Sydney Opera House, designed by Danish architect Mr Jorn Oberg Utzon, at first light as the sun rises over Sydney harbor and city center skyscrapers. Ucg | Universal Images Group | Getty Images Australia’s third-quarter economic growth missed analysts’ expectations, but still clocked its fastest expansion in about two years. The country’s GDP expanded 2.1%…
Elon Musk reacts during a press event with U.S. President Donald Trump (not pictured), at the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., May 30, 2025. Nathan Howard | Reuters Tesla CEO Elon Musk said that the U.S. has been a beneficiary of talent from India, while adding that the H-1B visa program had been misused…
Overlooking the city with Busan Tower in Yongdusan Park. Nampo-dong, Busan, South Korea. Jungang Yan | Moment | Getty Images Asia-Pacific markets were set to open higher Tuesday, after Wall Street fell as crypto sell-off dented market sentiment. Overnight, bitcoin plunged around 6% to trade below $86,000, marking its worst day since March and pressuring the…
Chinese-made automobiles and construction machinery are assembled and shipped for export at Yantai Port in Yantai City, Shandong Province, China, on October 21, 2025. Costfoto | Nurphoto | Getty Images China’s factory activity unexpectedly contracted in November, according to a private survey released Monday, as soft domestic demand continued to cast a pall over the…
Aerial view of vehicles being driven on the road through the central business district on October 5, 2020 in Beijing, China. Zhang Qiao | Visual China Group | Getty Images Asia-Pacific markets opened December on a mixed note Monday as traders awaited fresh manufacturing data from China and rising expectations of a U.S. Federal Reserve…
Hadynyah | E+ | Getty Images In a quarter partially affected by the 50% U.S. tariffs, the Indian economy grew faster than expected at an annual rate of 8.2% in the quarter ending in September. The growth was an acceleration from 7.8% in the previous quarter, when a lower deflator unexpectedly boosted real growth. A…
Pedestrians walking across a crowded traffic at Shibuya crossing square in Tokyo, Japan. Jaczhou | E+ | Getty Images Asia-Pacific markets were mixed Friday as U.S. stock futures remained flat over Thanksgiving Day, with the Nasdaq Composite on track to end a seven-month winning streak. Traders in Asia are assessing inflation data from Tokyo, a…
Firefighters walk near residential buildings that continue to burn at Wang Fuk Court in the Tai Po district on Nov. 27, 2025 in Hong Kong, China. Isaac Lawrence | Getty Images News | Getty Images Chinese private firms pledged tens of millions of dollars to support rescue and relief efforts after a deadly residential fire…
QINGDAO, CHINA – FEBRUARY 05 2025: Workers assemble cars at a car plant of SAIC-GM-Wuling in Qingdao city in east China’s Shandong province Wednesday, Feb. 05, 2025. ZHANG JINGANG | Future Publishing | Getty Images Profits at industrial firms in China declined in October, the National Bureau of Statistics said on Thursday, as manufacturers navigated…
The Sydney Opera House Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. Gallo Images | Brand X Pictures | Getty Images Asia-Pacific markets opened higher Thursday, after Wall Street gained as Fed rate-cut hopes grew and tech stocks rebounded. Japan’s benchmark Nikkei 225 index rose 0.85%, and the Topix index added 0.64%. Artificial intelligence-related stocks rallied on the…
