Residents in Birmingham, Bradford and Cornwall will be hit hardest by spiralling energy prices as the crisis threatens to deepen this week, a study has shown. The areas contain the largest number of “energy crisis hotspots”, where communities are at ...
SINGAPORE — Singapore will decriminalize sex between men but has no plans to change the legal definition of marriage as being between a man and a woman, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong said on Sunday. LGBTQ groups welcomed Mr. Lee’s ...
HIGASHIOSAKA, Japan — The small factories in the western Japanese city of Higashiosaka for decades fueled the thundering rise of the country’s biggest brands — but a weak yen and rising costs have accelerated a slow decline, and are reshaping ...
BENGALURU — The US Federal Reserve will raise rates by 50 basis points in September amid expectations inflation has peaked and growing recession worries, according to economists in a Reuters poll, who said the risks were skewed towards a higher ...
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 ...