America Inc’s productivity boom may be going global
ORLANDO, Florida, Jan 26 (Reuters) – The rumblings of a productivity boom are reverberating through the U.S. economy…
Chinese industrial profit rises in 2025, first time in four years
Industrial profit rises 0.6% on year, first increase since 2021 Government call to end price wars eased earnings…
Thailand releases endangered leopard sharks in conservation push
MAITON ISLAND, Thailand, Jan 26 (Reuters) – After a brief countdown by conservationists, a young Indo-Pacific leopard shark…
Singapore expected to keep monetary policy unchanged as growth outperforms
Item 1 of 2 A view of the Monetary Authority of Singapore building in Singapore April 18, 2016.…
Explainer: How Singapore’s unique monetary policy works
SINGAPORE, Jan 26 (Reuters) – Singapore’s central bank has a unique method of managing monetary policy, tweaking the…
Russian Oscar hopeful believes in the power of animation
Item 1 of 4 Russian director Konstantin Bronzit, whose animated short film “The Three Sisters” has been nominated…
From labs to listings: US-China AI race makes capital markets the new battleground
The US-China tech rivalry is no longer confined to the laboratories, fabs and boardrooms of the industry’s biggest…
BOJ stands pat but primes market for more hikes with hawkish inflation signals
BOJ keeps key policy rate steady at 0.75% as widely expected Board revises up growth forecasts for fiscal…
China’s Africa lending nearly halved in 2024, shifts to yuan
Six African projects funded in 2024, including in Kenya and Egypt Yuan loans replace dollar in China’s Africa…
South Korea launches landmark laws to regulate AI, startups warn of compliance burdens
Human oversight required in high-impact AI such as healthcare, nuclear safety Products and services using generative or high-impact…
China issues $13.4 billion of treasury bonds to support equipment upgrades
BEIJING, Jan 22 (Reuters) – China has issued the first batch of 93.6 billion yuan ($13.44 billion) of…
UN biodiversity treaty enters into force, aims to protect 30% of oceans by 2030
SINGAPORE, Jan 17 (Reuters) – A landmark global treaty to safeguard biodiversity in the high seas came into…