Japan's central bank raised interest rates on Tuesday for the first time since 2007 and abolished its yield control curve policy, ending the world's last negative rates regime on early signs of robust ...
Yen weakens, Japan stocks see-saw after BOJ stimulus exit
The yen weakened while Japan's Nikkei share average swung between small gains and losses after the Bank of Japan on Tuesday announced an end to its long-running ultra-accommodative stimulus programmes ...
Bangladesh, Pakistan and India bottom in air quality rankings in 2023, data shows
Pakistan remained one of the world's three smoggiest countries in 2023, as Bangladesh and India replaced Chad and Iran, with particulate matter about 15 times the level recommended by the World Health ...
Indonesia fishing village grapples with piles of trash brought in by tides
Solikah, an Indonesian housewife living in the fishing village of Teluk, was in tears as she pointed to piles of trash strewn on a beach close to her home of 40 years.
Arms agency reaffirms stance for Indonesia’s 2026 payment deadline for joint fighter jet project
The state arms procurement agency on Tuesday reaffirmed its stance for Indonesia to complete its payment for their joint fighter jet development project by 2026 after a local news report said Jakarta ...
China tightens regulations on consumer finance companies
China has tightened the screws on consumer finance companies, raising the capital limit for non-bank financial firms which provide small personal loans.
China seen leaving benchmark lending rates unchanged in March
China is widely expected to leave benchmark lending rates unchanged on Wednesday, a Reuters survey showed, as the central bank kept a key policy rate steady last week at a time when the broad economy ...
I’ve made simple changes in my life so that I can retire at 40 and move to the Philippines. There are 3 years left, and I’m on track.
Brandon Turrell first came across the Financial Independence, Retire Early movement — better known as the FIRE movement — in 2012.
US and Japan seek UN resolution calling on all nations to ban nuclear weapons in outer space
The United States and Japan are sponsoring a U.N. Security Council resolution calling on nations not to deploy or develop nuclear weapons in space ...
US and Japan push for ban on nuclear weapons in space with UN security council resolution
UN chief António Guterres says risk of nuclear war has escalated and that ‘humanity cannot survive a sequel to Oppenheimer’ ...