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Oil prices rise further as hopes for Hormuz deal fade
Aug 11, 2026 (AFP)
Oil prices extended hefty gains Tuesday as hopes for a reopening of the Strait of Hormuz fade, fanning fresh inflation fears and ramping up bets on at least one...
AI firm Manus to resume 'independent' operations after China blocks Meta deal
Aug 11, 2026 (AFP)
AI startup Manus said Tuesday it would resume "operating as an independent company," months after Beijing blocked Meta's multi-billion-dollar acquisition of the...
Asian stocks track Wall St higher after US job losses ease rate fears
Aug 10, 2026 (AFP)
Stocks rose Monday as investors pared their bets on a US interest rate hike after data showed thousands of jobs were lost in July, though sentiment was dented b...
Nepal leader holding meetings with India, China envoys
Aug 10, 2026 (AFP)
Nepal's Prime Minister Balendra Shah is holding his first one-on-one meetings Monday with envoys from neighbouring giants China and India, his office said.
Asian stocks track Wall St higher after US job losses ease rate fears
Aug 10, 2026 (AFP)
Stocks rose Monday as investors pared their bets on a Federal Reserve interest rate hike after data showed thousands of US jobs were lost in July, though sentim...
Asian stocks track Wall St higher after US job losses ease rate fears
Aug 10, 2026 (AFP)
Stocks rose Monday as investors pared their bets on a Federal Reserve interest rate hike after data showed thousands of US jobs were lost in July, though sentim...
Typhoon Dolphin weakens but disrupts travel in east China
Aug 10, 2026 (AFP)
The weakening Typhoon Dolphin brought heavy rain and grounded hundreds of flights on Monday in eastern China, where authorities said more than a million people ...
China imposes levies on pecans from US, Mexico
Aug 10, 2026 (AFP)
China announced steep levies on pecans imported from the United States and Mexico on Monday after it found the products were being dumped on the Chinese market.
Top US official attends Trinidad steel mill reopen, eying China
Aug 10, 2026 (AFP)
The US State Department's number-two attended the recommissioning ceremony of a steel mill in Trinidad and Tobago on Monday, underlining the plant's strategic i...
Typhoon Dolphin weakens but disrupts travel in east China
Aug 10, 2026 (AFP)
Typhoon Dolphin brought heavy rain to eastern China on Monday, causing hundreds of flight cancellations even as the storm weakened and some cities resumed publi...
Chinese AI drives price competition among US labs
Aug 10, 2026 (AFP)
Artificial intelligence users are shopping around as US giants face fierce competition from Chinese rivals -- and in Beijing's tech district, drinkers at an AI-...
Australia ups scrutiny of China-linked rare earth investors
Aug 10, 2026 (AFP)
Australia's economy minister increased scrutiny on Monday of China-linked investors in a critical minerals project that are refusing orders to sell, jeopardisin...
Meta pushes global AI vision amid race with OpenAI, Anthropic and China
Aug 10, 2026 (AFP)
Meta boss Mark Zuckerberg laid out a vision for how the United States and the social media giant could win a global race to dominate AI amid fierce competition ...
Hong Kong weather observatory posts record high temperature
Aug 09, 2026 (AFP)
Hong Kong's weather observatory posted a record high temperature of 36.9C on Sunday as Typhoon Dolphin swept warm air over the city, the meterological service s...
Flight cancellations, evacuations in China as Typhoon Dolphin looms
Aug 09, 2026 (AFP)
China's densely populated eastern coast was preparing Sunday for the arrival of Typhoon Dolphin, which has triggered more than 1,000 flight cancellations, evacu...
China inflation slows in July, below forecast
Aug 09, 2026 (AFP)
China's consumer and factory prices grew slower than expected last month, official data showed Sunday, as the world's second-largest economy confronts persisten...
Typhoon Dolphin makes landfall in China after flight cancellations, evacuations
Aug 09, 2026 (AFP)
Typhoon Dolphin made landfall in densely populated eastern China on Sunday, meteorological authorities said, after the storm triggered more than 1,000 flight ca...
US slams Chinese actions in South China Sea
Aug 08, 2026 (AFP)
The United States on Saturday accused China of "destabilizing" activity near the disputed Scarborough Shoal in the South China Sea, saying it is using "dubious"...
Tibet conference in Nepal pushed online
Aug 08, 2026 (AFP)
An international academic conference on Tibet due to take place in Nepal this month has been pushed online, organisers said Saturday, calling it a "worrying dev...
Oil extends gains and stocks mostly down on fresh Hormuz worries
Aug 07, 2026 (AFP)
Oil prices extended gains and most stocks fell further on Friday amid fading optimism over a deal to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, as reports said Iran was plann...
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