CHAI NAT, Thailand – After finishing her latest rice harvest, Sripai Kaeo-eam hurriedly cleared her fields and planted a new crop in late August — ignoring a Thai government advisory to
TAIPEI – Taiwan‘s defense ministry on Monday urged China to stop “destructive, unilateral action” after reporting a sharp rise in Chinese military activities near the island, warning such behavior could lead
WASHINGTON – With a possible partial government shutdown looming in two weeks, House of Representatives Speaker Kevin McCarthy on Sunday said he would bring a defense spending bill to a
The United Auto Workers strike against the Detroit Three automakers entered its third day on Sunday with no immediate resolution on the horizon. Union negotiators and representatives of General Motors, Ford and Stellantis were set
MADRID – The European Union could become as dependent on China for lithium-ion batteries and fuel cells by 2030 as it was on Russia for energy before the war in Ukraine unless it
WASHINGTON — The International Monetary Fund (IMF) plans to tell China to boost weak domestic consumption, address its troubled real estate sector
FRANKFURT/SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA — European Central Bank (ECB) President Christine Lagarde seized the mobile phones of her fellow policymakers at this week’s
DERNA, Libya — Residents of Derna in eastern Libya were counting their losses from a flood that devastated swathes of the coastal
BEIJING — The disappearance of China’s defense minister, the latest in a string of upheavals in the country’s top ranks, is stoking
BEIJING – China‘s industrial output and retail sales grew at a faster-than-expected pace in August, but property investment slumped further and could drag on broader demand even as the
