Bank of Japan Governor Kazuo Ueda attends a session in the financial affairs committee at the lower house of parliament on Aug. 23, 2024 in Tokyo. Tomohiro Ohsumi | Getty Images News | Getty Images Economists, FX strategists and Japan-focused fund managers are split over the timing of the Bank of Japan’s next interest rate … Read more
The Tokyo Stock Exchange (TSE), operated by Japan Exchange Group Inc. (JPX), in Tokyo, Japan, on Monday, Aug. 5, 2024. Noriko Hayashi | Bloomberg | Getty Images Asia-Pacific stocks traded mixed on Tuesday with Japan’s Nikkei 225 dropping as much as 2% before paring some losses, as investors awaited for the Federal Reserve to kick … Read more
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HUAI’AN, CHINA – APRIL 29, 2024 – A worker produces chips for mobile phones, cars, LED lighting at a workshop in Huai ‘an city, Jiangsu province, China, April 29, 2024. Costfoto | Nurphoto | Getty Images China is scrambling to counter U.S. chip restrictions, but its attempts at manufacturing key equipment reveal it’s not just … Read more
A woman takes a selfie photo, with the Eiffel Tower in the background, at Surcouf street in Paris, on July 23, 2024, ahead of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games. Mauro Pimentel | Afp | Getty Images France’s harmonized inflation rate fell sharply in September, preliminary data from the National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies … Read more
EPA The change of guard comes at a turbulent time for Japan’s ruling party Japan’s ruling party has elected Shigeru Ishiba as its new leader, positioning the political veteran as the next prime minister of Japan. Nine candidates contested for leadership of the conservative Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), which has ruled Japan for most of … Read more
India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi shakes hands with former U.S. President Donald Trump before a meeting at Hyderabad House in New Delhi on February 25, 2020. Mandel Ngan | Afp | Getty Images Republican nominee Donald Trump said Tuesday that he will meet Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi next week. Speaking at his first public … Read more
Volodymyr Zelensky has met with Joe Biden and Kamala Harris at the White House to discuss his “victory plan”, which the Ukrainian president hopes will pressure Russia into agreeing a diplomatic end to the war. It comes amid a row with Donald Trump and the Republican party ahead of November’s US presidential election. The BBC’s … Read more
The crisis in the Middle East continues to escalate, with increased rocket attacks between Hezbollah in Lebanon, and Israel. BBC Verify’s Richard Irvine-Brown has been looking at what the latest satellite imagery and video on the ground can tell us about the damage sustained in southern Lebanon. Produced by Jemimah Herd Source link
A Commerzbank AG bank branch, in the financial district of Frankfurt, Germany, on Thursday, Sept. 12, 2024. Krisztian Bocsi | Bloomberg | Getty Images Commerzbank and UniCredit are set to begin talks Friday, with the German bank on the defensive over a potential takeover after its Italian counterpart unexpectedly increased its stake earlier this month. … Read more