BIDADI — Toyota is rebooting its strategy for India, doubling down on a bet that emerging markets will learn to love its hybrids, as long as the price is right. Renowned for its pioneering Prius, the Japanese carmaker has struggled ...
SHANGHAI — China cut its benchmark lending rate and lowered the mortgage reference by a bigger margin on Monday, adding to last week’s easing measures, as Beijing boosts efforts to revive an economy hobbled by a property crisis and a ...
SEOUL — A woman believed to be a family member of the two children whose remains were found in suitcases in New Zealand (NZ) is in South Korea, Seoul police said on Monday. The woman, a Korean-born New Zealander, arrived ...
TOKYO — Support for Japanese Prime Minister (PM) Fumio Kishida’s government has tumbled, battered by questions about the ruling party’s ties to the Unification Church and its response to the coronavirus pandemic, according to a public opinion poll. Links to ...
BERLIN — German Economy Minister Robert Habeck ruled out on Sunday extending the lifespan of the country’s three remaining nuclear power plants in order to save gas, saying it would save at most 2 percent of gas use. These savings ...
SEOUL — South Korea and the United States began their largest joint military drills in years on Monday with a resumption of field training, officials said, as the allies seek to tighten readiness over North Korea’s potential weapons tests. The ...
The sudden reversal in stocks last week was fueled by a rising wave of short sales, combined with bad news and an aggressive withdrawal of trading liquidity in the Eurodollar market. Meanwhile, the Fed’s annual gathering of global central bankers is ...
MOGADISHU — Somali forces have ended a siege at a hotel in Somalia’s capital Mogadishu, an army officer told Reuters on Sunday, adding that they were still clearing explosives scattered around the building. At least 12 people, mostly civilians, were ...
DAKAR — Health authorities in the Democratic Republic of Congo are investigating a suspected case of Ebola in the country’s east, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Saturday. A 46-year-old woman died on Monday in the city of Beni, ...
BUENOS AIRES — Some women wore black funeral attire and sported flower crowns. Other people in the procession in Buenos Aires carried a gigantic coffin. But this funeral procession in the Argentine capital was not honoring a person. Instead it ...