IMF Holds Press Briefing on Regional Economic Outlook in the Asia Pacific Department
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) holds a press briefing on the regional economic outlook in the Asia and Pacific Department at 8:00 a.m. ET...
Around 250 Missing After Rohingya Boat Capsizes in Andaman Sea, UN Agencies Say
Around 250 people were missing after a boat carrying Rohingya refugees and Bangladeshi nationals capsized in the Andaman Sea, the United Nations’ refugee and...
US Threatened 2 Chinese Banks With Sanctions Over Suspected Iranian Transactions: Bessent
Two Chinese banks recently received letters from the U.S. Treasury threatening secondary sanctions if the agency can prove that Iranian money is flowing through...
Trump Says He Exchanged Letters With China’s Xi Over Iran
President Donald Trump said on April 15 that he had received a letter from Chinese leader Xi Jinping after he told Beijing not to...
Bessent Calls China an Unreliable Partner for Its Hoarding Oil Amid Iran War
U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said China had been an “unreliable global partner” during the war in Iran, citing the communist regime’s hoarding of...
Australian PM in Brunei in Latest Step to Ensure Fuel Keeps Flowing
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has turned to the small, wealthy country of Brunei in his ongoing efforts to ensure fuel keeps flowing to Australia....
China Bank Hiring Ad Sparks Backlash Over Height Rule, Athlete Requirement
A recruitment notice from a rural banking institution in southwestern China has ignited a wave of online backlash—not for low pay or tough competition,...
China’s Evergrande Founder Pleads Guilty to Fraud
The chairman of the world’s most-indebted property developer has pleaded guilty to a litany of charges, including illegal fundraising and bribery, after a two-day...
Chinese Export Growth Slows Sharply as Trade Surplus Shrinks
China’s export growth slowed to its lowest level in five months as market watchers monitor the global economic fallout from the seven-week-old war in...