Asia-Pacific
Australia’s Turnbull Warns Against ‘coercive’ China
China has nothing to gain by strong-arming its way in the Asia Pacific, Australia's prime minister said Friday, warning...
Mattis Arrives In Singapore As N. Korea Tensions Swirl
Pentagon chief Jim Mattis arrived in Singapore on Friday ahead of a key defence summit where longstanding US allies...
Vietnam and US Sign New Deals Worth $8 Billion
The US has agreed deals worth $8 billion with Vietnam - including a massive engine contract with a Vietnamese budget...
Japan, US Conduct Joint Naval Drill Off Korean Peninsula
A pair of US aircraft carriers and Japanese naval vessels conducted a joint drill in waters off the Korean peninsula...
Vietnam and US Sign New Deals Worth $8 Billion
Vietnam and the US have signed $8 billion in deals, including a massive engine contract with a Vietnamese budget...
Beijing’s Hand Seen As Yuan Hits Nearly 7-Month High
China's yuan jumped to a near seven-month high Thursday, fuelling speculation that the government was pulling strings...
Young Chinese In the Red As Easy Credit Drives Up Debt
When Wu Qi and her husband traded in their Mazda 3 for a more expensive Mercedes Benz sedan, they applied for a 200,000...
US Fears Nuclear Arms Race In Asia-Pacific
Senior Trump administration officials fear a nuclear arms race in Asia-Pacific if an increasingly belligerent North...
Harley-Davidson To Build Assembly Plant In Thailand
Harley-Davidson, the iconic motorcycle brand hailed by US President Donald Trump for keeping jobs in America, is...
TPP Trade Deal Will Continue Without Trump
The controversial trade pact was dealt a blow when the US ditched the deal Asia-Pacific trade ministers have agreed to...
Philippines’ Duterte Heads To Russia In Blow To US
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte flies to Russia on Monday to meet his hero, seek arms and steer his nation's...
Pacific Rim Nations Fight To Save TPP Trade Pact
Asia-Pacific trade ministers agreed Sunday to resuscitate a massive free trade pact thrown into doubt by a Donald...
TPP Members Aim To Revive Deal After US Pullout
Asia-Pacific nations will try to rescue a massive trade deal scuppered by the pullout of the United States, a source...
Five Things To Know About the Japanese Royals
Japan is setting the stage for its first imperial abdication in two centuries after the government on Friday approved a...
Government Will Protect All Its Citizens’ Abroad
Ghana would use diplomacy to give enhanced protection for all its citizens abroad, Ms Shirley Ayorkor Botchwey,...
Trump, Turnbull Look To Reset Ties After Phone Blow-Up
US President Donald Trump and Australia's Malcolm Turnbull will meet later Thursday to steady a long-standing alliance...
Syria Ceasefire Heads Leaders’ Agenda
US President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin have agreed to press for a ceasefire to halt the war in...
Australia PM To Reset Ties With Trump After Icy Start
Malcolm Turnbull will seek to steady Australia's longstanding alliance with the United States when he meets Donald...
China Targets Debt Risks, But Does It Mean Business?
China has launched perhaps its most concerted push yet to clean up a toxic brew of unregulated and risky lending...