US President Joe Biden hosted Australia’s prime minister at his Delaware home on Friday, at the start of a weekend summit with the “Quad” group he has pushed as a counterweight to China. Biden chose his hometown of Wilmington for a summit of leaders from Australia, India and Japan – the last of his presidency…
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Gourmands in Hong Kong will be treated to a longer and greener Wine and Dine Festival this year, with the event stretching to five days from four and a ban on plastic cups in place. Spearheaded by the Hong Kong Tourism Board, the festival will be held from October 23 to 27 at the Central…
The dollar rose in the aftermath of the Federal Reserve’s supersized rate cut, with traders waiting for decisions from the UK and Japanese central banks over the next 24 hours to assess their combined impact on markets. The greenback gained against virtually every major currency after the Fed delivered a half percentage point rate cut,…
washington — President Joe Biden has made it a priority to elevate the relationship of the Quad, four countries touched by the Indo-Pacific region, the White House said, as he prepares to host the leaders of Japan, India and Australia on Saturday at his Delaware home. The region stretches from the U.S. West Coast to…
JUST IN: Japanse Foreign Minister Kamikawa slams schoolboy stabbing in China as “despicable” SHENZHEN, China – A Japanese boy stabbed by a man while on his way to school in the southern Chinese city of Shenzhen died of his wounds early Thursday morning, the Japanese government said. The 10-year-old was attacked near a Japanese school…
A boy is in hospital after he was attacked by a man with a knife on the way to his Japanese primary school in Shenzhen, southern China on Wednesday morning. A Japanese government source has told Kyodo News that the boy – whose condition is unknown – was the victim of a stabbing. Earlier reports…
A male student at a Japanese school in Shenzhen in China’s Guangdong Province was attacked by a man Wednesday morning and taken to hospital, the Japanese government said. The man was detained for questioning by local authorities, according to Japanese government spokesman Hiroshi Moriya. The primary school student was on his way to school when…
The dollar fell, resuming this month’s downtrend, as traders debated the size of a potential Federal Reserve interest-rate cut later Wednesday. Japanese shares rose. Bloomberg’s dollar index dropped for the fifth time in six days as market-implied odds put the chance of a half-point Fed rate cut Wednesday at just over 50%. The central bank…
Japanese home appliances manufacturer Sharp Corp. on Tuesday unveiled a prototype of its first electric vehicle “LDK+,” a next-generation car equipped with a giant screen and rotatable seats to create a space like a living room. The model, developed in collaboration with its parent Hon Hai Precision Industry Co. and Kyoto-based EV start-up Folofly, boasts…