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US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent on Tuesday called on allies to more forcefully disrupt Iran's financing networks and said the Treasury would scrub its sanctions list of outdated designations to make it easier for financial institutions to root out the most sophisticated terrorist financing schemes.
MANILA, Philippines — A senior citizen was killed while another individual was injured following an accident outside the Bureau of Animal Industry (BAI) offices along Visayas Avenue, Quezon City early on Wednesday.
Japan should take the initiative in reforming World Trade Organization rules to address the challenges of the 21st century, WTO Director-General Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala said in an interview in Tokyo on Monday.
The industrial action threatens the health of South Korea’s economy and could disrupt the global supply of semiconductors
The industrial action threatens the health of South Korea’s economy and could disrupt the global supply of semiconductors
Swedish defense contractor Saab is hoping that equipment that is high tech yet easy to adopt will appeal to countries facing demographic challenges, including Japan. (Nikkei montage/Source photos by SAAB website)
SEOUL, May 20 (Yonhap) -- Corporate retirement pension schemes soared 16 percent last year from a year earlier, breaching the 500 trillion-won mark for the first time since their introduction in 2005, while their return on investment also rose, data showed Wednesday.
The Exploration Company, the European aerospace start-up with a base in the UAE, is in talks with global investors including UAE sovereign funds to raise $200 million in financing for the next phase of its growth, its chief executive has said.
At Louvre Abu Dhabi, the idea of cultural exchange has often been framed through objects, histories and civilisations placed in conversation across galleries. For Art Here 2026, that dialogue will extend into the museum’s outdoor spaces, where contemporary artists from the GCC and India will respond to centuries of …
STRASBOURG — The European Union agreed early Wednesday morning to implement a trade deal with the United States, likely averting a threat by President Donald Trump to punish further delay with oppressive tariffs.
Moscow and Beijing have signed around 40 cooperation documents and issued two major declarations during Russian President Vladimir Putin’s two-day summit with Chinese President Xi Jinping in Beijing. Putin’s official visit came just days after Xi’s summit with US President Donald Trump and coincided with the 25th an…
The organiser of a free Brisbane exercise class has been reassured her event can continue running in New Farm Park, after council staff raised questions about whether it could be classified as non-commercial.
The Development Bank of Japan will strengthen its investment operations as part of corporate culture reform, President and CEO Seiji Jige has indicated.
A drone strike on a crowded market in southern Sudan killed 28 people and injured 23 more on Tuesday, a medical source and witnesses told Agence France-Presse, in one of the deadliest recent attacks on civilians in the country's three-year war.
A global reshuffling in stock-market hierarchy is underway, with artificial intelligence redrawing the pecking order of equity markets and propelling Taiwan and South Korea past several long-established Western bourses.
Finance chief Paul Chan says the shift is fuelled by city’s strong market performance and an improved geopolitical situation, especially following Xi-Trump summit
Finance chief Paul Chan says the shift is fuelled by city’s strong market performance and an improved geopolitical situation, especially following Xi-Trump summit
(2nd LD) Trump arrives in Beijing for summit talks with Xi on trade, Iran, Taiwan, other topics
Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping are expected to discuss economic cooperation, energy security and geopolitical issues during talks in Beijing, amid continuing conflicts in Ukraine and the Middle East.
Liquefied petroleum gas cylinders inside a truck outside a gas agency in Manesar in India's state of Haryana on April 7. India faces a severe shortage of the key cooking gas. © Reuters
The city state’s equities have benefited from economic and political stability, as well as government-led market reforms
The city state’s equities have benefited from economic and political stability, as well as government-led market reforms
The former executive chairman of Rex Airlines has capitulated just days into a major trial and admitted to failing to disclose the airline’s true financial state in 2023 before its ultimate collapse a year later.
Samsung Bioepis said Wednesday it has launched autoimmune disease treatment SB17 in partnership with Nipro Corporation, marking the company’s first product launch in Japan and its full-scale entry into the market.
SEOUL, May 20 (Yonhap) -- South Korea will push for the expansion of onion exports, mainly to the Southeast Asian market, amid domestic oversupply of the vegetable, the agriculture ministry said Wednesday.
SEOUL, May 20 (Yonhap) -- The South Korean stock markets will be closed on June 3, the day of local elections, the bourse operator said Wednesday.
Mark Latham’s ex-partner has at the last minute dropped an application for an AVO over his alleged sustained abuse, including emotional, psychological and financial manipulation.
LX Pantos said Wednesday it had joined UN Women’s Empowerment Principles, underscoring its commitment to building a more inclusive corporate culture based on gender equality and women’s empowerment.
South Korea's finance minister stressed the importance of building artificial intelligence capacity in developing countries to achieve sustainable growth during the Group of Seven finance ministers and central bank governors' meeting, his office said Wednesday.
U.S. Treasurys have entered a "danger zone" as surging long-term yields raise fears that sticky inflation and hawkish rate expectations could begin spilling over into equities and broader risk assets, said HSBC.
Shipping data from the London Stock Exchange Group and Kpler showed that two Chinese supertankers carrying about 4 million barrels of crude oil from the Middle East departed the Strait of Hormuz on Wednesday after remaining in the Gulf for more than two months.
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UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Responding to Middle East crises and rising oil prices, the United Nations on Tuesday lowered its forecast for global economic growth and raised the prospects for inflation this year.
SkyeChip specializes in semiconductor intellectual property and custom chip design. © Getty Images
SkyeChip specializes in semiconductor intellectual property and custom chip design. © Getty Images
SkyeChip specializes in semiconductor intellectual property and custom chip design. © Getty Images
The United Nations has lowered its global growth forecast for 2026 to 2.5 percent from an estimated 3 percent last year, citing rising energy costs and weaker trade linked to the US-Israel war on Iran.
Washington: At a time when his poll numbers are sagging, the economy is sputtering and the war he launched in Iran simply will not end, President Donald Trump spent Tuesday morning (US time) showing off his skills in the profession he feels most comfortable with: real estate.
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South Korea's trade ministry and the government of China's Jiangsu Province on Wednesday held a joint forum aimed at promoting economic and trade cooperation between the two sides.
Products and services compatible with China’s navigation system have captured 58 per cent market share in countries in the trade initiative
Products and services compatible with China’s navigation system have captured 58 per cent market share in countries in the trade initiative
SEOUL, May 20 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's finance minister stressed the importance of building artificial intelligence (AI) capacity in developing countries to achieve sustainable growth during the Group of Seven (G7) finance ministers and central bank governors' meeting, his office said Wednesday.
South Korean stocks opened lower Wednesday as investors tracked overnight losses on Wall Street caused by rising bond yields amid inflation woes.
SEOUL, May 20 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's trade ministry and the government of China's Jiangsu Province on Wednesday held a joint forum aimed at promoting economic and trade cooperation between the two sides.
Australia’s Sam Kerr waves following the Women’s Asian Cup quarterfinal soccer match between Australia and North Korea in Perth, Australia, March 13, 2026. (AP Photo/Gary Day, File)
Envoy Bauyrzhan Dosmanbetov attributes growth of local Kazakhstani community to Belt and Road Scholarship programme launched in 2016
Envoy Bauyrzhan Dosmanbetov attributes growth of local Kazakhstani community to Belt and Road Scholarship programme launched in 2016
Travellers looking for cheap flights on Webjet may find fewer airfare deals in the future after Virgin Australia slashed the commissions it pays the online travel agent to cut out the middleman and send consumers directly to the airline site to maximise sales.