Citizens ride on the road amid heavy rain as Typhoon Kajiki approaches on August 24, 2025 in Qionghai, Hainan Province of China. Vcg | Visual China Group | Getty Images Vietnam plans to evacuate more than half a million people and has ordered boats to stay ashore, while the southernRead More →
Kazuo Ueda, governor of the Bank of Japan (BOJ), speaks during a conference hosted by the bank’s Institute for Monetary and Economic Studies in Tokyo, Japan, on Tuesday, May 27, 2025. Kiyoshi Ota | Bloomberg | Getty Images Bank of Japan Governor Kazuo Ueda said wage hikes are spreading beyondRead More →
A screen displays the logo of Spotify on the floor at the New York Stock Exchange on Dec. 4, 2023. Brendan Mcdermid | Reuters Spotify will raise prices as it invests in new features and targets 1 billion users, the Financial Times reported on Sunday citing the music streaming provider’sRead More →
Bank of Japan Governor Kazuo Ueda attends the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City’s 2025 Jackson Hole Economic Symposium in Jackson Hole, Wyoming on Aug. 23, 2025. Jim Urquhart | Reuters Bank of Japan Governor Kazuo Ueda said wage hikes are spreading beyond large firms and likely to keep acceleratingRead More →
Dr. Subrahmanyam Jaishankar, Indian Minister of External Affairs at the World Trade Center on June 30, 2025 in New York City. Roy Rochlin | Getty Images Entertainment | Getty Images India’s foreign minister said on Saturday that trade negotiations with Washington are continuing but there are lines that New DelhiRead More →
Aerial view of vehicles being driven on the road through the central business district in Beijing, China. Vcg | Visual China Group | Getty Images China proposed rules for internet platform pricing on Saturday, seeking public comment after a raft of complaints by merchants and consumers of unfair or misleadingRead More →
The U.S. and South Korean flag against the backdrop of a building. Chris Putnam | Future Publishing | Getty Images When South Korean President Lee Jae Myung meets U.S. President Donald Trump next week for their first summit, he will be asked to pay more for the upkeep of AmericanRead More →
Elon Musk, chief executive officer of Tesla Inc., during a meeting between US President Donald Trump and Cyril Ramaphosa, South Africa’s president, not pictured, in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, US, on Wednesday, May 21, 2025. Jim Lo Scalzo | Bloomberg | Getty Images ElonRead More →
Japan’s manufacturing activity contracted for the second month in August as U.S. tariffs weighed on overseas demand, a private-sector survey showed on Thursday. The S&P Global flash Japan Manufacturing Purchasing Managers’ Index increased to 49.9 in August from July’s final 48.9, but it remained below the 50.0 threshold that separates growth from contractionRead More →
U.S. Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard said on Monday the UK had agreed to drop its mandate for iPhone maker Apple to provide a “back door”. Angela Weiss | AFP | Getty Images U.S. Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard said on Monday the U.K. had agreed to drop its mandate for iPhone maker Apple to provide a “back door” thatRead More →
