North Korea Unveils New Nuclear Warheads As Kim Orders More Weapons-grade Materials
North Korea unveiled new, smaller nuclear warheads as leader Kim Jong Un called for scaling up the production of weapons-grade nuclear material to expand the country's arsenal, state media KCNA said o…
Analysis-The $15 Billion Scramble For Japan's Toshiba Went From Bang To Whimper
Toshiba Corp's auction was supposed to ignite a race for top-dollar bids among global private equity firms.
Kenyan Police Fire Tear Gas At Protesters Led By Opposition Chief Odinga
Kenyan police on Monday fired teargas and a water cannon at stone-throwing supporters of opposition leader Raila Odinga during the second consecutive week of protests against the government and high f…
Putin Says Moscow To Station Nuclear Weapons In Belarus, First Time Since 1990s
Russia will station tactical nuclear weapons in neighbouring Belarus, President Vladimir Putin said on Saturday, marking the first time since the mid-1990s that Moscow will have based such arms outsid…
Honduras Ends Decades-long Taiwan Ties, Taiwan Decries Monetary Demands
The ending of ties with Taiwan had been long expected after the Honduran foreign minister travelled to China last week to open relations and President Xiomara Castro said her government would start ti…
Strong Turnout In Cuba's National Legislative Elections -government
Upwards of 70% of eligible Cubans had cast ballots by late Sunday afternoon in an election for the 470 lawmakers who will represent them in the country?s National Assembly, with voter turnout topping …
Japan's Business Services Prices Perk Up Near BOJ's Inflation Target
Japan's business-to-business services inflation picked up in February on a tourism rebound and rising labour costs, data showed, offering the central bank hope that steady wage hikes would aid in sust…
Payments Firm Block's Australian Shares Slump After Hindenburg Report
Australia-listed shares of Block Inc, led by Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey, plunged as much as 20% on Friday after Hindenburg Research alleged the payments firm overstated its user numbers and unders…
Brazil's Markets Cool To Central Bank's Hawkish Stance
Brazilian markets responded coldly on Thursday to the central bank's decision to maintain a hawkish stance and keep interest rates unchanged in the face of rising inflation expectations.
Bombardier Lifts 2025 Financial Targets, Plane Production Amid Strong Business Jet Market
Business jet maker Bombardier Inc on Thursday raised 2025 revenue and free cash flow targets at its investor day and said it would produce more corporate planes, sending shares up 7.5% in late morning…
'Most Vulnerable' U.S. Banks Lost $1 Trillion In Deposits In A Year: JP Morgan
The team of JPMorgan analysts led by Nikolaos Panigirtzoglou did not name any of the banks they categorized as "most vulnerable."
'If Not Now, When?': Emotional Australian PM Advances Indigenous Referendum
Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese fought back tears on Thursday as he revealed the question the government wants to ask in a referendum on whether to recognise Aboriginal and Torres Strait Is…
Citigroup CEO Declares 'This Is Not A Credit Crisis' After U.S. Bank Failures
Citigroup Inc CEO Jane Fraser on Wednesday expressed confidence in U.S. banks after a series of closures rattled investors and fueled turmoil in global financial markets.
China Watching World's Response To Ukraine War, Has Not Crossed Lethal Aid Line -Blinken
Russia's invasion has led to debates over how the war will affect China's military thinking regarding Taiwan, the self-governing island that Beijing sees as sovereign Chinese territory.
Analysis-Erdogan Tries To Salvage Economic Credibility Before Turkey's Election
Former Turkish economy tsar Mehmet Simsek's refusal to return to politics has left President Tayyip Erdogan's ruling party scrambling to rebuild its economic credibility less than two months before la…