Japan’s exports down in August as automakers grapple with higher US tariffs
TOKYO — Japan’s exports fell for a fourth straight month in August, government data showed on Wednesday, as elevated US tariffs took a deeper...
Australian media’s last reporters in China flee
TWO Australian journalists based in China have fled the country as diplomatic relations between the trading partners worsen.
Judge grants injunction blocking US from detaining British anti-disinformation activist
WASHINGTON — A US judge on Thursday temporarily blocked the Trump administration from detaining British anti-disinformation campaigner Imran Ahmed, after the US permanent resident...
Sydney locked down for another week as Delta COVID-19 variant spreads
SYDNEY — The leader of Australia’s New South Wales (NSW) state on Wednesday ordered a week-long extension of Sydney’s coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) lockdown, warning new cases are bound to rise as the country’s biggest city grapples with the highly infectious Delta variant.
Vietnam Q1 foreign investments up 6.5%
HANOI — Vietnam received $4.1 billion in foreign direct investment (FDI) in the first three months (Q1) of 2021, up 6.5% from a year earlier, government data showed on Saturday.
Drinking water, ash big concern as Tonga damage after tsunami
SYDNEY/WELLINGTON — Australia and New Zealand sent surveillance flights on Monday to assess damage in Tonga, isolated from the rest of the world after the eruption of a volcano that triggered a tsunami and blanketed the Pacific island with ash.
May, Juncker aides in Twitter spat over leaks
BRUSSELS -- The European Commission said on Monday it was the victim of a smear intended to disrupt Brexit negotiations after a newspaper report...
Yellen rejects World Bank capital increase; no challengers to US nominee to lead lender
WASHINGTON - US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen on Wednesday rejected the idea of a near-term capital increase for the World Bank and said she expected US nominee Ajay Banga to win election as the bank's next leader, with no challengers emerging as...
Eli Lilly’s antibody combination receives FDA emergency use authorization for COVID-19
Eli Lilly’s combination antibody therapy to fight COVID-19 has been granted emergency use authorization by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA), Lilly said on Tuesday.
British entrepreneur Mike Lynch among missing after luxury yacht sinks off Sicily
PALERMO, Sicily - One man died and six people were missing, including British tech entrepreneur Mike Lynch and his daughter, after a luxury yacht was struck by an...
SWIFT block delivers crippling blow to Russia
LONDON/NEW YORK — A decision by Western allies on Saturday to block “selected” Russian banks from the SWIFT payments system will inflict a crippling economic blow, but also cause much pain to their own companies and banks. And the allies still have room to do more.
Prayers, terror and a race to escape as wildfire bore down on Hawaiian town
OLOWALU, Hawaii — Yadira Ulloa was pumping gas near the apartment building where she lived on the western side of Maui when the winds...