WASHINGTON,. Donald Trump said he can be patient with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, who has yet to take appreciable steps to give up his country’s ...
Trump defends his handling of McCain’s death
WASHINGTON,. President Donald Trump insisted yesterday he properly honoured John McCain following his death but wouldn’t say whether he thought the Ar...
ICBC profit rises most since 2014 amid China derisking campaign
SHANGHAI,. Industrial & Commercial Bank of China Ltd, the world’s largest lender by assets, posted its fastest profit growth since September 2014 ...
Oil jumps to highest in a month as US reports stockpile drop
NEW YORK,. — Oil closed at its highest in a month following a bigger-than-expected decline in US. crude stockpiles. The Energy Information Administrat...
FedEx’d diamonds fuelled India’s biggest bank fraud, report says
NEW YORK,. The price of the large yellow diamond alternately shrank and spiked by about a million dollars as it moved across the globe. The three-cara...
Jho Low hires Christie, Kasowitz for legal defence
KUALA LUMPUR,. — A Malaysian financier accused of looting billions from investment fund 1Malaysia Development Berhad, or 1MDB, has hired several polit...
Almost all banned banknotes in India returned, count shows
MUMBAI,. Indians have deposited almost all the currency notes made illegal by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in 2016, the central bank said in a report ...
Oil dips as industry data shows surprise US crude stock build
NEW YORK,. Crude dropped after an industry report showed an unexpected gain in US stockpiles. Futures in New York edged lower from the settlement yest...
Record US$35b selloff pulling down Japan’s stock market
TOKYO,. It’s shaping up to be the biggest exodus in more than three decades. Foreigners have dumped a net 3.9 trillion yen (US$34.7 billion or RM143.8...
China and Japan slowly learning to cooperate in Trump Age
TOKYO,. Japanese Finance Minister Taro Aso will travel to Beijing later this week for a meeting with Chinese counterpart Liu Kun that is likely to dem...