The dollar dropped against major currencies on Monday as hopes of a deal to reopen the Strait of Hormuz pushed oil prices
May 25, 2026
The death toll from flooding in southwestern China's Chongqing has risen to nine and 11 people are missing following torrential rain in the municipality, state broadcaster
May 25, 2026
President Xi Jinping hailed China's "unbreakable" friendship with Pakistan on Monday as he met Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif in Beijing, seeking
May 25, 2026
Rescuers have pulled three people from the rubble of a collapsed nine-story hotel under construction in Angeles City, Philippines
May 25, 2026
When He Tingbo was put in charge of Huawei's chip development in 2003, the young engineer was handed an annual budget of $400
May 25, 2026
War in Iran, strained U.S. commitments in Asia and rising tensions over
May 25, 2026
Toshifumi Suzuki, the Japanese businessman credited with creating the 7-Eleven convenience-chain global retail empire, has died
May 25, 2026
Jardine Matheson said on Monday it has agreed to buy Australian medical imaging provider I-MED Radiology Network for a total enterprise
May 25, 2026
A look at the day ahead in European and global markets from Ankur Banerjee The ever-inching prospect of a deal to end the Iran war and open the Strait of Hormuz paved the way for investors to put on
May 25, 2026
In a city of high-rises, ‘cardboard grannies’ collect waste for cash
May 24, 2026
Bomb attack near railway station in southwest Pakistan kills at least 23
May 24, 2026
A nine-story building under construction in a city north of the Philippine capital has collapsed, leaving at least one Malaysian tourist dead and 21 workers trapped
May 24, 2026
A bomb blast hit a shuttle train carrying Pakistani security personnel and their families in the southwestern
May 24, 2026
At least one person was confirmed dead after a building under construction collapsed in the Philippines on Sunday, authorities said
May 24, 2026
A Chinese coast guard ship left waters near Taiwan's strategically located Pratas Islands at the top of the South China Sea on Sunday
May 24, 2026
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May 24, 2026
Bangladesh’s central bank on Saturday announced a 600 billion taka ($5 billion) stimulus package to revive shuttered factories and support businesses as economic growth slows
May 23, 2026
China’s worst coal mining blast in over a decade kills 82
May 23, 2026
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May 23, 2026
Chinese local officials say that a gas explosion at a coal mine in northern Shanxi province has killed at least 82 people
May 23, 2026
Hundreds of people rallied in central Taipei on Saturday in support of government plans to increase defence spending, after the opposition controlled parliament approved
May 23, 2026
Japan's Trade Minister Ryosei Akazawa said on Saturday there were no formal bilateral talks with China's Commerce Minister Wang Wentao, though the two had a brief
May 23, 2026
At least 90 people were killed in a gas explosion at a coal mine in China's northern province of Shanxi, the country's deadliest mining accident since at least 2009.
May 23, 2026
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio has arrived in India ahead of a meeting next week with his counterparts from India, Australia, and Japan, members of the Indo-Pacific strategic alliance known as the Quad
May 23, 2026
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