Core inflation in Japan's capital perks up, backs case for BOJ hikes
Core inflation in Japan's capital accelerated for a fourth straight month in August, data showed on Friday, tracking comfortably above the
August 29, 2024Core inflation in Japan's capital accelerated for a fourth straight month in August, data showed on Friday, tracking comfortably above the
August 29, 2024India's economic growth is expected to have slowed in the April-June quarter due to reduced government spending during the national elections and stalling
August 29, 2024East Timor's independence was a gift to the world because it showed conflict could be resolved through negotiation, United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said on
August 29, 2024Japan's jobless rate in July rose to 2.7% from 2.5% in June, government data showed on Friday.
August 29, 2024A look at the day ahead in Asian markets.
August 29, 2024China's central bank said it bought special government bonds from primary dealers on Thursday, its first such bond purchase in nearly two years, reviving speculation it is
August 29, 2024Nippon Steel and other Japanese steelmakers are urging Tokyo to consider curbing cheap steel imports from China, the world's
August 29, 2024China's coast guard urged the Philippines on Thursday to stop sending missions to resupply a vessel near a contested shoal in the South China Sea, warning that such "adventurous
August 29, 2024A U.S. admiral says American forces are ready with a “range of options” to deal with increasing acts of aggression in the disputed South China Sea after consultations with treaty ally the Philippines
August 29, 2024The search for an Indian tourist who was swallowed by a sinkhole in Malaysia’s capital has entered a seventh day, with the operation hampered by strong undercurrent flows and worries about soil instability after a second sinkhole emerged nearby
August 29, 2024A second executive convicted in Switzerland for his involvement in a $1.8 billion fraud against Malaysian sovereign wealth fund 1MDB will appeal against the judgement, his lawyers
August 29, 2024US security official meets China’s Xi as American election looms large over relations
August 29, 2024Hong Kong journalists found guilty of sedition in case critics say highlights decline in press freedom
August 29, 2024Thai court sentences son of Spanish TV star Rodolfo Sancho to life in prison for murder
August 29, 2024The United States is pushing China to break a longstanding resistance to nuclear arms talks, seeing a "limited opportunity" for early two-way conversations on
August 29, 2024Japan urges 4 million to evacuate as lumbering Typhoon Shanshan threatens south with up to a meter of rain
August 29, 2024Over 1,000 motorcycle taxi drivers staged a strike in several Indonesian cities on Thursday to protest against low pay, and called on the
August 29, 2024Indonesia and Australia signed a defense agreement on Thursday that both sides described as a significant upgrade to their military relationship
August 29, 2024Emergency workers in South Korea's capital say that two people have been injured after a sinkhole suddenly opened and swallowed their SUV
August 29, 2024South Korea's top court said on Thursday the climate change law did not protect basic human rights and lacks targets to shield future generations, in a landmark ruling
August 29, 2024Beijing said on Thursday it would not impose provisional tariffs on brandy imported from the European Union despite finding it had
August 29, 2024After Hong Kong police raided Stand News and arrested two editors, its staff decided that to avoid more arrests they had to shut down the online
August 29, 2024A Hong Kong court on Thursday found two editors of the now-defunct Stand News media outlet guilty of conspiring to publish seditious articles in a
August 29, 2024South Korea’s Constitutional Court has ordered the government to back its climate goals with more concrete plans for action through 2049
August 29, 2024Heavy rains battered India and Pakistan's coastal areas along the Arabian Sea, flooding cities in western India's Gujarat state and forcing thousands of
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