Japan's service sector sentiment index rose in July, a Cabinet Office survey showed on Tuesday, showing some improvement in business confidence although concerns persist over the impact of the ... ( read original story ...)
Love of Stilton drives wedge between UK and Japan in post-Brexit trade talks
Consensus crumbles after Liz Truss reportedly sought to make the cheese a part of negotiations ... ( read original story ...)
Misbah adamant Pakistan can ‘come back’ in England series
Haq has insisted his side can "fight back" from their agonising defeat by England in time for the second Test starting on Thursday. Having played so well in a losing cause, fears have been expressed ... ( read original story ...)
Sinovac launches late-stage trial for potential COVID-19 vaccine in Indonesia
China's Sinovac Biotech Ltd launched on Tuesday a late-stage human trial involving as many as 1,620 patients in Indonesia for a COVID-19 vaccine candidate that it is developing with Indonesian ... ( read original story ...)
Indonesia retail sales contract in June but slower, central bank says
Indonesia's retail sales fell 17.1% in June year-on-year, slowing from the previous month's contraction, a central bank survey showed on Tuesday. ( read original story ...)
Slaughter of Australian cattle in Indonesia investigated after distressing video released
Australian Livestock Exporters’ Council CEO says killings in the video are inappropriate and unacceptable ... ( read original story ...)
Ganges River flows with history and prophecy for India
More than 2,000 years ago, a powerful king built a fort on the banks of India’s holiest river, on the fringes of what is now a vast industrial city. ( read original story ...)
‘The next Hong Kong’: Taiwan’s foreign minister sounds warning over China
Joseph Wu tells visiting US health secretary Taiwan lives under constant threat of its freedoms being quashed by Beijing ... ( read original story ...)
Taiwan tells visiting U.S. official China seeks to turn it into next Hong Kong
Taiwan faces an increasingly difficult position as China pressures the democratic island to accept conditions that would turn it into the next Hong Kong, its top diplomat told visiting U.S. Health ... ( read original story ...)
China data drives early gains in European stocks
European shares inched higher on Monday as a decline in China's producer prices slowed and oil prices rose, while investors looked to Washington for signs of more U.S. stimulus. ( read original story ...)