China has found no clues to explain what happened to an American citizen working at a U.S. consulate who reported suffering from “abnormal” sounds and pressure leading to a mild brain injury, a foreign ministry spokesman said on Thursday. The U.S. embassy, which issued a health alert on Wednesday to Americans living in China, said […]

Injecting greater uncertainty into the future of a planned June 12 meeting between Washington and Pyongyang, a senior minister from the rogue state has slammed Vice President Mike Pence for comparing North Korea to Libya. Speaking in May 21 interview on Fox News, Pence said the reclusive regime could end up like the North African […]

Indonesia’s massively popular ride-hailing start-up Go-Jek is expanding abroad. It will invest about $500 million to move into four new markets in Vietnam, Thailand, Singapore and the Philippines over the next several months, the company said in a Thursday announcement. Initially, Go-Jek will start with ride-hailing before introducing additional services. Go-Jek started off as a […]

North Korea’s vice foreign minister said the future of the summit between Pyongyang and Washington is “entirely” up to the United States and condemned a media interview by U.S. Vice President Mike Pence in which he compared the North to Libya. “We will neither beg the U.S. for dialogue nor take the trouble to persuade […]

Asian markets were set to decline on Thursday following slight gains seen stateside after the release of the Federal Reserve’s latest minutes. Markets in Japan looked set for further losses after a more than 270-point decline in the last session. Nikkei futures traded in Chicago were down 0.35 compared to the index’s previous close. Australian […]

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo told a Congressional panel Wednesday that a “sonic attack” on a U.S. official reported in Guangzhou, China, was similar to incidents in Cuba where U.S. diplomats later became ill. “The medical indications are very similar, and entirely consistent with, the medical indications that were taking place to Americans working in […]

China’s state grain stockpiler Sinograin has been enquiring about the prices of soybeans from the United States this week, two traders with knowledge of the matter said, a sign Beijing may resume purchases as trade tensions ease. The renewed interest in the oilseed, used in animal feed, follows Beijing’s pledge at the weekend to buy […]

Malaysia’s Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad said on Wednesday that the new government will look to cut down the country’s debt which amounts to 1 trillion ringgit, by aborting or reviewing some projects and cutting salaries of cabinet ministers. Mahathir also said the national debt is 65 percent of the GDP. Ousted premier Najib Razak has […]

Cash is still the biggest competition for the growing number of digital payments companies and it will not go away anytime soon, according to the chief technology officer at PayPal. Many companies are trying to create a digital payments economy but they face stiff competition from an existing mode of payment, according to Sri Shivananda, […]

SoftBank Group said on Wednesday it is selling its roughly 20 percent stake in Indian e-commerce firm Flipkart to Walmart. Walmart said earlier this month it will pay $16 billion for a roughly 77 percent stake in Flipkart, the U.S. retailer’s largest-ever deal. A SoftBank spokesman declined to give further details. SoftBank CEO Masayoshi Son […]