Asia stocks capped, dollar droops following Trump comments
TOKYO (Reuters) – Asian stocks were capped and the dollar dipped on Tuesday after U.S. President Donald Trump accused China…
A Lot Of White Supremacists Seem To Have An Asian Fetish (HBO)
If you’ve seen footage of the Charlottesville marches, you may have noticed that Chris Cantwell, a white supremacist, has an…
Asia shares inch up with yuan, wary on Sino-U.S. talks
SYDNEY (Reuters) – Asian share markets crept cautiously higher on Monday as investors awaited developments on proposed Sino-U.S. trade talks…
Stocks, emerging currencies, lick wounds as lira bounces for second day
LONDON (Reuters) – Action from Turkey’s central bank pushed the lira higher for a second day on Wednesday, helping European…
Japan’s Koiwai Farm directs energy into biomass business post-tsunami
Inland areas in Iwate Prefecture were not as badly hit by the March 2011 tsunami as the coast. But businesses…
Asia shares, euro under water as Turkish lira sinks
SYDNEY (Reuters) – Asia share markets skidded and the euro hit one-year lows on Monday as a renewed rout in…
Exclusive: Saudi Arabia’s PIF has shown no interest in bankrolling Tesla buyout
DUBAI/RIYADH/LONDON (Reuters) – Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund (PIF) has shown no interest so far in financing Tesla Inc (TSLA.O)…
Heineken considers closing Brazilian factories due to court dispute
SAO PAULO (Reuters) – Heineken NV (HEIN.AS), the world’s second-largest beer maker, is considering closing two factories in northeastern Brazil…
U.S. sanctions whack Russia’s rouble, Turkey’s lira free-falls
LONDON (Reuters) – Alarm bells were ringing on Thursday as harsh new U.S. sanctions drove drove down Russia’s rouble Turkey’s…
VICE News Daily: Beyond The Headlines – December 09, 2014
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‘Everybody in the city was exposed to radiation’ – Hiroshima survivor
The world looked total destruction in the eye 73 years ago, when American nuclear bombs were dropped on Hiroshima and…
Global stocks lift on strong earnings as trade fight caps gains; sterling slumps
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Stock markets lifted on Monday after strong corporate earnings helped Wall Street close higher, but a…
Asian shares rise on trade war relief as investors await data
SHANGHAI (Reuters) – Asian shares rose on Wednesday, following gains on Wall Street, as a report of attempts to renew…
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VICE News Daily: Italy Holds First Funeral for Shipwreck Victims
The VICE News Capsule is a news roundup that looks beyond the headlines. Today: Funeral service held in Italy for…
Japan: New Capsule Hotels
The Japanese have some of the best ideas to maximise limited space. Among them- creative designs for hotels. Channel NewsAsia’s…
Shares get China stimulus boost, bonds show the strain
LONDON (Reuters) – World shares climbed for a third day running on Tuesday, as China promised fiscal action to support…
Exclusive: General Electric’s power unit faces threat in Saudi Arabia
NEW YORK and ABU DHABI (Reuters) – One of General Electric Co’s (GE.N) largest and most valuable customers, Saudi Arabia,…
Amazon, Toyota, Alcoa and others working to counter Trump’s tariff plans
SAN FRANCISCO/WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Big companies in the United States from Amazon.com Inc (AMZN.O) to Toyota Motor Corp (7203.T) and…
Asian stocks choppy, sentiment shaken by sliding yuan
TOKYO (Reuters) – Most Asian stock markets retreated on Friday after China allowed its yuan currency to slide further, stoking…
Japan Is Sitting On A Massive Geothermal Reserve: VICE News Tonight
“Somewhere in Japan, a Japanese person is always in an onsen,” onsen owner Shunji Shibatani told VICE News correspondent Isobel…
North Korea touts nuclear site demolition, reacts to cancelled summit with Trump
As North Korea has claimed it has demolished its nuclear test site, reaction to Donald Trump’s cancellation of his summit…
Japan shares jump as yen bows to strong dollar
SYDNEY (Reuters) – Asian shares followed Wall Street higher on Wednesday as a bullish outlook from the head of the…
Asia stocks sag after oil slides, dollar steady before Fed speech
TOKYO (Reuters) – Asian stocks sagged on Tuesday, weighed by a sharp decline in crude oil prices as Libyan ports…
Britain to unveil model of planned new fighter jet: source
FARNBOROUGH, England (Reuters) – Britain’s Defence Minister Gavin Williamson will unveil a model of the country’s proposed new fighter jet…
Planemakers plot course through trade, Brexit worries to air show deals
FARNBOROUGH, England (Reuters) – Aerospace firms are setting out wares from luxury jets to lethal drones at back-to-back British air…
Beijing urges U.S. firms in China to lobby Washington over trade war
BEIJING/SEOUL (Reuters) – China on Thursday said foreign firms operating in China would suffer in a trade war, urging U.S.…
Algeria: Families await the news of missing workers
http://www.euronews.com/ As Algerian TV reported that the bodies of 25 more hostages had been discovered inside the gas plant on…
Why people aren’t getting married in Japan
The institution of marriage has suffered a decline across the world but it is in the ageing societies of Asia…
Trump-Kim summit: Abduction of Japanese citizens in spotlight
The abduction of Japanese citizens by North Korean agents in the 1970s and 1980s remains an unresolved issue to this…
Dollar holds firm against yen, major peers on strong U.S. inflation
TOKYO (Reuters) – The dollar steadied near a six-month high against the Japanese yen and held firm against its major…
Rise of single-parent households in Japan
Channel NewsAsia’s Wei Du travels to Japan to look at how the increasing number of single-parent households in the country…
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Trade war worries drag world stocks lower, yuan steadies
LONDON (Reuters) – World stocks were dragged lower on Wednesday by growing anxiety ahead of Washington’s end of week deadline…
Asian shares, yuan on shaky ground on specter of Sino-U.S. trade war
TOKYO (Reuters) – Asian stocks were on shaky ground on Wednesday while the Chinese yuan stood near 11-month lows as…
Automakers warn U.S. tariffs will cost hundreds of thousands of jobs, hike prices
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Two major auto trade groups on Wednesday warned the Trump administration that imposing up to 25 percent…
Fujifilm threatens to compete against Xerox if partnership not renewed
(Reuters) – Fujifilm Holdings Corp (4901.T) on Wednesday threatened to compete against Xerox Corp (XRX.N) in Asia-Pacific and challenge it…
Global stocks slide on intensifying trade row, dollar wobbles
TOKYO (Reuters) – World stocks extended a sell-off on Tuesday as an escalating trade fight between the United States and…
Fox spirits and demons: China’s tech giants splash out in cartoon arms race
HANGZHOU, China (Reuters) – Growing up in the Chinese port city of Dalian in the 1990s, Zhang Hongchang spent hours…
How Japan Is Preparing For North Korean Threats (HBO)
Inquiries for nuclear bunkers and radiation air filters have increased in Japan as North Korea continues to test missiles close…
Asian shares edge ahead, oil subdued before OPEC meeting
SYDNEY (Reuters) – Asian shares crept ahead on Thursday as a lull in the Sino-U.S. trade tussle and talk of…
World shares snap five-day losing streak on China policy easing
LONDON (Reuters) – World stocks steadied near three-week lows on Wednesday and Chinese markets bounced after recent sharp falls as…
Asian shares fall as Sino-U.S. trade spat intensifies
TOKYO (Reuters) – Asian shares retreated on Monday after U.S. President Donald Trump cranked up trade tensions with China by…
China’s BYD recalls cars with Takata airbag inflators: state media
BEIJING (Reuters) – Chinese electric vehicle maker BYD Co Ltd (1121.HK) has announced a recall of over 10,000 cars equipped…
International fund managers turn to financials, tech as trade worries rise
NEW YORK (Reuters) – The rising tensions over global trade policy are prompting some top-performing international fund managers to look…
Euro heads for worst week in 19 months on ECB’s cautious stance
TOKYO (Reuters) – The euro was headed on Friday for its worst weekly loss in 19 months after a cautious…
Kenji Goto’s mother grieves after hearing the news of his murder
The mother of Japanese journalist Kenji Goto tearfully pledged that she would continue her son’s efforts towards making “the world…
GSK’s two-drug HIV treatment meets main goal in late stage studies
(Reuters) – GlaxoSmithKline’s two-drug treatment for HIV, the virus that causes AIDS, met its main goal in late stage studies,…
GM has no projects underway with Lyft, CEO Barra says
DETROIT (Reuters) – General Motors Co (GM.N) Chief Executive Officer Mary Barra said on Tuesday the No. 1 U.S. automaker…
Amid All The Talk Of Incels, A Solitary Woman’s Story
A perky face looks out from the pink-and-blue cover of the American translation of Sayaka Murata’s Convenience Store Woman, originally…
Trump vows to deal with ‘unfair trade’ ahead of tense G7 summit
LA MALBAIE, Quebec (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump lashed out at Canada and the European Union on Friday, setting…
Trump & Japan’s PM Abe speak to press
Joint news conference by US President Donald Trump and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe in Palm Beach, Florida COURTESY: RT’s…
G7 likely to discuss global economy, concerns about U.S. trade policy: Japan’s Suga
TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan’s top government spokesman said on Wednesday that the Group of Seven leaders were likely to discuss…
JAPAN: Yokohama, the only Japanese city with enough childcare facilities
A shortage of childcare facilities in Japan has been keeping many women out of the workforce. Demand for childcare service…