BANGKOK (AP) — Asian shares advanced Tuesday, apart from in China, after most U.S. stocks ticked higher to recover some of their swoon from last week. Oil prices and U.S. futures edged higher. Tokyo’s Nikkei 225 rose 0.4% to 38,471.58 and the Kospi in Seoul climbed 0.2% to 2,474.26. Chinese shares have wavered under concern…
Keyboard with China flag key (Getty images) Across both the Biden and Trump administrations, the US has consistently viewed China as the primary global rival, particularly in the fast-evolving field of artificial intelligence. President Biden’s administration recently underscored this stance with the first-ever National Security Memorandum (NSM) on AI, which set a firm foundation for…
BEIJING, Nov. 18, 2024 /PRNewswire/ — Chinese President Xi Jinping arrived in Rio de Janeiro on Sunday local time for the 19th G20 Summit and a state visit to Brazil. Ten years ago, Xi attended the China-Latin American and Caribbean (LAC) Countries Leaders’ Meeting in Brasilia and delivered a keynote speech, during which he, for the…
Asian shares turned higher, with a rally in heavyweight Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. offsetting earlier weakness stemming from reduced expectations for Federal Reserve policy easing. A key gauge of the region’s equities rose 0.3%, aided by Samsung Electronics’ gains after South Korea’s biggest firm announced a surprise stock buybackBloomberg Terminal plan. Shares in Hong Kong…
Eat this Fukuro Meets Supun Chef Kazunari Araki of Fukuro. Photo: Fukuro Chef Kazunari Araki of Hong Kong’s Fukuro and chefs Luca Rossi and Nardino Aufiero and sake sommelier Bruna Sotriffer from Ibiza’s Supun have teamed up for a one-night, eight-course menu blending Japanese and Mediterranean flavours this Thursday. Priced at HK$788 per person, the…
Hong Kong’s investment promotion agency has launched a charm offensive tour to Europe, with the aim of attracting high-net-worth individuals to set up family offices in the city. A top InvestHK official, Charles Ng Siong-kwong, set off on Sunday and will visit various major European cities over the coming week, including London, Milan, Lugano and…
In June 2020, a bloody border clash broke out between India and China in the Ladakh region—the deadliest since a 1962 war. Relations between the nuclear-armed neighbors plunged to their lowest level in decades. But, after four years of icy ties, the relationship is finally beginning to thaw. India and China struck a border deal…
For years, Lithuania has been one of Beijing’s most vociferous critics in Europe as it sought to build close ties with Taiwan. But with a new government in the offing, there are signs that the Baltic state might be looking to mend ties with the world’s second largest economy – even if observers believe the…
China’s US$376 billion electric vehicle (EV) market is attracting new entrants from an array of investors, including a maker of vacuum cleaners and hair dryers. In an industry ridden with losses and failures, that optimism is intriguing. Dreame, whose products compete with foreign brands like Dyson and Philips, has recruited a team to develop and…
Argentine President Javier Milei is preparing for his first sit-down with Xi Jinping, despite once scoffing that he’d never cut deals with communists. The meeting with the Chinese president, which Milei’s spokesman said Saturday would take place on the sidelines of the Group of 20 summit, shows how far the libertarian economist has come in…