The World Bank has retained the Philippines’ classification as a lower middle income country, despite President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.’s administration pushing for an upgrade to upper middle income ...
Japan firms log biggest pay hikes in 34 years, union tally shows
By Makiko Yamazaki and Kentaro Sugiyama TOKYO (Reuters) -Japanese companies agreed to raise wages by 5.25% this year, marking the biggest pay hike in 34 years, the country's largest labour union group ...
Afghan refugees stuck in Pakistan as Germany halts entry programme
In a cramped guesthouse in Pakistan's capital, 25-year-old Kimia spends her days sketching women — dancing, playing, resisting —in a notebook that holds what's left of her hopes.
Indonesia to sign $34 billion pact with U.S. partners ahead of tariff negotiation deadline, minister says
Indonesia will sign a pact worth $34 billion with business partners next week to boost purchases from the United States, as part of efforts to strike a trade deal with Washington ahead of the July 9 deadline,
Indonesia free meal plan stunted by delays, protests, poisonings
When an Indonesian mother dropped off her daughter at school in May, she did not expect her to become violently sick after eating lunch from the government's new billion-dollar free meal programme.
Chip design software firms rise as US lifts curbs on China exports
(Reuters) -Shares of Synopsys and Cadence Design Systems surged in premarket trade on Thursday after the United States lifted export restrictions on chip design software to China, signaling a thaw in ...
China denies military base ambitions in Pacific Islands
China's embassy in Fiji denied on Thursday that Beijing wanted a military base or sphere of influence in the Pacific Islands, after Fiji's Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka said islands were trying to ...
How the U.S.-China trade war could leave skies dark on the Fourth of July
There are few sights more dazzling than fireworks on the Fourth of July. Yet all the sparkle and sound on the most American day of the year relies almost solely on China, which is mired in a trade war ...
Siemens says US has allowed chip software sales to China to resume
Siemens has received notification from the US government allowing it to resume sales of chip design software to China, the German technology company said, as a trade deal between Washington and ...
China aircraft carrier ‘Shandong’ draws crowds in first Hong Kong visit
China's first domestically built aircraft carrier, the Shandong, sailed into Hong Kong waters on Thursday in its first visit to the Asian financial hub, accompanied by three People's Liberation Army ...