Japanese big manufacturers' business sentiment likely stayed steady in the three months to September, while non-manufacturers' confidence weakened slightly, a Reuters poll showed on
September 20, 2024
Tensions brewing in Asia's trade-rich waters top the agenda as U.S.
September 20, 2024
Two years ago, tens of thousands of Sri Lankans rose up against their president and forced him to flee the country
September 20, 2024
U.S. stocks drifted around their all-time highs, as a record-setting week for Wall Street closed on a quieter note
September 20, 2024
Some Japanese companies in China have offered to send their staff and their families back home after a 10-year-old Japanese boy was fatally stabbed in the
September 20, 2024
Striking junior doctors in India's West Bengal state agreed to resume essential services, in a partial resumption of medical facilities, but they will
September 20, 2024
U.S. arms sales to Taiwan have seriously violated China's "One China Principle" and provisions of joint communiques between China and the U.S., Zhang Xiaogang, a spokesperson for
September 20, 2024
China is awash in unwanted milk as falling birth rates and cost-conscious consumers have cut demand even as dairy farms expanded in recent years, forcing smaller
September 20, 2024
Authorities in Taiwan and Bulgaria on Friday denied involvement in the supply chain of thousands of pagers that detonated on Tuesday in Lebanon in a
September 20, 2024
Wall Street closed flat on Friday, hovering near the previous session's record-high close for the Dow and S&P 500, while the dollar firmed as
September 20, 2024
China unexpectedly left benchmark lending rates unchanged at the monthly fixing on Friday, confounding market expectations that were primed for a move after the Federal Reserve
September 20, 2024
Oil prices settled lower on Friday but recorded a second straight week of gains, garnering support from a U.S. interest rate cut and a dip in U.S. supply.
September 19, 2024
Japan's core consumer inflation accelerated for the fourth straight month in August and tracked comfortably above the central bank's 2% target, data showed on Friday,
September 19, 2024
Benmou Suzuki's dilapidated 420-year-old temple, located deep in the forest near a tiny Japanese mountain village, hardly looks like prized real estate
September 19, 2024
Divorce is on the rise in China. For some, that means big business
September 19, 2024
A look at the day ahead in Asian markets. A bumper week of central bank meetings that included the U.S.
September 19, 2024
Sri Lankans will vote for a new president in a tightly contested election on Saturday, with the outcome expected to determine the fate of
September 19, 2024
Sri Lanka reached a draft deal with creditors to restructure $12.5 billion of international bonds, it said on Thursday, in a
September 19, 2024
Sri Lankans will vote on Saturday for their next president, who will be key to deciding the future of reforms in a nation slowly emerging from worst financial crisis in decades.
September 19, 2024
The Taliban administration is in control of 39 Afghan embassies and consulates globally three years after it took over Afghanistan and the previous Western-
September 19, 2024
Hong Kong investigators say Cathay Pacific’s A350 engine defect could cause ‘extensive’ damage
September 19, 2024
Japan’s leader demands answers from China over schoolboy’s fatal stabbing
September 19, 2024
Analysts remained bullish on most Asian currencies despite marginally dialling back some bets, a Reuters poll showed on Thursday, as a defensive U.S. dollar driven by a
September 19, 2024
A child enrolled in a Japanese school in the Chinese city of Shenzhen has died after being stabbed on Wednesday,
September 18, 2024
The family of a blasphemy suspect killed in custody in southwestern Pakistan has forgiven the police officer accused of killing him, saying they would not
September 19, 2024
Harris campaign reports spending nearly three times as much as Trump in August
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