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CHINA allowed its yuan to fall below the politically sensitive level of seven to the U.S. dollar yesterday for the first time in 11 years, prompting concern Beijing might use
OSAKA SUMMIT The Group of 20 summit in Osaka this week will be Trump and Putin’s first meeting since special counsel Robert Mueller ended his investigation with no finding
JAPAN Emperor Akihito (pictured) announced his abdication at a palace ceremony in his final address, as the nation embraced the end of his reign with reminiscence and hope
SOUTH CHINA SEA Two U.S. warships sailed through the Taiwan Strait over the weekend, Taiwan’s defense ministry said yesterday, in a move that Beijing said threatened to
CHINA-US High on the list of President Donald Trump’s priorities as he tries to close a trade deal with counterpart Xi Jinping is making sure China faces
TAIWAN Chinese attempts at military coercion only strengthen Taiwan’s resolve to defend itself, the president of the self-governing island republic said. Tsai Ing-wen’s comments followed what Taiwan’s defense
TAIWAN The former speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives, Paul Ryan, says the U.S. wants the rest of the world to be more like Taiwan. Ryan made
PHILIPPINES Officials say U.S. DNA tests have confirmed the death of a Muslim militant leader who helped lead the 2017 siege of southern Marawi city and was regarded
CHINA Police seized a haul of methamphetamine and heroin concealed in a truckload of bananas believed to have come from Myanmar. The drug shipment weighing 144.5 kilograms was
MAR-A-LAGO A Chinese woman recently arrested at Trump’s Mar-a-Lago club lied repeatedly to Secret Service agents while carrying computer malware unlike anything a government analyst had ever seen
CHINA A UniCredit SpA employee allegedly siphoned off about 100 million yuan of clients’ money over three years by taking advantage of shared passwords and other internal security
ECONOMY Europe’s sclerotic growth and political dysfunction inspire frequent comparisons with Japan’s lost decade from the mid-1990s. We’re not there yet. CHINA Officials at the Sanya Championship
BRUNEI New Islamic criminal laws that took effect in Brunei yesterday, punishing gay sex and adultery by stoning offenders to death, have triggered an outcry from countries,
BELT & ROAD Panama sees a “big opportunity” in China’s massive “Belt and Road” infrastructure initiative, President Juan Carlos Varela (pictured) said yesterday during a visit to Hong
CHINA A fire high in the mountains of Sichuan province has killed 30 firefighters and others, the government said yesterday. The deaths occurred after a change of wind
CHINA A gauge of Chinese manufacturing improved in March in a possible sign government efforts to reverse an economic slowdown amid a tariff war with Washington might be
HONG KONG’s traditional banks are set to face one of their biggest challenges yet: a new breed of financial technology firms estimated to snare as much as
CHINA pledged to improve its system for registering new drugs in the country this year and more closely monitor those medicines after they’ve entered the market, part of
MONEY LAUNDERING As one avenue for money launderers is shut, another one may be opening. In Denmark, home to Danske Bank A/S, the authorities are now taking a closer
CHINA For the better part of a decade, wealthy Chinese tourists have been on a feeding frenzy for luxury brands, casinos and cruise lines. Now there are doubts
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