US State Secretary Antony Blinken and Defense chief Lloyd Austin will meet their Philippine counterparts next week, as Manila vowed to pursue efforts with Washington towards “collective defense” of the region around the disputed South China Sea.
Chinese authorities have launched a probe into the former chairman and party chief of state-owned China Everbright Group, the latest sign that the country’s crackdown on corruption in the financial sector is picking up pace.
Philippine companies beat 2022 consensus revenue estimates by the widest gap in at least nine years. Profit, however, lagged behind projections, as high interest rates and inflation hurt margins.
The women’s national soccer teams of New Zealand and England are the latest to announce the end of the use of white shorts in their official uniforms, as more female athletes around the world voice concerns over period anxiety during matches.
Those who grew up with no memory of ‘The Troubles’ fear the Good Friday Agreement is holding the region back
Poland will keep interest rates unchanged, with focus turning to how quickly Governor Adam Glapinski may pivot to cuts after inflation eased from the highest level in more than a quarter century.
Japan’s worst-ever bird flu outbreak has decimated its poultry flocks and sent egg prices soaring. Now there’s a lack of space to bury dead chickens.
Philippines’ overall inflation cooled to the slowest in six months in March while the month-on-month measure fell, suggesting that the central bank has scope to ease up on its most aggressive tightening cycle in two decades.
Donald Trump sat stiff and unsmiling in a New York courtroom Tuesday afternoon as he answered “not guilty” to his historic indictment. Immediately after the proceeding, he headed to the airport without uttering a word to throngs of reporters gathered outside.
(Bloomberg) — The trade ministers of the Group of Seven countries expressed “serious concern with economic coercion” in a meeting held online and said they would explore joint responses to it.
