Air Liquide to Invest $236 Million in Japan to Support AI Chip Production
Air Liquide announced plans April 16 to invest 200 million euros ($236 million) to provide industrial gases in Hiroshima, Japan, to support the country’s...
2 New Jersey Men Sentenced to Prison for North Korean Fraud Scheme
Two Americans from New Jersey have been sentenced for their roles in a remote worker fraud that funneled about $5 million in wages from...
Orders Decline, Wages Drop in China’s Dongguan, Once a Buzzing Factory Hub, Residents Say
Dongguan, a major city in China’s southern Guangdong province, was once renowned as a “high-wage manufacturing hub” but is now experiencing significant decline amid...
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....