BEIJING, Oct 20 (Reuters) – China’s military said on Tuesday it had sent forces to watch a US warship that “illegally” entered waters around a disputed shoal in the South China Sea. China views almost all of the busy waterway as its own territory, despite…
By Leika Kihara and Takahiko Wada TOKYO, Oct 20 (Reuters) – The Bank of Japan may raise its inflation outlook for the next fiscal year in forecasts due this month, as rising oil prices exert longer-than-expected price pressures on the economy, four sources familiar with…
SEOUL, Oct 20 (Reuters) – South Korea will withdraw additional embassy personnel from Ukraine after finding no constructive response from the Ukrainian side over a dispute involving North Korean prisoners of war, Seoul’s Foreign Ministry said on Tuesday. The move comes weeks after Seoul recalled…
By Byron Kaye SYDNEY, Oct 20 (Reuters) – Australian lawmakers and enforcers have to sought to lower the temperature of political debate and warned about growing threats to public figures since 2021, when anti-lockdown protesters put an effigy of a state leader on a makeshift…
NAIROBI, Oct 20 (Reuters) – At least 73 people were killed when drones struck a market in the disputed Abyei region along the border of South Sudan and Sudan, the caretaker information minister for the jointly administered region said on Tuesday, accusing Sudan’s army of…
By Field Level Media Oct 20 (By Brant James, Field Level Media) – ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — Two days after pitching (briefly) out of the bullpen, Tampa Bay Rays starter Freddy Peralta delivered another effective outing. His work in Game 6 of the American League…
Oct 20 (Reuters) – French cloud operator OVHcloud said on Tuesday its revenue rose 7.2% to €1.15 billion ($1.29 billion) in the year to August 31, and that it posted its first positive levered free cash flow since its 2021 listing. The milestone means the…
ZURICH, Oct 20 (Reuters) – ABB is continuing to see a boom in spending on data centres used to power artificial intelligence, the engineering group said on Tuesday, as it reported its latest earnings. The Swiss company said its operational earnings before interest, tax and…
By Ju-min Park and Christina Amann BEIJING/BERLIN, Oct 20 (Reuters) – When Volkswagen turned to EV maker Xpeng in 2023 to help fix its flailing Chinese business, executives touted the partnership as a shortcut to developing cars tailored for China at the high speed of…
HONG KONG, Oct 20 (Reuters) – Japanese banks Mizuho Financial Group and Daiwa Securities are poised to launch fully independent securities operations in China after clearing crucial regulatory hurdles, according to a Bloomberg report. The move highlights expansion efforts by Japanese financial companies in China,…
