China's factory activity in March expanded by its strongest pace in more than a year, a y showed on Monday, in signs of stabilizing growth in the world's second-largest economy. The Caixin/SP Global China manufacturing purchasing managers'...

Growth in developing East Asia and Pacific is outpacing the rest of the world, but the region will likely see slower growth in 2024 amid headwinds in China and broader policy uncertainty, according to the World Bank. "It is a region that is...

A quiet revolution is underway to address a widely underestimated : extreme heat. Local authorities have appointed several chief heat officers (CHOs) in cities worldwide in recent years to prepare residents for bouts of excessive heat. "The...

Singapore on Tuesday sentenced the first person to plead guilty in the Southeast Asia island-state's biggest money laundering scandal to a 13-month imprisonment. Cambodian national Su Wenqiang had faced 11 charges relating to forgery and la...

President spoke with Chinese President on the phone for nearly two hours Tuesday, a call the White House described as a way for the two leaders to "check in" and responsibly manage the strained U.S.-China relationship. "Intense competition...

A majority of Southeast Asians would align with China and not the U.S. if forced to pick sides, though some countries that feel threatened by Beijing's South China Sea claims still prefer Washington, . This is the first time Beijing has edg...

BEIJING — U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen was scheduled to arrive in China on Thursday ahead of four full days of meetings with Chinese officials. It's her second trip to the country , as the U.S. and China seek to increase high-leve...

The United States is prepared to Chinese banks and companies, as well as Beijing's leadership, if they assist Russia's armed forces with , U.S. Treasury Secretary said Monday. "We stand ready to act if we see significant violations, especia...

Scientists on Tuesday confirmed that last month was the hottest March on record, extending an extraordinary run of global heat that has renewed calls for an urgent reduction in planet-warming greenhouse gas emissions. The European Union's C...

The Vietnamese property tycoon Truong My Lan was sentenced to death on Thursday for her involvement in the country's biggest financial fraud case, state media outlet Thanh Nien . Lan was found guilty of embezzlement, bribery and violating b...

Japanese Prime Minister urged the U.S. Thursday to continue playing a leading role in the world as it faces threats to democracy and the economic order. Kishida told lawmakers at a joint meeting of Congress that the world is at a pivotal mo...

The administration this week sent several signals of a toughening U.S. economic strategy against . On Wednesday, met with Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida in Washington, D.C., to announce bolstered military collaboration between the tw...

Japan's central bank is expected to exit its negative interest rate regime this spring, though sluggish growth will limit its ability to alleviate depreciation pressure on the yen, according to a former Bank of Japan board member. BOJ Gover...

China's lenders cut the country's benchmark five-year loan prime rate for the first time since June, extending Beijing's efforts to revive the country's anemic property market. The Chinese central bank kept its one-year loan prime rate —...

Japan's Nikkei 225 hit a record high Thursday, powered by banking, electronics and consumer stocks as robust earnings and investor-friendly measures fuel a blistering rally in Japanese equities this year. The jumped nearly 2% to hit 39,029,...