HONG KONG – China’s top official on Hong Kong affairs said the city should “tightly hold” onto the bottom line of national security to safeguard development,...
WASHINGTON – US economic growth that keeps motoring above its potential is emerging as a key prop for an ongoing global expansion, but spillovers from persistently...
LONDON – Britain’s homes and businesses received 4.86 billion pounds ($6.07 billion) in property insurance payouts in 2023, up 18% from a year earlier, as weather-related...
SINGAPORE – South East Asia is “woefully off track” on green investments to reduce emissions and needs new policies and financial mechanisms to help bridge the gap, the...
JERUSALEM/DUBAI/WASHINGTON – President Joe Biden warned Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu the US will not take part in a counter-offensive against Iran, an option Netanyahu’s war cabinet...
BILBAO/LISBON — People in Bilbao in northwestern Spain normally spend April dodging the showers but on Saturday many hit the beach as temperatures were...
JERUSALEM/DUBAI — Iran launched explosive drones and fired missiles at Israel late on Saturday in its first direct attack on Israeli territory, a retaliatory...
WASHINGTON – Long-simmering tensions between China and its neighbors took center stage on Thursday as leaders of the U.S., Japan and the Philippines gathered...