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Nov 4, 2023

Australian premier will protest blogger's detention conditions while meeting the Chinese president

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese says he will protest a lack of transparency in China’s treatment of a detained Australian democracy blogger when meeting with President Xi Jinping in Beijing during a trade-focused state visit

Nov 3, 2023

Stock market today: Global shares follow Wall St higher on hopes for an end to Fed rate hikes

World shares have advanced after Wall Street roared higher on hopes that market-rattling hikes to interest rates are coming to an end

Nov 3, 2023

North Korean art sells in China despite UN sanctions over nuclear program

A Beijing-based art dealer touts itself as China's premier seller of North Korean art, despite stiff U.N. sanctions prohibiting the sale of such goods, The gallery’s existence and conspicuous sales tactics, highlight China’s lax enforcement of U.N. sanctions targeting North Korea to stymie Pyongyang’s nuclear program

Nov 3, 2023

Japanese consumers are eating more local fish in spite of China's ban due to Fukushima wastewater

Fishing communities in Fukushima feared devastating damage to their businesses from the tsunami-wrecked nuclear power plant’s ongoing discharge of treated radioactive wastewater into the sea

Nov 2, 2023

Nippon Steel drops patent lawsuit against Toyota in name of partnership

Nippon Steel has dropped its lawsuit against Toyota over a patent for a technology used in electric motors, saying wrangling among Japanese companies was not beneficial to keep the nation competitive

Nov 2, 2023

Stock market today: Asian shares surge on hopes the Federal Reserve’s rate hikes are done

Asian shares are surging after the U.S. Federal Reserve indicated it may not need to pump the brakes any harder on Wall Street and the economy

Nov 2, 2023

Stock market today: Global shares surge on hopes the Federal Reserve’s rate hikes are done

Global shares have advanced after the U.S. Federal Reserve indicated it may not need to pump the brakes any harder on Wall Street and the economy

Nov 2, 2023

Stock market today: Asian shares follow Wall St higher on hopes for an end to Fed rate hikes

Asian shares have advanced after Wall Street roared higher on hopes that market-rattling hikes to interest rates are coming to an end

Nov 1, 2023

Beijing's crackdown fails to dim Hong Kong's luster, as talent scheme lures mainland Chinese

The exodus of tens of thousands of professionals from Hong Kong, triggered by Beijing’s crackdown on its civil liberties, is being offset by new arrivals: mainland Chinese keen to move to the former British colony

Oct 31, 2023

Singapore defense minister calls on China to take the lead in reducing regional tensions

Singapore’s defense minister has urged China as a dominant power in Asia to take the lead in reducing tensions in the region, warning that a military conflict like the one in Ukraine or the Israel-Hamas war would be devastating for the continent and its future