For the three-month period ending January 2018, the general unemployment rate (1.8 percent) and the unemployment rate of local residents (2.4 percent) both dropped 0.1 percentage points compared
Veteran Wall Street enforcers are landing new roles on a wild frontier: virtual currencies. A growing number of crypto startups are adding former regulators
Toys “R” Us Inc.’s U.K. unit said it entered into administration yesterday after talks to sell the business fell through. Simon Thomas and Arron
It may be a good problem to have, but it’s a problem nevertheless. In his annual budget speech yesterday, Hong Kong Financial Secretary Paul Chan announced a
The U.S. Commerce Department yesterday recommended raising import duties on Chinese-made aluminum foil it said is being sold at unfairly low prices due to improper subsidies
Prosecutors in eastern Taiwan have detained the developer of a building complex that collapsed in an earthquake earlier this month, killing 14 people. The
Chinese leaders have approved nominees for top government jobs, state media said, as the ruling Communist Party also promised changes to the country’s regulatory structure. The
China’s manufacturing activity weakened to its lowest level in more than a year and a half as the extended Lunar New Year holiday curtailed production.
Lining up for hours and visibly grief-stricken, thousands of mourning fans paid their respects yesterday to Sridevi, the iconic Bollywood actress who drowned accidentally in a
Three Nobel Peace laureates yesterday accused Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi and the nation’s military of genocide for their role in violence that has forced
The security clearance of White House senior adviser and presidential son-in-law Jared Kushner has been downgraded, significantly reducing his access to classified information, according to two people informed
Infowars, a conspiracy website that suggested survivors of the Florida school shooting were coached on their pleas for gun control, said its video account was temporarily frozen
A Flag Day ceremony in Mexico has gone awry, with troops flying the country’s red, white and green “tri-color” upside down. Local media show images of the
The Chancellor of the Exchequer, James Callaghan, has confirmed the “historic and momentous” decision to change over to decimal coinage. It was just one of a
The Australians are surprised. The Brits are skeptical. The French are downright angry. “They have just killed the Davis Cup,” French tennis player Nicolas Mahut
Five female golfers will compete in a men’s European Tour event in May as part of more innovations to the GolfSixes tournament. Suzann Pettersen and Mel
INDONESIA has seized a luxury yacht on the tourist island of Bali that is wanted by U.S. authorities as part of a probe into alleged multibillion-dollar corruption at
The Philippine Supreme Court’s chief justice — who has drawn the ire of President Rodrigo Duterte — expects to be impeached by the House next month and will
Concerned that time is fast running out, the European Union moved yesterday to force Britain’s hand in Brexit negotiations by publishing a draft text that provocatively
Just two weeks in, and I have high hopes for the Year of the Dog. It has the potential to help with world peace, feminist issues and the
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