Gold seen fighting back in battle with dollar for haven role
Don’t write off gold in the battle of the havens.
Bullion has lost out in a paradigm shift where the metal’s no longer viewed as...
With Bitcoin sinking, crypto miners just dig deeper
With Bitcoin declining this year, you might expect mining activity to follow. That hasn’t happened.
The combination of falling prices and a rising hash rate...
Oil’s on its longest losing run since 2015 on turmoil and supply
Oil headed for the longest run of weekly declines in three years, dragged down by everything from an emerging-market rout to rising global supplies...
China, unsure of how to handle Trump, braces for ‘new Cold War’
Perhaps nowhere outside America’s heartland is Donald Trump given more credit than in Beijing.
In government offices and think tanks, universities and state-run newsrooms, there...
China-US to resume low-level talks in bid to resolve trade war
China will dispatch Vice Commerce Minister Wang Shouwen to the U.S. for low-level trade talks in late August, the first official exchanges since earlier...
China developing satellites to monitor territory in South China Sea
China is developing a satellite system that will allow it to closely watch the South China Sea, the China News Service reported, helping it...
Suspected terror attack injures pedestrians outside UK parliament
London -- A car crashed into barriers outside Britain's Houses of Parliament in a suspected terror attack on Tuesday, injuring a "number of pedestrians"...
China warns Hong Kong journalists’ club after activist speech
Hong Kong’s foreign journalists’ club found itself at the center of the latest battle over free speech in the financial hub, as Beijing loyalists...
Fed’s Powell to keep hiking as US growth overshadows Turkey turmoil
Don’t count on a Powell Pause.
That’s the message seasoned watchers of the Federal Reserve have for any investors hoping that turmoil in Turkey and...
Calm comes to emerging assets as analysts reassess Turkey woes
The initial panic over Turkey’s market meltdown has eased. The lira, the world’s worst performer this year, and South Africa’s rand led the advance...
Lights out for Indonesia’s LRT just days before Asian Games
Jakarta, Indonesia -- Indonesia is investigating a series of malfunctions that have plagued its first light rapid transit (LRT) system just days out from...
Fish fry: Japan heatwave threatens famed tuna auction
Tokyo, Japan -- Fishmongers at Tokyo's famed Tsukiji tuna auction are feeling the heat as the aging market's air conditioners struggle to keep up...