China Reopening Hopes Keep Dollar on Guard
By Tom Westbrook SINGAPORE - The dollar was kept on the back foot on Tuesday by strength in the Chinese...
Japan Household Spending Extends Growth in September on Economic Reopening
By Kantaro Komiya TOKYO - Japanese households ramped up spending in September from a year earlier...
NY: Lee Zeldin Addresses NY’s Asian Community Ahead of Tuesday’s Election
On Nov. 4, at a campaign event hosted by Wai Wah Chin, the founding president of the Chinese American...
Total Eclipse: ‘Blood Moon’ to Be Visible Across Much of Americas and Asia on Nov. 8
People across much of the Americas, Australia, the Pacific islands, and Asia will be able to see the...
Trump Stresses GOP Unity at Florida Rally: ‘You’re going to reelect Ron DeSantis’
Speaking to rallygoers in Miami on Sunday (Nov. 6), former President Donald Trump called for unity among Republicans ahead of the midterm elections on Tuesday and expressed support for Florida's incumbent Gov. Ron DeSantis. “Just...
UK Slave Bosses May Be ‘Personally Liable’ for Exploitation of Workers
By Lin Taylor, Thomson Reuters Foundation. LONDON — Modern slavery civil suits in Britain got more personal with a high court ruling on Monday that the bosses of trafficked workers - not just the companies...
US Lays Claim to $1 Billion in Bitcoin Stolen From Silk Road
The United States is seeking a forfeiture order for more than $1 billion in Bitcoin that was stolen from the Silk Road online marketplace in 2012, federal prosecutors in Manhattan said on Monday. In the...
Elon Musk Recommends Voting for Republicans in US Midterm Elections
Twitter Inc owner Elon Musk, the world's richest person, on Monday recommended that voters pick Republican candidates for the U.S. Congress in Tuesday's midterm election. "To independent-minded voters: Shared power curbs the worst excesses of...
Twitter Fires Hundreds of Employees, Only to Ask for Several to Return Days Later
Last week, Elon Musk began his first few days at Twitter by firing several of the company’s employees. Now, the social media giant is asking for some of those laid-off workers to come back, following...
China’s Trade Unexpectedly Shrinks as COVID Curbs, Global Slowdown Jolt Demand
By Ellen Zhang and Ryan Woo BEIJING - China's exports and imports unexpectedly contracted in October, the first simultaneous slump since May 2020, as a perfect storm of COVID curbs at home and global recession...
Ethiopian and Tigray Forces Launch Hotline as New Peace Talks Begin
By Hereward Holland and Tommy Wilkes NAIROBI -The Ethiopian government and Tigrayan forces have established a telephone hotline to help maintain a ceasefire struck last week, and both sides met in Kenya on Monday for...
No-Boom, No-Bust Economy Dogs Democrats in U.S. Midterm Elections
By Howard Schneider WASHINGTON - Household cash is near record levels in the United States, and consumers are using it to pack restaurants and airplanes and buy new cars. Jobs are there for the taking....