Asia stocks hover near highest since February 2021 Dollar firms after hawkish tilt from some Fed policymakers Earnings focus now to be on tech firms Japan closes for holiday, trading in Asia likely to be muted SINGAPORE, Nov 3 (Reuters) – Asian stocks rose on Monday as the U.S.-China trade truce and soaring spending on…
Item 1 of 3 A newspaper vendor pulls a newspaper with an article reporting U.S. President Donald Trump’s message to Nigeria over the treatment of Christians, at a newspaper stand in Ojuelegba, Lagos, Nigeria, November 2, 2025. REUTERS/Sodiq Adelakun [1/3]A newspaper vendor pulls a newspaper with an article reporting U.S. President Donald Trump’s message to…
SYDNEY, Nov 2 (Reuters) – Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said on Sunday that China’s Premier Li Qiang would visit Australia next year on a trip that may include a stop at Uluru, the giant monolith in central Australia. “Premier Li will visit Australia next year, we’ve discussed that,” Albanese told Sky News television, according…
Indexes end up: Dow 0.09%, S&P 500 0.26%, Nasdaq 0.61% Wall Street boasts longest monthly winning streaks in years Amazon jumps almost 10% as cloud growth beats expectations Warner Bros jumps almost 9% after Reuters report of Netflix bid Oct 31 (Reuters) – Wall Street’s main stock indexes closed higher on Friday, with their biggest…
SEOUL, Nov 1 (Reuters) – North Korea said on Saturday that denuclearisation of the Korean peninsula, which South Korea said will be discussed in a summit with China later that day, is an unrealisable “pipe dream,” according to state media KCNA. Chinese President Xi Jinping and South Korean President Lee Jae Myung are set to…
BEIJING, Oct 31 (Reuters) – China’s Shenzhou-21 space rocket and its crew including the youngest member of its astronaut corps blasted off on Friday atop a Long March-2F rocket from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Centre in northwest China, Chinese state media reported. It was the seventh mission to the permanently inhabited Chinese space station since…
Item 1 of 3 U.S. President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping talk as they leave after a bilateral meeting at Gimhae International Airport, on the sidelines of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit, in Busan, South Korea. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein [1/3]U.S. President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping talk as they leave after…
Item 1 of 2 A component of the SSC-8/9M729 cruise missile system is on display during a news briefing, organized by Russian defence and foreign ministries, at Patriot Expocentre near Moscow, Russia January 23, 2019. REUTERS/Maxim Shemetov/File Photo [1/2]A component of the SSC-8/9M729 cruise missile system is on display during a news briefing, organized by…
Oct 31 (Reuters) – The United States cancelled a planned Budapest summit between President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin following Russia’s firm stance on hardline demands regarding Ukraine, the Financial Times reported on Friday. The decision came after a tense call between the two countries’ top diplomats, the Financial Times said, citing people…
Oct 30 (Reuters) – Netflix (NFLX.O), opens new tab on Thursday announced a ten-for-one stock split, making the streaming company’s shares more affordable for retail investors. The company said it would issue nine additional shares for each share held after close of trading on Nov 10, adding that the split will make its stock more…