President and CEO of Saudi’s Aramco, Amin H. Nasser, speaks during the Future Investment Initiative (FII) in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia October 29, 2024. Hamad I Mohammed | Reuters Think of Saudi Arabia and the first thing that comes to mind might be its massive, oil-derived wealth. While oil continues to drive Saudi Arabia’s economy, the…
U.S. President Donald Trump meets with Japan’s Emperor Naruhito at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo on Oct. 27, 2025. Kazuhiro Nogi | Afp | Getty Images Asia markets fell across the board on Tuesday as investors in the region look toward a meeting between U.S. President Donald Trump and newly minted Japanese Prime Minister Sanae…
A container ship sails past buildings in Busan, South Korea, on Thursday, Sept. 22, 2022. Photographer: SeongJoon Cho/Bloomberg via Getty Images Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images South Korea’s economy expanded at its fastest pace in more than a year, with its third-quarter gross domestic product growth topping analysts’ estimates on Tuesday. According to advance…
Gold prices were flat in Asia trade on Wednesday as investors held back from placing large bets ahead of the U.S. Federal Reserve’s policy decision, while also keeping a close watch on the developments surrounding the Israel-Iran conflict. Anindito Mukherjee | Bloomberg | Getty Images The narrow lanes of Zaveri Bazaar, one of the oldest…
U.S. President Donald Trump looks on next to people waving Malaysian national flags before he departs on Air Force One from Kuala Lumpur International Airport in Sepang on Oct. 27, 2025. Andrew Caballero-reynolds | Afp | Getty Images U.S. President Donald Trump said Monday that Washington and Beijing were poised to “come away with” a…
Employees work on the assembly line of new energy vehicles at a factory of Chinese EV startup Leapmotor on April 1, 2024 in Jinhua, Zhejiang Province of China. Shi Kuanbing | VCG | Visual China Group | Getty Images China’s industrial profits soared 21.6% in September from a year ago, the National Bureau of Statistics…
Asia-Pacific markets were set to open higher Monday, after top U.S. and Chinese trade negotiators announced they had reached a framework on several disputed issues, paving the way for U.S. President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping to sign off on the terms. U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said in an interview with CBS…
U.S. President Donald Trump (left) and Chinese President Xi Jinping. Jim Watson and Peter Klaunzer | Pool, AFP | Getty Images U.S. President Donald Trump will meet Chinese President Xi Jinping next week as part of his trip to Asia, as the world’s top two economies seek to dial down tensions in search for a…
The U.S. weighed curbs on software-related exports to China, responding to Beijing’s rare earth export controls, ahead of a critical round of negotiations. Source link
A HDR evening shot taken at sunset of the Tokyo skyline. Fgm | E+ | Getty Images Asia-Pacific markets rose Friday, after the White House said that U.S. President Donald Trump and China’s President Xi Jinping were set to hold talks next week. U.S. Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt said Trump will leave for Malaysia late…
