China wants its currency, the yuan, included in a basket of currencies used in IMF operations along with the U.S. dollar, euro, British pound and Japanese yen. It was hoping
Genting Singapore Plc fell the most in six years after the casino operator warned of a significant fall in second-quarter profit on derivative and currency losses, amid a downturn in
Two groups of MDP participants from both the Chinese- and English-language courses visited sister hotels, Grand Hyatt Shenzhen, Hyatt Place Shenzhen and Grand Hyatt Guangzhou, to learn more about each
Portugal’s AICEP Global Trade and Investment Agency plans to open offices in Dili, East Timor and Seoul, South Korea, this year and in Mumbai, India, and Astana, Kazakhstan, by the
Angola has signed a monetary agreement with China under which national currencies are now accepted in both countries, Angola’s trade minister, Rosa Pacavira said Monday in Luanda. “The kwanza will have
Chinese state media say minority Muslim Uighurs deported from Thailand to China remain in detention while authorities investigate whether some planned to join the Islamic State or other groups in the Middle
Artist Ai Weiwei said in an interview published yesterday that Chinese authorities returned his passport with almost no strings attached and promised him he can return to China. Ai traveled to
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry yesterday urged China to end provocative land reclamation projects in the South China Sea and work out effective resolutions to territorial disputes with its smaller neighbors. A senior
About a dozen Catholics wept and sang hymns outside their church as a man climbed to the top of the building and sliced off its steel cross with a cutting
Two passenger trains jumped off slippery tracks on a bridge near a rain-swollen river in central India, killing at least 24 people as two coaches hurled through mud and rested on
The United Nations said yesterday that an increasing number of women and children were getting hurt or killed in Afghanistan’s war against the Taliban and other insurgents. The total number of casualties in
The 92-year-old widow of late South Korean President and Nobel Peace Prize laureate Kim Dae-jung arrived in North Korea yesterday for a four-day visit. According to Lee’s official itinerary, she will visit a
Setting aside decades of animosity and suspicion, senior Myanmar government and military officials have held unprecedented discussions with representatives of the main opposition party and ethnic minorities in Washington on
Working to prevent tension with a treaty ally, Vice President Joe Biden reassured Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Tuesday that the U.S. limits its surveillance of friendly nations, after
President Barack Obama and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu made dueling appeals to the American Jewish community Tuesday as they sought to rally support for their opposing positions on the
Billionaire businessman Donald Trump has made the cut for tonight’s leadoff debate of the 2016 presidential race, joined by former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush, Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker and seven
Spain’s rescue services called off their underwater search for missing free-diving great Natalia Molchanova yesterday after spending more than two days looking for her off the Balearic Islands. The county’s maritime
An accurate assessment of the damage caused has so far been impossible due to a huge cloud of impenetrable dust covering the target. Hiroshima is one of the chief supply
Gary Hunt of Britain swept to victory in the final of the high diving at the world championships yesterday. Hunt, the silver medalist two years ago, held on to his
Tom Brady denied under oath to NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell that he tampered with footballs before the AFC title game, and investigator Ted Wells said in a transcript that he
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