March 07, 2025
Along with fulminating against the United States, China’s Foreign Minister Wang Yi reasserted China’s South China Sea claims, blasted Japan for its past aggression and covered a wide range of other issues during his annual meeting with journalists
March 07, 2025
Most analysts predict a seventh consecutive rate cut by Pakistan's central bank on Monday, amid the first International Monetary Fund (IMF) review of a $7-billion
March 07, 2025
Nissan CEO Makoto Uchida is under deepening pressure over the Japanese automaker's weakening performance and board members are due to gather on March 11 to discuss potential successors,
March 07, 2025
As U.S.
March 06, 2025
China's imports unexpectedly shrank over the January-February period, while exports lost momentum, as escalating tariff pressures from the United States cast a shadow
March 07, 2025
Beijing will "resolutely counter" U.S. pressure on tariffs and the fentanyl issue, China's foreign minister said on Friday, adding that major
March 07, 2025
Japan's economy likely expanded in the fourth quarter at the same upbeat pace as initially reported, a Reuters poll showed, reinforcing the central bank's case for a further interest
March 07, 2025
South Korea's military says it has suspended the training flights of air force aircraft and all live-fire drills after two fighter jets accidentally bombed a civilian area
March 07, 2025
Dalian iron ore futures logged a weekly fall on Friday, despite snapping a nine-session losing streak on the day, weighed down by reports of steel production cuts
March 07, 2025
China's commerce minister says Beijing will not yield to bullying and its economy can weather tariffs and other challenges, though there are “no winners in a trade war."
March 06, 2025
The State Department says the United States and other countries made repeated offers to Thailand to resettle more than three dozen Uyghur men before they were deported back to China, where rights groups fear they may face torture and other abuse
March 07, 2025
Japan has cleared the key threshold for the government to officially declare an end to long-term price deflation, economy minister Ryosei Akazawa said on Friday.
March 07, 2025
The number of people injured after South Korean fighter jets accidentally dropped bombs on a civilian area on Thursday increased to 15 civilians and 14 soldiers, the country's
March 07, 2025
China's exports in the January-February period increased just 2.3% year-on-year by value, while imports unexpectedly contracted 8.4%, customs data showed on Friday.
March 07, 2025
Inflationary pressure from wage gains and prolonged rises in food costs could prompt Bank of Japan board members to discuss another interest rate
March 07, 2025
Samsung Electronics' head of North American public affairs is expected to resign and it is looking for a successor with ties to U.S.
March 07, 2025
South Korean fighter jets accidentally bomb homes, injuring at least 29 people
March 06, 2025
Seven & i Holdings, the Japanese operator of the 7-Eleven convenience store chain, appointed its first foreign CEO and handed him the task of
March 06, 2025
A new travel ban by President Donald Trump could
March 06, 2025
North Korea criticised on Friday annual joint military drills planned by the United States and South Korea, saying it will worsen the situation on the Korean Peninsula, state media
March 06, 2025
The safe-haven yen and Swiss franc climbed in volatile trading on Thursday, while the dollar slumped against most currencies, as jittery investors
March 06, 2025
Stock indexes fell sharply and the dollar eased on Thursday, with the Nasdaq confirming it has been in a correction since peaking last December, as more
March 06, 2025
Wall Street’s sell-off kicked back into gear after tariff whiplash and falling AI stocks dragged the market lower
March 06, 2025
India condemned on Thursday a security breach during its foreign minister's visit to London when a protester broke through a police cordon, stood in front of the minister's
March 06, 2025
South Korean fighter jets have accidentally dropped eight bombs on a civilian area, injuring eight people on the ground
March 06, 2025
Walmart has asked some Chinese suppliers for major price cuts, with the U.S. retail giant's efforts to shift the burden of President Donald Trump's tariffs facing strong push back from
March 06, 2025
The parent company of the 7-Eleven convenience store chain has named a new CEO and plans to sell billions in assets as it tries to fend off a takeover bid from a Canadian rival
March 06, 2025
Japan's largest labour union umbrella group is seeing its member unions demand the biggest salary increase in over 30 years as both the
March 06, 2025
Chinese artificial intelligence firm iFlyTek is planning to expand its European business as trade tensions rise between the United States and China, Vice President Vincent Zhan
March 06, 2025
Some shipping companies are discreetly moving operations out of Hong Kong and taking vessels off its flag registry.
March 06, 2025
The United Nations' migration agency has slashed aid to hundreds of Rohingya refugees
March 06, 2025
Chinese e-commerce giant JD.com posted its strongest revenue growth in 11 quarters on Thursday, as deep discounts and government subsidies encouraged
March 06, 2025
Hong Kong’s top court has overturned the convictions of three former organizers of an annual vigil in remembrance of the 1989 Tiananmen Square crackdown over their refusal to provide information to police, marking a rare victory for the city’s pro-democracy activists
March 06, 2025
A 108-year-old Japanese woman has been named the world’s oldest female barber by the Guinness World Records this week
March 06, 2025
Thailand's deportation of 40 Uyghurs to China last week was in the Southeast Asian country's best interest due to the possibility of retaliation from Beijing if
March 06, 2025
Indian consumer products distributors have filed an antitrust case against big fast-delivery businesses of Zomato, Swiggy and Zepto, calling for an investigation
March 06, 2025
Hong Kong's edge as a financial hub will erode further as the city becomes embroiled in China-U.S. tensions, with the flash
March 06, 2025
Thailand is working with authorities in the capital cities or embassies of some countries that have citizens stuck on the Thai-Myanmar border following their rescue from scam
March 06, 2025
Mexican state company Pemex is in talks with potential buyers in Asia, including China, and Europe, as it seeks alternative markets
March 06, 2025
South Korean fighter jets accidentally dropped eight bombs on a civilian district on Thursday, injuring 15 people and damaging houses and
March 06, 2025
Alibaba launches DeepSeek rival, sending stock surging
March 06, 2025
Global independent storage operator Vopak said on Thursday that it will expand its joint-venture terminal in Thailand to handle U.S. ethane imports for state energy firm PTT
March 06, 2025
Hong Kong media tycoon and pro-democracy advocate Jimmy Lai finished testifying in court on Thursday in a landmark national security trial where
March 06, 2025
Airlines are turning to a network of third parties to pay fees to Afghan authorities as
March 06, 2025
Bangladesh's interim government has been unable to fully ensure public safety and holding a general election this year will be difficult, the head of a newly launched
March 06, 2025
Alibaba Group's release of an artificial intelligence (AI) reasoning model, which it said was on par with global hit DeepSeek's R1, drove its Hong Kong-
March 06, 2025
China is denying the U.S. Justice Department’s accusations against 12 Chinese nationals charged in connection with global cybercrime campaigns targeting dissidents, news organizations, U.S. agencies and universities
March 05, 2025
Shares of CK Hutchison rose 12.4% in Hong Kong on Thursday, extending the previous day's 21.9% gain after the sale of its Panama Canal stake to BlackRock.
March 06, 2025
South Korean and U.S. troops will begin their large annual joint military drills next week to enhance their readiness against North Korean threats
March 06, 2025
Hong Kong's top court on Thursday dismissed a bid to overturn the 2022 conviction and sentence of jailed pro-democracy activist Tam Tak-chi under a
March 06, 2025
Bain Capital aims to list Seven & i Holdings' supermarket and retail business in around three years after boosting synergies within the group,
March 06, 2025
Investors maintained their short bets on most Asian currencies as they assessed the prospects of an escalating global trade war after U.S.
March 06, 2025
Malaysia's central bank kept its benchmark interest rate unchanged on Thursday, expecting economic activity to remain strong this year and inflation manageable
March 06, 2025
Chinese Premier Li Qiang's renewed emphasis on consumption isn't being matched by policy firepower, say economists, who warn that the trade war with Washington and other challenges
March 06, 2025
A historic global trade war, a proposed $1.2 trillion European fiscal bazooka and the emergence of China as tech race leader are upending global
March 05, 2025
China is confident about achieving its 2025 growth target, despite mounting external uncertainties and insufficient domestic demand, Zheng Shanjie, head of China's state planner,
March 06, 2025
Takamatsu Gushiken hunts caves in Okinawa's jungles for the bones of those who died in the WWII Battle of Okinawa, one of the war's bloodiest
March 06, 2025
China's exports growth likely slowed in the January-February period, partly due to Lunar New Year disruptions, as escalating tariff pressures from the
March 06, 2025
Malaysia is discussing with chip companies based in the country whether they can absorb the impact of potential U.S. tariffs on semiconductors, its trade
March 06, 2025
U.S. exports of crude oil to India last month climbed to their highest in over two years, ship tracking data showed, as refiners in the country sought
March 06, 2025
The Thai Chamber of Commerce on Thursday urged action from the government over U.S. trade policy uncertainty and proposed it creates a "war room" to head off any threat of tariffs
March 06, 2025
A global aluminium producer has sought a premium of $260 per metric ton from Japanese buyers for April-June primary metal shipments, up 14% from the current quarter,
March 06, 2025
Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba said on Thursday that high tariffs imposed by U.S.
March 06, 2025
Goldman Sachs raised its target price for emerging markets stocks on Thursday, projecting that the AI-powered rally in Chinese equities could boost other markets as
March 06, 2025
Vietnam posted a rare monthly trade deficit in February as imports surged during the month, government data showed on Thursday, though the country's surplus with the United States
March 06, 2025
The U.S. on Wednesday announced indictments against a slew of alleged Chinese hackers, sanctioned a Chinese tech company and offered a $10 million bounty over
March 05, 2025
The United States wants India to eliminate tariffs on car imports under a proposed trade deal between the two nations, but New Delhi is
March 05, 2025
South Korea's consumer inflation softened in February for the first time in four months, government data showed on Thursday, providing at least some relief to policymakers looking to
March 06, 2025
Indian steel mills are likely to see a sharp drop in prices after U.S. import tariffs come into effect and reshape global trade of the alloy, potentially redirecting a glut of supply into
March 05, 2025
Sustaining economic growth by raising domestic consumption is one of the priorities for China's government this year
March 05, 2025
U.S.
March 05, 2025
Stock indexes rose sharply on Wednesday after the White House said President Donald Trump will exempt automakers from his 25% tariffs on Canada and Mexico
March 05, 2025
Japanese electronics giant Sony and drinks maker Suntory are stockpiling inventory in the United States while their peers shift
March 05, 2025
U.S. stocks climbed after President Donald Trump pulled back on some of his tariffs, raising hopes he may avoid a worst-case trade war that grinds down economies and sends inflation higher
March 05, 2025
The government of Azerbaijan has told the local office of the International Committee of the Red Cross that it will close its operations there, a spokesperson for the Geneva-based
March 05, 2025
U.S. electric carmaker Tesla has signed a lease deal to open its first showroom in Mumbai, as it moves towards a goal to sell imported cars in India
March 05, 2025
US charges Chinese hackers who allegedly caused millions of dollars’ worth of damages
March 05, 2025
Pakistan highlighted its counterterrorism cooperation with Washington after the arrest of Mohammad Sharifullah, whom it blames for a 2021 attack on U.S. troops at
March 05, 2025
The United Nations has warned it will have to cut monthly food rations to Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh from $12.50 to $6 next month, unless it can
March 05, 2025
Thousands of people poured on to the streets of Bannu in northwestern Pakistan for the funerals on Wednesday of 18 people, including six children,
March 04, 2025
What it’s like to travel as a woman in Saudi Arabia
March 05, 2025
Seven & i Holdings is likely to sell most of its non-core business holding company shares to Bain Capital for more than 700 billion yen ($4.69 billion), Bloomberg News reported on
March 05, 2025
China's new tariffs on U.S. farm goods are poised to reshape global trade flows, prompting the world's top agricultural importer to
March 05, 2025
China says it will increase its defense budget 7.2% this year as it continues its campaign to build a larger, more modern military to assert its territorial claims and challenge the U.S. defense lead in Asia
March 05, 2025
Canada and the United States offered to resettle 48 ethnic Uyghurs held in detention in Thailand over the past decade, sources told Reuters, but Bangkok took no
March 05, 2025
Growth in India's services sector accelerated in February, supported by robust demand and a firm business outlook that led to a substantial increase in
March 05, 2025
Global natural rubber production is expected to fall short of consumption for the fifth consecutive year in 2025, as higher prices fail to
March 05, 2025
Taiwan is seeking closer security ties with the United States and will look to buy more weapons from the country, Bloomberg News reported on Wednesday citing a senior Taiwanese official.
March 05, 2025
China will restructure its giant steel industry through output cuts, although it did not announce any target in its most recent intervention to address
March 05, 2025
Japan's Trial Holdings said on Wednesday it would spend 382.6 billion yen ($2.55 billion) to acquire the Seiyu supermarket chain controlled by U.S. private equity fund KKR.
March 05, 2025
Bank of Japan Deputy Governor Shinichi Uchida said on Wednesday the central bank had no immediate plan to sell its large holdings of exchange-traded funds (ETF).
March 05, 2025
Spurring reluctant Chinese consumers to spend has been elevated to the top of Beijing's to-do list for 2025, leap-frogging technology and
March 05, 2025
Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba said on Wednesday that other nations do not decide its defence budget after U.S.
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Scam centres that operated along the Thai-Myanmar border for years have drawn fresh attention after the high-profile abduction and release of a Chinese actor in Thailand.
March 04, 2025
Iron ore futures faltered on Wednesday, pressured by tit-for-tat tariffs between the United States and top metals consumer China, outweighing optimism about
March 05, 2025
China defies Trump’s trade war by setting ambitious 5% growth target, vows to ‘prevail over any difficulty’
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South Korea will establish a $34 billion policy fund to provide financial support to companies involved in strategic technologies such as chips and autos amid intensifying global
March 05, 2025
China unlocked more fiscal stimulus on Wednesday, promising greater efforts to support consumption and cushion the
March 04, 2025
The annual Pritzker Architecture Prize has been awarded to Liu Jiakun of China, who earned the field’s highest honor for “affirming architecture that celebrates the lives of ordinary citizens.”
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China will "actively" respond to population aging with policies for its rapidly growing elderly and its young people, including providing childcare subsidies and making preschool
March 05, 2025
Thailand's economy is expected to grow 3.4% in the first quarter of 2025 from a year earlier, which would be the fastest pace in 10 quarters, helped by government stimulus measures
March 05, 2025
India's average home prices and rental costs are set to outpace consumer inflation this year according to a Reuters poll of housing experts who were split on
March 05, 2025
The chief executive of South Korean battery maker Samsung SDI said on Wednesday demand for electric vehicles will remain sluggish until the first half of next year.
March 05, 2025
Toyota Motor is increasingly focusing on return on equity as a performance measure, talking internally about raising ROE to 20% as one guideline, a senior finance executive at the
March 05, 2025
Chinese Premier Li Qiang said on Wednesday China would "firmly advance" the push for "reunification" with Taiwan while opposing external interference, and
March 05, 2025
The Chinese coast guard on Wednesday said it monitored a Philippine civilian boat delivering daily provisions to the "illegally grounded" warship at the disputed Second Thomas
March 05, 2025
China kept its economic growth target for this year unchanged at roughly 5% while committing more fiscal resources than last year to fend off deflationary pressures and mitigate
March 05, 2025
As Starbucks tries to revive its faltering business in China, analysts say strategic partnerships and returning to its roots as a place where customers come for a
March 05, 2025
Japan's service activity marked the fastest growth in six months in February, backed by strong sales and new export businesses, a private-sector survey showed on Wednesday.
March 05, 2025
The coral reefs of Nha Trang, Vietnam, are in severe decline due to climate change, overfishing, and pollution
March 04, 2025
Officials and a local hospital in Pakistan says that an attack launched by suicide bombers at a military base has killed at least 12 people and wounded 30 others
March 04, 2025
China is keeping its economic growth target at “around 5%” for 2025 despite a looming trade war with the United States and other headwinds
March 05, 2025
China will boost its defence spending by 7.2% this year, maintaining a steady growth rate as Beijing faces headwinds from three years of sluggish economic expansion
March 05, 2025
An investor group backed by BlackRock agreed to buy a majority stake in the Hong Kong-based company that runs ports along either side of
March 04, 2025
Major stock indexes fell on Tuesday as the United States hit Canada, Mexico and China with steep tariffs, while the euro climbed to a three-month peak
March 04, 2025
Stocks racked up more losses on Wall Street Tuesday as a trade war between the U.S. and its key trading partners escalated, wiping out all the gains since Election Day for the S&P 500
March 04, 2025
Oil prices swooned on Tuesday and settled close to to multi-month lows after reports of OPEC+ plans to proceed with output increases in April and news of U.S.
March 04, 2025
Taiwan needs to dramatically hike defense spending to around 10% of gross domestic product in order to deter a war with China, President Donald Trump's nominee to become a top
March 04, 2025
A Pakistani official says residents have fled a border area with Afghanistan after forces from both sides clashed into the early hours of the morning
March 04, 2025
Russia's President Vladimir Putin hailed expanding ties with ally Myanmar at talks with its military junta chief on Tuesday and thanked him
March 04, 2025
Private equity investor Blackstone has pulled out of the race to pick up a minority stake in the snacks business of India's Haldiram's over valuation concerns,
March 04, 2025
China has responded to new U.S. tariffs by announcing it will impose additional tariffs of up to 15% on imports of key U.S. farm products
March 04, 2025
Global commodity trader Cargill plans to add 500 jobs to its global capability centres (GCCs) in the next two to three years, bringing the overall headcount
March 04, 2025
China on Tuesday hit back against the United States with retaliatory tariffs and placed export and investment restrictions on 25 U.S. firms on national security grounds, though it
March 04, 2025
Pritzker Prize 2025: China’s Liu Jiakun awarded ‘Nobel of architecture’
March 04, 2025
Thousands of people were evacuated in Indonesia's capital Jakarta on Tuesday after floods swamped the region, officials said, with heavy rain expected to continue until next week.
March 04, 2025
Shares of Seven & i tumbled as much as 12% on Tuesday, following a report the 7-Eleven owner plans to reject a $47 billion takeover offer from Canada's Alimentation Couche-Tard,
March 04, 2025
China retaliated swiftly on Tuesday against fresh U.S. tariffs with hikes to import levies covering $21 billion worth of American
March 04, 2025
Russia wants to widen its source of migrant workers beyond ex-Soviet republics to Asian nations including Myanmar, the Interfax news agency cited the economy minister as saying on Tuesday.
March 04, 2025
Pakistan was "well positioned" for the first review of its $7 billion International Monetary Fund bailout programme, the finance minister told Reuters, as talks
March 04, 2025
New Chinese tariffs on American agricultural goods will affect some $21 billion worth of U.S. exports, a Reuters analysis of U.S. census data
March 04, 2025
China vows to ‘fight till the end’ as Trump escalates trade war
March 04, 2025
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March 04, 2025
South Korea and the United States have agreed to establish a working-level group to discuss a gas pipeline project in Alaska, energy, shipbuilding,
March 04, 2025
China is canvassing public opinion on rules for import of remnants from the recycling of spent lithium-ion batteries, as well as recycled steel materials, the environment ministry
March 04, 2025
China opposes accusations and the shifting of responsibility on the issue of fentanyl-related substances, according to an official white paper released on Tuesday, Xinhua reported.
March 04, 2025
Indian exports are facing mounting pressure from aggressive trade policies by partners such as the United States and the European Union, a senior trade ministry
March 04, 2025
Overnight clashes between Pakistani and Afghan security forces at the main border crossing between the countries caused thousands of people to flee their
March 04, 2025
Markets no longer think Donald Trump is full of bluster and are moving quickly to anticipate a slowdown in U.S. and global growth as he raises
March 04, 2025
China announced a ban on Tuesday on imports of genetic sequencers from U.S. medical equipment maker Illumina, just minutes after U.S.
March 04, 2025
China plans to issue guidance to encourage the use of open-source RISC-V chips nationwide for the first time, two sources briefed on the matter
March 04, 2025
Harnessing the power of artificial intelligence and shoring up the economy are among the issues expected to top the agenda when China’s legislature meets Wednesday in Beijing
March 04, 2025
China and Hong Kong stocks ended mostly unchanged on Tuesday, buoyed by tech firms, with investors shrugging off a new U.S.-China trade spat and focused instead on the
March 04, 2025
China has decreased its reliance on imports of U.S. farm goods since the trade war during President Donald Trump's first term, a trend that is poised to continue
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China on Tuesday swiftly retaliated against fresh U.S. tariffs, announcing 10%-15% hikes to import levies covering a range of American agricultural and food products, and placing 25 U.S.
March 04, 2025
Chinese electric vehicle maker BYD said on Tuesday it had raised $5.59 billion in a primary share sale that was increased in size, making it the
March 03, 2025
Japan's Nikkei fell on Tuesday, as markets were jittery about a trade war as fresh U.S. tariffs came into effect, while a stronger yen added to investors' concerns.
March 04, 2025
Dalian iron ore futures slid for a seventh consecutive session on Tuesday as fresh U.S. tariffs on top consumer China kicked in, heightening trade tensions.
March 04, 2025
China's annual National People's Congress (NPC), or parliament, will conclude on March 11, a parliamentary spokesperson told reporters on Tuesday.
March 04, 2025
The progress of DeepSeek reflects the rise of Chinese companies in artificial intelligence (AI), a spokesperson for China's parliament told reporters on Tuesday.
March 04, 2025
China's central bank should develop new policy tools to help boost consumption, while beefing up efforts to support property and capital markets, a central bank adviser said in
March 04, 2025
A look at the day ahead in European and global markets from Kevin Buckland Europe wakes up to new U.S. tariffs on Canada, Mexico and China, bringing into starker relief Donald Trump's threat of levies
March 04, 2025
Sri Lanka should avoid tax exemptions and focus on passing a national budget that is in line with parameters set by the International Monetary Fund to continue
March 04, 2025
China's yuan pared some earlier gains against the dollar on Tuesday after fresh U.S. tariffs on Chinese goods kicked in, heightening trade tensions and threatening to put more
March 04, 2025
The recently announced U.S. tariffs on steel imports mean that countries like China, which export to the U.S., will need to find new markets — and that could lead to steel dumping in places like India
March 03, 2025
European leaders are planning visits to Vietnam in coming months to strengthen ties with the Southeast Asian nation, officials said, amid tensions with
March 04, 2025
The United States cannot abandon the Indo-Pacific because the region is part of its "core national interests", Taiwan's Defence Minister Wellington Koo said amid concerns about U.S.
March 04, 2025
South Korea's Acting President Choi Sang-mok said on Tuesday that the government, parliament and the private sector should be united to respond to the U.S. "trade war".
March 04, 2025
Taiwan's cabinet spokesperson said on Tuesday that the government will take into account TSMC's development and Taiwan's position in the global chips industry when reviewing the
March 04, 2025
China's customs authorities suspended beef imports from seven companies in Brazil, Argentina, Uruguay and Mongolia on Monday amid record imports last
March 03, 2025
Servers used in a fraud case that Singapore announced last week were supplied by U.S. firms and may have contained Nvidia's advanced chips, a government minister
March 03, 2025
South Korea's factory activity shrank in February as employment declined at the sharpest pace in 2-1/2 years while confidence was hit by heightened uncertainty over
March 04, 2025
TSMC shares opened down 2.25% on Tuesday after the world's largest contract chipmaker said it will invest $100 billion in the United States.
March 04, 2025
Japanese corporate spending on plant and equipment dropped 0.2% year-on-year in the fourth quarter, Ministry of Finance data showed on Tuesday, marking the first
March 03, 2025
The powerful sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has threatened a high-profile response to the arrival of a U.S. aircraft carrier in South Korea and other U.S. military activities
March 04, 2025
South Korea's factory output fell in January, while corporate investment also dropped, government data showed on Tuesday, in another sign of growing uncertainty over U.S. tariffs and
March 03, 2025
North Korea's Kim Yo Jong, the powerful sister of leader Kim Jong Un, criticised the Trump administration for stepping up "provocations" and said it justified the
March 03, 2025
China’s annual major political event gets underway this week to endorse decisions already made by the all-powerful Chinese Communist Party
March 03, 2025
U.S. stocks fell sharply and wiped out even more of their gains since President Donald Trump’s election after he said that tariffs on Canada and Mexico would take effect within hours
March 03, 2025
Bitcoin backpedaled on Monday after an early rise following U.S.
March 03, 2025
U.S. stocks ended down sharply Monday, with the S&P 500 posting its biggest daily percentage drop since December 18 after U.S.
March 03, 2025
Oil prices fell about 2% to a 12-week low on Monday on reports OPEC+ will proceed with a planned oil output increase in April and worries U.S. tariffs could hurt
March 03, 2025
Russia has permanently banned nine Japanese citizens from entering the country, according to a list published by the Russian Foreign Ministry on Monday.
March 03, 2025
Kazakhstan raised crude oil and gas condensate production in February by 13% from January to a record high 2.12 million barrels per day, a source told Reuters on Monday, again
March 03, 2025
Amazon's cloud services provider, Amazon Web Services, will invest about $8.2 billion in India's western state of Maharashtra over the next few years, the information technology ministry
March 03, 2025
The International Court of Justice, also known as the World Court, said on Monday that Judge Yuji Iwasawa had been elected as its new president to complete former president Nawaf
March 03, 2025
Logistics operators based in Asia have been leasing more warehouses in the U.S. in response to changes in e-commerce, global trade and manufacturing
March 03, 2025
The Philippine government will look into cash and other donations made by Chinese Communist Party-affiliated groups led by four Chinese nationals accused of espionage to determine
March 03, 2025
Pakistani and Afghan security forces clashed on Monday at the recently shuttered main border crossing between the two
March 03, 2025
Chinese automaker Geely on Monday announced a smart driving system, the new G-Pilot, which will be available on cars under the Geely Auto, Galaxy, Lynk & Co and Zeekr brands.
March 03, 2025
Speculators have mounted their biggest ever wager that the Japanese yen will continue to rise as they position for further Bank of Japan interest rate hikes, an
March 03, 2025
Russian farming conglomerate Rusagro has begun exporting sunflower oil from the St Petersburg terminal (PNT) on the Baltic Sea as it seeks to
March 03, 2025
The eradication of polio as a global health threat may be delayed unless U.S. funding cuts – potentially totaling hundreds of millions of dollars over several years
March 03, 2025
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March 03, 2025
Hong Kong's retail sales by value fell by 3.2% in January from a year earlier, marking an 11th consecutive month of declines despite a surge in tourist numbers, government data
March 03, 2025
Pakistan's annual inflation rate slowed to 1.5% in February, the lowest in nearly a decade and below the finance ministry's estimates, data from the statistics
March 03, 2025
New World Development's shares and bonds rallied on Monday after the major Hong Kong developer said it would increase cash flow and cut debt, but analysts said a more
March 03, 2025
Chinese electric vehicle maker BYD has launched a sale of its Hong Kong shares to raise up to $5.2 billion via an accelerated book-building, according to a deal term sheet
March 03, 2025
This boba chain you’ve never heard of has more outlets than McDonald’s
March 03, 2025
Thailand has dropped plans to limit casino access to citizens with assets of at least $1.5 million because it would exclude too many people, a deputy finance minister said on
March 03, 2025
Japan's top currency diplomat, Atsushi Mimura, on Monday cautioned about foreign exchange moves and their negative impact on the country's goal of achieving real wage growth.
March 03, 2025
Japanese Prince Hisahito, who could well become emperor one day if the country's succession laws are not changed, told his first press conference on Monday that he would strive to
March 03, 2025
Existing defence agreements between allies the Philippines and the United States will stay intact under U.S.
March 03, 2025
Chinese manufacturers reported stronger orders in February as importers rushed to beat higher U.S. tariffs
March 03, 2025
Indonesia's consumer price index fell for the first time in more than two decades in February, official data showed on Monday, after the government gave a substantial discount on
March 03, 2025
Iron ore futures fell for a sixth straight session on Monday amid rising trade tensions between the U.S. and top consumer China, outweighing upbeat Chinese
March 03, 2025
The U.S. aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson arrived at the southern port city of Busan in South Korea on Sunday as a show of force against North Korea, South Korea's navy said.
March 02, 2025
Shares of China's largest bubble tea and drinks chain, Mixue Group, jumped more than 47% in their debut on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange on
March 03, 2025
China has American agricultural exports in its cross hairs as it prepares countermeasures against fresh U.S. import tariffs, China's state-
March 03, 2025
Seven & i Holdings, the Japanese retail giant at the centre of a takeover battle, is finalising a plan for its chief executive to step down, mostly likely to be
March 03, 2025
The United States and Philippines have reaffirmed in all bilateral engagements the importance of their alliance and shared interests in the Indo-Pacific region, Manila's ambassador
March 03, 2025
China has repeatedly pledged to make the consumer sector a more prominent driver of economic growth but is yet to implement any structural policy changes to
March 03, 2025
China's factory activity grew at a faster pace in February, driven by stronger supply and demand, including a rebound in export orders, a private-sector survey showed on Monday,
March 03, 2025
Japan's factory activity shrank for an eighth consecutive month in February, while worries about U.S. protectionist trade policies weighed on firms' outlook, a private-sector survey
March 03, 2025
In the Chinese village of Maotai, the local firewater named after the town is not only a key source of income, it's a barometer of the country's
March 03, 2025
A U.S. aircraft carrier has arrived in South Korea in a show of force, days after North Korea test-launched cruise missiles to demonstrate its counterattack capabilities
March 02, 2025
The average price of second-hand residential properties across 100 Chinese cities fell by 0.4% month-on-month in February, according to a report by a Chinese real estate research
March 01, 2025
China's manufacturing activity expanded at the fastest pace in three months in February as new orders and higher purchase volumes led to a solid rise in production, an
March 01, 2025
Chinese smartphone maker Honor will spend $10 billion over the next five years on developing AI for its devices as the former Huawei unit prepares for a public listing, its
March 02, 2025
Malaysia's former Prime Minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob has declared his wealth to authorities as part of an ongoing corruption and money laundering probe, the anti-graft agency
March 02, 2025
India's Adani Group has revived plans for major infrastructure investments in the U.S., where the group's founder has been charged with bribery, the Financial Times reported on Sunday.
March 02, 2025
How a CIA informant stopped Taiwan from developing nuclear weapons
March 02, 2025
India's Paytm received a show cause notice from India's financial crime fighting agency on Saturday for allegedly violating the country's
March 01, 2025
Pakistani authorities are offering a reward for information about a suicide bomb attack at a mosque in the northwest in which seven people died
March 01, 2025
Chinese AI startup DeepSeek on Saturday disclosed some cost and revenue data related to its hit V3 and R1 models, claiming a theoretical cost-profit ratio of up to 545% per day,
March 01, 2025
South Korea tightened rules on carrying lithium batteries on planes from Saturday, highlighting a growing risk to flights worldwide from the batteries used in
February 28, 2025
Four people have died in the Indian avalanche incident, ANI news agency reported on Saturday, citing a defence public relations officer.
March 01, 2025
Chinese authorities are instructing the country's top artificial intelligence entrepreneurs and researchers to avoid travel to the United States, the Wall Street Journal reported on Friday,
March 01, 2025
South Korea's industry minister requested a tariff exemption in talks with the U.S. administration, Seoul's industry ministry said on Saturday, as Washington moves forward with plans
March 01, 2025
Wall Street indexes advanced in choppy trading on Friday, after briefly dipping following a contentious White House meeting with Ukrainian
February 28, 2025
Wall Street closed its dreary February on a brighter note, as U.S. stock indexes rallied
February 28, 2025
The euro dropped on Friday, after a meeting between Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy and U.S.
February 28, 2025
China and Russia need to continue to strengthen coordination in international and regional affairs, President Xi Jinping told Sergei Shoigu, the secretary of Russia's Security
February 28, 2025
Oil prices fell on Friday and were headed for their first monthly drop since November, as markets watched an Oval Office argument between the U.S. and Ukrainian
February 28, 2025
Officials say the bodies of 12 out of at least 16 Pakistanis who died this month when a boat carrying dozens of Europe-bound migrants sank off Libya’s coast have been repatriated to Pakistan
February 28, 2025
U.S. proposals to hit Chinese vessels with high port fees would have a major impact on all firms in a container shipping industry in which most vessels are built in China, French-
February 28, 2025
Police in northwestern Pakistan say a suicide bomb attack on a mosque at a pro-Taliban seminary has killed a senior cleric and five other worshippers and wounded many other people ahead of the fasting month of Ramadan
February 28, 2025
Bangladeshi students at the forefront of protests that ousted Sheikh Hasina as prime minister last year launched a political party on Friday to contest elections likely to be held by
February 28, 2025
India's first three clinics for the transgender community closed last month following a stop-work order from the U.S.
February 28, 2025
Students in Bangladesh who led a mass uprising to topple former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina in August are now diving into politics by forming a new political party
February 28, 2025
The AIIB is a paradox: an institution connected to the rules and norms of the liberal international order, but one created by an illiberal regime.
February 25, 2025
An independent online news agency in Myanmar is alleging that one of its journalists arrested two years ago has been subjected to daily physical and mental abuse after exposing human rights violations in the country’s main prison where he is being held
February 28, 2025
Two coal industry groups in China, the world's largest producer and consumer of the fuel, called on their members on Friday to curb output and limit imports to try to bring the
February 28, 2025
A suicide bomber killed six worshippers during Friday prayers at an Islamic seminary in northwestern Pakistan known as a historic training ground for the
February 28, 2025
At least 25 people remain trapped under snow after an avalanche struck the Indian Himalayan mountain state of Uttarakhand, authorities said on Friday, following
February 28, 2025
India's economy expanded by 6.2% in October-December, picking up on increased government and consumer spending, official data showed on Friday, and the government
February 28, 2025
Four Chinese nationals accused by the Philippines of espionage led Chinese Communist Party-affiliated groups that made donations of cash
February 28, 2025
The world’s smallest park is about the size of four pieces of paper
February 28, 2025
Hundreds of foreign nationals pulled out of scam compounds in Myanmar during a crackdown on centres run by criminal gangs have little food,
February 28, 2025
Pandas eat bamboo instead of going with their gut. Scientists explain why
February 28, 2025
India's infrastructure output grew 4.6% year-on-year in January, backed by a pick up in cement and refined petroleum product output, government data showed on Friday.
February 28, 2025
Autonomous driving-related over-the-air software upgrades will be subject to regulatory approvals, China's industry ministry said on Friday, part of new regulations aimed at
February 28, 2025
China's major commodities exchanges announced on Friday to expand the scope of tradable derivatives products for qualified foreign investors from March 4.
February 28, 2025
The United States embassy in Bangkok on Friday issued a security alert for its citizens in Thailand, a day after the secretive deportation of 40 Uyghurs to China that has drawn
February 28, 2025
Britain is trying to discredit China's policy in the northwestern Xinjiang region, a spokesperson at China's embassy in London said.
February 28, 2025
New World Development, one of the biggest property developers in Hong Kong, reported an interim net loss of HK$6.63 billion ($852.45 million) on Friday, following a
February 28, 2025
An independent panel on Friday picked the government-backed candidate, former senior finance ministry official Somchai Sujjapongse, as the new chair of the board of the Bank of
February 28, 2025
A crew member on a Singapore-registered chemical tanker was injured due to an "unauthorised boarding" of the vessel on Friday and is being medically evacuated, Singapore's port
February 28, 2025
British Energy Secretary Ed Miliband will visit China in March to restart talks on energy cooperation and meet Chinese investors, three sources with direct knowledge of
February 28, 2025
Thailand should be commended for managing the return of 40 Uyghurs to China, a deputy premier said on Friday, as his country endured
February 28, 2025
South Korean police say they are pushing to summon and investigate a Japanese woman for allegedly kissing Jin, a member of the K-pop supergroup BTS, without consent during a free hug event last year
February 28, 2025
India's NSE Nifty 50 is set for its fifth straight monthly loss - its longest such streak since 1996 - making India the worst
February 28, 2025
China's mainland investors have played an unprecedented role in a rally on Hong Kong's equity market that has pushed the benchmark index to its highest level since 2022.
February 28, 2025
Recently in Tokyo an AI-driven robot leaned over a man lying on his back and gently put a hand on his knee and another on a shoulder and rolled him onto his side
February 28, 2025
India and the European Union have agreed to finalize a long-pending free trade agreement this year and boost cooperation in trade, technology, connectivity and defense
February 28, 2025
Buyanaa and Yuk fell in love and moved to the steppe. Documenting their life on social media as the Mongolian Nomad Family has received millions of video views – and helped support their online businesses, which they run alongside raising livestock.
February 28, 2025
Singapore charged three men with fraud in a case domestic media have linked to the movement of Nvidia's advanced chips from the city state to Chinese
February 28, 2025
Citi Research raised its average tin price forecast for the first quarter of 2025 to $32,000 per metric ton from $29,000 on Friday but noted that prices will start easing from the second
February 28, 2025
Beijing accused the United States on Friday of exerting "tariff pressure and blackmail" after President Donald Trump's latest threat to slap an extra
February 28, 2025
French car parts supplier Forvia is drafting an action plan on how to deal with the impact of U.S. tariffs on its Mexican operations, and plans to
February 28, 2025
Sergei Shoigu, the secretary of Russia's Security Council, met with Chinese President Xi Jinping in Beijing, Russia's TASS state news agency reported on Friday.
February 28, 2025
Thailand’s secret deportation of Uyghurs to China a win for Beijing, snub to US
February 27, 2025
Australia "strongly disagrees" with Thailand's decision to transfer 40 Uyghurs to China against their will and has raised concerns about their treatment with the Chinese government,
February 28, 2025
ByteDance's TikTok will invest $8.8 billion in data centres in Thailand over five years, Helena Lersch, TikTok's Vice President of Public Policy, said on Friday at an event in
February 28, 2025
Indonesia's central bank conducted a "bold" intervention in the foreign exchange market on Friday, an official said, after the rupiah fell to its lowest level against the U.S.
February 28, 2025
China's banks are cutting the interest rates offered on U.S. dollar deposits after being asked to do so by the central bank, possibly to curtail dollar hoarding and also prop up a
February 28, 2025
Pilots first heard about a Chinese live-fire naval exercise near Australia last week when already in the air, receiving messages that forced some to change paths
February 28, 2025
Iron ore futures prices fell on Friday and were set for monthly losses, pressured by U.S. tariff concerns and mounting trade frictions against Chinese steel exports
February 28, 2025
Thai and Chinese officials have confirmed that a group of 40 Uyghur men detained in Thailand for more than a decade have been deported to China
February 27, 2025
Hong Kong's home prices fell for a second straight month in January, government figures showed on Friday, as potential homebuyers searched for more positive market signals amid a
February 28, 2025
Thailand's manufacturing production index dropped by a less than expected 0.85% in January from a year earlier, helped by government stimulus measures amid a continued slump in car
February 28, 2025
Taiwan's defence ministry said on Friday that the history of World War Two shows aggression and expansion will end in failure, responding to Chinese comments that
February 28, 2025
Coco Wen took advantage of China's consumer subsidies to buy herself a new iPhone for about two thirds of the original price.
February 28, 2025
Next month marks three years since a China Eastern jet plunged into a hillside killing 132 people, with relatives still waiting to learn what
February 27, 2025
Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba's party and a coalition partner cut the draft budget for the next fiscal year by $2.30 billion, in an effort to rein in state
February 28, 2025
China's factory activity likely contracted for a second month in February, keeping alive calls for even more stimulus to prop up depressed domestic demand in the world's second-
February 28, 2025
Bitcoin fell to a 3-1/2-month low on Friday, dragged by uncertainty about U.S.
February 28, 2025
Vietnam has pledged to support the repatriation of a few dozen Vietnamese nationals detained in the U.S. and to quickly handle new requests for deportations
February 28, 2025
Japan's Nissan will unveil a shake-up in its top ranks
February 27, 2025
South Korea's acting President and Finance Minister Choi Sang-mok and U.S.
February 28, 2025
North Korea says it has test-fired strategic cruise missiles to demonstrate its nuclear counter-attack capability
February 28, 2025
Eighty-four Indonesians freed from scam centers in Myanmar are set to return home Friday as the repatriation effort for such workers strains regional resources
February 28, 2025
India's economic growth is expected to have picked-up in the October to December quarter as rural consumption improved following a good monsoon and government
February 28, 2025
China's Premier Li Qiang is expected to unveil the country's main economic targets for 2025 at an annual parliament meeting which kicks off on March 5.
February 28, 2025
South Korea's exports are estimated to have risen in February, a Reuters poll showed, but the return to growth was largely due to more working days in the month and
February 28, 2025
The Bank of Japan will keep tapering its government bond purchases despite recent rises in yields, deputy governor Shinichi Uchida said on Friday,
February 28, 2025
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un supervised a test-launch of strategic cruise missiles and ordered full readiness to use nuclear attack capability, which would ensure the
February 27, 2025
Core consumer prices in Japan's capital rose 2.2% in February from a year earlier, data showed on Friday, slowing for the first time in four
February 27, 2025
Eight people have been killed in a nighttime fire in the Philippines that gutted a three-story residential building in less than an hour
February 27, 2025
The number of babies born in South Korea has rebounded for the first time in nine years
February 27, 2025
Chinese technology startups are racing for fresh fundraising to capitalise on the DeepSeek-induced fervor towards artificial intelligence, as well as President Xi
February 27, 2025
China's ambassador to Australia said on Friday his country had no reason to apologise for the military drills it conducted in international waters between Australia and New Zealand
February 27, 2025
Japan's factory output fell 1.1% in January from the previous month, roughly in line with a median market forecast for a 1.2% decline, government data showed on Friday.
February 27, 2025
A look at the day ahead in Asian markets.
February 27, 2025
Ramadan begins with the crescent moon. Here’s why the official start time can still vary around the world
February 27, 2025
The dollar jumped on Thursday and was poised for its biggest daily percentage gain in more than two months as U.S.
February 27, 2025
Takashi Murakami’s artwork has graced luxury goods from top fashion houses and album covers of superstar musicians
February 27, 2025
U.S. stock indexes fell sharply as Wall Street’s frenzy around artificial-intelligence technology faltered some more
February 27, 2025
Survivors of World World II nuclear bombing in Japan share their stories ahead of Nuclear Victims Remembrance Day
February 27, 2025
Bank of Japan Governor Kazuo Ueda on Thursday warned of "very strong" uncertainty on the global economic outlook that required vigilance in setting monetary policy
February 27, 2025
Major Wall Street indexes were mixed on Thursday as fresh U.S. data hurt sentiment, and European stock markets fell following a
February 27, 2025
Officials say a nearly week-long closure of a key crossing on the Afghanistan-Pakistan border has disrupted bilateral trade and the movement of people
February 27, 2025
China has a very important role to play in tackling climate change and others may look to the Asian country for additional leadership in the field, COP30 President-
February 27, 2025
Japan's No.2 oil refiner, Idemitsu Kosan <5019
February 27, 2025
Stock market strategists are sticking to their positive view on the performance of global equity markets, expecting solid gains in even the most beaten-down indexes in India and
February 27, 2025
China's Xiaomi on Thursday slashed its initial sticker price for its luxury electric sedan SU7 Ultra by over a third to 529,900 yuan ($72,931.72), mounting a bigger challenge to the
February 27, 2025
Mercedes-Benz is cutting 10-15% of sales and finance jobs in China and plans to reduce costs for office-based roles by a quarter in the country by 2027, a person with direct knowledge of
February 27, 2025
Taiwan has condemned China’s military exercises after Beijing designated an area to conduct shooting drills off the self-governed island’s southwest coast
February 27, 2025
Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba's economic advisory panel called on Thursday for "bold policy steps" to promote domestic investments as the United States
February 27, 2025
Thailand will meet central bank and planning agency officials to discuss ways to boost growth to 3% to 3.5% this year, its finance minister said on Thursday.
February 27, 2025
HSBC is reducing staff numbers at its China digital wealth business Pinnacle by nearly half, or about 900 people, two sources said, a sharp reversal of the bank's
February 27, 2025
Weak external demand and the impact of conflicts slowed economic growth again in countries covered by the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD),
February 27, 2025
Embraer expects to increase aircraft deliveries by up to 18% this year, it said on Thursday, reaching as many as 240 commercial and executive jets as it
February 27, 2025
Thailand is in early discussions with carmakers to introduce a car trade-in and scrapping scheme in a bid to revive an
February 27, 2025
Chinese tech giant Tencent on Thursday released a new AI model that it says can answer queries faster than global hit DeepSeek's R1, in the latest sign the startup's domestic and
February 27, 2025
With China at the forefront of U.S.
February 27, 2025
New U.S. steel tariffs are set to disrupt a multi-billion dollar supply chain moving steel from China to the United States via
February 27, 2025
Some large hedge funds and investors are accumulating long-shunned China property stocks at low prices, anticipating lucrative returns when the
February 27, 2025
A Japanese labour union group representing major manufacturers said on Thursday its members are demanding a record increase in their base pay for this year,
February 27, 2025
Recent unprecedented live-fire drills by China's navy in the Tasman Sea between Australia and New Zealand were "totally in line with international law", a
February 27, 2025
An ongoing effort targeting scam compounds along Thailand's border with Myanmar has led to only a small proportion of workers there being
February 27, 2025
China urged the United States on Thursday to halt an investigation into potential new tariffs on copper imports to rebuild U.S. production of the critical metal, vowing to
February 27, 2025
A Hong Kong court on Thursday sentenced former lawmaker Lam Cheuk-ting and six other men to jail terms of up to around three years for rioting
February 27, 2025
China has assured Thailand that 40 Chinese Uyghurs it returned on Thursday would be looked after, Thailand's defence minister said,
February 27, 2025
Xiaomi, the world's third-largest smartphone maker, launched its new flagship smartphone Xiaomi 15 Ultra on Thursday, with the base model starting at 6,499 yuan ($894.19).
February 27, 2025
Toko Koga scored early in the second half and Japan held on to beat the United States 2-1 on Wednesday night for the SheBelieves Cup title
February 27, 2025
China's joyful embrace of DeepSeek has gone one step deeper - extending to TVs, fridges and robot vacuum cleaners with a slew of home appliance brands announcing that their
February 27, 2025
Chinese authorities are rolling out fresh measures to limit capital flight, including increased scrutiny of overseas investments, as the yuan currency comes under mounting
February 27, 2025
Nissan Motor is expected to announce a planned streamlining of its executive line-up on March 12, according to three people familiar with the matter.
February 27, 2025
China's Baidu will launch the next generation of its artificial intelligence model Ernie in mid-March, which will see improved capabilities in areas such as reasoning, a source
February 27, 2025
Toyota Motor said on Thursday its worldwide production rose for the first time in a year in January, as it ramped up output in Japan after recovering from last year's certification
February 27, 2025
North Korea has deployed additional troops to Russia, but the scale of the contingent was not immediately known, South Korean media reported on Thursday, citing the country's
February 27, 2025
China's securities regulator has clamped down on small homegrown companies listing on U.S. stock exchanges after many of them became vehicles for price-rigging, causing heavy losses for
February 27, 2025
Eighty-four Indonesians freed rom scam centers in Myanmar arrived at the Thai border city of Mae Sot earlier on Thursday, part of an ongoing large scale repatriation effort following a crackdown by Thailand, Myanmar and China
February 27, 2025
China's Baidu and electric vehicle battery giant CATL will jointly explore the development of "competitive" driverless vehicles and innovative business models, the companies said
February 27, 2025
Two young Indonesian men convicted of having a same-sex relationship were publicly caned on Thursday in Aceh province, prompting calls by Amnesty International for the
February 27, 2025
Pakistan's consumer inflation was expected to remain stable in February and maintain a downward trajectory compared to the previous year, the finance ministry said in its monthly
February 27, 2025
Japan Post Holdings plans to sell its shares in Japan Post Bank in a secondary share sale worth as much as 630 billion yen ($4.22 billion), a regulatory filing showed on Thursday.
February 27, 2025
China's defence ministry said on Thursday that drills which had alarmed Taiwan off its coast were "routine" and the island should stop
February 27, 2025
The founding Ito family of Japan's Seven & i Holdings failed to secure financing for a $58 billion management buyout, sending its shares plunging and offering fresh impetus to a rival
February 26, 2025
South Korea’s spy agency says North Korea appears to have sent additional troops to Russia, after its soldiers deployed on the Russian-Ukraine fronts suffered heavy casualties
February 27, 2025
A culinary program for transgender people in Pakistan is giving members of the community professional training, as well as dignity and hope
February 26, 2025
Iron ore futures prices closed lower on Thursday, pressured by escalating tariff measures against Chinese steel, though solid demand for the steel-making ingredient
February 27, 2025
Large crowds turned out in India on Wednesday for the last day of the six-week Maha Kumbh Mela, with authorities saying it drew a total of 663 million people
February 27, 2025
South Korea will tighten borrowing rules from the second half of this year to manage the growth in household debt, the financial regulator said on Thursday, amid expectations the
February 27, 2025
A new crackdown on online scam centers has led to over 7,000 people from around the world being held in a Myanmar border town awaiting repatriation
February 26, 2025
The Federal Bureau of Investigation said on Wednesday that North Korea was responsible for the theft of approximately $1.5 billion in virtual assets from cryptocurrency exchange
February 27, 2025
The son of a Chinese journalist accused of espionage is calling for his father to be released from his seven-year prison sentence
February 25, 2025
Eighteen people have been killed and 31 injured when a chartered bus overturned in eastern Thailand
February 26, 2025
A look at the day ahead in Asian markets.
February 26, 2025
New Zealand and Vietnam signed a Comprehensive Strategic Partnership late on Wednesday, pledging to boost engagement in areas including defence and education, the said two
February 26, 2025
China said on Wednesday that Taiwan was seeking to give away the island's semiconductor industry to the United States as a "souvenir" and leverage it to seek political support from
February 26, 2025
U.S.
February 26, 2025
New Zealand's foreign minister said he had raised concerns over China's recent live-fire drills in the Tasman Sea during meetings with Chinese leaders on Wednesday.
February 26, 2025
U.S. stocks fluttered to a mixed close on Wednesday amid fresh tariff threats while a draft U.S.-Ukraine deal on critical minerals
February 26, 2025
The U.S. dollar rose on Wednesday to move further from recent 11-week lows, as investors assess the strength of the economy and tariffs outlook after the most
February 26, 2025
Japan's top currency diplomat, Atsushi Mimura, said on Wednesday he did not see any disparity between recent rises in the yen and a slew of positive economic data
February 26, 2025
U.S. stock indexes drifted to a mixed finish after climbing in the morning but then running out of momentum
February 26, 2025
The United States imposed sanctions on six entities based in Hong Kong and China on Wednesday that it accused of being involved in an Iranian drone procurement network, as the
February 26, 2025
Drugmaker Merck, known as MSD outside of the U.S. and Canada, expects to increase its workforce across its India sites by the end of
February 26, 2025
Taiwan on Wednesday condemned China for provocative behaviour after saying Beijing's military would hold "shooting" drills off the island's
February 26, 2025
Japan's Itochu is withdrawing from a buyout for Seven & i Holdings proposed by the retailer's founding family, two sources with knowledge of
February 26, 2025
Indian man awarded damages over length of commercials before movie screening
February 26, 2025
Chinese scientists are celebrating a new breakthrough cancer drug, but some Chinese citizens are skeptical of domestically made drugs. Is China's biotech industry a threat to US pharma? CNN's Will Ripley investigates.
February 26, 2025
A mission from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) will arrive in Pakistan next week, finance minister Muhammad Aurangzeb said on Wednesday, with a first review of a $7 billion
February 26, 2025
U.S.
February 26, 2025
Fitch Ratings said on Wednesday it has downgraded Nissan Motor's rating to junk-status BB+ from BBB-, referring to the Japanese automaker's "persistently low profitability, with a
February 26, 2025
Pakistan's unilateral renegotiation of clean power contracts will undermine investor confidence and be detrimental to the long-term future of the sector, a group of
February 26, 2025
Eighteen people were killed after a tour bus lost control and fell into a ditch in Thailand's Prachinburi province, police said on Wednesday.
February 26, 2025
State-owned China International Capital Corp (CICC) is set to merge with its peer China Galaxy Securities, said five sources, in a deal that would create the
February 26, 2025
Apple should be able to sell its iPhone 16 phones in Indonesia soon, its industry minister said on Wednesday, after both sides agreed deals including an Apple
February 26, 2025
The disappearance almost 11 years ago of Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 with 239 people on board remains one of the world's greatest aviation mysteries.
March 08, 2024
A ship that will hunt for missing Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 has deployed to its Indian Ocean search zone, according to Malaysia's transport minister and ship tracking
February 26, 2025
Taiwan says China set up ‘live-fire training’ zone off its coast without warning
February 26, 2025
Singapore's City Developments was plunged into a power struggle on Wednesday and suspended trading after its executive chairman accused his son, the company's CEO, of
February 26, 2025
Thailand's central bank cut its benchmark interest rate by a quarter percentage point on Wednesday, a move it said was a response
February 26, 2025
Taiwan's trade-reliant economy is expected to grow at a slower pace in 2025 than previously forecast, with the threat of turbulence from tariffs that
February 26, 2025
Singapore's law and home affairs minister and its manpower minister have filed defamation lawsuits against Bloomberg News and one of its reporters, according to a schedule of
February 26, 2025
Indonesia will start using its government-set benchmark coal price as the floor price for transactions starting next month, a senior official at the Energy and
February 26, 2025
India is ready to step in as an alternative site for early-stage clinical trials to help mitigate the impact of disruptions such as the Russia
February 26, 2025
Indian tax authorities have singled out Volkswagen as the only automaker to wrongly classify its car imports for 12 years to
February 26, 2025
China plans to inject at least 400 billion yuan ($55.13 billion) into its biggest banks in coming months as part of a broader stimulus package to revive growth in the economy, Bloomberg
February 26, 2025
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un called for building a strong, modern army to cope with any war during a visit to a military academy, state media KCNA said on
February 26, 2025
Hong Kong aims to cut spending by slashing 10,000 civil service jobs in an effort to rein in a rising deficit, and plans a big AI push as it
February 26, 2025
South Korea's birthrate, the lowest in the world, rose in 2024 for the first time in nine years, as more couples tied the knot after pandemic delays,
February 26, 2025
Japan Post Holdings is planning to sell shares in Japan Post Bank which could total some 600 billion yen ($4.02 billion), two sources familiar
February 26, 2025
South Korea's fertility rate rose in 2024 for the first time in nine years, supported by an increase in marriages, preliminary data showed on Wednesday, in a sign that
February 26, 2025
Iron ore futures prices weakened for a third consecutive session on Wednesday, weighed down by dour outlook for Chinese steel exports and heightened trade tensions
February 26, 2025
Singapore's second-largest bank, Oversea-Chinese Banking Corp, on Wednesday joined rivals in declaring multi-billion capital returns alongside their 2024 record
February 25, 2025
The tiny island of Yonaguni on Japan’s western frontier is too small for even a chain convenience store
February 26, 2025
A little-known Chinese company made a drug that beat the world’s biggest-selling medicine
February 26, 2025
In a final statement at his impeachment trial, South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol defended his martial law decree that plunged the country into chaos as a bid to inform the public of the danger of the opposition-controlled parliament as he vowed to push for political reform if reinstated
February 25, 2025
Cook Islands Prime Minister Mark Brown survived on Wednesday a vote of no confidence in parliament brought by the opposition over deals he struck with China that strained
February 26, 2025
China's market regulator held a symposium on fair competition with executives from seven companies, including Alibaba and LONGi Green Energy, the State Administration for Market
February 26, 2025
Taiwan detains Chinese-crewed ship suspected of cutting undersea cable
February 25, 2025
Chinese e-commerce leader Alibaba said on Wednesday its video- and image-generating artificial intelligence model Wan 2.1 is now publicly available - or open source - in a move
February 25, 2025
China's government said on Wednesday that Taiwan was "manipulating" possible Chinese involvement in the latest severing of an undersea communications cable, saying the island was
February 26, 2025
A vacation photo posted online by Shanghai-based designer Guo Qingshan and captioned “Puppy Mountain” has become a sensation in China
February 25, 2025
Japan's Nikkei share average will rise 4.6% by end-June based on the view that Japanese firms will revise up their outlook once uncertainties over U.S. tariff policy
February 26, 2025
A look at the day ahead in Asian markets. Is the U.S. economy beginning to roll over?
February 25, 2025
Scientists have identified a new coronavirus in bats, but it’s not a public health threat
February 25, 2025
Two major Wall Street indexes saw their fourth straight decline on Tuesday, as Treasury yields and the dollar retreated on signs of
February 25, 2025
South Korea's business leaders are taking action to offset the threat posed by U.S.
February 25, 2025
Wall Street fell further from its record as worries worsen among U.S. consumers about inflation and tariffs
February 25, 2025
The dollar retreated on Tuesday, extending declines after a soft reading on U.S. consumer confidence and a drop in U.S. yields weighed, while optimism for
February 25, 2025
Taiwan's coast guard said it detained a China-linked cargo ship on Tuesday after a nearby undersea cable to the Penghu Islands in the sensitive Taiwan Strait was
February 25, 2025
American Express and Alipay on Tuesday said all global American Express card members can now link their cards to the Alipay digital wallet, enabling payments at tens of millions of
February 25, 2025
A look at the day ahead in European and global markets from Stella Qiu It is a sea of red in Asia as investors grapple with risk posed by the U.S. intensifying its technology war with China in areas
February 25, 2025
Malaysia had approved investments of 378.5 billion ringgit ($85.8 billion) in 2024, a record figure and an increase of 14.9% from the previous year, its trade minister said on
February 25, 2025
The outlook for China's property sector has turned gloomier despite expectations of price stabilisation by next year as government measures to boost demand help the fragile
February 25, 2025
Hong Kong is expected to focus on steps to curb spending in its annual budget on Wednesday, as it seeks to tackle a fiscal deficit likely to have widened to double
February 25, 2025
Indonesia and Apple have agreed on terms to lift the country's ban on iPhone 16s and could sign a deal as early as this week, Bloomberg News reported on Tuesday, citing people familiar
February 25, 2025
Hedge funds' willingness to boost bets on Asian stocks last week rose to its highest level on Goldman Sachs record since 2016, the bank said in a note.
February 25, 2025
The U.S. plan of coercing other countries into going after China's semiconductor industry will backfire, China's foreign ministry said on Tuesday.
February 25, 2025
South Korea's Industry Minister Ahn Duk-geun will travel to Washington D.C. from Wednesday through to Friday to press again for an exemption from U.S. steel tariffs and discuss ways
February 25, 2025
India could extend restrictions on low-ash metallurgical or met coke imports to encourage local steel mills to source the steelmaking ingredient
February 25, 2025
Former Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel and other former U.S. national security officials on Tuesday warned that China was outpacing the U.S. in critical
February 25, 2025
The Hong Kong High Court has ordered the withdrawal of the winding-up petition against Chinese property company Shimao Group filed by CPYM Link Investment, Shimao said on Tuesday.
February 25, 2025
India's booming quick-commerce sector may struggle to maintain its current pace of growth as expansion beyond major cities remains limited and competition from larger e-commerce players
February 25, 2025
U.S. investor Carson Block is weighing plans for an India fund which could be based on a 'long-only' or 'long-short' strategy but would not look at activist short-
February 25, 2025
Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba's party and a coalition partner agreed with a key opposition party on Tuesday to revise the $770-
February 25, 2025
DeepSeek is looking to press home its advantage.
February 25, 2025
Japan's automobile industry association urged the government on Tuesday to try to shield Japanese automakers from tariffs that the United States may impose on imports of autos and
February 25, 2025
Baidu said on Tuesday it has bought JOYY's China live-streaming business for about $2.1 billion, reviving a deal that fell through a year ago, as the search giant doubles down on the fast-
February 25, 2025
Japan's ANA Holdings said on Tuesday it planned to place a company-record order for up to 77 aircraft to replenish its fleet and take advantage of
February 25, 2025
The Reserve Bank of India has partially reversed tighter rules for bank loans to small borrowers and non-bank lenders, according to two separate circulars issued on Tuesday.
February 25, 2025
KKR & Co, Fountainvest Partners and PAG are among buyout firms interested in acquiring a stake in Starbucks' China business, four sources said, as the
February 25, 2025
TUI wants to attract holidaymakers from China and the United States to its new hotels in Asia and is offering cheaper destinations in eastern Europe as budget-
February 25, 2025
Nippon Steel plans to use its current merger agreement to acquire U.S.
February 25, 2025
Sportswear group Amer Sports expects lower sales growth this year, the company said on Tuesday as it reported fourth-quarter results boosted by sales of Salomon shoes
February 25, 2025
Afghanistan's cricketers know things are not right at home, their coach said on Tuesday, over calls for opponents to boycott Champions Trophy matches in response to the Taliban
February 25, 2025
Global demand for liquefied natural gas is estimated to rise by around 60% by 2040, driven largely by economic growth in Asia, AI impact and
February 25, 2025
The Bank of Korea cut interest rates by 25 basis points and significantly lowered its GDP forecasts on Tuesday, steering Asia's fourth-largest economy
February 25, 2025
Vietnam's goods exports to the United States accounted for 30% of its gross domestic product last year, the highest share among U.S. top trade partners, a
February 25, 2025
At least four people died and six were injured on Tuesday after a collapse at a highway construction site in an area south of the South
February 25, 2025
Iron ore futures prices faltered on Tuesday, weighed down by a recovery in iron ore shipments, with increasing levies and legislations on Chinese steel exports
February 25, 2025
Tesla on Tuesday made a long-awaited update to its autopilot software in China to add a city navigation feature, but the move disappointed Chinese owners who said it fell short of
February 25, 2025
Tesla billionaire’s financial entanglement in China raises the prospect that he could be the odd man out when it comes to Trump’s Asia policy.
February 24, 2025
DBS Group plans to cut 4,000 temporary jobs over the next three years as it expects artificial intelligence (AI) to increasingly take on roles carried out by humans, Chief Executive
February 24, 2025
South Korean parliamentary lawyers seeking President Yoon Suk Yeol's removal over his short-lived imposition of martial law compared him to a dictator on Tuesday during
February 25, 2025
South Korea’s president is fighting to stay in office and out of prison after martial law fiasco. Here’s what happens next
February 25, 2025
Chinese companies are ramping up orders for Nvidia's H20 artificial intelligence chip due to booming demand for DeepSeek's low-cost AI models,
February 25, 2025
Taiwan's economy minister said on Tuesday his ministry had not received information about an overseas investment application by Taiwanese chipmaker TSMC, when asked about possible
February 25, 2025
A Chinese national political adviser has recommended lowering the legal age for marriage to 18 to boost fertility chances in the face of a declining population and "unleash
February 25, 2025
A U.S.
February 25, 2025
Australia found out about Chinese navy live-fire drills through a commercial pilot, official says
February 25, 2025
Tesla is readying a software update for customers in China to offer driving-assistance capabilities similar to its full self-driving (FSD) features in the U.S., Bloomberg News reported on
February 24, 2025
Highway overpass collapses, killing at least four construction workers in South Korea
February 25, 2025
U.S. President Donald Trump’s abrupt reversal of three years of American policy toward Ukraine has raised concerns China might become emboldened to push its territorial claim on Taiwan, though experts say Beijing is most likely in a wait-and-see mode right now to see how the situation in Europe plays out
February 24, 2025
Toyota announced plans to restructure its board on Tuesday in what it described as an attempt to bring in more diverse views and give a larger roles to auditors
February 25, 2025
A leading indicator of Japan's service-sector inflation in January accelerated to 3.1% from a year earlier as prices for a wide range of services continued to rise, keeping alive
February 25, 2025
Shares in Japan's five major trading houses rose more than 5% in early trade on Tuesday after billionaire investor Warren Buffett said his conglomerate Berkshire Hathaway would
February 25, 2025
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un said the country has come a long way in building a powerful army but weapons without ideology are simply "ironware", as he stressed loyalty to some of
February 24, 2025
A look at the day ahead in Asian markets.
February 24, 2025
China’s Xi stresses strength of Russia ties in Putin call as Washington warms to Moscow
February 24, 2025
A report says a fleet of Chinese fishing vessels used North Korean crews in violation of U.N. bans and many were apparently subjected to abuses including being trapped at sea for years
February 24, 2025
U.S. stocks drifted lower following their sharp losses from last week
February 24, 2025
Former Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff, now the head of the BRICS bloc's development bank, has been hospitalized in Shanghai, Brazilian newspaper Folha de Sao Paulo
February 24, 2025
A bipartisan group of lawmakers is introducing legislation on Monday to toughen U.S. trade enforcement laws and address the impact of Chinese-supported
February 24, 2025
Nepal said on Monday seven more projects funded by the United States have been put on hold after President Donald Trump suspended foreign development assistance.
February 24, 2025
After opening in Aspen, Colorado, next week, Shaun White’s new halfpipe league will travel to the mountain in China where he closed out his career at the 2022 Beijing Olympics
February 24, 2025
Chinese property developer Shimao Group has secured creditor backing to restructure about $11.04 billion in offshore debt, the latest such deal in the sector after years of liquidity
February 24, 2025
India's economy likely rebounded last quarter, expanding 6.3%, driven by increased government spending that helped offset weak household demand, according to a
February 24, 2025
China's President Xi Jinping affirmed his "no limits" partnership in a phone call with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday, China's
February 24, 2025
Live-fire drills by ‘extremely capable’ Chinese warships rattle New Zealand and Australia
February 24, 2025
China's rising demand for food calls for increased efforts to boost grains production even after record high output in recent years, China's Central Rural Work
February 24, 2025
A sharp slowdown in India's manufacturing sector - a key driver of job creation - was a major factor in the monetary policy committee's (MPC) decision to cut the key
February 24, 2025
The Volkswagen Group's China subsidiary and CATL, the world's largest battery maker, plan to collaborate on developing lithium batteries for Volkswagen's electrified cars in China, CATL
February 24, 2025
Car production in Thailand fell a surprisingly large 24.63% in January from a year earlier to 107,103 units due to weak domestic sales and exports, the Federation of Thai
February 24, 2025
U.S. drugmaker Amgen will invest about $200 million this year in its new technology centre in southern India, with further investments planned, CEO Robert
February 24, 2025
Singapore's key consumer price gauge rose 0.8% in January from a year earlier, lower than economists' forecasts and the smallest rise in more than three years,
February 24, 2025
Thousands of foreigners freed from online scam-operating centres in Myanmar are stuck in limbo on the border with Thailand after a
February 24, 2025
Dalian iron ore futures prices snapped a four-day winning streak on Monday as increasing levies on Chinese steel dampened demand prospects for the key steelmaking ingredient,
February 24, 2025
Russian Security Council Secretary Sergei Shoigu, an ally of President Vladimir Putin, has started a working visit to Indonesia and Malaysia on Monday to discuss security and defence
February 24, 2025
Bangladeshi students, who were at the forefront of last year's protests that ousted then Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, are set to launch a political party this week, two sources with
February 24, 2025
Malaysia's Capital A Berhad, owner of budget airline AirAsia, said on Monday it will start to publish internal business targets alongside quarterly results to give investors a better
February 24, 2025
Samsung Electronics and its labour union in South Korea have reached an agreement for a 5.1% wage increase, the company and the union said in separate statements on Monday.
February 24, 2025
New Zealand’s Foreign Minister Winston Peters will touch down in Beijing on Tuesday for a three-day visit as relations between the two countries
February 24, 2025
The Philippines shares a common cause with Japan of opposing any unilateral attempt to reshape the global order, its defence minister said on Monday.
February 24, 2025
Thailand's low inflation means there is room for an interest rate cut to boost economic growth and help weaken the baht
Japan and the Philippines agreed on Monday to further deepen defence ties in the face of an "increasingly severe" security environment in the Indo-Pacific region,
February 24, 2025
Alibaba said on Monday it plans to invest at least 380 billion yuan ($52.44 billion) in its cloud computing and artificial intelligence infrastructure over the next three years.
February 24, 2025
France’s nuclear-powered aircraft carrier and accompanying warships are in the Philippines after holding combat drills with Filipino forces in the disputed South China Sea in a show of firepower that will likely antagonize China
February 23, 2025
The Bank of Thailand (BOT) will keep its key interest rate unchanged on Wednesday and cut only once this year to preserve a policy buffer amid growing global
February 24, 2025
Japan’s Emperor Naruhito, marking his 65th birthday, stressed the importance to keep telling the tragedy of the World War II to younger generations, pledging to contribute to the effort to promote understanding of the history and determination for peace as the world observes the 80th anniversary of the war’s end
February 23, 2025
An American Airlines flight from New York to New Delhi was diverted to Rome due to a security concern the airline later said was not credible
February 23, 2025
Britain's Business and Trade Secretary Jonathan Reynolds and India's Commerce Minister Piyush Goyal will meet in New Delhi on Monday to restart talks on a UK-India trade deal, the
February 23, 2025
A look at the day ahead in Asian markets.
February 23, 2025
Investors in Japan's government bond market are getting a glimpse of life without heavy intervention by the Bank of Japan, which is showing little sign of reverting to
February 21, 2025
Indian teenager alleges rape over five years by nearly 60 schoolmates, neighbors, relatives and strangers
February 23, 2025
China will deepen its rural reforms as part of efforts to revitalise the agricultural sector and bolster food security in the face of U.S. tariffs, an economic slowdown and
February 23, 2025
China notched a record 9.02 billion domestic trips during the 40-day Lunar New Year travel rush, the state Xinhua news agency reported on Sunday, surpassing the 8.4 billion
February 23, 2025
The Taliban say an Afghan women’s radio station will resume broadcasts after its operations were suspended over alleged cooperation with an overseas TV channel
February 23, 2025
China defence ministry spokesperson Wu Qian said on Sunday that Australian complaints over recent Chinese live-fire naval drills in international waters between Australia
February 23, 2025
Warren Buffett said on Saturday that his conglomerate Berkshire Hathaway will likely increase its ownership in the five Japanese trading houses it holds.
February 22, 2025
India's EV policy, which offers import tax cuts for foreign automakers investing in the country, will restrict them from using funds spent on charging
February 21, 2025
North Korea's defence ministry said on Saturday "military provocations" by the United States and its allies were becoming more "pronounced" under the current Trump administration,
February 21, 2025
This cricket-mad country spent years convincing international teams it was safe to come play. Now the party is in full swing
February 22, 2025
‘We are in danger’: Migrants deported from US were locked in hotel and held at remote camp in Panama, lawyers say
February 22, 2025
New Zealand said the Chinese navy conducted a live-fire exercise in international waters near the Pacific nation on Saturday, a day after it held a similar drill between Australia and New
February 22, 2025
Japan's Seven & i Holdings, operator of the 7-Eleven convenience store chain, has picked Bain Capital as its preferred buyer for a stake of its non-core assets, local media reported
February 22, 2025
Indian authorities are looking into "deeply troubling" information about U.S. governmental activity in the country, New Delhi said on Friday, after President Donald Trump
February 21, 2025
Woven City near Mount Fuji is where Japanese automaker Toyota plans to test everyday living with robotics, artificial intelligence and autonomous zero-emissions transportation
February 22, 2025
India and Pakistan are renewing their epic rivalry on the cricket field in front of an audience of hundreds of millions of people tuning in to catch the two arch rivals go head-to-head in Dubai in United Arab Emirates
February 22, 2025
Over two decades and 37 surgeries on, Chusnul Chotimah is still reeling from the night she survived the Bali bombing, which killed 202 in one of the
February 22, 2025
Angel Yin birdied three of her final four holes on the front nine to help set up an 8-under 64 to take a five-stroke lead into the final round of the LPGA Thailand tournament
February 22, 2025
South Korean police are formally building a case against impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol over accusations he obstructed the execution of an arrest warrant, a police spokesperson
February 21, 2025
Japanese phenom pitcher Roki Sasaki has revealed that he is married
February 21, 2025
OpenAI has removed accounts of users from China and North Korea who the artificial intelligence company believes were using its technology for malicious purposes including
February 21, 2025
When President Donald Trump sat down to lunch with his Japanese counterpart this month, talk turned quickly to how Tokyo
February 21, 2025
Oil prices settled down more than $2 a barrel on Friday, posting a weekly decline as investors grappled with a fading Middle East risk premium alongside
February 21, 2025
U.S. stocks fell sharply after reports showed that worries among consumers and businesses about President Donald Trump’s policies may be hitting the economy
February 21, 2025
Stocks finished lower on Wall Street but edged higher in Europe on Friday amid uncertainty about U.S.
February 21, 2025
The U.S. dollar rose against a broad range of currencies on Friday including the euro, sterling and those tied to commodities such as the Australian
February 21, 2025
The Financial Action Task Force (FATF), a global anti-money laundering watchdog, said on Friday it had removed the Philippines from its 'grey' list of countries under increased
February 21, 2025
Syria's new President Ahmed al-Sharaa met China's ambassador to Damascus in the first public engagement between the two countries since the overthrow of Bashar al-Assad in
February 21, 2025
U.S.
February 21, 2025
Search startup Genspark has raised $100 million in a series A funding round, valuing the startup at $530 million, according to a source familiar with the matter, as the race
February 21, 2025
Singapore announced on Friday a set of measures to rejuvenate its equities market, including a 20% tax rebate for primary listings and a S$5 billion ($3.74
February 21, 2025
A high-level Japanese group that includes a former prime minister has drawn up plans for Tesla to invest in Nissan after the collapse of its merger talks with Honda, the Financial Times
February 21, 2025
Alibaba's shares opened 10% higher in Hong Kong on Friday to reach their highest level in more than three years, after it reported third-quarter
February 20, 2025
Australia's Foreign Minister Penny Wong raised concerns with her Chinese counterpart on Friday over inadequate notice
February 21, 2025
Hundreds of students and activists rallied in some major cities for more "Dark Indonesia" protests on Friday, opposing President Prabowo Subianto's policies including $19 billion
February 21, 2025
China cabinet on Friday held a meeting to study the work related to the service sector, saying the country will roll out new opening up measures in sectors including
February 21, 2025
Indian pharmaceutical companies will be able to retain their dominant market share in the U.S. in selling generic drugs even if President Donald Trump
February 21, 2025
Can a budget phone help Apple overtake Huawei in China?
February 21, 2025
Chinese startup DeepSeek will make its models' code publicly available, it said on Friday, doubling down on its commitment to open-source artificial intelligence.
February 21, 2025
Chinese tech stocks listed in Hong Kong advanced on Friday for their best weekly winning streak since 2020, as earnings surprises and optimism about the artificial
February 21, 2025
Taiwan's Foxconn has proposed forming a partnership with Japan's Honda Motor, aiming to create a tie-up framework that also includes rival carmakers Nissan Motor and Mitsubishi
February 21, 2025
As Trump loses patience with Ukraine, Russia’s biggest backer sees a ‘window for peace’
February 21, 2025
Tokyo Gas, Japan's biggest city gas supplier, will sell its 25% stake in an Eagle Ford shale gas project in south Texas to Shizuoka Gas for $130 million under an asset portfolio
February 21, 2025
Depicting Taoist deities in a misty landscape, a Qing dynasty lacquer panel inlaid with jade and agate is among thousands of artefacts pulled out of museum storage in
February 21, 2025
For the last three years, China has repeatedly signalled a willingness to act as a peacemaker in the war in Ukraine.
February 21, 2025
Australian Defense Minister Richard Marles says airliners were over the Tasman Sea crossing between Australia and New Zealand when the Chinese navy warned they were flying over a secret live-fire exercise
February 21, 2025
Chinese electric vehicle maker BYD's off-road brand Fangchengbao on Friday launched smart versions of its plug-in hybrid SUV Bao 5.
February 21, 2025
The Philippine central bank on Friday said it was reducing the reserve requirement ratio (RRR) for banks by 200 basis points from late March.
February 21, 2025
The Bank of Japan may raise interest rates in March if U.S.
February 21, 2025
Standard Chartered announced a new $1.5 billion share buyback on Friday after reporting its annual profit rose 18% on record growth in its wealth business and a
February 21, 2025
Sponsor invite Akie Iwai of Japan has shot a 5-under 67 to take a two-stroke lead after two rounds of the LPGA’s Thailand tournament at Siam Country Club’s Pattaya Old Course
February 21, 2025
Britain has lined up a Mandarin-speaking diplomat whose father was a governor of Hong Kong as the next ambassador to China,
February 20, 2025
Iron ore futures prices climbed on Friday to their highest levels in more than four months and headed for a weekly gain, as signs of recovery in steel
February 21, 2025
Consumer inflation in Tokyo likely slowed down in February as the government reinstated steps to ease the burden from energy bills as higher living costs haunt persistent inflation
February 21, 2025
Moody's Ratings said on Friday it has downgraded its rating of Nissan Motor's credit by one notch to junk status, citing a weak and worsening outlook for the Japanese automaker's
February 21, 2025
Chinese companies, mainly those in the tech sector, are accelerating plans to raise funds offshore, tapping into a rebound in investor
February 21, 2025
The Bank of Japan stands ready to ramp up government bond buying if long-term interest rates rise sharply, Governor Kazuo Ueda said on Friday after recent increases
February 21, 2025
Japan's core consumer inflation hit 3.2% in January for its fastest pace in 19 months, data showed on Friday, reinforcing expectations that the central bank will keep
February 20, 2025
A further reduction in Thailand's policy interest rate would support inflation and improve the debt-servicing capacity of borrowers, the International Monetary Fund said.
February 21, 2025
Abrdn is in advanced talks with Citic Bank to launch an asset management joint venture in China, two people with knowledge of the matter said, as the British firm
February 21, 2025
Costa Rica's government received its first group of mostly Asian migrants deported from the United States on Thursday, part of a deal with Washington to temporarily house up to
February 21, 2025
CATL has signed a strategic cooperation MOU with Volkswagen to deepen partnership in battery R&D, new materials application and components development, the Chinese electric vehicle
February 21, 2025
South Korean officials have requested an exemption from U.S. reciprocal, steel and aluminium tariffs during their visit this week to Washington, the industry ministry said in a
February 21, 2025
Actor Kim Sae-ron’s death adds to the list of celebrity deaths in South Korea that underscore the enormous pressure they face under the gaze of a relentlessly unforgiving media that pounces on their every misstep
February 20, 2025
China's largest bubble tea and drinks firm, Mixue Group, is seeking to raise HK$3.45 billion ($443.66 million) in a Hong Kong initial public offering, a
February 20, 2025
Key tools China introduced last year to stabilise the property market are making very little impact, pressuring Beijing to find new
February 21, 2025
Huawei's founder told Xi Jinping at a meeting the Chinese president held with private sector entrepreneurs that concerns China had about a lack of homegrown chips or operating
February 21, 2025
China came out in support of U.S.
February 20, 2025
Japan's factory activity extended declines for an eighth straight month in February but at a slower pace, a private-sector survey showed on Friday, in a sign struggling factories may
February 21, 2025
The Bank of Korea (BOK) will cut its key interest rate by 25 basis points on Tuesday, offering support to an economy which barely grew last quarter, according to
February 21, 2025
ChatGPT developer OpenAI's weekly active users surged past 400 million in February, a company spokesperson told Reuters on Thursday, highlighting rapid growth in the adoption of artificial
February 20, 2025
Wall Street retreated from its record after a sharp slide for Walmart weighed on U.S. stock indexes
February 20, 2025
A look at the day ahead in Asian markets.
February 20, 2025
Global equity markets fell while gold prices surged on Thursday, with traders marking one month since U.S.
February 17, 2025
Billionaire investor Ryan Cohen has increased his personal stake in Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba Group to roughly $1 billion in recent months, the Wall Street Journal reported on
February 20, 2025
The U.S. dollar dropped against major currencies on Thursday, as investors took a step back and assessed President Donald Trump's latest tariff plans,
February 20, 2025
Train hits elephant herd in Sri Lanka, killing at least six elephants, say police
February 20, 2025
Hong Kong's Democratic Party said late on Thursday it would start preparations to disband and wind up its affairs after a meeting of its leadership
February 20, 2025
Coca-Cola is attempting to capitalise on Pakistan hosting its biggest cricket event in nearly 30 years, and steal the spotlight away from the host nation's official
February 20, 2025
Hong Kong-listed Autohome said on Thursday the financial conglomerate Ping An Insurance will cease to be its controlling shareholder after agreeing to sell a 41.91% stake in
February 20, 2025
South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol has appeared in two different courts, contesting his arrest on rebellion charges in one and pleading to preserve his presidency in the other, both related to his brief imposition of martial law in December
February 20, 2025
AstraZeneca will buy longtime partner FibroGen's China unit for about $160 million to gain rights to its anemia drug in the country, further boosting its presence in the world's second-
February 20, 2025
The US has largely managed its empire in a more ‘gentlemanly manner’ than many historical empires, says a US foreign policy expert. Trump is turning back the clock.
February 20, 2025
China will direct more efforts to boosting consumption and lifting people's livelihoods, Premier Li Qiang said on Thursday, vowing to adopt more targeted measures to stimulate
February 20, 2025
Walmart-backed Indian fintech firm PhonePe is beginning preparatory steps for a public listing on the country's stock exchanges, the company said on Thursday.
February 20, 2025
Indonesia's central bank will support the government's affordable housing programme through purchases of bonds in the secondary market, Governor Perry Warjiyo told reporters on
February 20, 2025
Indonesian investigators on Thursday arrested a senior politician from the only opposition party in parliament in a long-running bribery case connected to a parliamentary
February 20, 2025
It’s more than just a soft skill.
February 20, 2025
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov held a meeting with his Chinese counterpart, Wang Yi, to discuss a wide range of topics, including relations with the U.S. and the Ukrainian
February 20, 2025
The Southeast Asian bloc ASEAN plans to hold a summit with the United States so its member countries can present their views on planned U.S. tariffs, Malaysia's Foreign
February 20, 2025
China's central bank vowed on Thursday to provide strong financial support for the healthy development of private economy and the growth of private enterprises.
February 20, 2025
Support from U.S.
February 20, 2025
Singapore Airlines on Thursday reported a record quarterly revenue stemming from robust demand for air travel at the end of last year, but said its capacity expansion outstripped passenger
February 20, 2025
Alphabet Inc's Google is close to deciding on locations in its key market of India where it will open its first physical retail stores outside the United States,
February 20, 2025
Thousands of students staged 'Dark Indonesia' protests in cities across the country on Thursday against budget cuts and
February 20, 2025
A group of 200 Chinese nationals plucked from scam centres in Myanmar crossed into Thailand and were flown home on Thursday, as part of a multinational effort to
February 20, 2025
An airlift carrying more than 1,000 Chinese nationals who had worked at online scam centers in eastern Myanmar began Thursday, after the rescued workers were taken across the border to Thailand and put on chartered flights to China
February 20, 2025
Short positions on all Asian currencies were at multi-month lows on Thursday, as analysts shrugged off fears around the potential of an extended global trade war and
February 20, 2025
Taiwan's export orders fell for the first time in 11 months in January as demand for technology products softened amid a seasonal slowdown, but the government remained optimistic
February 20, 2025
Two major infrastructure projects in Nepal funded by the United States have been put on hold after President Donald Trump suspended all foreign development
February 20, 2025
TikTok is laying off global staff at its trust and safety unit which handles content moderation as part of a restructuring, three sources familiar with the matter said on Thursday
February 20, 2025
China's central bank said it will support setting up a new model of real estate development to help stabilize the crisis-hit sector, according to a statement on Thursday.
February 20, 2025
Japanese carmaker Suzuki Motor has trimmed its sales target in India, its "most important market", and scaled back its line-up of electric car
February 20, 2025
China’s foreign investment sank in January. Can Beijing turn things around?
February 20, 2025
Iron ore futures gained on Thursday as strong steel consumption data from top consumer China boosted sentiment, shifting investor focus to prospects of
February 20, 2025
Chinese tech company Lenovo reported hefty gains in quarterly revenue and net profit that beat expectations and said it would benefit from the adoption of DeepSeek's artifical
February 20, 2025
Japan's Fuji Soft said on Thursday that KKR now owns nearly 58% of the company after the second stage of a tender offer, ending a fierce battle with rival
February 20, 2025
South Korea's impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol appeared in a Seoul court on Thursday for his first trial hearing on charges of insurrection in the
February 20, 2025
President Donald Trump’s restrictions on foreign aid and targeting of a key agency funding programs around the world may be offering an opening to China
February 20, 2025
Oscar-winning director Bong Joon Ho said on Thursday he was proud of how his fellow South Koreans had overcome the fallout from impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol's
February 20, 2025
Dixon Technologies India, which assembles Google's Pixel smartphones, is set to more than double its revenue this fiscal year, driven by rapid growth in local
February 20, 2025
Singapore is set to import multi-year high diesel volumes for February, according to data from two shiptrackers and trade sources, as sellers shipped cargoes to
February 20, 2025
Japanese bank shares have become highly popular with investors betting on rising Bank of Japan interest rates as uncertainty over the
February 20, 2025
Japan's Murata Manufacturing is considering deals of more than 100 billion yen ($665 million) to drive growth, the smartphone component supplier's CEO said
February 20, 2025
Indonesia posted a $1.1 billion deficit in its current account in the final quarter of 2024, equivalent to 0.3% of GDP, the central bank said in a statement on Thursday.
February 20, 2025
Most U.S. manufacturers surveyed by the American Chamber of Commerce in Vietnam said they would be likely forced to lay off workers if the Trump administration
February 20, 2025
The Bank of Japan will hike interest rates only once more this year, most likely during the third quarter to 0.75%, according to a majority of economists in a
February 20, 2025
North Korean state media on Thursday criticized the United States for a nuclear submarine deal with Australia under the AUKUS partnership signed in 2021, calling it a "threat to
February 19, 2025
The United States is set to cut the size of its diplomatic mission in China by up to 10%, the South China Morning Post (SCMP) reported on Wednesday, citing people
February 20, 2025
Japan Petroleum Exploration (Japex) is prioritising investment in oil and gas exploration and production (E&P) through 2030 - revising an earlier plan to
February 20, 2025
China left benchmark lending rates unchanged at the monthly fixing on Thursday, showing authorities are going slow with monetary stimulus as they prioritise financial and currency
February 20, 2025
The last of Bengal’s female impersonators
February 20, 2025
Almost nine out of 10 Japanese companies expect U.S.
February 19, 2025
Grab Holdings forecast its annual revenue below analysts' estimates on Wednesday, as it grapples with intense competition in food delivery and ride-hailing businesses,
February 19, 2025
Japan's Trade Minister Yoji Muto plans to visit the U.S. in March and will seek exemptions from Trump administration plans to set import tariffs on steel and cars, the Asahi newspaper
February 19, 2025
A look at the day ahead in Asian markets.
February 19, 2025
Australia is closely monitoring a Chinese navy task group in the country's exclusive economic zone off its east coast but the ships did not pose any threats as they had not breached
February 19, 2025The S&P 500 added to its record as U.S. stock indexes drifted through a quiet, mixed day on Wall Street
February 19, 2025
Safe-haven currencies led by the U.S. dollar and yen gained on Wednesday, as market jitters escalated amid the latest round of tariff threats from U.S.
February 19, 2025
Japanese phenom Roki Sasaki threw 27 pitches over two innings of live batting practice at Camelback Ranch in front of hundreds of fans and several teammates
February 19, 2025
U.S.-listed exchange-traded funds focused on China have drawn bullish options flows as the emergence of artificial intelligence startup DeepSeek brightens the
February 19, 2025Pakistani authorities have stepped up arrests of Afghan citizens in Islamabad and the nearby city of Rawalpindi and are forcing them to move elsewhere in Pakistan
February 19, 2025
Aid groups across the world have closed operations, laid off staff and halted life-saving work, including with
February 19, 2025
The World Trade Organization said on Wednesday that discussions on trade tensions were "constructive", after China accused the US of imposing "tariff shocks" that
February 18, 2025
These are the world’s best beaches for 2025, according to Tripadvisor
February 18, 2025
Inside a Thai military camp, four Ethiopian men on Wednesday showed the bruises and scars on their bodies they said were sustained during their time in one of
February 19, 2025
Chinese Commerce Minister Wang Wentao has expressed strong dissatisfaction with U.S. tariffs on Chinese goods in a letter addressed to the newly confirmed U.S.
February 19, 2025
Six Little Dragons, Seven Sisters and the Terrific Ten.
February 19, 2025
Afghan refugees are facing arrests and harassment in Pakistan as part of a mass expulsion campaign, Kabul's embassy in Islamabad said on Wednesday, after the U.N.
February 19, 2025
Pakistani police say suspected militants riding on a motorcycle shot and killed a police officer assigned to protect polio workers in a former stronghold of the Pakistani Taliban in a region in the country's northwest bordering Afghanistan
February 19, 2025
A Singapore court has granted a stay of execution to a Malaysian man just hours before he was set to be hanged for drug trafficking
February 19, 2025President Donald Trump says his administration will ensure a major natural gas pipeline in Alaska gets built
February 19, 2025
Ant Group, the Alibaba-linked fintech giant, is venturing into the humanoid robot industry, joining a growing list of major Chinese tech companies exploring this emerging field.
February 19, 2025
Some of China's prominent business leaders, including the heads of carmakers BYD and Xiaomi, said they would resist external pressure and keep
February 19, 2025
HSBC expects to incur $1.8 billion in expenses by the end of next year related to an overhaul initiated by its new CEO to cut long-term costs
February 19, 2025
US calls out ‘dangerous’ Chinese helicopter maneuvers as tensions rise over South China Sea
February 19, 2025
Separatist gunmen shot dead seven passengers on a Lahore-bound bus in southwestern Pakistan's Balochistan province on Tuesday after forcing them off the vehicle and
February 19, 2025China's top financial regulator vowed it will maintain stable and effective credit supply to private firms and will step up support for their loans, an official statement showed on
February 19, 2025
The Japanese government on Wednesday stuck to its view that the economy was recovering moderately, but flagged U.S. trade policies as key factors to watch as President Donald Trump's
February 19, 2025
Global hedge funds keen to navigate U.S.-China trade tensions are amassing Chinese stock bets in the hopes of making huge profits
February 19, 2025
Indonesia's central bank kept interest rates steady on Wednesday, emphasizing its focus on stabilising the rupiah currency amid global
February 19, 2025
Vietnam's National Assembly on Wednesday approved raising the economic growth target for this year and backed major infrastructure projects, including a rail link to China and the
February 19, 2025
Japanese trading house Mitsui & Co said on Wednesday it would acquire a 40% stake in the Rio Tinto-operated Rhodes Ridge iron ore project in Western
February 19, 2025
Hong Kong is expanding the ways investors can trade virtual assets, its financial regulator said on Wednesday, as the city races to become Asia's
February 19, 2025
President Joe Biden capped South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol's official state visit with a state dinner at the White House to celebrate the two nations' 70-year alliance. Following a round of musical performances, Yoon took to the microphone himself with a rendition of Don McLean's "American Pie."
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China is expected to leave its benchmark lending rates unchanged on Thursday, a Reuters poll showed, as authorities walk a fine line between prioritising financial stability and
February 19, 2025
China opposes Vietnam's construction activities on a disputed islet in the South China Sea known as the Barque Canada Reef, its foreign ministry said on Wednesday.
February 19, 2025Police in Indian-controlled Kashmir have raided bookstores and seized 668 books linked to a major Islamic organization in the disputed region, where strict controls on the press have escalated in recent years
February 19, 2025
Ukrainian forces have struck and destroyed a North Korean self-propelled howitzer on the eastern front of the nearly three-year-old war with Russia, Ukraine's military said on Tuesday.
February 18, 2025Hong Kong's population inched up 0.1% in 2024 to more than 7.53 million, its third consecutive year of expansion, as the Asian financial hub saw an increase in the number of
February 19, 2025
HSBC's headcount fell 3% last year and its staff bonus pool hardly changed as a new CEO sharpened focus on costs and initiated sweeping
February 19, 2025
A Thai industry body said it wanted more government support to counter global trade risks even as data on Wednesday showed
February 19, 2025
Philippine Vice President Sara Duterte has asked the Supreme Court to nullify an impeachment complaint against her, making her first legal move to fight the case that could lead to
February 19, 2025
Kazakhstan will seek contact with Ukraine in order to avoid any repeat of this week's Ukrainian drone strike in southern Russia that hit a pumping station of the main Kazakh oil
February 19, 2025A South Korean court found four former government officials guilty on Wednesday of forcibly repatriating two North Korean fishermen in 2019, despite their intention to defect, in a
February 19, 2025A Philippine village in the densely populated capital region has launched a battle against dengue by offering a token bounty to residents for captured mosquitos — dead or alive
February 19, 2025
The Bank of Japan must raise interest rates more as keeping them at current low levels could cause excessive risk-taking and push up inflation too much, its board
February 19, 2025
Snow joke: Chinese attraction apologizes for winter wonderland made of cotton and bedsheets
February 19, 2025China will always be Latin America's "trustworthy" friend and partner, its foreign minister told his Bolivian counterpart, as Beijing looks to improve its foothold in a
February 19, 2025
The United States condemned the "dangerous" manoeuvres of a Chinese navy helicopter that endangered the safety of a Philippine government aircraft patrolling a disputed shoal in the
February 19, 2025
A Japanese court has convicted a man who threw a homemade pipe bomb at Japan's former Prime Minister Fumio Kishida at a 2023 campaign event, sentencing him to 10 years in prison
February 19, 2025
Japan's exports rose for a fourth consecutive month in January led by auto shipments to the United States, but if U.S.
February 19, 2025The new French ambassador to Singapore said on Monday that France and Europe
February 18, 2025China invested 6.8 trillion yuan ($940 billion) in clean energy in 2024, approaching the $1.12 trillion in global investment in fossil fuels, according to a new analysis for U.K.-
February 19, 2025
China's new home prices stalled in January, official data showed on Wednesday, suggesting declining demand in the crisis-hit property sector is
February 19, 2025
The U.S.
February 18, 2025
Panama is detaining in a hotel nearly 300 people from various countries deported by the United States, not allowing them to leave while waiting for international authorities to organize a return to their countries
February 19, 2025
JP Morgan analysts upgraded Singapore equities to overweight on Wednesday, citing inexpensive valuations, high dividend yields as well as government initiatives to revive the
February 19, 2025
Shares of Singapore's United Overseas Bank, or UOB, hit a record high on Wednesday after it posted a 9% rise in fourth-quarter net profit that beat expectations
February 18, 2025
Dairy giant Fonterra said on Wednesday it would engage with potential buyers of its global consumer business and integrated businesses over the coming weeks, and also named key management
February 18, 2025
Singapore Telecommunications reported a 22% rise in its third-quarter underlying net profit on Wednesday, boosted by strong contributions from its Australian telecom unit Optus.
February 18, 2025
Business sentiment for Japanese manufacturers climbed for a second straight month in February and is expected to have improved again by May, albeit modestly, the
February 18, 2025
A look at the day ahead in Asian markets.
February 18, 2025
The U.S. dollar strengthened against major currencies on Tuesday, led by gains versus the euro, driven by safe-haven bids amid tariff worries and
February 18, 2025
Oil prices settled higher on Tuesday as supply disruptions mounted in Russia and the U.S., while talks to end the war in Ukraine capped gains as this could boost supply from
February 18, 2025
Wall Street fluttered to a record after U.S. stock indexes drifted through a mixed day of trading
February 18, 2025
China supports all efforts conducive to peace talks in Ukraine, China's Foreign Minister Wang Yi told the United Nations Security Council on Tuesday, and
February 18, 2025
Investors piled into emerging market countries' debt to the tune of $45 billion and bought up $2 billion of Chinese stocks in January, a closely followed report from
February 18, 2025
Woodside Energy has held talks with several potential buyers of stakes in its Louisiana liquefied natural gas plant, including Tokyo Gas, Japan's JERA and
February 17, 2025
The main organization coordinating resistance to Myanmar’s military government says its forces have arrested 10 members of a local resistance group suspected in the killing of a Catholic village priest last week in the country’s northwest
February 18, 2025US tourists can’t visit North Korea. This American spent six figures on a second passport so he could travel there
February 18, 2025
Tesla has selected locations for two showrooms in the Indian cities of New Delhi and Mumbai, moving closer to its long-delayed plans to sell its electric cars in
February 18, 2025
Ride-hailing platform Uber has moved to a zero-commission model for its autorickshaw drivers in India and will instead charge them a subscription fee, mirroring a
February 18, 2025
China's electric vehicles are around three to five years ahead of the competition in terms of products, technology and the industrial chain, BYD's CEO Wang Chuanfu said in an
February 18, 2025
Chinese search engine group Baidu said on Tuesday that the success of AI company DeepSeek had inspired it to embrace an open source model, under which the source code of its upcoming
February 18, 2025
Pakistan's army said on Tuesday it killed 30 Islamist militants in South Waziristan near the border with Afghanistan during an operation to clear the tribal district of the
February 18, 2025South Korean actor Kim Sae-ron’s death this week has triggered an outpouring of grief and calls for changes to the way the country’s celebrities are treated in the public arena and on social media, which critics say can foster a culture of harassment
February 18, 2025
When President Xi Jinping hosted entrepreneurs at a rare meeting in Beijing in 2018, the executives granted coveted front-row seats came
February 18, 2025
Pro-democracy media tycoon Jimmy Lai is physically breaking down in a Hong Kong prison and "time is running out" for him if the U.S. and Britain do not push
February 18, 2025
Restaurant Brands International said on Tuesday it has bought stakes in Burger King China from its local franchisee for about $158 million, giving it nearly total ownership of the business
February 18, 2025
Decarbonising steel production is one of the major challenges of the energy transition, especially given that consumers across the world show little
February 18, 2025
A Chinese company has stopped exporting a piece of equipment used to process the electric vehicle battery metal lithium, in the clearest sign yet
February 18, 2025
Greentown China said on Tuesday it will issue additional dollar bonds worth $150 million to help refinance its existing borrowings, after offering the
February 18, 2025China’s Foreign Ministry has taken issue with a revised U.S. government fact sheet that removed a line on American opposition to independence for Taiwan
February 17, 2025
Indonesia's deputy finance minister on Tuesday said the total budget funding the government is freeing up through efficiency measures remained unchanged at 306 trillion rupiah ($
February 18, 2025
Taiwanese electronics companies are planning more investments in the U.S. state of Texas, with announcements possible in May to coincide with President Donald Trump's
February 18, 2025
Singapore offered broad support for workers and businesses, as well as assistance with living costs, with the economy bracing for a rise
February 18, 2025
China will fly home about 200 of its nationals found in scam-running compounds on the Thai-Myanmar border, a Thai security official said on Tuesday, as
February 18, 2025
A Chinese navy helicopter has flown within 10 feet of a Philippine patrol plane in a disputed area of the the South China Sea, highlighting Beijing's use of force in asserting its claims to the strategic waterway
February 18, 2025
The Philippine coast guard accused the Chinese navy of performing dangerous flight manoeuvres on Tuesday when it flew close to a government aircraft patrolling a disputed shoal in
February 18, 2025South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol could try to impose martial law again or undermine constitutional institutions should he be reinstated, lawyers for parliament
February 18, 2025
The Bank of Japan could raise interest rates twice more this year if inflation stays around current levels, which would help prevent the yen from
February 18, 2025
The Supreme Court has told India's top podcaster to stop doing any shows until further notice, days after he was charged with obscenity, legal news website LiveLaw said on Tuesday.
February 18, 2025
The Philippines has detected foreign attempts to access intelligence data, but its cyber minister said on Tuesday no breaches have been recorded so
February 18, 2025
The case for buying Chinese stocks - particularly tech shares - is improving, perhaps enough to tempt back long-term investors, investment banks
February 18, 2025
Vietnam's National Assembly on Tuesday approved a bold bureaucratic reform plan that will slash up to a fifth of government bodies, as the country tries to cut costs and
February 18, 2025
HSBC has laid off around 40 investment bankers in Hong Kong, according to a person with direct knowledge of the matter, as part of a global
February 18, 2025
A popular dish in China, longevity noodles might be thick, thin, flat or crispy -- but they are always long. In Hong Kong, where the fried e-fu noodle is king, one factory has ramped up production by 30% to meet the demand at Lunar New Year.
January 26, 2025
Turkish police have detained 282 suspects in a large-scale operation targeting the banned Kurdistan Workers’ Party, or PKK
February 18, 2025
Chinese tech giant Huawei has held a global launch for the industry’s first tri-foldable phone
February 18, 2025
Chinese manufacturer Sany Heavy Industry is planning a listing in Hong Kong that could raise up to $1.5 billion, two people familiar with the matter said on Tuesday.
February 18, 2025
Bank of Japan Governor Kazuo Ueda said on Tuesday the sharp volatility seen in currency and stock markets last summer was mainly caused by investors' concern over weak U.S. jobs data
February 18, 2025
Thailand's government will push for 3.5% economic growth this year and will seek to work closer with the central bank to support small businesses, Prime Minister Paetongtarn
February 18, 2025
Vietnam plans to adopt rules that would allow Elon Musk's Starlink to provide satellite internet services in the country while maintaining
February 18, 2025
North Korea's foreign ministry said on Tuesday that it will keep bolstering its nuclear force, denouncing a recent joint pledge by the United States,
February 18, 2025
Elon Musk's Tesla is looking to hire senior staff in India, job advertisements posted this week showed, signalling progress in the electric vehicle maker's plans to enter the world's third
February 18, 2025
Tiger Brokers said on Tuesday it embedded DeepSeek's model into its AI-powered chatbot, as brokerages and money managers race to
February 18, 2025
Philippine Vice President Sara Duterte has asked the Supreme Court to void her impeachment and block a Senate trial that could remove her from office
February 18, 2025
Sri Lanka's budgeted expenditure for 2025 will likely lead to a wider fiscal deficit and slower-than-expected fiscal consolidation, Moody's Ratings said on Tuesday, a day after the
February 18, 2025
Indonesia's parliament on Tuesday passed a bill to revise the country's mining law, aimed at boosting development of domestic mineral processing industries and
February 18, 2025
Efforts to shut down online scam centers in Myanmar appear to gain momentum with a visit by a top Chinese official to the border zone ahead of expected large-scale repatriations of workers in the illicit industry
February 17, 2025
Complaints about BYD over its move to offer free smart driving features across most of its line-up have flooded a prominent Chinese auto quality platform, many from customers who
February 18, 2025
China's political, economic and social environment is "very conducive" to the development of the private economy and policies will be implemented to help ease difficulties faced by
February 18, 2025
A strategic partnership deal between China and the Cook Islands spans areas from deep-sea mining to education scholarships but excludes security
February 17, 2025
India has assured students from Nepal of its efforts to ensure their well-being, following protests triggered by the suicide of a
February 18, 2025South Korea acting President Choi Sang-mok on Tuesday said the government plans to roll out a record 360 trillion won ($249.3 billion) worth of trade policy financing to aid
February 18, 2025
Samsung Electronics on Tuesday nominated its chip business chief Jun Young-hyun and Chief Technology Officer Song Jai-hyuk to join its board, as the tech giant looks to boost
February 18, 2025
A tourist village in China's southwestern province of Sichuan famed for its scenic snow landscape said it was sorry for using cotton wool and soapy water to create fake snow
February 18, 2025North Korea has criticized the United States and Asian neighbors for pursuing the “absurd” goal of denuclearizing the North and says it will push to expand its nuclear forces under the direction of its authoritarian leader Kim Jong Un
February 18, 2025
China’s President Xi Jinping has met with private sector business leaders, offering them assurances that policies regarding the private sector would not change, state media reported
February 17, 2025Police in the Philippines have filed criminal complaints against former President Rodrigo Duterte after he said during a campaign rally that 15 senators should be killed in a bomb attack so there will be more vacant seats for his own party’s candidates to fill
February 17, 2025In from the cold? Alibaba co-founder Jack Ma spotted among top tech bosses who met China’s Xi
February 17, 2025
Samsung Electronics has decided to cancel 3.05 trillion won ($2.11 billion) worth of its own shares that it had acquired previously, the company said in a regulatory filing.
February 18, 2025
Honda Motor will resume talks with Nissan Motor to form the world's fourth-biggest automaker provided Nissan CEO Makoto Uchida steps down, the Financial Times reported on Tuesday citing a
February 18, 2025
The artist giving centuries-old scroll painting a feminist twist
February 18, 2025
BHP sees signs of economic recovery in China and central bank rate cuts reviving demand for steel and copper but flagged risks to global
February 17, 2025
Change to State Department website sparks fiery rebuke from Beijing over Taiwanese independence
February 17, 2025
Is China’s military really built for war? New report questions Beijing’s arms buildup
February 17, 2025A look at the day ahead in Asian markets.
February 17, 2025
Taiwan is exploring buying arms worth billions of dollars from the United States, sources briefed on the matter said,
February 17, 2025
China is reaping the rewards of its massive mining investment in the Democratic Republic of Congo in the form of surging imports of physical copper.
February 17, 2025
An Indian court jailed a 31-year-old man for life on Monday following the rape and murder of a young Irish woman in the tourist resort state of Goa, nearly eight
February 17, 2025The Taiwan Strait does not belong to China and any attempts to create tension threaten global security, the island's defence ministry said on
February 16, 2025
The yen rose on Monday in a boost from upbeat Japanese growth data, while the dollar hovered near its lowest in two months after investors
February 17, 2025
Authorities say militants in northwestern Pakistan have killed two people when they ambushed a convoy of trucks carrying food and medicine for thousands of residents trapped by sectarian violence
February 17, 2025India's opposition parties have criticised U.S.
February 17, 2025
Chinese and Australian military officials had an "in-depth" exchange of views on bilateral and military relations, regional security and other issues of common concern, China's
February 17, 2025China's apparent breakthrough in AI and rapprochement with tech giants has sent Hong Kong stocks and internet giants soaring, but the buyers behind
February 17, 2025
Thailand has proposed tough entry requirements for local punters in casinos as it plans to build a major gaming industry to boost
February 17, 2025
India said on Monday that bilateral merchandise trade with the United States has increased by about 8% to more than $106 billion in the ten
February 17, 2025
President Xi Jinping held a rare meeting on Monday with some of the biggest names in China's technology sector, such as Alibaba founder Jack Ma, urging them to "show their talent"
February 17, 2025
South Korean actor Kim Sae-ron dead at 24
February 17, 2025
South Korea's data protection authority on Monday said new downloads of the Chinese AI app DeepSeek had been suspended in the country after DeepSeek acknowledged failing to take into
February 17, 2025
DeepSeek, a Chinese artificial intelligence startup, has temporarily paused downloads of its chatbot apps in South Korea while it works with local authorities to address privacy concerns, according to South Korean officials on Monday
February 17, 2025
The Hong Kong government has responded for the first time to questions about the use of cryptocurrencies as proof of wealth for an immigration scheme after a local
February 17, 2025
Chinese President Xi Jinping addressed more than a dozen founders and chief executives from some of China's largest companies on Monday, in a bid to boost private sector sentiment.
February 17, 2025
Airbus, Collins Aerospace, Pratt & Whitney, and Rolls-Royce are expanding parts sourcing from India, driving growth in the country's emerging aerospace
February 17, 2025
The Hong Kong shares of Baidu plunged on Monday, wiping $2.4 billion off its market value, after the founder of the Chinese search engine giant was not spotted at a rare meeting
February 17, 2025
Standard Chartered Plc said on Monday its Hong Kong banking division, Animoca Brands and HKT will establish a joint venture to apply for a license from the Hong Kong Monetary Authority for
February 17, 2025
China's foreign ministry said on Monday that "healthy and stable" China-EU relations are needed now more than ever, after a push by the United States to initiate Ukraine
February 17, 2025
A Singapore court on Monday found opposition party leader Pritam Singh guilty on two counts of lying to parliament, handing down fines that spared him a loss of
February 17, 2025
China will strengthen support for exploring domestic mineral resources including lithium, cobalt and nickel, its industry ministry said on Monday.
February 17, 2025
China's President Xi Jinping spoke on Monday at a symposium on private enterprises attended by tech entrepreneurs including Alibaba co-founder Jack Ma, state media said, but gave no
February 17, 2025
Investors in HSBC are backing management attempts to shutter parts of its investment bank, even as U.S.
February 16, 2025
Global shares are trading mixed as investors continue to watch economic data and policy moves from U.S. President Donald Trump, as both are likely to impact upcoming central bank moves
February 17, 2025
Thailand's economy grew less than expected into the end of 2024, data showed on Monday, and analysts said hopes of an improving outlook
February 17, 2025
South Korea on Monday announced plans to secure 10,000 high-performance graphics processing units (GPUs) within this year in a bid to keep pace as the global AI race
February 17, 2025
Hawkish comments from the Bank of Japan and sticky inflation are lifting bond yields to multi-year highs and pushing forward rate hike expectations, shaking long-held
February 17, 2025
Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto on Monday signed a regulation requiring exporters of resources other than oil and gas to hold all proceeds locally for at least a year, which
February 17, 2025
For traders, it's a case of which way to look next with their screens flooded by headlines from tariffs and shaky Middle East ceasefire deals, to Russia and Ukraine.
February 14, 2025
China on Monday urged the United States to "correct its mistakes" after the U.S.
February 17, 2025
A look at the day ahead in European and global markets from Wayne Cole. It's been a mostly upbeat start to the week for Asian shares, even though a holiday in U.S. markets has thinned liquidity.
February 17, 2025
China's retaliatory tariffs against U.S. energy imports is likely to be most keenly felt in the seaborne market for metallurgical coal.
February 17, 2025
The Taiwan Strait is absolutely "not within the scope of China's sovereignty", and any deliberate Chinese attempts to create tension will pose a real threat to global security, the
February 17, 2025A court in India’s western Goa state has sentenced a 31-year-old man to life in prison for raping and murdering an Irish woman at a popular tourist resort nearly eight years ago
February 17, 2025Some members of Indonesia's parliament plan to propose the president remove the central bank governor because they think he was not properly backing the government's policy,
February 17, 2025
Indonesia booked a $3.45 billion merchandise trade surplus in January, bigger than expected, amid surprisingly weak imports, official data showed on Monday.
February 17, 2025
The Russian Navy's large landing ship, Admiral Nevelskoy, conducted artillery firing drills in the Sea of Japan, Russian news agency Interfax reported on Monday, citing the press service
February 17, 2025
U.S. private equity firm Bain Capital said on Monday it will not launch a tender offer for Fuji Soft, formally ending a takeover battle with rival KKR for the Japanese IT company.
February 17, 2025
Shares of Tencent were set to open up 6.6% on Monday after the company said its Weixin messaging app has launched beta testing with Deepseek as firms race to link up with China's
February 17, 2025
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has paid his respect at a family mausoleum to mark the birthday of his late father and former leader Kim Jong Il, state media KCNA
February 17, 2025
Goldman Sachs raised its target price for Chinese stocks on Monday, estimating that AI adoption could boost earnings growth and potentially bring in $200 billion of inflows.
February 17, 2025
Japan's economy grew faster than expected in the fourth quarter, on improved business spending and a surprise increase in consumption and
February 16, 2025
Japan’s economy grew at a better-than-expected annual rate of 2.8% in October-December, underlined by steady exports and moderate consumption
February 17, 2025
Singapore's non-oil domestic exports fell 2.1% in January from the same month a year earlier, data on Monday showed, led by a drop in non-electronic exports.
February 17, 2025
Indonesia Investment Authority (INA), the country's first sovereign wealth fund, and the Development Bank of Japan (DBJ) have launched a hybrid fund to provide financing for medium-sized
February 17, 2025A look at the day ahead in Asian markets.
February 16, 2025
South Korean actress Kim Sae-ron has been found dead at her home, a police official with knowledge of the case said on Sunday.
February 16, 2025
The U.S.
February 16, 2025
Tencent said on Sunday its Weixin messaging app, China's largest, is allowing some users to search via DeepSeek's artificial intelligence model as firms race to link up
February 16, 2025
The death toll in a stampede at the main railway station in India's capital New Delhi rose to at least 18, including five children, media reports said on
February 16, 2025
South Korea's industry and trade ministers plan to travel to the United States as early as possible to discuss cooperation, the government said in a statement.
February 16, 2025
China's central bank governor said on Sunday a stable yuan currency has been key to global financial and economic stability and Beijing will continue to let the market play a
February 16, 2025
At least 15 people died and another 15 were injured in a stampede at the main railway station in India's capital New Delhi on Saturday night, the chief minister of the capital territory
February 15, 2025
At least 18 people, including 14 women, were killed in a stampede at a railway station in India’s capital of New Delhi
February 15, 2025
Panda craze has once again gripped Hong Kong as residents compete to name the territory’s first locally-born giant panda cubs who just turned six months old
February 15, 2025
At least 18 dead in crush at New Delhi train station as crowds head for religious festival, Indian media reports
February 15, 2025
Ukraine's Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha and President Volodymyr Zelenskiy's chief of staff, Andriy Yermak, said late on Saturday that they had discussed Kyiv's vision of a path to peace
February 15, 2025
China considers Germany and the European Union as a whole as strategic partners, and it wants stronger cooperation with them in the spirit of free trade and
February 15, 2025
China’s animated blockbuster smashed box office records at home. Now it’s hitting Western cinemas
February 15, 2025
U.S.
February 15, 2025
Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi said on Friday that China will "play along to the end" if the United States is bent on suppressing the country even though Beijing does not wish to
February 15, 2025
U.S.-Philippine military exercises are longstanding, "purely defensive" and intended to maintain force readiness and preserve regional security, a U.S.
February 15, 2025
There is no need for one country to control the semiconductor industry, which is complex and needs a division of labour, Taiwan's top technology official said on Saturday after U.S.
February 15, 2025
China believes all stakeholders in the Russia-Ukraine conflict should participate in the peace talks, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi said on Friday, underscoring Europe's role in them
February 15, 2025
One of the Taiwan air force's new, domestically developed advanced jet trainer aircraft crashed on Saturday after reporting engine failure, though the pilot safely bailed out, the
February 15, 2025
North Korea said on Saturday that the United States should abandon military threats if it has concerns about its mainland safety, state media KCNA reported, citing an official at
February 15, 2025
The Cook Islands said on Saturday that it signed a comprehensive strategic partnership deal with China, a move expected to raise concerns in New Zealand with which it has
February 15, 2025
General Motors is closing a plant this month in the northeastern Chinese city of Shenyang as part of the U.S. automaker's restructuring in China, according to a
February 14, 2025
India is likely to seek bids this year for 114 multi-role fighters, two sources said, marking a major step in a process to bolster
February 14, 2025
China is willing to deepen mutual political trust with the Cook Islands, China's Premier Li Qiang said during a meeting with Cook Islands Prime Minister Mark Brown, China's
February 14, 2025
Alibaba's announcement this week that it will partner with Apple to support iPhones' artificial intelligence services offering in China has again thrust the spotlight on the
February 14, 2025
Coca-Cola Europacific Partners, a bottling unit of Coca-Cola, reported a 5% rise in fourth-quarter sales on Friday, helped by strong demand for higher-priced beverages, especially in the
February 14, 2025
Pakistan's largest bank, HBL, and global financial information and analytics firm S&P Global have launched a new index to track the country's manufacturing sector
February 14, 2025
Thai authorities will send 10 Chinese nationals who were involved in the abduction of actor Wang Xing back to China, police said on Friday, amid a mounting crackdown on scam
February 14, 2025
Indian industry and trade experts see an opportunity to expand business with the U.S. after Prime Minister Narendra Modi met President Donald
February 14, 2025
More than 500 million people have taken a "holy dip" in sacred river waters in north India over the last four weeks as part of the Hindu Maha Kumbh festival,
February 14, 2025
India has slashed tariffs on bourbon whisky to 100% from 150%, a move that will benefit imports of brands like Suntory's Jim Beam, after U.S.
February 14, 2025
Nvidia reduced its stake in British chip firm Arm Holdings by about 44% and exited its holdings in Serve Robotics and SoundHound AI in the fourth quarter, a regulatory
February 14, 2025
The dollar was on track for a weekly loss against the euro on Friday as a delay in the introduction of trade tariffs planned by U.S.
February 14, 2025
Taiwan President Lai Ching-te pledged on Friday to talk with the United States about President Donald Trump's concerns over the chip industry and to
February 14, 2025
Malaysia's economy grew faster than expected in the fourth quarter of 2024 amid strong domestic demand and a recovery in exports, the central bank said on
February 14, 2025
TikTok has returned to the app stores of Apple and Google in the U.S., after President Donald Trump delayed the enforcement of a TikTok ban
February 14, 2025
A court in Tajikistan has handed down prison sentences of between eight and 20 years to more than 30 people it convicted of trying to poison attendees of a festival last year, the
February 14, 2025Wall Street edged back from an all-time high following mixed profit reports from big companies
February 14, 2025
The World Bank's private investment arm is increasing equity investments and eyeing large-scale infrastructure financing in Pakistan, in an investment plan that
February 14, 2025
U.S.
February 14, 2025Sony's shares closed up 8.7% in Tokyo on Friday after the technology and entertainment conglomerate reported strong results at its games and music divisions.
February 14, 2025Sri Lanka's new President Anura Kumara Dissanayake will outline the government's revenue and policy goals in his first full-year budget on Monday, seeking to
February 14, 2025
Shipments of foreign-branded smartphones, including Apple Inc's iPhone, in China rose 0.6% in December year-on-year, according to data released on Friday by a government-affiliated
February 14, 2025
Dozens of non-government groups monitoring dissent, human and labour rights in China have laid off staff after being forced to suspend work following a freeze on
February 14, 2025
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February 14, 2025
A group of India's top Bollywood music labels, from T-Series to Saregama and Sony, is seeking to join a copyright lawsuit against OpenAI in New Delhi,
February 14, 2025
Tightened U.S. sanctions on Moscow have disrupted a roaring trade in discounted Russian oil to China and India, reviving demand for
February 14, 2025
Thailand is hoping it will not face U.S. tariff measures and will do everything to make sure the country is not a target, the commerce minister said on Friday, amid concerns that
February 14, 2025
Sri Lanka's headline inflation is expected to peak around 2 percentage points above the central bank's target in the second quarter of 2026, the bank said in a monetary policy
February 14, 2025
Robotic exoskeletons help Chinese tourists climb the country’s most punishing mountain
February 14, 2025
A court in India has found a 31-year-old man guilty of raping and murdering an Irish woman at a popular tourist resort in 2017
February 14, 2025A bomb targeting a vehicle carrying coal miners in southwestern Pakistan killed at least 11 people and wounded six others, local officials said on Friday.
February 14, 2025
Taiwan's GlobalWafers said on Friday its investments in the United States were proceeding as planned as the company had not been notified of changes to agreed
February 14, 2025
The Philippine foreign ministry said on Friday it was "concerned" over what it described as "unsafe manoeuvres" and the use of flares by a Chinese air force plane against an
February 14, 2025
Malaysia will crack down on fraud in the used cooking oil industry, its deputy commodities minister told Reuters, as western governments investigate whether
February 14, 2025
China's outstanding property loans were down 0.2% at the end of the fourth quarter, less than the prior year's 1% decline, central bank data showed on Friday, indicating government
February 14, 2025
China accused Australia on Friday of deliberately provoking it with a maritime patrol in the disputed South China Sea this week, saying
February 14, 2025
New bank loans in China surged more than expected to a record high in January as the central bank moved to shore up a patchy economic recovery,
February 14, 2025
China has urged the Philippines to withdraw the United States' "Typhon" intermediate range missile, the defence ministry said on Friday, accusing the Southeast Asian nation of
February 14, 2025Six people have died in a fire in a hotel resort construction site in South Korea's port city of Busan, according to the city's fire agency, with a
February 14, 2025
Trump hosts four foreign leaders in two weeks as the world navigates his return to power
February 14, 2025
The real reason behind the DeepSeek hype, according to AI experts
February 14, 2025
Australian and Philippine authorities have taken steps on Valentine’s Day to help would-be victims avoid hurting their “hearts and bank accounts” in online love scams
February 14, 2025There is a guarded optimism among military experts in India as Prime Minister Narendra Modi and U.S. President Donald Trump have outlined plans to ramp up sales of defense systems to New Delhi to deepen the U.S.-India strategic relationship
February 14, 2025
Authorities say a roadside bomb has struck a vehicle carrying coal miners in restive southwest Pakistan, killing 11 people and wounding five others
February 14, 2025AI giants Baidu, OpenAI offer their chatbots for free in response to DeepSeek’s advance
February 14, 2025
Hong Kong plans to crack down on poor-quality subdivided flats are leaving many low-income residents uncertain about their future in one of the world’s most expensive housing markets
February 14, 2025
Mongolia and China agreed to construct a new cross-border railway link, according to a statement released by the Mongolian government on Friday.
February 14, 2025Chinese President Xi Jinping plans to chair a symposium to boost private sector sentiment next week that will be attended by the country's business leaders including Alibaba co-founder Jack
February 14, 2025
Chinese electric carmaker BYD acquired mineral rights for two plots of land in a lithium-rich part of Brazil in 2023, entering the mining business in its
February 14, 2025
Japanese investors withdrew heavily from foreign stocks in the week through February 8, snapping an eight-week buying spree as U.S.
February 14, 2025
Sri Lanka's new President Anura Kumara Dissanayake will present his first budget on Monday to outline how the island nation plans to strengthen its recovery
February 14, 2025
South Korea's market watchdog has decided to impose fines on JPMorgan, Morgan Stanley, Nomura and UBS for violating short-selling rules in the domestic stock market, officials at the
February 13, 2025
Japan's lower house of parliament on Friday approved the government nominee for the central bank's policy board, Junko Koeda, an academic known as a fiscal and monetary hawk, paving
February 14, 2025
Singapore's government is expected to focus on cost of living issues, housing and employment in next week's budget, as it heads towards an election buoyed by
February 14, 2025
Vietnam stands ready to import more farm products from the United States, according to a statement from trade minister Nguyen Hong Dien on Friday,
February 14, 2025
Pakistan is hoping that hosting its first major multi-country cricket tournament in nearly 30 years will help erase worries of instability in the
February 14, 2025
JX Advanced Metals (JXAM), a wholly owned metals unit of Japan's Eneos Holdings, won approval to list its shares in a $3 billion share offering, a
February 14, 2025
HSBC is preparing to report $1.5 billion of annual cost savings from the changes implemented under its broad restructuring initiatives, the Financial Times reported on Thursday.
February 14, 2025
The U.S. has approved the extradition of a suspect in the 2008 militant attacks in India's financial capital Mumbai in which over 160 people were killed,
February 14, 2025
India and the U.S. agreed on Thursday to start talks to clinch an early trade deal and resolve their standoff over tariffs
February 13, 2025
Taiwan President Lai Ching-te says he will communicate more with the U.S. over President Donald Trump’s concerns over the chip industry and invest more in the U.S. Trump said Thursday that Taiwan had taken away the U.S. chip business and he wanted it back in the country
February 14, 2025
South Korea will thoroughly review non-tariff barriers and other vulnerabilities to respond to a U.S. plan to introduce reciprocal tariffs, the country's acting
February 14, 2025
Chinese search engine giant Baidu said on Friday it would make its next-generation artificial intelligence model Ernie open-source from June 30, a major shift in strategy as
February 14, 2025
Japan's core consumer price inflation likely accelerated in January from the previous month and rose at the joint-fastest pace in 17 months due to high food prices and reduced energy
February 14, 2025
Iran is rearming its missile program and a ship of supplies just arrived from China, Western sources say
February 13, 2025
Thailand's army says some 260 people believed to have been trafficked and trapped into working in online scam centers are to be repatriated after they were rescued from Myanmar
February 13, 2025
The Philippine central bank's decision to keep its key policy rate steady was its way of hedging against global uncertainties, its governor said on Friday.
February 14, 2025
Singapore's economy grew faster than expected into the end of 2024, data showed on Friday, but the government maintained its forecast for slower growth this year
February 14, 2025
The United States will increase military sales to India starting in 2025 and will eventually provide F-35 fighter jets, U.S.
February 13, 2025
U.S.
February 14, 2025
Thailand receives 260 victims of human trafficking from Myanmar, mostly Ethiopians, army says
February 14, 2025Why do Japanese government workers keep losing sensitive data while drunk?
February 13, 2025South Korean acting President Choi Sang-mok said on Friday authorities would closely monitor financial markets, citing high uncertainty over U.S. trade policy and global geopolitical
February 14, 2025
Thailand's economy likely grew at its fastest pace in over two years last quarter, driven by a surge in foreign tourists and strong exports that helped offset
February 14, 2025
Japan has already initiated communication with the United States following President Donald Trump's order on formulating plans for tariff proposal, a government spokesperson said on
February 14, 2025
Sri Lanka extended power cuts for a third day on Thursday as it scrambled to restore its national grid to full capacity after a monkey triggered a widespread blackout over the
February 13, 2025
Jeremy Fang, a sales officer at a Chinese aluminium products maker, is trying to export more to markets in Asia, Africa and Latin America to offset the U.S. tariffs'
February 13, 2025
China is ready to work with the United Kingdom towards stable and improving bilateral ties, and to further cooperate in infrastructure, trade and investment, the Chinese
February 13, 2025
A look at the day ahead in Asian markets.
February 13, 2025
U.S.
February 13, 2025
Today's the day Trump says he's signing off on reciprocal tariffs, a day after a report showing higher-than-expected inflation.
February 13, 2025
U.S. stocks rallied to the brink of a record after more companies reported fatter profits than expected
February 13, 2025
A suspected gas explosion at a department store in Taiwan's central city of Taichung killed at least four people and injured 26 on Thursday, among them tourists from the gambling hub
February 13, 2025
The dollar slipped on Thursday after components of January’s producer price report pointed to lower inflation, and fell further after the White House said that
February 13, 2025
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi met with Tesla CEO Elon Musk on Thursday in Washington where they discussed issues including space, mobility, technology and innovation, Modi said on X.
February 13, 2025
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February 13, 2025
More than 40% of Indians polled in a survey by India Today magazine think U.S.
February 13, 2025
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