China's recent policy support is aimed at fixing its system and shouldn't be seen as economic stimulus, according to Societe Generale's Asia chief economist and head of research. "Actually, to be frank, I don't think anything [that] has hap...

Ratings agency Moody's downgraded its outlook on China's government credit ratings to negative from stable, expecting Beijing's support and possible bailouts for distressed local governments and state-owned enterprises to diminish China's f...

U.N. chief António Guterres invoked a rarely exercised clause in the United Nations Charter to push for an Israel-Hamas cease-fire, warning the organization's Security Council that urgent action is necessary to help Gaza avert a " ." In a...

President Brad Smith met with China's Minister of Commerce Wang Wentao on Wednesday to discuss topics ranging from artificial intelligence to trade relations between Washington and Beijing, according to a Youdao-translated Chinese governmen...

Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. has vowed to step up the country's defense of its maritime zones in the South China Sea after Filipino and Chinese vessels collided over the weekend in what Manila has labeled a "serious escalation....

Nearly a month after President Joe Biden announced that he and Chinese President Xi Jinping had agreed to resume direct communications between U.S. and Chinese military commanders, U.S. defense officials have repeatedly tried to reach their...

China's leaders vowed to boost domestic demand, prioritize the development of strategic sectors and tackle the country's real estate crisis, following a key meeting that laid out economic priorities for the new year. Under a new slogan pled...

Developing countries paid a record $443.5 billion in 2022 to service their public debt as global interest rates surged, according to the World Bank. This was a 5% increase over the previous year — and things could get worse for the world'...

As Israel faces over , videos have emerged that raise questions over the conduct of . One video, apparently taken by soldiers themselves over the past week, shows Israeli troops setting fire to items in what they say is a candy factory . Th...

BEIRUT — As Israeli forces expand their ground operations in , anxiety is running high internationally that 's proxies could try to broaden the war into a regionwide conflict. Yet, despite the belligerent rhetoric from all sides since and...

China reported Friday its industrial output expanded at the fastest pace since February 2022 in November, though retail sales growth missed expectations, pointing to a patchy recovery in the world's second-largest economy. Economists are ap...

Japan's central bank left its ultra-loose monetary policy unchanged at its final meeting this year, a move that unraveled the recent yen rally as the policymakers chose to wait for more concrete signs of meaningful wage growth. The BOJ deci...

China suspended tax concessions on 12 chemical compound imports from Taiwan in retaliation for what Beijing deems to be a violation of a trade agreement, just weeks ahead of key elections in the democratically-run island. "Taiwan has unilat...

Japanese automaker led losses on the Japan's benchmark index Thursday, closing lower by 4%. The sharp fall came after Toyota of about a million vehicles on Thursday. The safety recall involved certain 2020-2022 Toyota and Lexus models ...

As with India's landmark Mars Orbiter Mission (MOM) — the nation's first interplanetary mission to planet Mars in 2013, which made ISRO the fourth space agency to successfully send a spacecraft to Mars orbit the relatively low-cost $74.6...