Lawmakers approved a new growth target for 2025 of at least 8% proposed by the government, an increase from the previous goal of 6.5% to 7%.

CANBERRA -- The government of South Australia on Wednesday placed the troubled Whyalla steelworks into administration, ...

HONG KONG -- HSBC Holdings on Wednesday reported a roughly 6.5% increase in pretax profit for 2024, to $32.3 billion, beating ...

TOKYO -- Japanese trading house Mitsui & Co. announced the acquisition of a 40% interest in the Rhodes Ridge iron ore project in Australia on Wednesday. The company will buy 25% and 15% stakes from ...

SINGAPORE -- Prime Minister Lawrence Wong has announced a draft budget for fiscal 2025 that introduces financial support schemes for locals ahead of the state's next general election, which must be ...

NEW DELHI (Reuters) -- Qatar has committed to investing $10 billion in India across various sectors, the two nations said in ...

BANGKOK -- Siam AI, the first Nvidia cloud partner in Thailand, is aiming to build this year the country's largest data center with a capacity of 100 megawatts, and to double its size in 2026, its ...

PENANG, Malaysia -- Top chip packaging provider ASE Technology Holding is investing $200 million to trial next-generation chip packaging technology built on square substrates, rather than traditional ...

TOKYO (Reuters) -- Japan's exports rose for a fourth consecutive month, according to data released on Wednesday, revealing that strong global demand and growing concerns over U.S. tariff policies have ...

GENEVA (Reuters) -- China condemned tariffs launched or threatened by U.S. President Donald Trump at a World Trade ...

The bakery is a family venture, like most kandurwans (Kashmir bakeries) with the husband kneading the dough and the wife slapping it onto the walls of a glowing tandoor oven built into the ground, ...

WASHINGTON -- U.S. President Donald Trump says he wants to impose higher tariffs on imported cars, at a rate of at least 25%, to incentivize auto companies to move production to American soil. Trump ...