Asian markets traded higher Tuesday afternoon, as the People's Bank of China published its new loan prime rates that would result in cheaper borrowing costs for companies.
Mainland Chinese stocks edged up by the afternoon, with the Shanghai (...)
French police are setting up checkpoints and combing Atlantic beaches to secure the southwestern coast for world leaders coming for the G-7 summit.
Protesters, too, are setting up camp in towns near the Spanish border to prepare actions during the (...)
Asian markets rose on Monday as U.S. Treasury yields bounced higher after plunging last week.
Shares in mainland China led gains in the region as they surged on the day, with the Shanghai composite adding 2.1 percent to 2,883.10 and the Shenzhen (...)
Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi said he is looking forward to the contribution of TICAD and other strategic partners of Africa to enhance joint efforts to reach aspired regional and economic integration in the continent.
The statements were (...)
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved Roche Holding AG's personalized cancer treatment, which targets tumors with specific genetic mutations, irrespective of where in the body the disease started, the agency said .
The treatment, Rozlytrek, (...)
Asian markets were mixed on Friday as investors watched yields on longer duration U.S. Treasurys as well as for developments on the U.S.-China trade front.
Mainland Chinese stocks advanced on the day, with the Shanghai composite up 0.29 percent to (...)
Christine Lagarde took over the top spot at the International Monetary Fund eight years ago in the midst of two crises. The first was an internal crisis of leadership: Her predecessor, Dominique Strauss-Khan, had just been forced to step down amid (...)
North Korea on Saturday said leader Kim Jong Un supervised another test-firing of an unspecified new weapon, seen as an attempt to pressure Washington and Seoul over slow nuclear negotiations and their joint military exercises.
Pyongyang's Korean (...)
After a week of Tokyo 2020 test events dominated by talks of sweltering heat and stifling humidity, it was hockey's turn to experience it at the newly-built Oi Hockey Stadium on Saturday.
Hockey teams from countries including India and Australia are (...)
Vahid Halilhodzic signed a four-year contract as the new coach of Morocco but was handed a tough list of targets by his new employers.
The 67-year-old Bosnian replaces Herve Renard, who quit after Morocco were eliminated in the last-16 of the Africa (...)
Asian markets dropped Thursday afternoon as the main yield curve in U.S. Treasurys inverted, triggering fears over the state of the U.S. economy.
In mainland China, stocks fell by the afternoon. The Shanghai composite shed 0.62 percent, while the (...)
A powerful typhoon lashed southwestern Japan Thursday with massive rain and strong winds, injuring at least 11 people and paralyzing traffic during Japan's Buddhist holiday week.
Typhoon Krosa landed near Kure in western Hiroshima on Thursday (...)
Yen rose on Wednesday as weaker-than-expected Chinese economic data reinforced the view that resolving the trade war was a long way off even if U.S. President Donald Trump had delayed some additional tariffs.
The offshore yuan remained lower against (...)
Asian markets rose Wednesday afternoon as the U.S. announced a delay in the implementation of tariffs on some Chinese goods.
Shares in mainland China rose by the afternoon, with the Shanghai composite gaining 0.78 percent and the Shenzhen component (...)
European markets fell on Wednesday as Germany's economy went into reverse, reviving fears of global recession and tempering a rally for equities after Washington delayed tariffs on some Chinese imports.
Europe's biggest economy shrank 0.1 percent in (...)
Thousands of South Koreans protested outside Japan's embassy in Seoul on Wednesday and city officials unveiled a new memorial to wartime 'comfort women' at the centre of a row over the two countries' shared history.
The day of remembrance for women (...)
China, Hong Kong, and Japan indexes suffer heavy losses, bringing MSCI's main 47-country world index down nearly 4% since the beginning of August, while Europe's main indexes dropped by 0.3-0.6% on Tuesday.
It comes as a result to Monday's crash in (...)
South Korea said Monday that it has decided to remove Japan from a list of nations receiving preferential treatment in trade in what was seen as a tit-for-tat move following Tokyo's recent decision to downgrade Seoul's trade status amid a diplomatic (...)
North Korea said Sunday leader Kim Jong Un supervised test-firings of an unspecified new weapons system, which extended a streak of launches that are seen as an attempt to build leverage ahead of negotiations with the United States while driving a (...)
تداول نشطاء على مواقع التواصل الاجتماعي، مقطع فيديو، من داخل أحد المتاجر في طوكيو، يرصد مجموعة من الفئران وهي تتجول وتأكل من منتجات المتجر في منطقة شيبويا الشعبية.
وأقدمت الشركة المالكة للمتجر ، على خلفية انتشار الفيديو على إغلاقه وتقديم اعتذار (...)
Several major artefacts, including the Granite Sphinx of Ramses II, were transferred for restoration to Egypt's under-construction Grand Egyptian Museum (GEM), ahead of its inauguration in 2020.
In an official statement on Saturday, Egypt's (...)
Japan international midfielder Shinji Kagawa has joined Spanish second tier outfit Real Zaragoza after seven years at Borussia Dortmund in two spells, the Bundesliga side said on Friday.
Kagawa, who won the Bundesliga with Dortmund in 2011 and 2012, (...)
A worker at a Tokyo Olympics construction site died on Thursday after being found unconscious while working outside, organisers said on Friday, with media saying heatstroke was suspected as the Japanese capital swelters through a deadly (...)
احتفظت هواوي بتصنيفها كثاني شركة للهواتف الذكية في العالم وفقاً لبعض تقارير أداء سوق الهواتف الذكية رغم التحديات الامريكية حيث تمكنت من زيادة مبيعاتها على الرغم من تراجع السوق بشكل عام نقلاً عن موقع Japan Today. وقد استمرت هواوي في تضييق الفجوة (...)
أظهرت بعض التقارير التحليلية لمبيعات سوق الهواتف الذكية عالمياً انخفاض إجمالي مبيعات الهواتف الذكية العالمية بنسبة 2.6 % بما يساوي 341 مليون وحدة في الفترة من إبريل إلى يونيو2019 ولكن ظهرت ملامح تدل على استقرار السوق في الفترة المقبلة بعد نوبة (...)
