Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and Bank of Japan Governor Kazuo Ueda met Tuesday to discuss financial conditions amid continued yen weakness and a rise in bond yields ahead of a key gathering of central bankers in Jackson Hole later this week.
North Korea’s state airline made its first international trip since the start of the Covid pandemic, in a sign of easing border restrictions that could repatriate its stranded nationals abroad and increase trade with its powerful neighbor.
Singapore charged 10 foreigners Wednesday in one of its biggest money laundering and forgery cases involving about S$1 billion ($736 million) of properties, luxury cars, cash and other assets.
India’s biggest asset manager is bolstering its cash holdings on bets the central bank will raise borrowing costs further, helping it deploy funds at higher yields.
Keir Starmer’s party needs to claw back support in its former heartland. The mood on the ground suggests the task may be tougher than some opinion polls show.
Having spent a decade in the youth climate movement, author Tori Tsui wants to bring attention to the stress and anxiety that the work can cause.
About half of the stocks in Hong Kong’s benchmark index are now oversold as investor sentiment deteriorates amid China’s dismal economic data, deflation fears, and a property market slump that’s now threatening a crisis in the shadow lending sector.
Chinese authorities imposed fines on US due diligence firm Mintz Group of around $1.5 million for gathering statistics in an illegal fashion.
China’s sportswear stocks have been in a funk amid the nation’s sluggish consumption recovery. Analysts say earnings results of Anta Sports Products Ltd., one of the industry leaders on the mainland, may do little to lure back investors.
A brief crash in the ruble last week jolted the foreign-exchange market in Kazakhstan, underlining how risks can spread even to a neighbor deemed least vulnerable to flows of Russian capital.
