Chinese investors are rushing to find alternative ways to buy and sell overseas equities after Beijing launched its most forceful crackdown on illicit cross-border stock trading to stem capital...
The Venezuelan interim administration’s decision to hire U.S. firm Centerview Partners for managing its substantial $150 billion debt restructuring, bypassing a formal bidding process, has raised questions of transparency....
Weak domestic demand is reflecting in Chinese banks’ loan performance, as lending activity remains concentrated in policy-supported sectors. New yuan-denominated loans contracted $1.47b (RMB10b) in April 2026 despite ample system...
For months, China’s reduced appetite for oil and LNG imports has helped ease some of the pressure on already-strained global energy markets. But Beijing’s current strategy appears less about...
Oil edged higher as the US and Iran remained at odds over how to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, with the war entering its fourth month. US benchmark West...
China’s industrial profits grew by 18.2 percent in the first four months of 2026, boosted by robust growth in the high-tech sectors, data from the National Bureau of Statistics...
The foreign ministers of the Quad grouping (India, the United States, Japan and Australia) on Tuesday unveiled a broad set of initiatives focused on critical technologies, energy security, resilient...
Gold declined as US strikes in the Strait of Hormuz tempered optimism over the progress of talks to reopen the critical waterway, keeping inflation risks elevated. Bullion fell as...
Approximately US$20.6 billion (RM81.7 billion) is on its way to importers who successfully filed claims using the new web portal developed by US Customs and Border Protection, the agency...
Jinchuan Group International Resources has uncovered an alleged $145 million fraud scheme tied to its copper and cobalt operations in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, following an independent...