Asia-Pacific markets trade mostly higher on Friday following an upbeat session on Wall Street overnight after U.S. President Donald Trump said he would push for lower interest rates and cheaper oil prices,
Japan's concerns over a potential U.S. retreat from the region have grown amid China's increasingly assertive military posture.
Naser Zazai, 29, had planned to reunite with his mother and brother in the United States this week after fleeing Afghanistan, where he says he was threatened and attacked because his brother had once worked for the US military.
Lawmakers in some of Asia’s key digital-assets markets are warming to the industry as Donald Trump’s pro-crypto agenda in the US ripples through the region.
Southeast Asia faces a critical turning point as Donald Trump’s tariffs threaten to reshape the region’s role in global supply chains.
Donald Trump has stormed back to the White House and has since indicated that he will be aggressively protectionist in his policies. Trump's threats of imposing tariffs on countries that don't fall in line with his "America First" vision have sent ripples of uncertainty across the world.
NEW YORK/LONDON (Reuters) -World stocks rose on Tuesday and the dollar gained after plunging the previous day as Donald Trump's return to the White House brought mixed messaging on tariffs and highlighted markets' twitching about trade policy.
Asia-Pacific markets were set to open higher Monday, ahead of Donald Trump's inauguration with investors awaiting greater clarity on the policies of the incoming U.S. administration. Australia's S&P/ASX 200 rose 0.2% at the open.
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang Huang said he will be celebrating Lunar New Year with employees.
Republican and Democratic U.S. lawmakers will introduce a bill on Friday requiring the Trump administration to review whether Hong Kong officials should be sanctioned for human rights violations, according to a bill text seen by Reuters.