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French President Emmanuel Macron arrives at the Palazzo Montecitorio in Rome on Tuesday.
BUSINESS
Sep 27, 2023
Macron is pushing the EU into $900 billion fight with China
The bloc's new approach is being shaped by French concerns that Beijing’s trade practices have started to pose a critical threat to core industries.
Anti-war demonstrators mark the 78th anniversary of the United States' 1945 atomic bomb attack on Hiroshima with a march and protest in New York's Times Square on Aug. 6.
WORLD / Politics / FOCUS
Sep 26, 2023
Nuclear specter rises as world marks day for eliminating weapons
The goal of ridding the world of nukes appears more distant than ever as the U.S., Russia and China ramp up activity at their test sites.
A Philippine Coast Guard member cuts a rope connecting a floating barrier that was installed near Scarborough Shoal in the South China Sea, in this undated photo released late Monday.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Sep 26, 2023
Philippines removes floating barrier in South China Sea
Manila said Tuesday said it had conducted “a special operation” to remove a 300-meter floating barrier installed by China.
U.S. President Joe Biden poses for a photograph with Pacific Islands Forum leaders on the South Portico of the White House in Washington on Monday.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics / ANALYSIS
Sep 26, 2023
Biden seeks to reassure Pacific islands in push to counter China
U.S. President Joe Biden sought to reaffirm Washington’s commitment to the Pacific islands as he again hosted leaders from the region at the White House.
Workers in front of residential buildings under construction at the Phoenix Palace project, developed by Country Garden Holdings, in Guangdong province, China, on Sept. 21
BUSINESS / Markets
Sep 26, 2023
China’s ailing property market faces key test over golden week
The stakes are higher than ever this year, as the housing slowdown weighs on China’s economic recovery.
(From left) Takehiro Funakoshi, Chung Byung-won and Nong Rong, senior diplomats from Japan, South Korea and China, respectively, before their meeting in Seoul on Tuesday.
JAPAN / Politics
Sep 26, 2023
Japan, China and South Korea hold talks to realize trilateral summit
The meeting aims in part to set the stage for the resumption of three-way summits among the countries' leaders, which were last held in 2019.
Sanae Takaichi, minister in charge of science and technology policy, speaks at an annual meeting of the International Atomic Energy Agency in Vienna on Monday.
JAPAN / Politics
Sep 26, 2023
Japan and China clash over Fukushima water at IAEA meeting
The IAEA released a report in July concluding that the water discharge plan was consistent with international safety standards.
Bronze medalist Ryosuke Irie (right) celebrates on the podium with bronze medalist Wang Gukailai (left) and gold medalist Xu Jiayu, both of China, after the men's 50-meter backstroke final at the Asian Games in Hangzhou, China, on Monday.
MORE SPORTS / Swimming
Sep 26, 2023
Japan remains without swim gold as China adds four Asian Games titles
Double Tokyo Olympic individual medley champion Yui Ohashi, struggling with conditioning issues, finished sixth in the women's 200 IM.
A meeting at the International Monetary Fund's headquarters in Washington in October 2022
BUSINESS / Economy
Sep 26, 2023
Japan may slip from IMF's No. 2 shareholder status
Using the current formula, based on economic power, Japan will most likely be overtaken by China and Germany.
Gen. Chance Saltzman, the U.S. Space Force's chief of space operations, speaks to reporters in Tokyo on Monday.
JAPAN
Sep 26, 2023
U.S. eyes setting up space force unit in Japan amid China's rise
The move comes as the U.S. Space Force, created in December 2019, is expanding its presence in the Asian region.
Nissan Motor is planning to produce only electric vehicles in Europe by 2030.
BUSINESS / Companies
Sep 26, 2023
Nissan to go all-electric in Europe by 2030 despite U.K. delay
Nissan plans to launch 27 electrified vehicles, including 19 fully electric cars, by 2030.
Charles Wang Zhonghe, a senior banker at Nomura Holdings, has reportedly been barred from leaving China in a move connected to a long-running investigation of a top dealmaker in the country.
BUSINESS
Sep 25, 2023
Senior Nomura banker barred from leaving China, report says
The exit ban on the chair of investment banking for China at the bank's Hong Kong arm is linked to an investigation of a top dealmaker in the country.
China Coast Guard boats are seen close to a floating barrier near the Scarborough Shoal in the South China Sea on Friday.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Sep 25, 2023
Philippines to remove barrier placed by Beijing in South China Sea
Manila on Sunday shared images of a floating barrier blocking fishing vessel access in the Scarborough Shoal with China Coast Guard ships nearby.
Chinese leader Xi Jinping and South Korean Prime Minister Han Duck-soo meet Saturday, on the sidelines of the Asian Games.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Sep 25, 2023
South Korea seeks Xi’s visit to mark ‘turning point’ in ties
Seoul is seeking to have Chinese leader Xi Jinping visit for the first time in about a decade, amid South Korea's closer ties with the U.S.
A boat piloted by a Philippine fisherman is intercepted by Chinese coast guard boats as they tried to enter the Scarborough Shoal in disputed waters of the South China Sea.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Sep 25, 2023
With bullhorns and water cannons, Chinese ships wall off the sea
The world’s most brazen maritime militarization is gaining muscle in the South China Sea, waters through which one-third of global ocean trade passes.
Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen attends a ceremony for the start of construction of a new submarine fleet in Kaohsiung, Taiwan, in November 2020.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Sep 25, 2023
Taiwan expects to deploy two new submarines by 2027
The new subs, as well as later models, will act as a "strategic deterrent" to Chinese warships crossing the Miyako Strait and elsewhere.
Gold has often been seen as the quintessential "anti-dollar” — a place to turn for those who distrust fiat currency.
BUSINESS / Markets
Sep 25, 2023
Yields spike and gold shrugs. What’s driving bullion now?
As inflation-adjusted rates soared this year to the highest since the financial crisis, bullion has barely blinked.
The Baihetan hydropower plant on the border between Qiaojia county of Yunnan province and Ningnan county of Sichuan province, China
BUSINESS / Markets
Sep 24, 2023
China and India lead Asia's biggest hydropower crunch in decades
Intense heat, low rainfall and other extreme weather conditions have left many major Asian economies facing shortages of renewable power.
Chinese leader Xi Jinping waves during the opening ceremony of the 2022 Asian Games at the Hangzhou Olympic Sports Center Stadium in Hangzhou, China, on Saturday.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Sep 24, 2023
Xi welcomes summit with Japan and South Korea at proper time
Xi Jinping said over the weekend that Beijing welcomes holding the countries' first trilateral summit in about four years.
Light from the opening ceremony of the 2022 Asian Games in the sky over the Hangzhou Olympic Sports Centre Stadium in Hangzhou, China on Saturday.
MORE SPORTS
Sep 24, 2023
China opens Hangzhou Asian Games with dazzling ceremony
Spectators in the city's 80,000 capacity stadium let out a huge roar as Chinese leader Xi Jinping was introduced and sat with visiting dignitaries.

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