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
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South Korea's central bank said on Thursday that U.S.
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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
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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,
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Pakistani officials say insurgents who attacked a passenger train carrying 440 people in the southwest killed 21 hostages but security forces rescued the others
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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
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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
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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,
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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
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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
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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.
March 05, 2025
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’
March 05, 2025
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.”
March 04, 2025
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
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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
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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."
April 27, 2023
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
‘White Lotus’ Season 3 cast would love to see Season 4 set in either of these two destinations
February 13, 2025
More than 40% of Indians polled in a survey by India Today magazine think U.S.
February 13, 2025
Thai consumer confidence in January rose for a fourth consecutive month to the highest level in eight months, bolstered by government stimulus measures, tourism and exports, a
February 13, 2025
South Korean Foreign Minister Cho Tae-yul and U.S.
February 13, 2025
Most economists expect the Bank of Japan to raise short-term interest rates again in the latter half of this year, a monthly survey on economists conducted by private think tank
February 13, 2025
India, the No. 2 importer of crude from Russia, wants to buy Russian oil only if it is supplied by companies and ships that have
February 13, 2025
Vietnam plans to take loans from the Chinese government to partly fund a $8.3 billion project to build a new railway linking the two countries, the transport minister said on
February 13, 2025
India expects to sell short-range missiles to the Philippines this year in a deal worth more than $200 million, Indian sources told Reuters, for New Delhi's
February 13, 2025
Mazda Motor Corp plans to invest 5 billion baht ($150 million) in Thailand to produce electric compact sport utility vehicles, Thailand's Board of Investment said on Thursday.
February 13, 2025
Australia has raised concerns with China over what it said on Thursday were "unsafe and unprofessional" actions by a Chinese fighter jet towards an Australian maritime patrol in the
February 13, 2025
South Korea on Thursday announced strengthened aviation safety measures following a fire on an Air Busan plane last month, saying the rules would include limiting the
February 13, 2025
Alibaba will partner with Apple to support iPhones' AI services offering in China, its chairman said on Thursday, a move likely to help the U.S. company ease falling
February 13, 2025
Vietnam is ready to engage with the United States to discuss the new tariffs on steel imposed by Washington and to avoid risks of additional duties, a spokesperson for its foreign
February 13, 2025
China's central bank said on Thursday it would adjust its monetary policy at the appropriate time to support the economy, amid rising external headwinds.
February 13, 2025
Nissan on Thursday reported a sharp drop in third-quarter profit and cut its full-year outlook for the third time, in a sign of deepening turmoil at the Japanese automaker
February 13, 2025
China acknowledged a visit by the Cook Islands leader for the first time on Thursday, amid exasperation in New Zealand that it was not consulted about expected agreements involving
February 13, 2025
Google's head of public policy in India, Sreenivasa Reddy, has quit, a company spokesperson told Reuters on Thursday, marking the second
February 13, 2025
Sony on Thursday raised its operating profit forecast for the year ending in March by 2% to 1.34 trillion yen ($8.70 billion) as it reported strong growth at its key
February 13, 2025
Asia's crude oil markets are adjusting rapidly to new sanctions against top supplier Russia, sucking up cargoes while they can and moving to
February 13, 2025
Freeport McMoRan is expected to resume shipments of copper concentrate from Indonesia this month under a new export licence after the previous
February 13, 2025
The Indian federal government took over direct control of the restive northeastern state of Manipur on Thursday after the region's chief minister resigned amid ethnic violence
February 13, 2025
Vietnamese electric vehicle maker VinFast said on Thursday it delivered about 97,000 cars last year, nearly three times as many as in 2023, but sales were almost
February 13, 2025
Thailand has received 260 human trafficking victims, more than half of them Ethiopians, from Myanmar, its army said on Thursday, in a massive repatriation that comes amid a
February 13, 2025
A U.S. district court has awarded Tencent nearly $85 million in compensation after finding that Taiwan-based TV box firm Unblock Tech and other distributors violated copyrights of
February 13, 2025
Fire authorities in Taiwan say a gas explosion at a department store killed four people and injured 26, fire authorities said
February 13, 2025
Bain Capital, Advent International and EQT AB are among the private equity firms competing to acquire Japanese cybersecurity firm Trend Micro, which has a market
February 13, 2025China has floated a proposal to hold a summit between Russian President Vladimir Putin and U.S.
February 13, 2025
U.S.-based investment firm Carlyle Group has entered India's auto components market by buying a controlling stake in an entity formed by the combination of Indian auto parts companies
February 13, 2025Greentown China will buy back $741 million of outstanding bonds and is also planning to issue U.S. dollar-denominated notes, both as part of a debt refinancing plan, the real estate
February 13, 2025The rise of DeepSeek's artificial intelligence (AI) models is seen providing some Chinese chipmakers such as Huawei a better chance to compete in the domestic market against more
February 13, 2025
More than 120 teams battled it out in a snowball fight tournament in a mountainous Japanese city on Sunday, in what the local weather bureau called the coldest
February 13, 2025
Japan's annual wholesale inflation jumped to a seven-month high of 4.2% in January and accelerated for the fifth straight month, highlighting persistent price
February 13, 2025
South Korea's Acting President Choi Sang-mok said on Thursday the country should be able to negotiate with the administration of President Donald Trump on tariffs as its investment
February 13, 2025Asian Investment firm PAG on Thursday announced its 10th Asia-focused opportunistic real estate fund closed at $4 billion, as the firm expands its regional foray on
February 13, 2025A suicide bomber killed one person and wounded three in an attack near government offices in Kabul on Thursday, an official spokesman said, the second explosion in Afghanistan this
February 13, 2025Japan's Honda Motor said on Thursday its third-quarter operating profit increased 5% from a year earlier, largely due to a strong performance of its motorcycle business and a weak yen
February 13, 2025
A court in Tajikistan has sentenced three men to prison sentences ranging from two to 26 years for attempting to kill the Central Asian republic's chief mufti last year, the head
February 13, 2025Nissan and Honda ended merger talks to forge a $60 billion car company on Thursday, pitching Nissan deeper into uncertainty and
February 12, 2025
North Korea is dismantling a facility at its Mount Kumgang resort used for hosting meetings between families separated after the Korean War, South Korea said on
February 13, 2025
Deadly gas explosion in Taiwan tears through shopping mall floor, kills at least five
February 13, 2025
Japanese electronics and entertainment company Sony is reporting a 3% gain in October-December profit, and raised its full-year forecast
February 13, 2025Carmakers Nissan and Honda call off merger talks
February 13, 2025
Apple picks Alibaba to launch AI features in China
February 13, 2025
Japanese automakers Honda, Nissan and Mitsubishi are dropping their talks on business integration
February 13, 2025
The Taliban leader has made a rare visit to a university in Afghanistan in his first known trip to a modern education institution
February 13, 2025South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol is putting up a desperate fight for his political life at Seoul’s Constitutional Court after being impeached and arrested for his short-lived imposition of martial law last year
February 13, 2025
What does Trump’s push for peace in Ukraine mean for China?
February 13, 2025An Afghan government spokesperson says a blast at a ministry compound in Kabul has killed one person and injured three
February 13, 2025
Thousands in Taiwan and China have celebrated the Lantern Festival, a holiday that marks the end of the Lunar New Year period and is celebrated on the 15th day of the first month of the lunar calendar
February 12, 2025
What you need to know about US-India trade, in 4 charts
February 11, 2025
Chinese search engine leader Baidu said on Thursday it would make its artificial intelligence chatbot Ernie Bot free starting April 1, citing improved technology and reduced costs.
February 13, 2025
India's demand for back taxes running into a record $1.4 billion from Volkswagen, after 12 years of scrutiny, is reigniting concerns
February 12, 2025
India's state fighter jet maker Hindustan Aeronautics (HAL) said it understood why India's air force was impatient over delays in delivering warplanes and would
February 12, 2025
North Korea is demolishing a South Korea-built property that had been used to host reunions of families separated during the 1950-53 Korean War, the South’s government said Thursday, as it continues to eliminate symbols of engagement between the war-divided rivals
February 13, 2025
From rooftops to remote islands, this city has basketball courts everywhere
February 13, 2025
Indonesia plans to import around 200,000 metric tons of raw sugar to top up government's food reserve as white sugar prices have climbed in the domestic market ahead of Ramadan,
February 13, 2025
Taiwan's Foxconn would consider taking a stake in Nissan for cooperation, its chairman said, as the Japanese automaker's future hangs in the balance after
February 12, 2025
China hopes new fleet of ‘silver trains’ will encourage its elderly to travel, and spend, more
February 13, 2025
President Donald Trump has upended three years of U.S. policy toward Ukraine, saying he and Russian leader Vladimir Putin have agreed to begin negotiations on ending the war
February 12, 2025
A look at the day ahead in Asian markets.
February 12, 2025
Equinix forecast first-quarter and annual revenue below estimates on Wednesday, hurt by a strong dollar amid rising concerns about hefty spending on data center expansion as businesses
February 12, 2025
Yoshinobu Yamamoto and Roki Sasaki are the likely starting pitchers for the Los Angeles Dodgers when they face the Chicago Cubs in Tokyo next month, according to manager Dave Roberts
February 12, 2025
Cook Islands' Prime Minister Mark Brown said on Thursday he had held discussions with institutions on marine science, climate resilience and economic cooperation
February 12, 2025
U.S. stock futures tumbled and the dollar rose on Wednesday after data showed consumer inflation picked up more than expected in January, underscoring Federal
February 09, 2025
Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s longstanding bonhomie with President Donald Trump may be tested as the Indian leader kicks off a visit to Washington, eager to avoid tariffs that have been slapped on others and threats of further taxes and imports
February 12, 2025
China is helping Russia's military drone production by becoming a hub for the smuggling of critical Western components for Moscow's armed forces, Estonia's foreign
February 12, 2025
Most U.S. stocks fell after a report said inflation is unexpectedly worsening for Americans
February 12, 2025
Air India is holding off on exercising its outstanding options to buy additional Boeing jets until the planemaker has cleared its backlog, CEO Campbell Wilson
February 12, 2025
Oil prices settled down more than 2% on Wednesday after U.S.
February 12, 2025
The U.S. dollar jumped to a one-week high against the Japanese yen on Wednesday after data showed that consumer prices rose more than economists expected in
February 12, 2025
The U.N. human rights office estimates that up to 1,400 people may have been killed in Bangladesh over three weeks last summer in a crackdown on student-led protests against the now-ousted former prime minister
February 12, 2025
Scientists have unearthed in southeastern China the fossil of a quail-sized bird that lived about 150 million years ago during the Jurassic Period and possessed surprisingly
February 12, 2025
Russia has what it needs to fight on in Ukraine for at least another year and retains the battlefield initiative, but is struggling to replace its
February 12, 2025
Nissan was deep in trouble late last year when rival Honda offered a lifeline: a $60 billion tie-up that would help both Japanese
February 12, 2025
French automaker Renault and its Chinese partner Geely plan to announce a deal later this month on expanding their cooperation to Brazil, three sources said, as they seek
February 12, 2025
Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai said Chinese startup DeepSeek has done very good work that showed how global artificial intelligence is.
February 12, 2025
The amount of Russian and Iranian oil held on ships has hit multi-month highs as harsher U.S. sanctions reduced the number of buyers, leaving fewer
February 12, 2025
China giveth, China taketh away.
February 11, 2025
The Harry Potter Studio Tour experience is going to China
February 12, 2025
India's top court said on Wednesday that the practice of giving handouts was creating a "class of parasites" that was unwilling to work during elections because of "freebies"
February 12, 2025
World’s biggest EV battery maker seeks blockbuster listing in Hong Kong
February 12, 2025
Officials from Bangladesh's former government and security apparatus systematically committed serious human rights violations against protesters staging mass demonstrations last
February 12, 2025
Japan's SoftBank Group booked a surprise $2.4 billion quarterly loss on Wednesday, hit by a decline in the value of e-commerce platform Coupang and other tech
February 12, 2025
More than 100 trapped fishermen rescued from ice floe in Russia’s Far East
February 12, 2025
A military court in Uzbekistan sentenced 10 defendants to lengthy prison terms for the attempted murder of the former presidential press secretary, the country's supreme court
February 12, 2025Tokyo-based moon exploration company ispace is heartened by signs the United States and Japan will remain on course for joint lunar missions, its CEO said on
February 12, 2025
Thailand is setting its sights on becoming a global gaming hub, with plans to build a casino industry that generates billions in revenue
February 11, 2025
Kazakhstani lawmakers on Wednesday proposed that the country adopt a law restricting "foreign agents", an apparent move to emulate Russia in adopting a measure used to clamp down on
February 12, 2025Most of the world's population is exposed to polluted air, and to those living in cities with chronically bad air, the smog might feel inescapable
February 12, 2025
North Korean state media on Wednesday denounced U.S.
February 12, 2025
Japan’s government says it asked the U.S. to exclude it from 25% steel and aluminum tariffs, a change from duty-free quotas that Tokyo was given previously
February 12, 2025
A Malaysian court has ordered the government and a political analyst, Abdul Razak Baginda, to pay a total of more than 9 million ringgit ($2 million) to the family of murdered
February 12, 2025South Korea's free trade agreement with the United States could help mitigate its exposure to reciprocal tariffs threatened by U.S.
February 12, 2025
The Wuhan Institute of Virology was not involved in the creation or leakage of the COVID-19 virus, a spokesperson of China's foreign ministry said during a regular press conference
February 12, 2025
Trump wants China to play a role in peace in Ukraine. Is Xi Jinping willing to help?
February 12, 2025Foreign investors accelerated sales of Vietnamese stocks in recent weeks as trade risks grew for the export-reliant country, data shows, despite the prospect
February 12, 2025
China's purchases of chipmaking equipment are set to decline this year after three years of growth, as the industry grapples with overcapacity
February 12, 2025
Russia's emergency services said on Wednesday that it had rescued all 139 fishermen stranded on an ice floe drifting in the Sea of Okhotsk in the Western Pacific.
February 12, 2025
The Philippines is looking to buy more military hardware to modernise its arsenal, including additional BrahMos missiles from India and at least two submarines, the chief of the
February 12, 2025China's largest chipmaker SMIC said the market for its staple mature-node chips could be oversupplied in the second half of 2025, tempering optimism about a recovery from a post-
February 11, 2025
Philippine government investigators have filed criminal complaints including sedition against Vice President Sara Duterte over her public threat to have the president assassinated if she herself was killed in an escalating political storm
February 12, 2025
U.S.-based chip toolmaker company Lam Research said it will invest over 100 billion rupees ($1.2 billion) in the next few years in India's southern Karnataka state, the latest
February 12, 2025
China oversaw its largest-ever wave of rural bank mergers last year, a Reuters review of official data showed, but analysts say Beijing's efforts to tackle risks in the small banking sector
February 12, 2025
Taiwan's Foxconn, the world's largest contract electronics manufacturer and Apple's main iPhone maker, can plan its production around new U.S. tariffs, the company's
February 12, 2025
Singapore's financial regulator and the Association of Banks in Singapore (ABS) said on Wednesday they will set up a new entity to consolidate the administration and governance
February 12, 2025
India's central bank hiked the quantum of funds that it intended to inject into the banking system through an overnight infusion on Wednesday, after aggressively
February 12, 2025
As China directs its large financial institutions to help revive and rebalance a struggling stock market, analysts see merit in the
February 12, 2025
More than 10 million devout Hindus seeking absolution from their sins took a dip in holy waters in northern India during a span of four hours on Wednesday,
February 12, 2025
The Philippines' National Bureau of Investigation has recommended filing criminal charges against Vice President Sara Duterte over an alleged threat to assassinate President
February 12, 2025
Two U.S.
February 11, 2025China tightens screws on what can be shared online about its military
February 11, 2025
South Korea's acting President Choi Sang-mok on Wednesday said he hoped for a swift agreement within the country's parliament on an extra budget to support an economy
February 12, 2025
Indonesia's central bank said it will increase to 80 trillion rupiah ($4.9 billion) the amount of liquidity freed up by reducing reserve requirements for banks that lend to the
February 12, 2025
Japan's largest oil refiner, Eneos Holdings, aims to raise at least 400 billion yen ($2.61 billion) by listing its wholly owned metals unit, two sources
February 12, 2025
Bank of Japan Governor Kazuo Ueda said on Wednesday the central bank will conduct monetary policy bearing in mind there are risks that food prices may continue to
February 12, 2025
President Donald Trump’s freeze on foreign assistance has dealt a blow organizations fighting human trafficking and forced labor in Cambodia, where tens of thousands of people are held captive and forced to work in call centers running telephone scams
February 12, 2025
A teacher at a South Korean elementary school has admitted to stabbing a seven-year-old girl who was found in cardiac arrest and later died in hospital, a police official said on
February 11, 2025Singapore-based financial technology firm Atome Financial said on Wednesday it had secured a private credit fund managed by asset manager BlackRock and venture debt provider
February 12, 2025
Japan industry minister Yoji Muto said on Wednesday the nation has requested that the United States exempt Japan from steel and aluminium tariffs. U.S.
February 12, 2025
Vietnam will officially revise up its gross domestic product growth target for 2025 to 8.0% from 6.5%-7.0%, Minister of Planning and Investment Nguyen Chi Dung said on Wednesday.
February 12, 2025
Warner Bros has agreed to develop a "Harry Potter Studio Tour" in Shanghai with Jinjiang International, the Chinese group said on Wednesday.
February 12, 2025
India wants more nuclear power, has pledged over $2 billion toward research and will change laws to boost investment to do it
February 11, 2025
Global electric and plug-in hybrid vehicle sales in January rose 18% year on year, as growth in Europe and the United States outpaced China for the first time since
February 12, 2025
U.S.
February 10, 2025
The U.S. Navy confirmed on Tuesday two of its ships carried out a Taiwan Strait transit, calling it routine despite an angry reaction from Beijing.
February 12, 2025A look at the day ahead in Asian markets.
February 11, 2025
ArcelorMittal is considering a potential shift of some of its European business support activities to India, as the region’s steel sector faces pressure from high costs
February 11, 2025
The United States is expected to boost coal exports to India after China imposed tariffs on energy imports from the U.S., five industry
February 11, 2025
Russia has offered to make its fifth-generation stealth fighter jet Sukhoi Su-57 in India for the Indian Air Force, a Russian and
February 11, 2025
Apple is partnering with Alibaba to roll out artificial intelligence features for iPhone users in China, the Information reported on Tuesday, citing one person with direct knowledge of the
February 11, 2025
U.S.
February 11, 2025
Yemen's Iran-backed Houthis, who control most of western Yemen including the capital, are ready to mount attacks on Israel if it resumes its assault on Gaza and does not commit to
February 11, 2025Marriott International forecast 2025 profit below Wall Street estimates on Tuesday, hurt by poor performance at its hotels in Greater China, sending the hospitality
February 11, 2025
U.S. sanctions on Russia should not affect Moscow's oil trade with India, Pavel Sorokin, Russia's first deputy energy minister, said on Tuesday, while adding it was
February 11, 2025
The secretary general of South Korea's National Election Commission defended the integrity of the country's elections on Tuesday amid claims by impeached President
February 11, 2025
Vietnam has become a key driver of global growth in thermal coal imports and use, after supercharging imports of the power fuel by over 30% in 2024 to
February 11, 2025
After U.S.
February 11, 2025
Investment in data centres and cloud infrastructure is still needed despite DeepSeek challenging the cost efficiency of large AI models, Baidu CEO Robin Li said on Tuesday.
February 11, 2025
China's largest bubble tea firm, Mixue Group, will begin bookbuilding for its Hong Kong initial public offering by the end of February to
February 11, 2025
Thailand's Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra has ordered a study on the potential impact of U.S. trade policy on Thai exports, an official said on Tuesday, underlining concerns
February 11, 2025
South Korea's acting President Choi Sang-mok on Tuesday said his government would seek talks with the U.S. administration about Washington's 25% tariffs
February 11, 2025
An 18-year-old Singapore student who was radicalised by violent far-right extremism online and who idolised the gunman behind deadly attacks on two mosques in
February 11, 2025At least five people were killed when a suicide bomber with explosives strapped to his body detonated outside a bank in northeastern Afghanistan on Tuesday, police said.
February 11, 2025A South Korean court on Tuesday acquitted HSBC on charges of violating the country's short-selling rules, a court official said.
February 11, 2025
Shares at major listed steelmakers in top producer China slid on Tuesday as fresh tariffs by U.S.
February 11, 2025
South Korea's acting President Choi Sang-mok on Tuesday said the government would seek talks with the U.S. administration on the tariffs Washington is imposing to reflect the
February 11, 2025
China's car sales fell 12% in January from a year earlier, the first decline since September and the biggest drop in almost a year, as automakers braced for intense competition in
February 11, 2025
Bangladesh is working towards holding general elections by December, the party of former Prime Minister Khaleda Zia said after some of its officials held a meeting with Muhammad
February 11, 2025
India is not expected to lift a ban on Chinese investments into the country soon, according to remarks by India's Chief Economic Adviser V. Anantha Nageswaran on Tuesday.
February 11, 2025
Global hedge funds have been snapping up Chinese stocks for much of this year, with their buying accelerating in the past week as the emergence of homegrown
February 11, 2025A look at the day ahead in European and global markets from Tom Westbrook Gold made a foray towards the $3,000-an-ounce mark in the Asia session overnight, touching $2,942, functioning as markets'
February 11, 2025
Wall Street held relatively firm following President Donald Trump’s latest tariff escalation and after the Federal Reserve hinted interest rates may not change for a while
February 11, 2025
Cash-strapped China Vanke said its major shareholder, state-owned Shenzhen Metro, is giving it a 2.8 billion yuan ($383.12 million) loan, in a sign the government is stepping up
February 11, 2025
Indonesia's appointment of an army general to run the national food procurement company has raised concerns about the expansion of military roles under President Prabowo Subianto,
February 11, 2025
Thailand's government plans to set up a long-term equity fund to support the Thai stock market, the finance minister said on Tuesday, as the bourse has been the worst performing
February 11, 2025
Campaigning for the Philippines' midterm elections kicked off on Tuesday against a fractured political backdrop, heightened by a high-profile row among warring elites
February 11, 2025
Shares in Chinese automakers Xpeng and Geely Auto tumbled on Tuesday on concern they will struggle to compete against BYD's move to offer free smart driving features on almost all
February 11, 2025
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February 11, 2025
The U.S. dollar fell on Tuesday as Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell said the U.S. central bank was in no rush to cut its short-term interest rate again and as traders
February 11, 2025
Chinese battery giant CATL has started the process to list in Hong Kong by lodging its filings with regulators in a deal that is expected to raise at least $5
February 11, 2025
Way.com shares a guide to the cheapest countries for American travelers to visit.
February 10, 2025
Pakistan says at least 16 citizens died when a boat carrying Europe-bound migrants capsized near the Libyan coast over the weekend
February 11, 2025World’s most populous nation saw a ‘staggering’ rise in hate speech last year, report says
February 11, 2025
DeepSeek hasn’t just disrupted OpenAI. Chinese tech giants are being upended too
February 11, 2025
Hundreds of wounded Russian soldiers treated in North Korea, envoy says
February 11, 2025
South Korea’s top economic think tank on Tuesday slashed its growth forecast for the country’s economy for the second time in four months, expressing concern about the potential impact of U.S. President Donald Trump’s expanding tariffs
February 11, 2025
Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. has thanked Cambodia’s king for granting royal pardon to 13 Filipino women who were convicted of illegally serving as surrogate mothers in the Southeast Asian kingdom but were flown back to Manila last year
February 11, 2025Hong Kong will file a complaint on recent U.S. tariffs imposed on the city to the World Trade Organization, claiming the U.S. has completely ignored the city's
February 11, 2025
Leapmotor, the Chinese partner of Stellantis, on Tuesday launched a new electric vehicle with smart driving technology priced under 150,000 yuan ($20,535), a day after BYD slashed
February 11, 2025
U.S. private equity firm Bain Capital said it may withdraw its tender offer proposal for Japanese IT firm Fuji Soft, after rival suitor KKR raised its offer above Bain's in a
February 11, 2025
North Korea's defence ministry said on Tuesday the United States is again posing a grave security threat by sending a nuclear submarine to a South Korean port and its military forces
February 10, 2025Indian oil companies are looking to buy U.S. liquefied natural gas (LNG), buoyed by the Trump administration's lifting of a ban on export permits for new projects,
February 10, 2025
A jury found a Boston man not guilty on Monday of U.S. charges that he acted as an unlawful agent of China's government by supplying officials information about
February 10, 2025
A look at the day ahead in Asian markets.
February 10, 2025
U.S. President Donald Trump said on Sunday he will introduce new 25% tariffs on all steel and aluminum imports into the U.S., on top of existing metals duties.
February 10, 2025
U.S. stock indexes rose as Wall Street took President Donald Trump’s latest threat on tariffs in stride
February 10, 2025
Oil prices rose nearly 2% on Monday after posting their third straight week of losses, even though investors remained worried that U.S.
February 10, 2025
The U.S. dollar gained on Monday after President Donald Trump pledged 25% tariffs on all imports of steel and aluminium, while the Canadian dollar, Japanese yen,
February 10, 2025
A spokesperson for Hamas says it will delay the next hostage release after accusing Israel of violating a ceasefire agreement
February 10, 2025
Japan's SoftBank Group is set to make a quarterly net profit of 234 billion yen ($1.54 billion) on Wednesday as shares in its telecommunications holdings edge up and
February 10, 2025
Instances of hate speech against minorities in India such as Muslims increased 74% in 2024, a Washington-based research group said on Monday, with incidents
February 10, 2025
China's Foreign Minister Wang Yi is due to visit Britain on Thursday to hold talks with his British counterpart David Lammy in a sign that relations between the countries are
February 10, 2025
Traders in China's export manufacturing hub of Yiwu shrugged off U.S.
February 10, 2025
India's consumer inflation likely fell sharply to a five-month low of 4.60% in January from 5.22% in December on slowing food price rises, according to
February 10, 2025
A child was found in cardiac arrest and later died after being stabbed in a South Korean elementary school on Monday alongside a woman in her 40s who also had stab wounds, local
February 10, 2025India's aluminium shipments to the U.S., its top export market for the metal, will likely drop due to tariffs proposed by Washington, prompting producers to look at
February 10, 2025
India's central bank on Monday said it will double the quantum of security purchases under its next tranche of open market operation on February 13 to manage the liquidity deficit
February 10, 2025
China will boost residents' income to support consumer spending, according to a cabinet meeting hosted by Premier Li Qiang, the national television broadcaster CCTV reported on
February 10, 2025
India is committed to boosting manufacturing and exports of defence equipment in the coming years, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh said on
February 10, 2025
Donald Trump's plan to impose new 25% tariffs on steel and aluminium boosted share prices of U.S. producers in pre-market trading, while shares of producers
February 10, 2025
China’s tit-for-tat duties on U.S. imports have taken effect
February 10, 2025
Sri Lankan police say autopsies are being conducted after the deaths of two foreign tourists earlier this month while they were vacationing in the country
February 10, 2025Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba's cabinet approval rate rose 5 points from the previous month to 44% in a February 7-9 poll, recovering to the highest level since his October
February 10, 2025
New marriages in China crash to record low, while divorces on the rise
February 10, 2025
A district in Russia's Sakhalin region has been put on high alert after a Chinese cargo ship ran aground off the southwest coast of the Sakhalin Island, the governor of the region in
February 09, 2025
When Taiwan's Powerchip Technology entered a deal with the eastern Chinese city of Hefei in 2015 to set up a new chip foundry, it hoped the move would help provide
February 10, 2025
South Korean prosecutors indicted on Monday 63 people for their role in storming a court building last month to protest the detention of impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol
February 10, 2025
HongKong Post said on Monday it would resume parcel services to the United States starting from February 11.
February 10, 2025Ed Sheeran busted by Indian police for busking without permission
February 10, 2025
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February 10, 2025
Chinese automaker Great Wall Motor and China's leading telecoms providers are integrating the AI model released by DeepSeek into their offerings, the latest Chinese companies
February 09, 2025
South Korea's spy agency has accused Chinese AI app DeepSeek of "excessively" collecting personal data and using all input data to train itself, and questioned the
February 10, 2025
GAIL India Ltd will seek to buy a stake in a U.S. liquefied natural gas plant or secure long-term U.S.
February 10, 2025
Hong Kong's Sports Association and Olympic Committee said it welcomed a decision by the International Ice Hockey Federation to suspend four Turkmen athletes over what it called
February 10, 2025
Japan's Nissan Motor is open to working with new partners including even technology firms after merger talks with cross-town rival Honda Motor foundered, people
February 10, 2025
China's foreign ministry said on Monday it had complained to Japan over "negative" references to China in a statement issued after a meeting between the leaders of Japan and the
February 10, 2025
Boeing signalled on Monday it would need more orders from India before it considers setting up a final civil aircraft assembly line there, potentially
February 10, 2025
TSMC, the world's biggest contract chipmaker, said on Monday its first-quarter revenue would be closer to the lower end of its guidance, as it expects a $161 million impact from an
February 10, 2025
Taiwan's Foxconn, the world's largest contract electronics maker and Apple's biggest iPhone assembler, reported on Monday that its January revenue rose 3.16% on year.
February 10, 2025
Japanese cosmetics giant Shiseido said on Monday its full-year profit slumped 73%, partly due to a drop in consumer spending in key overseas market China, a trend the company expects
February 10, 2025
New Zealand expressed renewed concern on Monday about the Cook Islands' prime minister travelling to China this week to sign agreements without properly
February 10, 2025
Chinese President Xi Jinping has accepted Russia's invitation to attend the commemorations of the Soviet victory over Nazi Germany in World War Two, TASS state news agency reported
February 10, 2025
Indonesia launched an annual free health screening on Monday, a 3 trillion rupiah ($183.54 million) initiative to prevent early deaths that
February 10, 2025
Marriages in China plummetted by a fifth last year, the biggest drop on record, despite manifold efforts by authorities to encourage young couples to wed and have
February 10, 2025
India is in talks with the United States for the purchase and co-production of combat vehicles as well as finalising a fighter jet engine deal, people familiar
February 10, 2025
Malaysia’s palm oil production remained resilient despite potential disruption from floods that have hit several states in recent months, the Malaysian Palm Oil Board (MPOB)
February 10, 2025
A street performance by Ed Sheeran in India's tech capital of Bengaluru was stopped abruptly by police on Sunday, outraging fans and prompting the British singer to issue a clarification.
February 10, 2025
Shares of Dongfeng Motor soared as much as 85.8% in Hong Kong on Monday after the Chinese automaker said its parent was planning a restructuring, stoking speculation that some of
February 10, 2025
Japan's current account surplus jumped to a record last year, data from the finance ministry showed on Monday, as a weaker yen boosted returns on foreign
February 10, 2025
Taiwan is interested in natural gas from Alaska and will continue to assess the feasibility of purchases, the economy ministry said on Monday, as the government looks to narrow the
February 10, 2025
Japan's Nippon Steel is considering proposing a bold change in plan from its previous approach of seeking to buy U.S.
February 10, 2025
Shares of DBS soared to a record high on Monday after Singapore's largest bank flagged an improvement in net interest income for 2025 and a
February 09, 2025
Shares of South Korean steelmakers dropped on Monday, after U.S. President Donald Trump said he would introduce new tariffs.
February 10, 2025
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has said an elevated U.S. security partnership with South Korea and Japan poses a grave threat to his country and vowed to further bolster his nuclear weapons program
February 09, 2025
A look at the day ahead in Asian markets.
February 09, 2025
A three-member International Monetary Fund (IMF) mission will visit Pakistan to conduct a Governance and Corruption Diagnostic Assessment under the country's 2024 Extended Fund Facility
February 09, 2025
The chief minister of India's northeastern state of Manipur resigned on Sunday, bowing to pressure to quit amid ongoing ethnic clashes that have cost at
February 09, 2025
Thousands of Afghan refugees who worked alongside American soldiers in Afghanistan and underwent a yearslong vetting process to enter the United States are in limbo
February 09, 2025
China's healthcare regulator on Sunday defended the efficacy of off-patent medicines it had approved to be distributed through the country's public hospitals, saying an
February 09, 2025
Li Haotong has holed a birdie putt from 15 feet at the last hole to secure a one-shot win at the Qatar Masters on Sunday for his fourth title on the European tour
February 09, 2025
Modi’s party returns to power in Indian capital for first time in 27 years
February 09, 2025
When Surasak Rumnao, 31, left his home in Thailand's rural Udon Thani province three years ago to go across the world to
February 09, 2025
Emergency teams in China’s southwestern Sichuan province are racing against time to locate 28 people after a landslide triggered by rains buried their homes
February 09, 2025
China's top economic planning agency said on Sunday it was taking steps to scale back subsidies for renewable energy projects after a boom in solar and wind power installations.
February 09, 2025
Indian security forces gunned down 31 Maoist rebels in the forests of country's central state of Chhattisgarh on Sunday, police said, in its biggest encounter this year.
February 09, 2025At least 31 suspected Maoist rebels and two police officers have been killed in the deadliest combat so far this year in central India
February 09, 2025Asian airline named world’s best for 2025 by AirlineRatings
February 09, 2025Five Thai workers released after being held hostage for over a year in Gaza arrived in Bangkok on Sunday
February 09, 2025
China's consumer inflation accelerated to its fastest in five months in January while producer price deflation persisted, reflecting mixed consumer spending and weak factory
February 09, 2025
Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba expressed optimism on Sunday that his country could avoid higher U.S. tariffs, saying President Donald Trump had "recognised" Japan's huge
February 09, 2025
Five Thai nationals held hostage by Hamas since its Oct. 7, 2023, attack on Israel have returned home after their release from captivity
January 30, 2025
Five Thai nationals held hostage by Hamas since its attack on Israel have returned home after their release from captivity last month
February 09, 2025North Korean leader Kim Jong Un criticised trilateral military cooperation among the United States, Japan and South Korea for raising tensions in the region and vowed countermeasures,
February 08, 2025
Chinese rescuers are searching for at least 29 people after a landslide in southwestern Sichuan province buried 10 houses
February 08, 2025
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's party on Saturday regained power in the nation's capital for the first time in 27 years, a boost for the
February 08, 2025
U.S. President Donald Trump and Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba said on Friday Japan was looking at an investment in U.S. Steel instead of an acquisition.
February 07, 2025
Indonesia has begun talks with Britain to repatriate the most prolific rapist in British history, a senior minister said, following its move to also seek the return of a Guantanamo
February 07, 2025A Canadian task force said on Friday that malicious news articles originating on Chinese social media tried to disparage former Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland,
February 08, 2025
China expressed regret on Saturday over Panama's intention to leave Beijing's Belt and Road Initiative, urging the Latin American nation to "make the right decision".
February 08, 2025Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba said he agreed with U.S.
February 07, 2025
North Korea said on Saturday its nuclear weapons are not meant for negotiations but are intended for combat use against enemies that threaten its people and world peace, its state
February 07, 2025President Donald Trump is suggesting that Nippon Steel will no longer buy U.S. Steel as planned, but the Japanese company will instead invest in the symbolically important American business
February 07, 2025
President Donald Trump on Friday pushed Japan to invest in U.S. energy and technology, showered his closest Asian ally
February 07, 2025
Japan will soon begin importing a record amount of new shipments of American liquefied natural gas, U.S. President Donald Trump said on Friday.
February 07, 2025
Bangladesh’s interim government, headed by Nobel Peace laureate Muhammad Yunus, says his makeshift administration will contain vandalism and arson after a historic house tied to ousted former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina was demolished by angry protesters
February 07, 2025
U.S. stocks slumped as worries flared again on Wall Street about tariffs and inflation
February 07, 2025
The dollar rose in choppy trading on Friday after data showed that U.S. job growth slowed in January but that the unemployment rate edged down to 4.0%, giving the
February 07, 2025
U.S.
February 07, 2025
Lawmakers and protestors were seen demonstrating outside India's parliament following the deportation of around 100 Indian migrants back to the country from the US. Following footage released by the US Border Patrol showing migrants in shackles while boarding the plane before the 40-hour flight, the protestors set alight an effigy of President Donald Trump amid his administration's migration crackdown.
February 07, 2025
Turkey has terminated the mission of diplomats appointed by Afghanistan's former pro-Western government
February 07, 2025
Legal & General said on Friday it would sell its U.S. protection business to Japan's Meiji Yasuda for $2.3 billion in cash and
February 07, 2025
Chevron is speeding up its expansion of Kazakhstan's Tengiz oilfield, two sources familiar with the plans told Reuters, raising its output to around 1% of global crude supply.
February 07, 2025
Two tourists died in Sri Lanka after hostel fumigated for bedbugs, police say
February 07, 2025
Lawmakers and protesters were seen demonstrating outside India's parliament following the deportation of around 100 Indian migrants back to the country from the US. Following the release of footage showing the migrants in shackles while boarding the plane before the 40-hour flight, the protestors set alight an effigy of President Donald Trump due to his migration crackdown - with some lawmakers also wearing shackles.
February 07, 2025
Bangladesh has objected to a speech that its ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina made from India and asked New Delhi to stop her making "fabricated" comments, its foreign ministry
February 07, 2025
‘Treated like criminals’: Shackling of Indians aboard 40-hour migrant flight sparks new outrage against Trump
February 07, 2025
Thailand and Georgia said they are investigating a human trafficking ring that a Thai NGO says is engaged in harvesting human eggs of Thai women brought to the South
February 07, 2025A Burmese refugee with lung problems died after she was discharged from a U.S.-funded hospital on the Myanmar-Thai border that was ordered to close as a result of U.S.
February 07, 2025
US-contracted surveillance plane crashes in Philippines, killing four
February 06, 2025
About 500 workers at Samsung's plant in south India are holding a sit-in to protest against the suspension of three employees, and the company has deployed
February 07, 2025
India's top opposition leader questioned the country's main election body on Friday over what he said were suspect electoral rolls in the richest Indian state.
February 07, 2025
Singapore has passed a law
February 05, 2025
Officials say Indonesian authorities have ordered the halting of development of a tourism project affiliated with U.S. President Donald Trump over water management and environment issues
February 07, 2025
U.S. automaker Tesla's sales of China-made electric vehicles fell 11.5% to 63,238 units in January from a year earlier, data from the China Passenger Car Association showed on
February 07, 2025
The chief executive of Taiwan's top chip design company MediaTek said on Friday that the company has been running simulations for possible U.S. tariffs on the island, but thinks for
February 07, 2025
Taiwan's exports rose more than expected in January thanks both to artificial intelligence demand and companies getting in orders before Donald Trump assumed office as U.S.
February 07, 2025
Pakistan issues deadline for Afghan refugees after Trump blocks US resettlement pathway
February 06, 2025
Philippine Vice President Sara Duterte says her lawyers are preparing for a legal battle in her upcoming impeachment trial but refused to say if resignation is an option
February 07, 2025
South Korean prosecutors will appeal to the Supreme Court after an appeals court found Samsung Electronics Chairman Jay Y.
February 07, 2025
Global wheat imports are likely to drop this year as slowing economic growth among top buyers, a stronger greenback and higher local
February 07, 2025
Thailand is targeting economic growth of 3.5% this year, supported by tourism, foreign investment and government stimulus, a deputy finance minister said on Friday.
February 07, 2025
Online fast-fashion retailer Shein is set to cut its valuation in a potential London listing to around $50 billion, said three
February 07, 2025
The lobby of Indonesia's Economic Affairs ministry was a bit darker this week when some lights were turned off as the minister looked for savings after
February 07, 2025
China is opposed to U.S. "smearing and sabotage" of the Belt and Road Initiative in Panama through "pressure and coercion", its foreign ministry said on Friday, after the South
February 07, 2025
Real estate private equity firm Gaw Capital and Singapore-based investor Patience Capital Group have completed the acquisition of Tokyu Plaza Ginza, a prime mall in
February 07, 2025
Singaporean banks are set to report stronger profits for the fourth quarter, but growth could take a hit this year as U.S.
February 07, 2025
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) cut its key interest rate for the first time in nearly five years on Friday, as it seeks to boost the sluggish
February 07, 2025
U.S. private equity firm Bain Capital has bought Mitsubishi Tanabe Pharma in a deal worth 510 billion yen ($3.4 billion), saying it was encouraged by
February 07, 2025
Taliban raids and suspends Afghanistan’s only nationwide women’s radio station
February 05, 2025
China's new yuan loans likely surged in January compared to December but still remained below the record level hit a year earlier, a Reuters poll showed
February 07, 2025
Singapore's disgraced former transport minister S.
February 07, 2025
Pakistan's external financing needs will remain significant in the coming year, despite progress in rebuilding its foreign exchange reserves, Fitch Ratings said on Thursday.
February 07, 2025
Japan's Government Pension Investment Fund (GPIF) posted on Friday an investment gain of 10.7 trillion yen ($70.6 billion) in the October-December quarter, marking a recovery from a
February 07, 2025
K-pop act NewJeans unveils new identity — and a new name
February 07, 2025
Philippine Vice President Sara Duterte said on Friday she had been preparing since last year for impeachment and would welcome on her defence team her firebrand father, former
February 07, 2025
Thailand will host a regional BIMSTEC summit of the leaders of seven mostly South Asian countries in April, its foreign ministry said on Friday.
February 07, 2025
Thailand's prime minister, seeking to allay security concerns among Chinese tourists visiting Thailand, said she had "Chinese blood in her" and that she had personally looked into
February 07, 2025
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) reduced its key repo rate on Friday for the first time since May 2020, aiming to provide stimulus to the sluggish economy, which is projected to grow at its
February 07, 2025
Japan's economy probably expanded in the final three months of 2024 marking a third quarter of consecutive growth, a Reuters poll showed, as strong business
February 07, 2025
Frenzy for new Nvidia gaming chips causes chaos in Tokyo
February 07, 2025
The Bank of Japan is likely to raise interest rates again this year and see borrowing costs reach levels deemed neutral to the economy by the end of 2027, a senior
February 07, 2025
One U.S. military service member and three defense contractors were killed on Thursday when their aircraft crashed in the southern Philippines, the U.S. military said.
February 06, 2025The Philippines' lower house has impeached Vice President Sara Duterte, the daughter of the country's firebrand former president, setting the stage for a rare, high-
February 06, 2025
Oil and gas traders are likely to seek waivers from Beijing over tariffs that the Chinese government plans to impose on U.S. crude and
February 06, 2025
India’s Parliament was disrupted as opposition lawmakers protested alleged mistreatment of 104 Indian citizens deported by the United States
February 06, 2025
Japan should be on alert for any spillover effects from rising foreign market volatility that could affect liquidity conditions for its financial institutions, the
February 07, 2025Japanese household spending rose for the first time in five months in year-on-year terms in December and at a much faster-than-expected pace, but the government
February 07, 2025
An emerging trade war between the United States and China could drive U.S. crude exports lower in 2025 for the first time since the pandemic by reducing access
February 06, 2025
The cobalt market is no stranger to boom and bust cycles but the current downturn is unprecedented and no-one is sure how long it's going to last.
February 06, 2025
U.S. Indo-Pacific Command says that one U.S. service member and three defense contractors were killed when a plane contracted by the U.S. military crashed in a rice field in the southern Philippines
February 06, 2025
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February 06, 2025
Pernod Ricard and Carlsberg warned on Thursday they see few signs of a pick-up in consumer demand in China, the world's second-biggest
February 06, 2025
A look at the day ahead in Asian markets.
February 06, 2025
Wall Street drifted through a mixed day of trading as rising fashion and cigarette stocks worked against drops for Ford Motor and Qualcomm
February 06, 2025
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February 06, 2025
French cosmetics group L'Oreal reported on Thursday the slowest quarterly rise in growth since the height of the pandemic, missing expectations, as Chinese demand
February 06, 2025
The yen touched an eight-week high versus the dollar on Thursday after a Bank of Japan policy board member advocated continued interest rate hikes, while sterling
February 06, 2025
Oil prices settled lower on Thursday after U.S.
February 06, 2025
There was a time when few people in the coastal Pakistani city of Gwadar understood what climate change was
February 05, 2025
DeepSeek has temporarily suspended API service top-ups, a platform that allows developers of other models to integrate its AI models, due to server resource constraints, its
February 06, 2025
It took Daler Singh six months and $45,000 to reach the United States last month without paperwork.
February 06, 2025
Nippon Steel, Japan's biggest steelmaker, said on Thursday its proposed acquisition of U.S.
February 06, 2025
Air Products forecast second-quarter profit below Wall Street's expectations on Thursday, as the industrial gases manufacturer expects challenging conditions in key
February 06, 2025
A spoof Russian news report that China's DeepSeek AI app was based on a secret Soviet code has found its way onto state TV, reflecting nostalgia in Russian society for a lost age of
February 06, 2025
Canada Goose Holdings trimmed its annual profit forecast and missed market estimates for third-quarter revenue on Thursday due to choppy sales in China, a key market
February 06, 2025
China's new trade dispute with the U.S. could test Washington's commitment to the World Trade Organization, which has so far escaped the scrutiny of President Donald
February 06, 2025
Thousands of protesters set fire to the home of Bangladesh's founding leader as his daughter, ousted former prime minister Sheikh Hasina, called on her supporters to stand against the
February 06, 2025
HongKong Post said late on Thursday it would continue to suspend postal goods to the United States, despite the U.S.
February 06, 2025For Asia's biggest satellite company, SKY Perfect JSAT, the rise of Elon Musk's rocket and satellite internet giant SpaceX under the second Donald Trump U.S.
February 06, 2025
Foreign investors pulled heavily out of Asian stocks in January, deterred by higher U.S.
February 06, 2025
Despite a growing trade war between Washington and Beijing, China's ethane imports from the U.S. are set to surge this year as big petrochemical
February 06, 2025
The Chinese commerce ministry said on Thursday U.S. tariffs were "vile", "unilateralist" and exacerbated global trade tensions, after President Donald Trump threatened to heap
February 06, 2025
China and Pakistan will upgrade and reconstruct Pakistan's railway network and further develop its Gwadar port, while Chinese companies can invest in the South Asian nation's
February 06, 2025
Sberbank plans to collaborate with Chinese researchers on joint AI projects, a top executive at Russia's biggest bank told Reuters, as China's DeepSeek has upended
February 06, 2025
China has named controversial diplomat and ex-ambassador to France, Lu Shaye, as Special Representative for European Affairs, the Chinese foreign
February 06, 2025
The Trump administration move to stop low-cost imports entering the U.S. tariff-free is likely to hit fast fashion retailer Shein harder than online dollar-store
February 06, 2025
The selection committee for the chair of the Bank of Thailand expects to pick a candidate at the end of this month, the panel head said
February 06, 2025
South Korea's impeached prime minister told parliament on Thursday that "everyone" in a hastily-arranged meeting of ministers expressed concerns about
February 06, 2025
Indonesia's health partnerships with the U.S.
February 06, 2025
Russia is practising stealth manoeuvres of Yars intercontinental ballistic missiles in its Volga region, the defence ministry said on Thursday.
February 06, 2025
Beijing opposes U.S.
February 06, 2025
Pakistani police say a group of militants armed with assault rifles attacked a police post in the country's restive northwest, killing three officers and wounding five
February 06, 2025Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr on Thursday distanced himself from the impeachment of his estranged Vice President Sara Duterte, saying the executive branch of government
February 06, 2025
Boeing said on Thursday it expects Indian and South Asian airlines will add 2,835 commercial aircraft to their fleet over the next 20 years, a four-fold increase
February 06, 2025
Nissan is open to working with new partners after merger talks with Honda foundered, two people familiar with its thinking said on Thursday, with
February 06, 2025
Indonesia has ordered property firm PT MNC Land to halt development of a Lido tourism project affiliated with U.S.
February 06, 2025
The bodies of four Pakistanis who drowned in the capsizing of a migrant boat off West Africa last month have been repatriated
February 06, 2025China touts record spending over Lunar New Year holiday
February 06, 2025
Japan's Mitsubishi Corp took a 52.2 billion yen ($342.4 million) impairment charge on its domestic offshore wind projects in the nine-month period
February 06, 2025
The Indian rupee is set to become more volatile as the Reserve Bank of India's new governor loosens control over the partially convertible currency as a rampant U.S. dollar
February 06, 2025
South Korea's industry ministry has temporarily blocked employee access to Chinese artificial intelligence startup DeepSeek due to security concerns, a ministry
February 05, 2025
Canada's Alberta province, a major gas producer, needs to find new export markets in face of a U.S. tariff threat, and expanding in Japan is an important target,
February 06, 2025
Singapore's Economic Development Board said geopolitical and economic uncertainties would pose challenges in 2025 as it reported on Thursday a rise in investment
February 06, 2025
Chinese investors are rushing into AI-related stocks, betting the artificial intelligence advance of home-grown startup DeepSeek will lead to
February 06, 2025
Chinese electric vehicle maker BYD plans to hire 20,000 employees in Zhengzhou in the first quarter, in areas including R&D and manufacturing, government-run Henan Daily reported
February 06, 2025
The Bank of Japan must raise interest rates to at least 1% by the second half of the fiscal year beginning in April, hawkish board member
February 06, 2025
North Korean ballistic missiles fired at Ukraine by Russian forces since late December have been far more precise than salvos of the weapons launched over the past
February 06, 2025
China and Thailand should deepen trust in each other and expand cooperation to counter growing global uncertainties, President Xi Jinping said on
February 06, 2025
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February 05, 2025
Indian Foreign Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar said on Thursday that New Delhi is engaging with the U.S. to ensure that illegal
February 06, 2025
The Philippine Senate president says the impeachment trial of Vice President Sara Duterte will begin after Congress reopens in June and will be done fairly to avoid a repeat of a 2001 impeachment proceeding that stalled and sparked massive protests that forced a president to step down
February 06, 2025China’s leader Xi Jinping and visiting Thai Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra have vowed to crack down on the scam networks that plague Southeast Asia as the two met in Beijing
February 06, 2025At least 104 Indian citizens deported from US on military aircraft, say Indian officials
February 05, 2025
China filed a World Trade Organization complaint on Wednesday against U.S.
February 06, 2025
Cook Islands Prime Minister Mark Brown will visit China next week, the first visit by a leader of the small South Pacific state in a decade, to help improve ties ranging from trade,
February 06, 2025
Malaysia sees any proposal for the forced displacement of Palestinians as constituting ethnic cleansing and a violation of international law, the foreign ministry said on
February 06, 2025
Thousands of protesters in Bangladesh have taken out their anger at exiled former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina by destroying a family home that came to symbolize the country’s independence — and now, they say, the authoritarianism they believe she led
February 05, 2025
Power cut to site of global, billion-dollar scam industry. But will it halt the swindling?
February 05, 2025
Philippine Vice President Sara Duterte has been impeached on a range of accusations that include plotting to assassinate the president and engaging in large-scale corruption
February 05, 2025
The U.S.
February 05, 2025
Prince Karim Al-Husseini, Imam, or leader, of the Ismaili Muslims and chair of the Aga Khan Development Network, passed away Tuesday in Lisbon, Portugal. His son, Prince Rahim Aga Khan, was named in his will as successor.
February 06, 2025
A look at the day ahead in Asian markets. Famous last words, but an air of resilience is enveloping world markets.
February 05, 2025
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman on Wednesday said India is now OpenAI’s second-largest market by number of users, which have tripled in the past year.
February 05, 2025
Wall Street drifted higher as gains for most stocks outweighed drops for Alphabet and some other big-name companies following their latest profit reports
February 05, 2025
U.S. President Donald Trump this week shut a trade loophole that has been used to ship low-value packages duty-free from China, the "de minimis" exemption on import tariffs.
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Senator Dan Sullivan on Wednesday urged Japan and other U.S. allies in Asia to get behind a multibillion-dollar gas project in his home state of Alaska,
February 05, 2025
The U.S. dollar fell to its lowest in more than a week on Wednesday as investor nerves about a global trade war abated, while the Japanese yen rallied on the back of
February 05, 2025
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February 04, 2025
China said on Tuesday it would restrict exports of five metals used in defence, clean energy and other industries in response to
February 04, 2025
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's BJP party is set to win an election in the Delhi capital territory, TV exit polls projected on Wednesday, in a rebound after its surprisingly poor
February 05, 2025
The U.S. Postal Service is reversing course a day after placing a ban on all inbound packages from China and Hong Kong
February 05, 2025
US Postal Service restores delivery of incoming parcels from China and Hong Kong after briefly suspending them
February 05, 2025
Two U.N. refugees and migration agencies have expressed their concern over Pakistan’s recent decision to forcibly deport thousands of Afghan refugees awaiting here for relocation to the United States and elsewhere
February 05, 2025
The value of French cognac exports to China fell by nearly a quarter last year as the Chinese economy struggled and Beijing imposed anti-dumping measures on European brandy
February 05, 2025
China's antitrust regulator is preparing for a possible investigation into Apple's policies and App Store fees, Bloomberg News reported on Wednesday, citing people familiar with the matter.
February 05, 2025
Vietnam's trade surplus with the U.S. soared to a record high last year, U.S. data released on Wednesday showed, potentially complicating Hanoi's efforts to
February 05, 2025OpenAI CEO Sam Altman plans to visit the United Arab Emirates this week to discuss raising funds with Abu Dhabi investment group MGX, two
February 05, 2025
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Hindu nationalist party was trying to regain power in the federal territory that includes New Delhi on Wednesday as residents voted in a state legislature election
February 05, 2025
A U.S. military plane carrying 104 deported Indian illegal immigrants landed in India on Wednesday, authorities said, part of President Donald
February 05, 2025
Nissan looks set to step back from merger talks with rival Honda, two sources said on Wednesday, calling into question a $60 billion tie-up to
February 04, 2025
Nissan says is in ‘various discussions’ with Honda after reports the two will end merger talks
February 05, 2025
India plans to review import tariffs on over 30 items, including luxury cars, solar cells and chemicals, a senior finance ministry official said,
February 05, 2025
Chinese Premier Li Qiang said that China should take effective measures to address domestic economic problems and respond to external challenges.
February 05, 2025
Japan's Toyota Motor raised its full-year operating profit forecast by 9% on Wednesday, in a sign of confidence in its ability to ride out the impact of any potential U.S. tariffs.
February 05, 2025
U.S. stocks rallied on Tuesday, while gold reached new highs as global trade jitters kept
February 03, 2025
Thailand has cut electricity, internet and fuel supplies to five border areas in Myanmar, a senior Thai minister said on Wednesday, as the
February 05, 2025
A former South Korean defence minister charged with insurrection over his role in a short-lived martial law declaration has praised protesters who stormed a court over
February 05, 2025
India has accused South Korea's Kia of evading taxes of $155 million by misclassifying component imports but the carmaker has denied
February 05, 2025
As China and the U.S. battle over tariffs, locked in a tussle that could result in a deal or a trade war between the world's two largest economies, staying away
February 05, 2025
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February 05, 2025
BlackRock plans to hire nearly 1,200 people to expand its two support hubs in India, Bloomberg News reported on Tuesday, citing people familiar with the matter.
February 05, 2025
China is building a giant laser to generate the energy of the stars, satellite images appear to show
February 05, 2025China's foreign ministry said on Wednesday it had lodged complaints with the United States over "irresponsible" remarks regarding the Panama Canal and "attacks" on China's
February 05, 2025
A team of doctors and nurses battled to revive Adabi, an 86-year-old Myanmar refugee fighting long-standing heart problems and pneumonia, as her
February 05, 2025
Japan's demand for liquefied natural gas (LNG) may grow by more than 10% to some 74 million metric tons by 2040 under a government scenario where the renewable
February 05, 2025
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February 05, 2025Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi took holy dips in sacred river waters in the northern city of Prayagraj on Wednesday as he joined millions of people at the
February 05, 2025
Thailand on Wednesday cut off power supplies to areas in Myanmar where scam networks operate, following a public outcry demanding government action to tackle the problem
February 05, 2025
Thailand's economy is still expected to grow between 2.4% to 2.9% this year despite intensifying global trade wars and increased competition from imported goods, a leading joint
February 05, 2025
Chinese firms control about 75% of Indonesia's nickel refining capacity, raising concern over supply chain control and environmental risks, Washington-based global security
February 05, 2025
The Chinese foreign ministry called for dialogue between China and the United States on Wednesday as an additional 10% in U.S. tariffs on all Chinese products kicked in.
February 05, 2025
China's stocks and currency came under pressure as markets returning from a week-long break were greeted by a new trade dispute with the United States and
February 04, 2025
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February 05, 2025China has delayed imports of up to 600,000 metric tons of mostly Australian wheat and offered some of these cargoes to other buyers as
February 05, 2025
Chinese companies, from chip makers to cloud service providers, are rushing to support DeepSeek's artificial intelligence models, spurring analysts to
February 05, 2025
Malaysia recorded just over 25 million international tourist arrivals in 2024, falling short of its 27.3 million target that the tourism, arts, and culture ministry had set
February 05, 2025
Indonesia's economy grew 5.03% in 2024, roughly similar to the previous year's rate and in line with expectations, but the pace was the
February 05, 2025
China will mandate a licensing requirement for broadcasting micro dramas, enabling it to foster their "healthy and prosperous development", authorities said, in a move that will
February 05, 2025Toyota Motor will establish a wholly owned company in Shanghai to develop and produce electric vehicles and batteries for the Lexus brand, with production set to start in 2027, the
February 05, 2025
Thailand's government will implement the third phase of its 450 billion baht ($13.4 billion) stimulus scheme in the second quarter of 2025, and will also discuss more measures
February 05, 2025
BENGALURU - Growth in India's dominant services sector was the slowest in over two years in January amid cooling demand but remained historically strong and led to a substantial rate of hiring, a
February 05, 2025
A look at the day ahead in European and global markets from Wayne Cole.
February 05, 2025
Japan's SKY Perfect JSAT will invest about $230 million to build a constellation of low-Earth orbit satellites using U.S. company Planet Labs' Pelican satellite, the company said on
February 05, 2025
Toyota is developing and making electric vehicles and EV batteries in China under a new partnership with the Shanghai government
February 05, 2025
East Timor would prefer to work with Australia and partners Woodside Energy and Japan's Osaka Gas over Chinese firms that have expressed interest in developing
February 05, 2025
Citigroup has appointed Ashu Khullar to partner with Anthony Diamandakis to serve together as co-heads of global asset managers, according to an internal memo seen by Reuters on
February 05, 2025
Shares of major Chinese tungsten producers rallied on Wednesday as markets reacted to Beijing's latest critical mineral export controls on the first day
February 05, 2025
Vietnam's consumer price index rose 3.63% in January from a year earlier while industrial production rose a modest 0.6% due to the Lunar New Year holidays late in the month, the
February 05, 2025
Thailand will suspend electricity supply to some border areas with Myanmar in an effort to curb scam centres, its government said on Tuesday, amid growing
February 04, 2025
The Bank of Japan will continue to raise interest rates if underlying inflation accelerates toward its 2% target as projected, a senior central bank official said on
February 05, 2025
The U.S. is discussing whether to add Chinese ecommerce retailers Shein and Temu to the Department of Homeland Security's (DHS) 'forced labor' list, Semafor reported on Tuesday.
February 05, 2025
South Korean airport officials confiscated almost 11 tons of kimchi last year
February 04, 2025
When Ukrainian soldiers captured two North Korean prisoners of war last month, it provided the first undeniable proof of Pyongyang’s direct involvement in the war against Ukraine
February 05, 2025
The Philippine central bank will take a "measured approach" in easing policy rates, it said on Wednesday, as annual inflation held steady at 2.9% in January,
February 05, 2025
A magnitude 6.2 earthquake struck off the coast of Indonesia's North Maluku on Wednesday, the geophysics agency said.
February 05, 2025China's services activity expanded at a slower pace in January, with the Lunar New Year holidays worsening employment, but business sentiment improved, a private sector survey
February 05, 2025
A major government initiative to get people to think about their energy choices to pollute less — like cycling instead of driving or using less plastic — has received virtually no funding or publicity in the last year
February 04, 2025
Japan's December inflation-adjusted real wages rose 0.6% year-on-year thanks to a wintertime bonus bump, preliminary government data showed on Wednesday, with government officials
February 04, 2025
Japan's service activity expanded for a third straight month in January, helped by a rebound in new export business on Asian demand, a private-sector survey showed on Wednesday.
February 05, 2025
President Donald Trump says he wants the U.S. to take ownership of the Gaza Strip and redevelop it after Palestinians are resettled elsewhere
February 04, 2025
China has announced retaliatory tariffs on select American imports and an antitrust investigation into Google, just minutes after a sweeping levy on Chinese products imposed by U.S. President Donald Trump took effect
February 04, 2025
Calm returned to Wall Street, and tech stocks led U.S. indexes higher
February 04, 2025
China announced a wide range of measures on Tuesday targeting U.S. businesses including Google, farm equipment makers and the owner of fashion brand Calvin Klein, minutes after new
February 04, 2025
Goldman Sachs on Tuesday said it expects Beijing's retaliatory tariffs in response to new U.S. restrictions against Chinese goods to have only limited impact on energy prices.
February 04, 2025
A look at the day ahead in Asian markets.
February 04, 2025
President Donald Trump's emerging trade war with Beijing poses a new threat to billions of dollars in planned U.S. liquefied natural gas export projects, many of
February 04, 2025
Huang Ruo’s “The Monkey King,” based on an episode from the 16th century Chinese novel “Journey to the West” in which a primate born from stone acquires supernatural powers and seeks immortality, will be given its world premiere by the San Francisco Opera on Nov. 14
February 04, 2025
A top South Korean military commander said on Tuesday he trusted President Yoon Suk Yeol to be making a legitimate decision when he declared martial law, but declined
February 04, 2025
The three major stock indexes closed higher on Tuesday, aided by energy stocks, while investors saw reason for optimism for a trade breakthrough
February 04, 2025
An Azerbaijani passenger plane that crashed in December after being diverted from Russia to Kazakhstan was hit by a Russian Pantsir-S air defence system, an Azerbaijani government
February 04, 2025
A U.N. aid official said on Tuesday that a U.S. funding pause would cut off millions of Afghans from sexual and reproductive health services, and the continued absence
February 04, 2025
‘With heartfelt sadness,’ Tiger Woods announces death of his mother, Kultida Woods
February 04, 2025
Italy's data protection authority, the Garante, said on Thursday it had ordered DeepSeek to block its
January 30, 2025
Shares of genetic testing company Illumina and Calvin Klein-owner PVH Corp fell on Tuesday after China placed the two companies on its "unreliable entity" list, putting them
February 04, 2025
Merck said on Tuesday it would not ship its HPV vaccine Gardasil in China until at least the middle of this year due to weak discretionary spending, a move
February 04, 2025
The Chinese government’s move to open an antitrust probe into Google is the latest development in a long and entangled relationship that goes back to the early 2000s
February 04, 2025
China hits back as Trump’s tariffs go into effect
February 04, 2025
China's retaliating against US tariffs that started today, as Europe braces for a potential trade showdown with Trump next.
February 04, 2025
A look at the day ahead in U.S. and global markets from Mike Dolan After a four-day guessing game and much financial turbulence, the United States and China appear to have resumed a tit-for-tat trade
February 04, 2025
Indonesia has handed over to French authorities a man on death row for drug offences who will start his return to his home country late on Tuesday, the latest in a series of
February 04, 2025
China announced sweeping export controls on Tuesday targeting five metals used across defence, clean energy and other industries, minutes after an
February 04, 2025
The trade in crude oil, liquefied natural gas and coal between the United States and China is effectively dead after Beijing responded to President Donald Trump's
February 04, 2025
China on Tuesday slapped tariffs on U.S. imports in a rapid response to new U.S. duties on Chinese goods, renewing a trade war between the world's top two economies as President Donald
February 04, 2025
China plans to send a flying robot to search for water on the moon’s far side
February 04, 2025
OpenAI said on Tuesday it will develop artificial intelligence products for South Korea with chat app operator Kakao, unveiling a second major alliance with a high-
February 04, 2025
U.S. private equity firm KKR has sweetened its offer for Japan's Fuji Soft by 4%, the latest salvo in its protracted and messy bidding war with Bain Capital for the $4
February 04, 2025
Afghanistan's Taliban rulers will stay united despite enemies' efforts to create divisions among the movement's leaders and the people, a spokesman said, ruling out the prospect of
February 04, 2025China is the world's top energy importer but its purchases from the United States are relatively modest, blunting the impact of Beijing's move on Tuesday to slap retaliatory
February 04, 2025
Nintendo’s profits tumbled as sales of its Switch console lost momentum, prompting the Japanese video-game maker to lower its full-year forecasts
February 04, 2025
Indonesian authorities are sending home an ailing French national who has been on death row in the Southeast Asian country, following a transfer agreement between Paris and Jakarta
February 04, 2025Vietnam will hold talks with foreign partners this month about projects to develop its first two nuclear power plants, the government said on Tuesday.
February 04, 2025
The air forces of the Philippines and the United States held joint patrols over the South China Sea on Tuesday, a move that angered China, which
February 04, 2025A voting board member, Shin Sung-hwan, who dissented in the Bank of Korea's decision to keep policy rates unchanged in January, said the economy faces bigger risks due to domestic
February 04, 2025
South Korea's Air Busan will not allow passengers to keep power banks in luggage stored in overhead cabin bins, in what on Tuesday it called a preemptive measure after one of its
February 04, 2025
At least five prisoners who supported Islamic State were killed after attacking guards with knives and trying to break out of a jail in Tajikistan, a law
February 04, 2025The Bank of Japan will aim to sustainably achieve 2% inflation as measured by the overall consumer price index, Governor Kazuo Ueda said on Tuesday, keeping alive
February 04, 2025
Japan's Panasonic Holdings raised the full-year earnings forecast for its energy unit, which supplies batteries to Tesla, on stronger sales of energy storage systems and improved
February 04, 2025
All three of Japan's "megabanks" are on course for record annual income after the first nine months of the financial year as they cash in on sales of cross-
February 04, 2025
A look at the day ahead in European and global markets from Tom Westbrook Markets have taken the one-month delay in tariffs on Canada and Mexico as a signal that everything's negotiable.
February 04, 2025
Japan's Nintendo cut its full-year sales Switch forecast by 12% to 11 million units as the aging console loses momentum ahead of the launch of a successor device this
February 04, 2025
A man accused in the explosives attack on former Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida during an election campaign denied his murder intent Tuesday as his trial opened at a court in western Japan
February 04, 2025South Korea aims to rebuild its aviation safety system from scratch, the transport ministry said on Tuesday, launching a new committee to improve air travel in the country that
February 04, 2025
Malaysia will actively build trade relations with other countries, such as China, Russia and Brazil, instead of waiting for the impact of potential U.S. trade tariffs, Prime
February 04, 2025
Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Hindu nationalist party is eyeing the state legislature election in Delhi where it is in race against a popular regional party that has governed the Indian capital for over a decade
February 04, 2025
Japan's exports of agricultural, forestry and fishery products rose 3.7% to a record high in 2024, despite China's ban on seafood imports following Tokyo Electric
February 04, 2025
Japan's Toyota Motor is expected to post its second consecutive quarterly profit drop when it reports third-quarter earnings on Wednesday, as sales growth cools
February 04, 2025
Mailed packages from China must undergo formal customs entry under new tariffs scheduled to be implemented on Tuesday, according to a notice from the U.S.
February 04, 2025
Indonesian police arrested 56 men at a "gay sex party" in the capital Jakarta, three of whom could face up to 15 years in jail on charges of breaching pornography laws, a
February 04, 2025The dollar index was lower on Monday after U.S.
February 02, 2025
Financial markets that had banked on avoiding trade wars are recalibrating the possibility of
February 03, 2025
A United Nations Security Council meeting in two weeks could be a "very good opportunity" for Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi and U.S.
February 03, 2025
A look at the day ahead in Asian markets. First the stick, then the carrot. Investors breathed a sigh of relief on Monday after some of U.S.
February 03, 2025
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February 03, 2025
President Donald Trump’s tariffs sent Wall Street on a roller coaster
February 03, 2025
Global bullion banks are flying gold into the United States from trading hubs catering to Asian consumers, including Dubai and Hong Kong, to capitalize on the
February 03, 2025
The festival of Nadaam is one of the highlights of the Mongolian calendar. A nationwide celebration of nomadic sports, arts and culture, it's attended by thousands of Mongolians and tourists alike.
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The U.N. mission in Afghanistan says a Taliban fighter opened fire at the U.N. compound in Kabul, slightly injuring a security guard, and was later found dead
February 03, 2025China Evergrande New Energy Vehicle said on Monday it is struggling to attract strategic investors amid a severe liquidity crisis, which has hampered its operations and delayed essential
February 03, 2025
Pakistani police say unidentified gunmen shot and killed a police officer working on Pakistan’s first polio vaccination drive of the year
February 03, 2025
Gunshots fired by a member of the Taliban's security forces at the United Nations' largest compound killed one person and injured another in Kabul, the United Nations Assistance
February 03, 2025From the sharply political to the deeply personal, Chinese internet users have described questions asked of the DeepSeek artificial intelligence app, including
February 03, 2025
The euro zone's beleaguered manufacturing industry showed some signs of stabilisation last month but factory activity in Asia lost momentum
February 03, 2025
Taiwan on Monday banned government departments from using Chinese startup DeepSeek's artificial intelligence (AI) service as it was a security risk, toughening language from last
February 03, 2025
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July 18, 2023
Taiwanese actor Barbie Hsu dies of flu-related illness at age 48
February 03, 2025
Stock markets slide around the world as Trump’s new trade war rattles investor confidence
February 03, 2025
Hong Kong's economy increased in the fourth quarter by 2.4% from a year earlier, official advance estimates showed on Monday, expanding for an eighth quarter.
February 03, 2025
India is assessing whether a global corporate tax deal agreed between 140 nations can work following U.S.
February 03, 2025
Samsung Electronics Chairman Jay Y.
February 03, 2025
Thailand's finance ministry wants to see a cut in interest rates this year to be align with economic fundamentals and will discuss monetary policy easing with the central bank, a
February 03, 2025
Pakistan's consumer inflation rate fell to its lowest in more than nine years, dropping to 2.4% year-on-year in January, the statistics bureau said on Monday.
February 03, 2025
SoftBank Group CEO Masayoshi Son on Monday said he has agreed with OpenAI CEO Sam Altman to set up a joint venture in Japan to offer artificial intelligence services to
February 03, 2025
The South African government has given Taiwan a deadline of the end of March to relocate the island's de facto embassy outside of the capital city Pretoria, the Taiwanese Foreign
February 03, 2025
Cryptocurrency prices slid on Monday, with bitcoin at a three-week low, as the risk of a trade war spooked investors and caused a selloff across financial markets.
February 02, 2025
North Korea has lashed out at U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio for calling it a “rogue” state and warned that such remarks will never contribute to U.S. interests
February 03, 2025
Samsung Electronics Chairman Jay Y.
February 02, 2025
Japanese technology giant SoftBank Group and OpenAI are stepping up their partnership in artificial intelligence, setting up a 50-50 held company called SB OpenAI Japan
February 03, 2025
China's initial proposal to tariffs imposed by U.S.
February 03, 2025
India's factory activity started 2025 on a positive note, growing at the quickest pace in six months in January largely buoyed by resilient demand and strong output, a private
February 03, 2025
Taiwanese actor Barbie Hsu, who rose to fame across East Asia as the romantic lead in the 2001 television drama "Meteor Garden", has died of influenza aged 48, her sister said on
February 03, 2025
Japan's Economy Minister Ryosei Akazawa said on Monday the country's underlying inflation was approaching 2%, a goal that is included in the government's joint statement with the
February 03, 2025
Taiwan will support companies that plan to relocate to the United States, including helping them find partners, the economy ministry said on Monday, outlining assistance it will
February 03, 2025
Indonesia's annual inflation rate slowed to its lowest in 24 years to 0.76% in January, official data showed on Monday, down sharply from 1.57% in December and below the lower
February 03, 2025
Shares of Japanese and South Korean car makers and their suppliers led declines in Asia on Monday, as exporters across the region were walloped by U.S.
February 03, 2025
Taiwan and China need to talk to each other to achieve peace given the "multifold changes" in the international situation, Taiwan's President Lai Ching-te said on Monday, calling
February 03, 2025
India does not want to give any signal that it is protectionist, the top bureaucrat in the finance ministry said, after slashing import duties on
February 03, 2025
Japan's industry ministry is aware of a view that expansion of data centres may increase demand for electricity, however, it is difficult yet to predict how demand may change with
February 03, 2025
Japan has launched a navigation satellite on its flagship H3 rocket as the country seeks to have a precise positioning system of its own
February 02, 2025
China's factory activity grew at a slower pace in January, while staffing levels fell at the quickest pace in nearly five years as trade uncertainties increased, a private-sector
February 03, 2025
Reliance Retail has launched an app in India to sell fashionwear from China's Shein under a licensing deal, almost five years since Shein's app was banned in the
February 02, 2025
Most countries in fast-growing Southeast Asia are looking to develop nuclear energy in their quest for cleaner and more reliable energy
February 03, 2025
Japan's factory activity fell at the fastest pace in 10 months on sluggish demand, a private-sector survey showed on Monday, with business confidence hitting a more than two-year low
February 03, 2025
South Korea's retail sales declined in December, reflecting weak consumer spending and the fallout of impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol's martial law declaration during what is
February 03, 2025
South Korea's factory activity expanded marginally in January, with production rising for the first time in five months on robust overseas demand, a private-sector
February 03, 2025
Bank of Japan policymakers discussed the likelihood of raising interest rates further with some warning of upside inflation risks and the damage a weak yen could
February 03, 2025
Volkswagen has sued Indian authorities to quash an "impossibly enormous" tax demand of $1.4 billion, arguing the ask is
February 02, 2025
India's annual budget announcement was a bigger deal than usual this year: As the first full budget of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's third term, it will
February 02, 2025
China's government on Sunday denounced the Trump administration's imposition of a long-threatened 10% tariff on Chinese imports while leaving the
February 02, 2025
A look at the day ahead in Asian markets.
February 02, 2025
North Korea on Monday criticised U.S.
February 02, 2025
In public, they ran a successful global business. In private, police allege they abused hundreds of children
February 02, 2025
The Indian franchisee of U.S. shared office space manager WeWork has filed for an initial public offering in Mumbai, draft papers filed by the company showed.
February 02, 2025
China's movie box office took in record revenue during the Lunar New Year holiday, as sequels to popular Chinese hits drew theatregoers at a time when other types of spending have
February 02, 2025
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February 01, 2025
Pakistan's military says 18 troops and 23 separatist rebels have been killed in fighting in northwestern Balochistan province
February 01, 2025
India on Saturday proposed defence spending of 6.81 trillion rupees ($78.70 billion) for the 2025-26 fiscal year, up 9.5% from the previous year's initial
February 01, 2025
Eighteen paramilitary soldiers and 24 militants were killed in fighting in south-western Pakistan, the military's media wing said in a statement on
February 01, 2025India's Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman unveiled the annual budget on Saturday, which focused on boosting the spending power of its middle-class population, encouraging inclusive
February 01, 2025
The Indian government will target a narrower fiscal deficit of 4.4% of gross domestic product for fiscal year 2025-26, down from a revised 4.8% for the current
February 01, 2025
India's decision on Saturday to ease the tax burden for middle-class consumers may not have a large impact on growth, Moody's Ratings said in response to the budget,
February 01, 2025
China's sales of new housing and prices for existing residential units both continued to decline in January, a leading real estate research institute said on Saturday.
February 01, 2025
India cut personal income tax rates for some individuals in a bid to boost consumption across Asia's third-largest economy, which is projected to grow at its slowest pace in four
February 01, 2025
India will focus on boosting the spending power of its middle class population, encouraging inclusive development and private investment to strengthen growth,
February 01, 2025
India has removed import duties on some components key to producing mobile phones, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman announced in the annual budget on
February 01, 2025
India will spend 4.57 trillion rupees ($52.81 billion) on subsidies for food, fertilisers and rural employment schemes in the next financial year, nearly unchanged from the current
February 01, 2025
India slashed personal tax rates in its annual budget on Saturday, as the world's fifth largest economy focuses on
February 01, 2025
India's plans to cut personal income tax rates will put more disposable income in the hands of the people and eventually
February 01, 2025
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government has presented an annual budget that focuses on wooing the salaried middle class with tax cuts and spurring economic growth by boosting agriculture and manufacturing
February 01, 2025
China's top financial market regulator said on Saturday that "stabilising the market, stabilising confidence and stabilising expectations" were priorities as the government works
February 01, 2025
Peace prospects look bleak in Myanmar as a civil war rages despite international pressure on the military four years after it seized power from an elected civilian government
February 01, 2025
OpenAI faces an uphill climb as it argues that Indian courts cannot hear lawsuits about its U.S.-based business in the
January 31, 2025
Trump wants an ‘Iron Dome’ over the US. But even a mini version in the Pacific is taking a while
February 01, 2025Myanmar’s military government has extended its mandate to rule another six months, as the country enters its fifth year of crisis
January 31, 2025
Stocks surrendered early gains and closed lower after the White House said President Donald Trump would impose promised tariffs on some key U.S. trading partners
January 31, 2025
News from China upset U.S. markets Monday and disrupted the frenzy that had built up around artificial intelligence
January 27, 2025
The U.S. dollar advanced against major currencies on Friday, while the Canadian dollar weakened and the Mexican peso edged higher after the White
January 31, 2025
Wall Street stocks slipped and the dollar gained on Friday after President Donald Trump announced tariffs on Canada, Mexico and
January 27, 2025
Two executives of a Chinese chemical company have been found not guilty by a Manhattan jury on charges they conspired to ship precursor chemicals to the United States
January 31, 2025
Chinese state-linked social media accounts amplified narratives celebrating the launch of Chinese startup DeepSeek's AI models last week, days
January 31, 2025
Ukraine's special operations forces have not seen North Korean troops on the battlefield in Russia's Kursk region for around three weeks, suggesting they have been forced to withdraw
January 31, 2025North Korean troops pulled back from frontline after heavy losses, Ukrainian officials say
January 31, 2025
The European Union has warned Pakistan that its status as a duty-free exporter to the bloc will continue to depend on the progress the country makes in addressing concerns about civil and labor rights and freedom of speech
January 31, 2025
India is set to see above-average temperatures in February after a warmer than normal January, the weather office said on Friday, posing a risk to key winter-sown
January 31, 2025
Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba will hold talks with OpenAI CEO Sam Altman and SoftBank Group CEO Masayoshi Son on Monday, the Japanese government said on Friday. U.S.
January 31, 2025
Investigators have recovered the so-called black boxes from an American Airlines Bombardier CRJ-700 regional jet, which collided with a U.S.
January 12, 2025
India's foreign exchange reserves halted a seven-week losing streak and rose to $629.56 billion as of Jan. 24, coming off near 11-month lows, data from the central bank showed on
January 31, 2025
India lowered imports of thermal coal by over 5.5 million tons in 2024 from the year before, according to data from Kpler, which may seem like good news
January 31, 2025
India's economy is likely to continue its sluggish pace of growth next fiscal year weighed down by global risks, according to a finance
January 31, 2025
Brazil’s slow soybean harvest means that supplies are not reaching buyers as quickly as they might have hoped.
January 30, 2025
The world's second-largest car parts maker is not unduly worried about U.S.
January 31, 2025
The founding family of Japan's Seven & i is asking Thailand's Charoen Pokphand (CP) Group to invest in a management buyout of the Japanese retailing giant, national broadcaster NHK
January 30, 2025A sinkhole swallowed a truck driver in Japan. It’s expanding and residents are worried
January 31, 2025
Tens of thousands of people have gathered on a riverbank near Bangladesh’s capital to listen to sermons by Islamic scholars at the Biswa Ijtema or global congregation of Muslim devotees
January 31, 2025
Global bodies should stop excluding Taiwan for political reasons, President Lai Ching-te told Pope Francis in a letter, adding that he agrees war has no winners.
January 31, 2025
Taiwan's digital ministry said on Friday that government departments should not use Chinese startup DeepSeek's artificial intelligence (AI) service, saying that as the product is
January 31, 2025
Indonesia's additional budget of 100 trillion rupiah ($6.14 billion) for its programme to give free meals to school children this year will add nearly 2 percentage points to the
January 31, 2025
India's financial sector regulators need to put in place a formal process to assess the impact of their regulations, the government's Economic Survey said on Friday.
January 31, 2025
A sharp correction in the equity markets could hurt sentiment and spending by India's retail investors, the government's Economic Survey said on Friday.
January 31, 2025
Japan is considering offering support for a $44 billion gas pipeline in Alaska as it seeks to court U.S.
January 31, 2025
Japanese police say they have arrested a Canadian national on suspicion of smuggling hundreds of kilograms of methamphetamine into Japan hidden inside large industrial machinery that he had shipped in a container from the United States
January 31, 2025Myanmar's ruling military has extended a state of emergency for another six months, state media reported on Friday, a day ahead of the four-year anniversary of a coup that plunged the
January 31, 2025
The fading shadow of reflationists in the Bank of Japan, and the latest addition to the board of an academic favouring an end to ultra-low interest rates, will likely
March 18, 2024
(embeds graphic) By Chayut Setboonsarng BANGKOK -Thailand is bracing for an extended EV price war triggered by a surge in local production from Chinese car makers, a move likely to deal a further blow
January 31, 2025
Bank of Japan Governor Kazuo Ueda said on Friday the central bank must maintain loose monetary policy to ensure underlying inflation gradually accelerates toward its 2% target.
January 31, 2025
Passengers evacuated from an Air Busan plane that was engulfed in flames this week at a South Korean airport will have their checked baggage returned to them, after authorities on
January 31, 2025
A vermilion dot on the forehead is one of India’s most widely accepted Hindu cultural insignias
January 31, 2025
South Korea's exports are expected to have fallen for the first time in 16 months on U.S. tariff uncertainty and a slower tech sector, a Reuters poll showed,
January 31, 2025
Japan is expected to report its first year-on-year increase in household spending in five months, a Reuters poll showed on Friday, although the rise appears to be marginal,
January 31, 2025
South Korea's information privacy watchdog plans to ask DeepSeek about how the personal information of users is managed, an agency official said on Friday.
January 31, 2025
Daiwa Securities reported on Friday a near two-thirds jump in third-quarter net profit, driven by record quarterly income in its asset management division and a
January 31, 2025
Five Thai hostages have been released after 15 months of captivity in the Gaza Strip
January 30, 2025
A new report says the expansion of nickel mining in Indonesia is a threat to one of Earth's most biodiverse marine regions
January 30, 2025
Thailand's manufacturing production index dropped by a more than expected 2.11% in December from a year earlier, due to a slump in the automotive industry and weak consumption, the
January 31, 2025
China offered deep condolences over the Washington air disaster, the country's Ministry of Foreign Affairs said in a post on Friday on its official website.
January 31, 2025
Hamas has released eight hostages from Gaza in exchange for Palestinian prisoners held by Israel
January 30, 2025
Japan needs to promote digitalisation as rising inflation and interest rates will increase demand for new financial services from households, a Bank of Japan executive said on Friday
January 31, 2025
Japanese auto parts maker Denso, a top Toyota supplier, posted a near six-fold jump in third-quarter operating profit on Friday, as currency gains and cost-cutting efforts offset a
January 31, 2025
Samsung Electronics on Friday warned of sluggish sales of its artificial intelligence chips in the current quarter due to U.S. export restrictions to
January 31, 2025
Hamas-led militants freed eight more hostages from the Gaza Strip and another 110 Palestinian prisoners were released by Israel as part of a ceasefire that began earlier this month
January 30, 2025
Indonesia's foreign direct investment last year was 900.2 trillion rupiah ($55.33 billion), up 21% on a yearly basis, the investment ministry said on Friday.
January 31, 2025
Nissan Motor will aim to announce the direction of its possible integration with Honda Motor by mid-February, a company spokesperson said on Friday, pushing back the plan from the end
January 31, 2025
Japanese homemaker Kirina Mochizuki has always considered "okonomiyaki" savoury pancakes the ultimate comfort food: simple, satisfying and cheap.
January 31, 2025
Thailand's economic growth may falter at under 2.9% this year after a weaker-than-expected fourth quarter despite a
January 30, 2025
Core inflation in Japan's capital hit 2.5%, marking the fastest annual pace in nearly a year, well exceeding the central bank's 2% target and keeping alive market
January 30, 2025
Secretary of State Marco Rubio said on Thursday he had "zero doubt" that China has a contingency plan to shut down the Panama Canal in the event of a conflict
January 30, 2025
Apple executives on Thursday forecast relatively strong sales growth, a sign the company will recover from a dip in iPhone sales as it rolls out artificial intelligence
January 30, 2025
Italy’s data protection authority has blocked use of Chinese tech startup DeepSeek’s AI application to protect Italians’ data and announced an investigation into the companies behind the chatbot
January 30, 2025
India doubled its tiger population in a little over a decade by protecting the big cats from poaching and habitat loss, ensuring they have enough prey, reducing human-wildlife conflict, and increasing communities’ living standards near tiger areas
January 30, 2025
Weeks after Japan revealed details of a landmark energy plan partly designed to keep up with an expected AI surge, the shock rise of Chinese
January 30, 2025The fading shadow of reflationists in the Bank of Japan, and the latest addition to the board of an academic favouring an end to ultra-low interest rates, will likely
January 30, 2025
Tesla, IBM and Meta Platforms helped lead most U.S. stocks higher following a rush of profit reports from some of the country’s most influential companies
January 30, 2025
Individual investors responded to the market selloff earlier this week triggered by concerns regarding a Chinese artificial intelligence startup by buying a wide array of
January 30, 2025
A look at the day ahead in Asian markets. A tumultuous week rounds off with investors in Asia taking their cue from more U.S.
January 30, 2025
Chinese artificial intelligence company DeepSeek shocked Wall Street and Silicon Valley with its ChatGPT-like AI model called R1. Clare Duffy talks to D.A. Davidson’s Gil Luria about how DeepSeek compares to ChatGPT and why it represents a monumental shift for the AI industry.
January 30, 2025
Toyota Motor sold 10.8 million vehicles in 2024, it said on Thursday, remaining the world's top-selling automaker for a fifth straight year.
January 30, 2025
Mobileye forecast full-year revenue below Wall Street expectations on Thursday, anticipating fewer shipments of its assisted driving technology to China amid stiff competition from local
January 30, 2025
Days after Chinese startup DeepSeek's breakthrough low-cost AI computing shook the U.S. technology industry, CEOs of Microsoft and Meta defended
January 30, 2025
Global investment in low-carbon energy transition exceeded $2 trillion for the first time last year, a report by BloombergNEF showed on Thursday.
January 30, 2025
Syria's de facto leader Ahmed al-Sharaa was declared president for a transitional phase on Wednesday, tightening his hold on power less than two
January 29, 2025
JK Cement said on Thursday four of its workers were killed in an accident at one of its plants in central India.
January 30, 2025Millions of devout Hindus thronged the northern Indian city of Prayagraj on Thursday for the Maha Kumbh festival, a day after dozens died
January 30, 2025
China's imports of iron ore and seaborne coal are on track for a soft start to the year, with January arrivals declining to multi-month lows.
January 30, 2025
Osaka bans public smoking ahead of Expo 2025
January 29, 2025
Bodies, clothes and bags lay scattered on the ground after a deadly stampede at the world's largest gathering of humanity, the Maha Kumbh Mela in northern
January 29, 2025
Grieving families in India are cremating their loved ones while others are caring for their injured relatives in hospitals a day after a stampede
January 30, 2025
India is set to see above-average temperatures in February, with key wheat- and rapeseed-growing states likely to see maximum temperatures up to 5 degrees Celsius
January 30, 2025
Moments before a deadly stampede at the world's biggest religious gathering in India, Hindu devotees queuing to take a spiritual bath in
January 30, 2025
Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr said on Thursday he would meet U.S.
January 30, 2025
A sinkhole that suddenly opened up on a road just northeast of Tokyo and swallowed a truck has captured national attention as the rescue operation of the driver has dragged on for days
January 30, 2025
Microsoft has made Chinese startup DeepSeek's R1 artificial intelligence model available on its Azure cloud computing platform and GitHub tool for developers, the U.S. company said on
January 29, 2025
Dozens of Indonesians, angered over the fatal shooting of an Indonesian migrant worker in neighboring waters, have thrown eggs at the Malaysian embassy in Indonesia’s capital, Jakarta
January 30, 2025Bank of Japan Deputy Governor Ryozo Himino said on Thursday that the central bank will continue to raise interest rates if the economy and prices move in line with
January 30, 2025
Japan's Rakuten Group has decided not to seek a listing for Rakuten Securities on the Tokyo Stock Exchange, it said on Thursday, adding it would instead deepen
January 30, 2025
Pakistani police say a man suspected of killing his U.S.-born 15-year-old daughter in a so-called honor killing after she refused to stop sharing videos on TikTok has appeared in court
January 30, 2025The Reserve Bank of India's $5 billion dollar/rupee buy-sell swap auction on Friday is likely to see strong demand from lenders and corporate
January 30, 2025DeepSeek is giving the world a window into Chinese censorship and information control
January 30, 2025Japan's annual interest payments on government debt could surge more than 50% over the next few years, government estimates showed on Thursday, highlighting the
January 30, 2025
The Hong Kong Monetary Authority left its base rate unchanged at 4.75% on Thursday, tracking a move by the U.S. Federal Reserve to keep rates steady.
January 30, 2025
The Philippine economy expanded a lower than expected 5.2% in the fourth quarter from a year earlier, official data showed on Thursday, weighed down
January 30, 2025
SoftBank is in talks to invest up to $25 billion in ChatGPT owner OpenAI, according to a person familiar with the matter, as the Japanese conglomerate continues to expand
January 30, 2025
Japan and the United States are in the final stage of planning for a meeting between Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba and President Donald Trump in Washington on Feb. 7, the Asahi
January 30, 2025
Several people were feared dead after a stampede at the Maha Kumbh Mela, or Great Pitcher Festival, in northern India's Uttar Pradesh State on Wednesday, on one of the holiest days
July 02, 2024
Japan's Nissan Motor is offering buyouts to workers and cutting back shifts at three U.S. factories, a company spokesperson said on Thursday, as the automaker pushes to slash $2.6
January 30, 2025
Four years after seizing power in a dawn coup that ousted an elected civilian government, Myanmar's embattled ruling generals are making their
January 30, 2025
New York-based cybersecurity firm Wiz says it has found a trove of sensitive data from the Chinese artificial intelligence startup DeepSeek inadvertently
January 29, 2025
More than 70 Rohingya came ashore in Indonesia's Aceh province, an official said on Thursday, the latest wave of Rohingyas who often faced rejection from Indonesia's regional
January 30, 2025A look at the day ahead in Asian markets.
January 29, 2025
Top White House advisers this week expressed alarm that China's DeepSeek may have benefited from a method that
January 29, 2025
U.S. stocks slipped after the Federal Reserve held its main interest rate steady and broke a run of cuts that began in September
January 29, 2025
The Year of the Snake is a perfect time to try snake soup at one of Hong Kong’s family-run restaurants.
January 29, 2025Firecrackers, parades and prayers marked the Lunar New Year as millions around Asia and farther afield celebrated
January 29, 2025
Renault executives travelled to Japan this week to meet counterparts at Nissan in an effort to maximise the value of the French automaker's stake in the Japanese firm ahead of its
January 29, 2025
A fire aboard the Hong Kong-flagged ASL Bauhinia on Tuesday was not linked to Houthi attacks, the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden Joint Maritime Information Center said on Wednesday.
January 29, 2025Oil prices fell on Wednesday, with the U.S. benchmark settling at its lowest year to date, after domestic crude stockpiles in the world's top petroleum producer and consumer
January 29, 2025
Chinese bloggers, state media and local citizens have welcomed DeepSeek's global success with pride and glee, with some saying the
January 29, 2025
Chinese tech company Alibaba on Wednesday released a new version of its Qwen 2.5 artificial intelligence model that it claimed surpassed the highly-acclaimed
January 29, 2025
Israel says three Israeli and five Thai hostages to be released in Gaza Thursday
January 29, 2025
Did the upstart Chinese tech company DeepSeek copy ChatGPT to make the artificial intelligence technology that shook Wall Street this week
January 29, 2025
The 40-year-old founder of China's DeepSeek, an AI startup that has startled markets with its capacity to compete with industry leaders like OpenAI, kept a low profile as he built up a hedge fund that now manages a reported $8 billion in assets
January 28, 2025
Liang Wenfeng, the 39-year-old founder of Chinese AI startup DeepSeek, has in the matter of weeks become the face of China's tech industry and its hope of
January 28, 2025
The Japanese network Fuji Television and its parent company say its president and chairperson have resigned over a widening sex assault scandal involving one of Japan’s top TV celebrities
January 27, 2025
More than seven people were killed in a stampede at the Maha Kumbh Mela, or Great Pitcher Festival, in the northern Indian holy city of Prayagraj on Wednesday.
January 12, 2025
Satellite imagery firm Planet Labs said on Wednesday it signed a $230 million agreement to build satellites for an unnamed customer in the Asia-Pacific
January 29, 2025
Chinese AI startup DeepSeek's chatbot achieved only 17% accuracy in delivering news and information in a NewsGuard audit that ranked it tenth out of eleven in a comparison with its Western
January 29, 2025
A rickety wooden boat carrying more than 100 Rohingya Muslims landed Wednesday in Indonesia as the northernmost province of Aceh continued to receive the refugees fleeing persecution and political unrest in Myanmar
January 29, 2025The Chinese artificial intelligence firm DeepSeek has rattled markets with claims its latest AI model performs on a par with those of OpenAI, despite using less advanced but more energy-efficient computer chips
January 28, 2025
Nearly 40 people were killed in India's northern state of Uttar Pradesh on Wednesday and several others injured in a pre-dawn stampede at the Maha Kumbh Mela - a Hindu religious
January 29, 2025
Quantitative hedge fund, High-Flyer, built a 100 billion yuan ($13.79 billion) portfolio using artificial intelligence models to make investment decisions, but
January 29, 2025
More Indians are becoming less hopeful about their quality of life as stagnant wages and higher living costs cloud future prospects, a survey showed, in disappointing news for
January 29, 2025
Chinese startup DeepSeek's cheaper AI is sharpening investor scrutiny of the billions U.S. tech giants are pouring to develop the technology and analysts say
January 27, 2025
Dozens of people were killed in a pre-dawn stampede at the Maha Kumbh Mela in northern India on Wednesday as tens of millions of Hindus
January 29, 2025
A man who had recently brought his family back to Pakistan from the United States on Wednesday confessed to shooting dead his teenage daughter, motivated
January 29, 2025A passenger plane has caught fire before takeoff at an airport in South Korea, but all 176 people on board have been safely evacuated
January 28, 2025
Commercial fishing fleets have been playing a key role in the trafficking of parts of tigers poached in Malaysia, according to new research, information that could help enforcement efforts to save the critically endangered cat
January 29, 2025
A machine learning expert breaks down where the money goes in building big AIs, and how DeepSeek found ways to do it far more cheaply.
January 29, 2025
Dozens killed in crowd crush at world’s largest religious festival
January 29, 2025
Police say at least 30 people were killed and many more injured in a stampede at the world’s largest religious gathering as millions of pilgrims rushed to dip in sacred waters during the Maha Kumbh festival in northern India
January 29, 2025
Nearly 40 bodies were brought to a hospital morgue near the site of a stampede at the Maha Kumbh festival in India's northern state of Uttar Pradesh, three police sources
January 29, 2025
Apple is expected to report tepid quarterly revenue growth on Thursday as its slow roll-out of artificial intelligence features and tough Chinese competition weighed on
January 29, 2025
At least seven people were killed and around 10 injured in a pre-dawn stampede at the Maha Kumbh Mela in the northern Indian city of Prayagraj on Wednesday, an official said, the
January 29, 2025
Why DeepSeek could mark a turning point for Silicon Valley on AI
January 29, 2025
ByteDance's TikTok will invest 126.8 billion baht ($3.76 billion) in Thailand in a data hosting service, the Thai investment board said on Wednesday.
January 29, 2025
At least 14 civilians were killed and 29 wounded in attacks by Turkish-backed forces in northern Syria on Monday and Tuesday, the U.S.-backed Kurdish militia group said.
January 29, 2025Chinese tech startup DeepSeek’s new artificial intelligence chatbot has sparked discussions about the competition between China and the U.S. in AI development, with many users flocking to test the rival of OpenAI's ChatGPT
January 28, 2025
Japanese Finance Minister Katsunobu Kato and U.S.
January 29, 2025
Japan's Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group said third-quarter net profit surged 54% on a boost in interest income, putting it on track to post record annual profit and
January 29, 2025
A United States-based watchdog has launched an online database on more than 80 Roman Catholic priests who have been accused of sexually abusing minors in the Philippines and said the silence of Filipino bishops on the such assaults amounted to a cover-up
January 29, 2025
An explosion has struck a Hong Kong-flagged container ship traveling north through the Red Sea
January 28, 2025
Sri Lanka's central bank held its overnight policy rate steady on Wednesday to underpin a stronger economic recovery as the country gradually pulls ahead from
January 29, 2025Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi may seek to shore up faltering economic growth, placate a middle class squeezed by high prices and low wage growth, and
January 29, 2025
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi may seek to arrest slowing economic growth in the world's fifth-largest economy and prepare for an uncertain year of global trade when his
January 29, 2025
Some Bank of Japan policymakers began to lose faith in the power of former Governor Haruhiko Kuroda's "bazooka" stimulus less than two years after its introduction,
January 29, 2025
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has inspected a facility that produces nuclear material and called for bolstering the country’s nuclear capability, state media reports
January 28, 2025
Philippine priests accused of sex abuse remain in active ministry in the Catholic-majority country, a U.S.-based abuse tracking group said on Wednesday, urging the
January 29, 2025Thailand expects its 609-km (378 miles) portion of a high-speed railway that will connect it with China through Laos to begin operations in 2030, its government said on Wednesday,
January 29, 2025
Train services in Bangladesh resumed on Wednesday after railway workers ended their indefinite strike, which had brought the country’s rail network to a halt.
January 29, 2025
Global investors who have historically bet on China's economic development are ditching grand narratives of long-term prosperity and instead adopting more modest
January 29, 2025
Healthcare centres serving tens of thousands of refugees on the Thai-Myanmar border have been ordered shut after U.S.
January 29, 2025
Short sellers of artificial intelligence-related stocks raked in bumper profits after the smashing debut of low-cost AI models from China's DeepSeek spooked Wall Street
January 28, 2025
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January 27, 2025
(This Jan. 27 story has been corrected to fix text after Shukan Bunshun magazine said it reported in error that the dinner invitation had been extended by a Fuji TV
January 27, 2025
Sony Group President Hiroki Totoki will add the CEO role from April 1, while incumbent Chairman and CEO Kenichiro Yoshida will remain as chairman,
January 29, 2025
Trains have been canceled across Bangladesh as railway workers went on strike for higher pensions and other benefits
January 28, 2025
Millions of Hindus are gathering in a northern Indian city for the Maha Kumbh festival, the world's largest religious congregation
January 13, 2025
India successfully launched into orbit on Wednesday a new navigation satellite aboard a home-grown rocket, strengthening its independent satellite
January 29, 2025
Australia Treasurer Jim Chalmers on Wednesday urged Australians to be cautious when using Chinese AI model DeepSeek, the latest government to warn over its use.
January 29, 2025
On the campaign trail last year, President Donald Trump talked tough about imposing tariffs as high as 60% on Chinese goods and threatened to renew the trade war with China that he launched during his first term
January 29, 2025
Chinese artificial intelligence startup DeepSeek stunned markets and AI experts with its claim that it built its immensely popular chatbot at a fraction of the cost of those made by American tech titans
January 28, 2025
A photographer’s fantastical portrait of rural China during Lunar New Year
February 10, 2024
Taiwan's government will soon look at whether it needs to help its domestic industry over threats by U.S.
January 29, 2025
More than seven people were killed and around 10 injured in a stampede at the Maha Kumbh Mela in northern India on Wednesday, said an official, as tens of millions
January 14, 2025
Bank of Japan board members discussed how to use estimates on the economy's neutral interest rate to determine further hikes in borrowing costs, with one saying the
January 29, 2025
HSBC Chairman Mark Tucker leaned into the microphone at a vast conference table in Beijing, telling British business leaders and senior Chinese
January 29, 2025
An Airbus plane belonging to South Korean carrier Air Busan caught fire on Tuesday at Gimhae International Airport in the country's south while preparing for departure to Hong Kong,
January 28, 2025
Pakistan’s upper house of parliament has passed a controversial bill that critics say threatens freedom of speech
January 28, 2025
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has called for bolstering nuclear forces this year during a visit to a nuclear material production base and nuclear weapons institute,
January 28, 2025
By Alden Bentley A look at the day ahead in Asian markets.
January 28, 2025
Oil prices settled up on Tuesday, bouncing back from multi-week lows, after the White House reaffirmed U.S.
January 28, 2025
Point72 Asset Management's founder Steven Cohen said on Tuesday that he would expect the stock market to reach a peak soon amid inflation pressure and uncertainties
January 28, 2025
Rebounding tech stocks drove U.S. indexes higher a day after they tumbled on doubts about whether the artificial-intelligence frenzy really needs all the dollars being poured into it
January 28, 2025
The U.S. dollar advanced against the yen on Tuesday amid fresh tariff threats from the Trump administration and as concerns over the
January 28, 2025
U.S. officials are looking at the national security implications of the Chinese artificial intelligence app DeepSeek, White
January 28, 2025
China raced ahead building renewable energy last year, installing more wind and solar power than ever before and continuing to leave all other countries in the dust
January 28, 2025
Field hospitals in Thai refugee camps, landmine clearance in war zones, and drugs to treat millions suffering from
January 28, 2025
Technology shares on Tuesday regained some ground lost and AI chip leader Nvidia rose more than 6% after the previous
January 28, 2025
General Motors swung to a loss in the fourth quarter on an increasingly difficult environment in China, but still topped profit and revenue expectations on Wall Street
January 28, 2025
Chinese zodiac predictions: What’s in store for 2025 as we enter the Year of the Snake
January 28, 2025
The western Indian state of Maharashtra has formed a panel to study a proposal to ban petrol and diesel vehicles in Mumbai city amid worsening air quality and only allow electric or
January 28, 2025
Islamist militants in an explosive-laden vehicle were thwarted in their attempt to overrun a Pakistani security post near the border with Afghanistan, the army said on
January 28, 2025Donald Trump's rapid move to ban a "digital dollar" has left the field wide open, observers say, for China and Europe to make their already-advanced central bank
January 28, 2025
Hundreds of Pakistani journalists rallied on Tuesday against a proposed law to regulate social media content that they say is aimed at curbing press freedom and controlling the
January 28, 2025
China has prohibited imports of sheep, goat, poultry and even-toed ungulates from African, Asian and European countries due to outbreaks of livestock diseases such as sheep pox,
January 27, 2025Talks between Deutsche Bank, its asset management arm DWS and Chinese lender Postal Savings Bank of China (PSBC) over a joint venture in
January 28, 2025
A frenzy over an artificial intelligence chatbot made by Chinese tech startup DeepSeek was upending stock markets Monday and fueling debates over the economic and geopolitical competition between the U.S. and China in developing AI technology
January 27, 2025
The crew of the Hong Kong-flagged ASL Bauhinia have abandoned the container ship in the Red Sea after it caught fire on Tuesday, two maritime sources said, adding the cause
January 28, 2025Chinese startup DeepSeek's launch of its latest AI models, which it says are on a par or better than industry-leading models in the United States at a fraction
January 27, 2025
CNN's Matt Egan reports on a new Chinese AI model called R1, which was created by the company DeepSeek. The R1 model is causing US stocks to drop and is raising questions about US dominance in AI.
January 27, 2025
Authorities say militants have attacked a security post in southwest Pakistan that triggered an intense shootout in which two soldiers and five insurgents were killed
January 28, 2025China and India agree to resume direct commercial flights for first time in five years
January 28, 2025
China appears to be building a large laser-ignited fusion research centre in the southwestern city of Mianyang, experts at two analytical organisations say, a
January 28, 2025U.S. President Donald Trump plans to impose tariffs on imported computer chips, pharmaceuticals and steel, he said on Monday, to push companies to manufacture more in the United States.
January 28, 2025
Microsoft-backed OpenAI sought to block on Tuesday India's biggest media organisations, including those of billionaires Gautam Adani and
January 28, 2025
The jury is still out on whether Chinese artificial intelligence startup DeepSeek will be the disruptive straw that breaks Wall Street's back.
January 27, 2025
Semiconductor business between Taiwan and the United States is a "win-win" model for both sides given the high level of complementarity, the government said on
January 28, 2025
Japan's Honda Motor plans to launch a small electric vehicle priced below $30,000 in North America by as early as 2026, the Nikkei newspaper said on Tuesday, as it plays catch-up in
January 28, 2025
Blue Pool, a Hong Kong-based investment firm backed by Alibaba co-founder Joe Tsai, has bought a 12% stake in Italian luxury sneaker maker Golden Goose, the Venice-based brand said
January 28, 2025
India and China have agreed to resume direct air services after nearly five years and work on resolving differences over trade and economic
January 27, 2025
China celebrates DeepSeek’s breakout AI success as tech race heats up
January 28, 2025Trade for March-loading Russian oil in top buyer Asia has stalled as a wide price gap between buyers and sellers emerged in China after
January 28, 2025
Train services in Bangladesh came to a standstill on Tuesday as railway staff, demanding benefits for extra work, went on a nationwide indefinite strike that hit hundreds of
January 28, 2025
Philippine soldiers will train on the U.S. military's intermediate range missile system during unilateral army drills next month as part of preparations for bigger exercises with
January 28, 2025The Bank of Japan will likely raise interest rates again around June or July, and seek to triple its policy rate to at least 1.5% in the next two
January 28, 2025
Japan's government on Tuesday nominated Junko Koeda, an academic who had warned of the cost of prolonged monetary easing, to
January 28, 2025
Car production in Thailand dropped 17.37% in December from a year earlier to 104,878 units due to lower domestic sales and exports, Federation of Thai Industries said on Tuesday.
January 28, 2025
A management reshuffle at China Vanke that reinforced government support sent the developer's shares higher on Tuesday, as investors cheered the removal of near-term
January 28, 2025
Thailand denies abusing a jailed gambling tycoon fighting extradition to China over charges he ran illegal online gambling operations in Southeast Asia, the country's justice
January 28, 2025OpenAI CEO Sam Altman called Chinese startup DeepSeek's R1 AI model "impressive" on Monday, but emphasized that OpenAI believes greater computing power was key to their own success.
January 28, 2025
Singapore-based 3D Investment Partners launched a $160 million unsolicited tender offer on Tuesday to boost its stake in Japan's NTT UD REIT Investment, saying the
January 28, 2025China and India agreed to facilitate the exchange of journalists between the two countries, China's foreign ministry said on Tuesday.
January 28, 2025China is aiming to beef up physical education in schools, making it core to the curriculum rather than a secondary subject, authorities said as they push for a more "holistic
January 28, 2025
U.S.
January 27, 2025
A leading indicator of Japan's service-sector inflation hit 2.9% in December as prices rose for a broad range of services such as accommodation and transportation, data showed,
January 28, 2025
Global sales of fully electric and plug-in hybrid vehicles will rise by at least 17% this year to over 20 million cars, helped by an extension of China's auto trade-in
January 28, 2025
Nearly three decades after the fall of Indonesia's authoritarian leader, General Suharto, the nation's new president is causing unease among liberals and others
January 28, 2025
South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol has become the country’s first leader to be indicted, less than two weeks after he was the first to be detained
January 27, 2025
A look at the day ahead in Asian markets.
January 27, 2025
Nvidia on Monday said Chinese AI firm DeepSeek's advances show the usefulness of its chips for the Chinese market and that more of its
January 27, 2025
Global investors dumped tech stocks on Monday as they worried that the emergence of a low-cost Chinese artificial
January 27, 2025
Wall Street’s superstars tumbled as a competitor from China threatens to upend the artificial-intelligence frenzy they’ve been feasting on
January 27, 2025
The Japanese yen and the Swiss franc gained while the U.S. dollar fell against major currencies on Monday amid a selloff in technology stocks
January 27, 2025
Chinese tech startup DeepSeek said it was hit by a cyber attack on Monday that disrupted users’ ability to register on the site
January 27, 2025
A shocking Chinese AI advancement called DeepSeek is sending US stocks plunging
January 27, 2025
Law enforcement arrests four after searching several massage parlors across the state
January 27, 2025
What is DeepSeek, the Chinese AI startup that shook the tech world?
January 27, 2025
DeepSeek's new open-source AI model surpassed Stability AI and Microsoft-backed OpenAI's models in benchmarks for image generation, the Chinese startup said in a technical report on Monday
January 27, 2025
China said on Monday it is willing to repatriate confirmed Chinese nationals from the United States, as U.S.
January 27, 2025
Chinese startup DeepSeek said on Monday it will temporarily limit registrations due to a cyberattack after the company's AI assistant amassed sudden popularity.
January 27, 2025
One person is believed to have died in India's Maharashtra state in an outbreak of Guillain-Barre syndrome (GBS) - a neurological disease that causes numbness,
January 27, 2025Technology shares around the world slid on Monday as a surge in popularity of a Chinese discount artificial intelligence model shook investors' faith in the AI sector's
January 27, 2025
Taiwanese President Lai Ching-te appealed on Monday in his Lunar New Year message for harmony between ruling party and opposition, amid a standoff over the opposition slashing this
January 27, 2025
Hedge funds were already waiting to see if a U.S.-fostered, home-grown artificial intelligence boom would continue as China's new AI model was emerging to
January 27, 2025
Oil production in Kazakhstan reached a daily record high of 278,499 metric tons on Sunday just after it embarked on an expansion of its largest oilfield, Chevron-led Tengiz,
January 27, 2025
Several independent oil refineries in eastern China have halted operations, or plan to do so, for indefinite maintenance periods as new Chinese
January 27, 2025
China is more in love with its pandas than ever. That’s complicated matters for Beijing
January 27, 2025
Japan defeats France to win the Pastry World Cup
January 27, 2025
China's central bank said on Monday it conducted 1.7 trillion yuan of outright reverse repurchase agreements in January.
January 27, 2025
Property developer China Vanke said on Monday its chairman Yu Liang and CEO Zhu Jiusheng stepped down as it forecast a record $6.2 billion net loss for 2024, as
January 27, 2025
Digital news units of Indian billionaires Gautam Adani and Mukesh Ambani, and other outlets including the Indian Express and the Hindustan
January 27, 2025
Chinese authorities have detained a key suspect in human trafficking cases linked to online scam networks in Myanmar
January 27, 2025The first report on last month’s Jeju Air crash in South Korea has confirmed traces of bird strikes in the plane’s engines, though officials haven’t determined the cause of the accident that killed all but two of the 181 people on board
January 27, 2025
Both engines of the Jeju Air plane that crashed last month contained duck remains, according to a preliminary report on Monday, with authorities still
January 26, 2025
Teenage snowboarder Hiroto Ogiwara makes history by landing remarkable first ever 2340, with a fractured arm
January 26, 2025
The new era of unpredictability, marked by tariff threats and rising global tensions, is prompting emerging market investors to look for shelter in frontier markets
January 27, 2025
The Filipino wife of a Chinese national arrested recently in the Philippines for alleged espionage denied on Monday that her husband was a spy, saying he worked for a company
January 27, 2025China Vanke's bonds gained on Monday after the state-backed developer said it would redeem its 2027 notes worth 1 billion yuan ($137.68 million)
January 27, 2025
Canadian investment firm Brookfield Asset Management said on Monday it has closed two real-estate investments in Japan worth a combined $1.6 billion.
January 27, 2025
A look at the day ahead in European and global markets from Kevin Buckland For two years, investors and analysts have pondered what - if anything - could take some of the steam out of the AI stocks
January 27, 2025
Police have detained a man suspected of involvement in the case of a Chinese actor who was duped into travelling to Thailand for a film job and then trafficked to Myanmar, China's
January 27, 2025The authorship of The Associated Press’s renowned “napalm girl” photograph is being called into question in the new documentary “The Stringer,” which premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in Utah
January 26, 2025
China's January non-manufacturing activity grew but at a slower pace than in December, an official survey showed on Monday, suggesting policymakers need to introduce even more
January 27, 2025
Investment firm Carlyle said on Monday it had appointed Citi executive Brad McCarthy as the new managing director and Asia Pacific chief of its global wealth division.
January 27, 2025
South Korea will release by Monday a preliminary report on last month's Jeju Air plane crash that killed 179 people, the deadliest air disaster on the nation's soil, the transport
January 25, 2025
Profits at China's industrial firms fell for a third straight year in 2024, official data showed on Monday, underlining the urgency for policymakers to step up support for an
January 27, 2025
China's manufacturing activity unexpectedly contracted in January, an official factory survey showed on Monday, its weakest since August, keeping alive calls
January 27, 2025
A 2025 guide to Lunar New Year as we slither into the Year of the Snake
January 26, 2025
The Bank of Japan, after clearly signalling last week's interest rate hike, may return to its accustomed fuzzy guidance about central bank policy to maintain
January 26, 2025
A look at the day ahead in Asian markets. A big week for world markets kicks off in Asia on Monday with investors still navigating the blizzard of headlines around U.S.
January 26, 2025
New shades of capitalism are emerging in China's tuckered out stock market as companies, at Beijing's behest, buy back their shares and
January 24, 2025
Fossils found in China may add a new branch to the human family tree
January 26, 2025
South Korean prosecutors have indicted the impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol on rebellion in connection with his martial law decree that plunged the country into political turmoil
January 26, 2025
A jailed gambling tycoon fighting extradition to China received "inhumane treatment" in a Thai prison after saying he was a Chinese spy, his
January 24, 2025
South Korea’s president charged with insurrection over declaration of martial law
January 26, 2025
Impeached South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol was indicted for insurrection on Sunday, an unprecedented development in weeks of political and legal crisis since his short-lived
January 26, 2025
North Korea says it tested a cruise missile system, its third known weapons display this year, and vowed “the toughest” response to what it called the escalation of U.S.-South Korean military drills that target the North
January 26, 2025
South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol's term in office has been dogged by personal scandals, an unyielding opposition and rifts within his own party, and a rapid fall from
January 15, 2025South Korea's prosecutors indicted impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol on Sunday on charges of leading an insurrection with his short-lived imposition of
January 26, 2025
Most Thais oppose the government's plan to legalise casinos and online gambling, moves the authorities say would boost tourism and investment, an opinion survey found on Sunday.
January 26, 2025
India is celebrating its 76th Republic Day with a colorful parade displaying its military might and cultural diversity at a ceremony on a boulevard in the heart of country’s capital
January 26, 2025
Senior National Correspondent David Culver gets an exclusive look at giant pandas and why they are causing a panda frenzy in the US in a new episode of “The Whole Story: Operation Panda,” airing Sunday, January 26 at 8pm ET/PT on CNN.
January 25, 2025
Colourful tableaux, fighter jet formations and motorbike stunts by army daredevils marked India's Republic Day celebrations in New Delhi on Sunday, commemorating the day the
January 26, 2025
Bangladesh's central bank has hired three "Big Four" accounting firms - EY, Deloitte and KPMG - to audit banks it says lost $17 billion to business people close to the regime of former
January 26, 2025
North Korea conducted a strategic cruise missile test on Saturday, state media KCNA reported on Sunday.
January 25, 2025
China’s veteran foreign minister has issued a veiled warning to America’s new secretary of state: Behave yourself
January 25, 2025
South Korean protesters are repurposing traditional flower wreaths and K-pop light sticks as political protest tools amid President Yoon Suk Yeol’s impeachment trial, with both supporters and opponents sending hundreds of wreaths to government buildings since his December martial law declaration
January 25, 2025
Trump’s foreign business partners tout his presidency while promoting projects
January 25, 2025
Yakult enthusiastically took a bite of the plated, shredded chicken and lettuce in front of him before licking his lips.
January 25, 2025
Puzzling fossils unearthed in China may rewrite the human story
January 24, 2025
Dead sea turtles keep washing ashore on India’s east coast and environmentalists and authorities are trying frantically to stop the number of 600 dead from getting even higher
January 23, 2025
Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan will visit Iraq on Sunday for talks with officials on the fight against Kurdish militants, security issues and bilateral ties, a Turkish
January 25, 2025A Pakistani court has sentenced four people to death for blasphemy
January 25, 2025The Philippine coast guard says Chinese coast guard ships and a Chinese navy helicopter harassed a group of Philippine fisheries vessels conducting a scientific survey in a hotly disputed area of the South China Sea, forcing them to cancel the operation
January 25, 2025
India's Religare Enterprises said a U.S. businessman has made a proposal to acquire a 26% stake in it, the latest twist in the battle for control of the financial
January 25, 2025
The Philippines said on Saturday it has suspended a scientific survey in the South China Sea after two of its fisheries vessels faced "harassment" and aggressive behaviour from
January 25, 2025
U.S. stocks edged back from their all-time high as they closed out a second straight winning week
January 24, 2025
Taiwan’s divided politics undermine defense resolve as Trump returns
January 25, 2025Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi spoke with new U.S.
January 24, 2025
The U.S. dollar slid on Friday and was set for its biggest weekly loss in over a year after President Donald Trump suggested a softer
January 21, 2025
Where same-sex marriage is legal around the world
February 16, 2024
Meta Platforms will begin test launching ads on its social media platform Threads with a few brands in the U.S. and Japan, it said on Friday, as the app hits over 300 million monthly
January 24, 2025
The dollar fell on Friday and was on track for its worst week in more than a year on expectations that tariffs enacted by U.S.
January 24, 2025
Argent LNG, which is developing a 25 million metric tonnes per annum (MTPA) LNG facility in Louisiana, has signed a non-binding agreement with the government of Bangladesh to
January 24, 2025
Indian book publishers and their international counterparts have filed a copyright lawsuit against OpenAI in New Delhi, a
January 24, 2025
China's coast guard said the Philippines on Friday sent a civilian vessel to deliver provisions to its warship "illegally grounded" at Second Thomas Shoal, a disputed atoll in the
January 24, 2025
China’s Lunar New Year travel rush has kicked into high gear, with billions of trips expected in coming days for the peak of the 40-day annual mass migration
January 24, 2025
The United States has clarified to India that tankers loaded with Russian oil have to discharge by Feb. 27 under the latest sanctions targeting Moscow's oil
January 24, 2025
A South Korean court on Friday rejected a request from the prosecutors' office to extend the detention of impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol over a criminal
January 24, 2025
The United Nations Children's Fund says at least 242 million children in 85 countries had their schooling interrupted last year because of heatwaves, cyclones, flooding and other extreme weather
January 24, 2025
Thailand and China will work together to combat fast-growing networks of illegal call centres along the Thai border with Myanmar and
January 24, 2025
Republican and Democratic U.S. lawmakers will introduce a bill on Friday requiring the Trump administration to review whether Hong Kong officials should be
January 24, 2025
A new law in Pakistan aimed at regulating social media content has angered journalism groups and rights activists, which say it is aimed at curbing press freedom and called on
January 24, 2025
The Philippines launched a comic book on Friday in its fight against what it called distorted narratives about maritime rights in the disputed South China Sea, a move which drew
January 24, 2025
A Chinese court has sentenced a man to death over the fatal stabbing of a Japanese boy in the southern city of Shenzhen, Japan's Kyodo news agency said on Friday, citing
January 24, 2025
The Philippines has launched a comic book to counter what the country says is China’s disinformation campaign to push its expansive territorial claims in the South China Sea
January 24, 2025
South Korea’s military says it suspects North Korea is preparing to send additional troops to Russia after its soldiers already deployed on the Russian-Ukraine war fronts suffered heavy casualties
January 24, 2025
Death sentence for Chinese knife attacker who stabbed Japanese mother, child
January 24, 2025
At least eight people died and seven more were injured in a blast at an ordnance factory in the western Indian state of Maharashtra on Friday, a senior federal minister said.
January 24, 2025Revenue from land sales by China's local governments dropped 16% in 2024 compared with the previous year, finance ministry data showed on Friday.
January 24, 2025
Indonesia and India will discuss boosting defence ties, including a potential deal to sell Russian-Indian supersonic cruise missiles to Jakarta, during the
January 24, 2025
China's factory activity likely expanded for a fourth month in January, highlighting the supply-side strength of the world's No.2 economy, which is bracing for U.S. tariff hikes
January 24, 2025
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January 22, 2025
Afghanistan's Taliban foreign ministry said on Friday it "strongly condemns" and rejects the International Criminal Court's request for arrest warrants for two Taliban leaders.
January 24, 2025
China's fiscal revenue in 2024 grew 1.3% from a year earlier, slowing sharply from a 6.4% rise in 2023, finance ministry data showed on Friday, as a protracted property market slump
January 24, 2025
Indonesia has signed a deal to send home an ailing French national on death row for drug offenses
January 24, 2025The Taliban is rejecting a court move to arrest their leaders for persecuting Afghan women and girls
January 24, 2025
More than 100 baby tortoises, most of them dead, have been returned to Tanzania from Thailand as evidence in a case against a wildlife smuggling network
January 24, 2025Chinese firms are attracting investors with increased dividends and buybacks, spurred by a policy push for corporate governance reforms in a bleak and uncertain economic environment.
January 24, 2025
The chief executive of Japanese IT company NTT DATA said global standards in regulation of artificial intelligence (AI) would reduce risks in the
January 24, 2025
Indonesian rescuers on Friday paused search efforts because of bad weather as the death toll from a landslide on Java island three days ago rose to at least 25 people, said a
January 24, 2025
Russian Railways' cargo volumes slumped to a 15-year low in 2024, with labour and locomotive shortages exacerbating capacity woes as
January 24, 2025
Indonesia and France signed an agreement on Friday on the repatriation of a Frenchman on death row for drug offences, a senior Indonesian minister said.
January 24, 2025
Taiwan's trade-dependent economy grew less than expected in the fourth quarter of 2024 but managed the fastest growth in three years last year at 4.3%,
January 24, 2025
Pakistan's central bank is expected to lower its key interest rate by at least 1 percentage point on Monday, analysts said, in its sixth straight cut as it attempts
January 24, 2025
The yen strengthened and Japanese government bond yields rose to fresh multi-year highs on Friday after the Bank of Japan hiked interest rates as expected and raised
January 24, 2025
The U.S. military's Typhon launchers which can fire multi-purpose missiles up to thousands of kilometres will stay in the Philippines for the time being, the national security
January 24, 2025Travellers thronged railway stations and airports on Friday, clutching large suitcases and gifts such as boxes of fruit as they joined millions of
January 24, 2025
Hamas said on Monday it would next release hostages held
January 20, 2025
The Bank of Japan raised interest rates on Friday to their highest since the 2008 global financial crisis and revised up its inflation forecasts,
January 23, 2025
A look at the day ahead in European and global markets from Tom Westbrook A rate hike in Japan added momentum to a tide of dollar selling in the Asia session, as the first week of Donald Trump's
January 24, 2025
Consumer inflation in Tokyo likely accelerated in January, underlining persistent pressure on living costs, a Reuters poll showed on Friday.
January 24, 2025
South Korean automaker Kia Corp on Friday posted an operating profit of 12.67 trillion won ($8.85 billion) for 2024, with its fourth quarter performance up 10.2% from the previous
January 24, 2025
Exporters this week jostled to load and ship cargo from Shenzhen's Yantian Port, one of the world's largest container ports, before an eight-day Lunar New Year holiday and ahead of
January 24, 2025
The Philippines will respond favourably if Interpol is asked by the International Criminal Court to issue arrest warrants related to its probe into the former
January 24, 2025
China's stimulus scheme for consumer goods trade-ins boosted last year's consumption growth by more than 1 percentage point, Vice Commerce Minister Sheng Qiuping said on Friday, as
January 24, 2025
South Korean battery firm LG Energy Solution (LGES) said on Friday it plans to cut capital expenditure by up to 30% this year on slowing electrical
January 24, 2025
Southeast Asian cities were among five most polluted in the world on Friday according to air-monitoring organisation IQAir, with Ho
January 24, 2025
Trump 2.0 is going well for China so far. But can the honeymoon last?
January 24, 2025Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba, struggling to stabilize his minority government, says he will seek to maintain regional security and prepare for tough negotiations with U.S. President Donald Trump to win his commitment to maintain a strong American presence in the Asia-Pacific
January 24, 2025
Hong Kong's home prices fell 0.7% in December and 7.1% in 2024, government figures showed, as the property market struggles to find a bottom despite interest rate cuts and
January 24, 2025
India's Adani Green said it has appointed independent law firms to review the U.S. indictment of founder Gautam Adani and top Adani Green executives for paying $265 million in bribes for
January 24, 2025
U.S.
January 24, 2025
The Bank of Japan raised interest rates on Friday in a widely expected move, reflecting its growing optimism that wages will continue rising and keep inflation sustainably around its
January 24, 2025
South Korea's military said on Friday that it suspects North Korea is preparing to send more troops to Russia to fight Ukrainian forces, even after suffering losses and seeing some
January 24, 2025
The Bank of Japan raised interest rates on Friday to their highest since the 2008 global financial crisis, underscoring its confidence that rising wages will keep inflation
January 24, 2025
Japanese annual pay increases this year must exceed the 5.1% secured last year because real wages continue to fall, the head of the Rengo trade
January 24, 2025
China's central bank conducted a medium-term loan operation on Friday and left the interest rate unchanged.
January 24, 2025
Elon Musk's Tesla launched a new higher-priced version of the Model Y, its best-selling car, in the United States, Canada and Europe on Thursday, weeks after it was first released in China.
January 24, 2025
Japan's Mitsubishi Motors, a junior partner of Nissan Motor, is considering not joining a planned merger between Nissan and Honda Motor, sources told Reuters on Friday.
January 23, 2025
The International Criminal Court’s chief prosecutor says he has requested arrest warrants for two top Afghan Taliban officials over the repression of women
January 23, 2025
Japan's factory activity slumped to the lowest level in 10 months on sluggish demand though the service sector strengthened further in January, preliminary business surveys showed on
January 24, 2025
Japan's core consumer prices rose 3.0% in December year-on-year to mark the fastest annual pace in 16 months, likely cementing a central bank rate hike later in the
January 23, 2025
A look at the day ahead in Asian markets.
January 23, 2025
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January 23, 2025
North Korea's Supreme People's Assembly (SPA) met over two days this week and reported on its achievements during 2024 but state media made no mention of anticipated changes to the
January 23, 2025
U.S. stocks rose to a record as Wall Street regained some of the momentum that catapulted it to 57 all-time highs last year
January 23, 2025
Oil fell 1% on Thursday after U.S. President Donald Trump urged Saudi Arabia and OPEC to bring down its cost during his address at the World Economic Forum.
January 23, 2025
Indian and U.S. diplomats are trying to arrange a February meeting between Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and U.S.
January 22, 2025
CNN’s David Culver reports from a town in Mexico where the economy is booming after Chinese factories moved there to evade President Donald Trump’s tariffs levied during his first term.
January 18, 2025
Indonesia's President Prabowo Subianto has instructed his government to cut spending by 306.7 trillion rupiah ($18.8 billion) this year, a finance ministry spokesperson told
January 23, 2025
Germany is working intensively to deport more criminals to Afghanistan, said Interior Minister Nancy Faeser in Berlin on Thursday, a day after an Afghan asylum seeker was arrested
January 23, 2025
Embattled property developer Sunac China on Thursday said a private credit firm will invest 2.48 billion Chinese yuan ($340.34 million) into restructuring debts for the Chongqing Project.
January 23, 2025
Since seizing power in 2021, Afghanistan's Taliban administration has rolled back hard-fought rights won by Afghan women and girls during two decades of rule by American-backed
January 23, 2025
The head of Bangladesh's interim government, Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus, said on Thursday that his country's high growth under
January 23, 2025
A decision by President Donald Trump's administration to halt visa processing for refugees has caused uncertainty and shock at an English school for
January 23, 2025
Japanese companies remain bullish about investing in the United States but need to prepare for supply chain shocks that could arise
January 22, 2025
The International Criminal Court prosecutor said on Thursday he had applied for arrest warrants for two Taliban leaders in Afghanistan including supreme
January 23, 2025
China made a bet decades ago because it couldn’t compete with the US on cars. That bet is paying off big
January 23, 2025
India's Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri will visit Beijing on Jan. 26-27 to discuss steps to boost ties with China, as the Asian neighbours revive relations that were strained
January 23, 2025Citi expects increased momentum in Asian fundraising for tech companies into 2025, driven by developments in artificial intelligence and robust activity in India and Taiwan, the Wall
January 23, 2025
By Sai Ishwarbharath B BENGALURU - U.S. fintech firm Broadridge Financial will expand its India tech staff by 26% to 6,800 people over three years as it gears up to sell its products in the world's
January 23, 2025
Pakistan's former Prime Minister Imran Khan called off reconciliatory talks with the government on Thursday, a week after a court handed him a 14-year jail term on graft charges,
January 23, 2025
The International Criminal Court prosecutor said on Thursday he had applied for arrest warrants for two Taliban leaders in Afghanistan.
January 23, 2025Hundreds of LGBTQ+ couples in Thailand have experienced a life-changing occasion, registering their marriages legally on the first day a law took effect granting them the same rights as heterosexual couples
January 23, 2025
Malaysia's Petronas on Thursday said it has officially transferred its contractual right for a cluster of oil and gas fields in the country to a unit of US-based firm ConocoPhillips.
January 23, 2025
Taiwan plans to cull up to 120,000 green iguanas, with supporters urging humane methods to bring down the animal's population, which is wreaking havoc on the island's agricultural sector
January 23, 2025
South Korean investigators asked prosecutors to indict the country’s detained President Yoon Suk Yeol over his short-lived imposition of martial law last month, as it accused him of rebellion, abuse of power and obstruction of parliament
January 23, 2025
The boxer who became Thailand’s first Olympic gold medalist has been convicted of sexual assault charges involving a minor and sentenced to just over three years in prison
January 23, 2025Meet Roki Sasaki, the Los Angeles Dodgers’ next Japanese superstar
December 16, 2024
International Criminal Court seeks warrants for Taliban leaders for gender-based crimes
January 23, 2025
Pakistan's lower house of parliament has passed a bill with sweeping controls on social media that includes blocking platforms and sending users to prison for spreading disinformation
January 23, 2025
The Philippines has signalled a softened stance towards an International Criminal Court (ICC) investigation into thousands of killings in a "war on drugs", a probe
January 23, 2025
Japan's finance ministry plans to plug a loophole in reporting requirements for foreign investors under the Foreign Exchange and Foreign Trade Act, in an effort to
January 23, 2025
China's Vice Premier Ding Xuexiang said at a meeting with Dutch King Willem-Alexander in The Hague that China stands ready to increase mutual trust and that it would work
January 23, 2025
The Philippines will soon decide on an international platform to sue China for alleged damage to the marine environment, its justice minister said, as it pursues a
January 23, 2025
Japan's government on Thursday maintained a cautious outlook for the economy in part as policymakers kept a wary eye on U.S.
January 23, 2025
Nissan Motor plans to procure batteries for electric vehicles sold in the U.S. from South Korea's SK On from around 2028 onwards, the Nikkei newspaper said on Thursday, as the
January 23, 2025
ByteDance, the Chinese owner of TikTok, has earmarked over 150 billion yuan ($20.64 billion) in capital expenditure for this year, much of which will be centred on artificial
January 23, 2025
Indebted property developer China Vanke Co Ltd is in advanced talks to sell a controlling stake in VX Logistics to Singaporean sovereign wealth fund GIC, a
January 23, 2025
Hong Kong-based New World Development faced renewed speculation on Thursday as Bloomberg reported on a potential bond default, after the property developer clarified earlier in the day that
January 23, 2025
A former South Korean defence minister charged with insurrection for his role in a short-lived martial law attempt told a court on Thursday that he
January 23, 2025
A Chinese man who injured a Japanese mother and her child and killed a Chinese bus attendant trying to protect them in a knife attack near Shanghai last June has been sentenced to death
January 23, 2025Taiwan Premier Cho Jung-tai on Thursday decried what he said were "suicidal" budget cuts passed by the opposition-dominated parliament this week, saying that he may ask lawmakers to
January 23, 2025
China announced plans on Thursday to channel hundreds of billions of yuan of investment from state-owned insurers into shares as part of the government's latest efforts
January 23, 2025
Japanese electric motor maker Nidec posted a 5% rise in third-quarter operating profit on Thursday as the company said it benefited from strong demand for data centre power generators
January 23, 2025
Investors scaled back bearish bets on most Asian currencies after U.S.
January 23, 2025
OpenAI has told an Indian court that any order to remove training data powering its ChatGPT service would be inconsistent
January 22, 2025
South Korea's Hyundai Motor said on Thursday it is in talks with General Motors to supply commercial electric vehicles to its U.S. peer, as it expects sales growth to
January 23, 2025
South Korea's anti-corruption officials on Thursday requested that prosecutors indict impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol for insurrection and abuse of
January 23, 2025
The Islamic State has claimed responsibility for the killing of a Chinese national in Afghanistan's northern Takhar province, in a post on its Telegram channel late on Wednesday.
January 23, 2025The U.S. military has moved its Typhon launchers - which can fire multipurpose missiles up to thousands of kilometres - from Laoag airfield in the Philippines
January 23, 2025
Singapore's key consumer price gauge rose 1.8% in December from a year earlier, more than economist forecasts and the lowest in more than three years, official
January 23, 2025
Two Iranian cargo vessels carrying an ingredient for missile propellant will sail from China to Iran in the next few weeks, the Financial Times reported on Wednesday, citing
January 22, 2025More than half the American businesses in China, the most in five years, say they are concerned about a further deterioration in the bilateral relationship between
January 23, 2025
India's powerful human rights watchdog has admonished labor officials for failure to adequately investigate evidence of employment
January 23, 2025
New U.S.
January 23, 2025
Masahiro Nakai, one of Japan's top TV hosts and a former pop star, says he is retiring to take responsibility over sexual assault allegations
January 23, 2025Thailand's historic same-sex marriage equality law came into force on Thursday, making it the first country in Southeast Asia and third territory in Asia after Taiwan and Nepal to
January 23, 2025
Gunmen have killed two soldiers and wounded 12 others who were deployed to secure a U.N. livelihood project in the southern Philippines
January 23, 2025Hundreds of same-sex couples wed as Thailand’s landmark marriage bill takes effect
January 22, 2025
Taiwan's HTC said on Thursday it will sell part of its unit for extended reality (XR) headsets and glasses to Google for $250 million and transfer some of its employees to the U.S.
January 23, 2025
Vietnamese conglomerate Vingroup is facing renewed scrutiny on its strategy of backing loss-making electric vehicle maker VinFast, with its
January 23, 2025
Japanese investors raised their holdings in foreign stocks, driven by a benign U.S. core inflation report that fuelled expectations of Federal Reserve cuts and boosted global equities,
January 23, 2025
A look at the day ahead in European and global markets from Rae Wee After drowning for days in headlines about Donald Trump's return to the White House, investors were delivered a bit of a diversion
January 23, 2025
A naturalised Singaporean man was charged on Thursday with helping foreigners forge documents and falsify accounts as part of a S$3 billion ($2.24 billion) money
January 23, 2025The Philippine foreign ministry said on Thursday it takes any indication of espionage operations by foreign nationals seriously, after the arrest this week of a Chinese national on
January 23, 2025Maynilad Water Services has hired banks including Morgan Stanley and UBS to work on a more than $500 million initial public offering in the Philippines,
January 23, 2025
Thailand on Thursday became the first country in Southeast Asia to hold legal same-sex weddings, with LGBT groups aiming to mark the
January 23, 2025
UN experts urge Thailand not to deport dozens of Uyghurs to China where they face ‘real risk of torture’
January 22, 2025
Japanese exports rose for a third successive month in December as a weak yen boosted the value of shipments, data showed on Thursday, though a decline in volume
January 22, 2025
South Korea's economy barely grew in the fourth quarter of 2024, as the country's worst political crisis in decades hurts already weakened domestic demand and threatens
January 22, 2025
South Korea's SK Hynix forecast sales of its high-end semiconductors used in generative artificial intelligence chipsets would more than double this year,
January 22, 2025
Indonesian rescuers have retrieved four more bodies as they resumed their search for people missing after floods and landslides on Indonesia’s main island of Java, bringing the death toll to 21
January 22, 2025
A speech by U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres criticizing fossil fuel use and warning of the perils of artificial intelligence has headlined the agenda at the World Economic Forum’s annual event in Davos
January 22, 2025
Nickel ended 2024 trading at four-year lows, a spectacular reversal of fortune for a metal that soared so high in 2022 it almost broke the London Metal Exchange (LME).
January 22, 2025
China, the world's biggest soybean buyer, has stopped receiving Brazilian soybean shipments from five
January 22, 2025
Samsung Electronics on Wednesday unveiled its newest Galaxy S25 smartphones, powered by Qualcomm's chips and Google's artificial-intelligence model,
January 22, 2025
Xi and Putin hail tightening ties in call hours after Trump inauguration
January 22, 2025
The Dodgers have introduced prized Japanese pitcher Roki Sasaki, who agreed to a minor league contract with a $6.5 million signing bonus
January 22, 2025
A man who taped a sinister note to a Chinese ex-official’s door in New Jersey was sentenced Wednesday to 16 months in prison
January 22, 2025
SoftBank CEO Masayoshi Son's plan to invest billions in AI in the United States shows one way to handle the new Trump administration: go big and deal
January 22, 2025
Netflix, Oracle and other technology stocks lifted U.S. indexes as their profits pile higher and excitement builds around the moneymaking prospects of artificial intelligence
January 22, 2025
The South Korean government has announced it will reduce indirect subsidies for biomass energy
January 22, 2025
Middlemen supplying Russian oil are not offering cargoes due to new U.S. sanctions targeting Russian producers, tankers and insurers, according to the finance
January 22, 2025
Goldman Sachs CEO David Solomon said on Wednesday it was important for the U.S. and China, the world's two largest economic superpowers, to improve their bilateral ties.
January 22, 2025
Authorities in Japan say one person is dead and two others are injured after a knife attack Wednesday night outside a train station in Nagano
January 22, 2025At least 11 people died in a rail accident in India's western Maharashtra state on Wednesday when they disembarked from their train, fearing a fire, only to be hit by another
January 22, 2025A solitary sunfish at an aquarium in Japan lost its appetite, began banging into the side of the fish tank and appeared unwell days after the facility closed last month for renovations
January 22, 2025
Procter & Gamble beat quarterly estimates for sales and profit on Wednesday, as demand for its dish soaps and toilet paper grew in the United
January 22, 2025
Afghans who fled after the Taliban seized power have appealed to President Donald Trump to exempt them from an order suspending the relocation of refugees to the United States, some saying they risked their lives to support U.S. troops
January 22, 2025
TikTok owner ByteDance on Wednesday released an update to its flagship AI model aimed at challenging Microsoft-backed OpenAI’s latest reasoning model
January 22, 2025
China will grant foreign financial institutions the same treatment as domestic ones in offering new types of financial services not yet available in the country in some free trade
January 22, 2025
A Chinese citizen was "murdered" in Afghanistan's northern Takhar province, the Taliban provincial police said on Wednesday, adding that a preliminary investigation had been launched
January 22, 2025The head of a major humanitarian organisation said U.S.
January 22, 2025
China said on Wednesday it will guide big state insurers and commercial insurance funds to increase investments in the A-share market, in a latest move to boost its lagging stock
January 22, 2025
More than 1.4 billion people traveled internationally in 2024 as tourism returns to pre-pandemic highs
January 22, 2025
India is likely to raise spending on food, fertiliser, and cooking gas subsidies to 4.1 trillion rupees ($47.41 billion) in the next
January 22, 2025
While the second season of "Squid Game" has new plot twists, one element of the Netflix mega-hit series where contestants down on their luck risk their
January 22, 2025
China's relations are starting to improve with Japan, India and other countries that former U.S. President Joe Biden courted, just as Donald Trump brings his more unilateralist approach back to the White House
January 22, 2025
China is set to impose a 1 million yuan ($137,309) cap on the annual income of staff at central government-owned financial institutions, three sources said, expanding a
January 22, 2025
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January 22, 2025
Indonesia's President Prabowo Subianto is considering pardons for prisoners linked to armed organisations in the restive easternmost province of Papua, including
January 22, 2025
Singapore's prime minister has formed a committee to review electoral boundaries, the poll body said on Wednesday, an indicator that a general election in the city-state could
January 22, 2025
Nepal will increase the permit fees for climbing Mount Everest by more than 35%, making the world’s tallest peak more expensive for mountaineers for the first
January 22, 2025
Indonesia is close to a deal with Apple Inc for an investment plan that could lift a ban on iPhone 16 sales in the country, investment minister Rosan Roeslani told Bloomberg News on
January 22, 2025
South Korea's transport ministry said on Wednesday that it would remove the concrete embankment installed at Muan International Airport following last month's Jeju Air
January 22, 2025
Shares in CATL, the world's largest battery maker, dropped nearly 4% on Wednesday after the Chinese company warned that its annual revenue fell for the first time last year and
January 22, 2025United Nations human rights experts have urged Thailand not to send 48 Uyghurs in its custody back to China, warning they are at risk of torture, ill-treatment and "irreparable
January 22, 2025Taiwan's Ministry of Digital Affairs said on Wednesday that undersea cables to the Matsu Islands, which lie close to the coast of China, were disconnected due to "natural
January 22, 2025South Korea's birthrate is set to show a rise in 2024 for the first time in nine years, following a rebound in marriages that were delayed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
January 22, 2025
North Korea's state media on Wednesday reported U.S.
January 22, 2025
Morgan Stanley's top-performing investment bankers and traders in Asia will see up to a 50% increase in bonuses due to robust business growth and a low-base effect
January 22, 2025
Japan will continue to strengthen its defence capabilities given the security situation in East Asia, Japan's foreign minister told his U.S. counterpart in a meeting on Tuesday,
January 22, 2025
Japan's retailers, typically among the most tight-fisted of employers, are offering big pay increases for a second year in a row, meaning
January 22, 2025
In India's polluted northern city of Kanpur, Rajat Ghai has a penchant for Rado watches and Louis Vuitton shoes.
January 22, 2025
Japan's biggest business lobby Keidanren and trade unions kicked off annual labour talks on Wednesday that are likely to lead to another year of bumper wage hikes,
January 22, 2025
The United States, Australia, India and Japan recommitted to working together on Tuesday, after the first meeting of the China-
January 21, 2025
South Korea’s impeached president has denied that he ordered the military to drag lawmakers out of the National Assembly to prevent them from voting to reject his martial law decree last month, as he appeared for the first time before the Constitutional Court that will determine his fate
January 21, 2025
Indonesian rescuers on Wednesday were searching for 13 people missing after a landslide in Central Java province which killed at least 17 people, an official said.
January 22, 2025Kyoto-based Mitsufuji got its start nearly 70 years ago as a weaver of decorative belts for kimonos.
January 22, 2025
Indonesia's antitrust agency on Tuesday ordered Google to pay fines of around 202 billion rupiah ($12.4 million) for unfair business practices related to its payment system services
January 21, 2025
Malaysia's sovereign wealth fund Khazanah Nasional Bhd is rebalancing its portfolio to invest more in developed markets, with an eye
January 21, 2025
Secretary of State Marco Rubio has met with his counterparts from Australia, India and Japan as the Trump administration kicks off its formal foreign policy engagements in discussions with the Indo-Pacific “Quad.”
January 21, 2025
Bollywood actor Saif Ali Khan left a hospital in India's financial capital Mumbai on Tuesday, less than a week after he suffered knife injuries in a scuffle with an intruder at his
January 21, 2025
Ichiro Suzuki headlines 2025 Baseball Hall of Fame class, receiving 99.7% of the vote
January 21, 2025
A look at the day ahead in Asian markets.
January 21, 2025
China's economy grew 5% last year, matching the government's target, but in a lopsided fashion, with many people complaining of worsening living standards as Beijing struggles to
January 17, 2025
After numerous measures to resolve a liquidity crisis in the property market in recent years, Beijing is expected to end up dusting off an old
January 21, 2025
U.S. stocks rose after more companies said they made bigger profits at the end of last year than analysts expected and as Treasury yields eased
January 21, 2025
During his first term in office, U.S.
January 21, 2025
Grist examines an Indonesian staple, oncom, that's shaking up the restaurant scene—and may just end up preventing a big source of emissions.
January 17, 2025
Oil prices fell on Tuesday after U.S.
January 20, 2025
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