Income inequality in China is now by some measures worse than in the U.S. as blue-collar jobs dwindle and workers turn to the gig economy.

“It’s a provocation for sure” as Japan faces its most severe security environment since World War II.

Illicit Iranian funds are flowing through U.S.-dollar clearing accounts, creating an enforcement dilemma for Washington.

A record 12.7 million young people are looking for jobs as the country embraces artificial intelligence — and as the technology begins to upend the work force.

Washington imposed sanctions on Inspur because of its work with the Chinese military. But the company’s subsidiary kept shipping Nvidia’s best chips to feed China’s leading A.I. firms.

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The Kanneh-Mason family boasts seven classically trained musicians, each under the age of 30. The siblings have toured the world and recorded chart-topping albums.

Increased purchases of debt threaten to undermine central bank chief Kevin Warsh’s bid to tame inflation

Pyongyang’s strengthened position economically and geopolitically could make it difficult for the U.S. to engineer another meeting.

A Democratic governor popular in a state that glows red offers lessons for winning working-class voters. For one, speak plain English.

The party’s membership finalized the new order for the first six states to winnow the candidate field, pushing back Iowa and New Hampshire.

Factories churning out servers for data centres are pushing exports to record levels

New York Fed sells euros to buy yen following recent speculation that Tokyo intervened to support Japan’s currency

The country’s iconic carmakers are struggling with tariffs, the growth of electric vehicles and intense competition from Chinese companies.

Kumamoto faces a “double disaster,” as rescuers work in 100 degree heat, and shelters with limited air-conditioning put displaced people at risk for heatstroke.

The U.S. has become an increasingly erratic superpower. Now, the world’s middle powers are rising. What's next for places like India and Canada in a shifting global order?

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Geopolitical friction and a lack of career paths are hollowing out the pipeline of US specialists who truly understand China.

Chinese officials appear to think that President Trump’s accusations that China interfered in the 2020 U.S. elections were driven by domestic politics, not foreign policy.

Japan’s new prime minister has broken with her mentor by encouraging firms to invest according to a government plan

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America’s diplomats used to have global sway. Now they are besieged by their own president

Europe purchased almost all the LNG produced by the Yamal facility in the first half of 2026 ahead of import ban

Tech companies need to come clean about the mounting environmental fallout of their race to build more hubs

The clothing retailer forged in Japan’s post-bubble economy is pinning its hopes on Europe and North America

President Donald Trump was expected to announce the expansion of a guest-worker program to the dairy industry at a Wisconsin event. Instead, the news came out in a press release.

For decades, the central bank believed talking openly made its policy work better. Its new chairman believes the opposite.

There are no alternatives the people would favour. Increasingly, they know it

Coffee chain’s owner says move ‘shows how seriously we are taking the marketing incident’

Dormition Cathedral at Unesco world heritage site struck along with residential buildings across capital