TOKYO – Factory activity in many Asia economies weakened in March despite a rebound in China as lacklustrer domestic demand dragged on growth,…
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TAIPEI – Taiwan’s outgoing President Tsai Ing-wen plans to flee in a US plane if war erupts with China, according to an unsubstantiated…
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KUALA LUMPUR/SURABAYA, Indonesia (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – It was still pitch-black outside when Indonesian housewife Sutinah made her way to a local police…
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SHANGHAI – China’s SAIC Motor aims to cut thousands of jobs this year at its joint ventures with General Motors and Volkswagen and at…
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KYIV — The head of Ukraine’s largest private energy firm, DTEK, said on Saturday that five of its six plants had been damaged…
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OTTAWA — Canada has sent around 70 soldiers to Jamaica to train troops from Caribbean nations who are due to take part…
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ISTANBUL — Turks began voting on Sunday in municipal elections focused on President Tayyip Erdogan’s bid to reclaim control of Istanbul from rival Ekrem Imamoglu, who…
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SALVAGE CREWS worked to lift the first piece of Baltimore’s collapsed Francis Scott Key Bridge from the water on Saturday to allow barges…
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WASHINGTON – The United States said on Friday it will impose new visa restrictions on a number of Hong Kong officials over the…
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LARNACA, Cyprus – Ships carrying 332 tons of food for Gaza left Cyprus’s Larnaca port on Saturday in a convoy which will reach the besieged…