PHUKET, Thailand — Hitting the white sand beaches and eating mango sticky rice and seafood, Chinese tourists are returning to Thailand for their first trips abroad since China ended its strict COVID-19 curbs and reopened its borders. “Because of the ...
MONTEREY PARK, Calif. — The red lanterns bobbed and banners proclaimed “Happy Year of the Rabbit” but Monterey Park’s famous Lunar New Year festivities were brought to an abrupt end by a shooting that left 10 people dead and another ...
TOKYO — Japan’s finances are becoming increasingly precarious, Finance Minister Shunichi Suzuki warned on Monday, just as markets test whether the central bank can keep interest rates ultra-low, allowing the government to service its debt. Japan’s public debt is more ...
As part of our series profiling the finalists of the Business Champion Awards 2023 we spoke to, young entrepreneur of the year finalist and founder of the Music Workflow Academy, Omar Meho. What do you currently do at Music Workflow Academy? Omar Meho is an ...
Hundreds of thousands of households will be paid to use less electricity this evening as National Grid deploys its emergency scheme to avoid blackouts for the first time. The company responsible for keeping the lights on is expected to pay ...
Nadhim Zahawi settled his tax issue with HMRC while he was serving as chancellor, a government source has said. Questions about the now Tory chairman’s deal with tax authorities have continued, even after he released a statement to “address some ...
Lloyds and Halifax have become the latest banks to announce branch closures with 40 to be axed in the face of a significant drop-off in footfall. The high street lenders said the sites, all but one of which are in ...
SYDNEY — Australia said on Monday it would accelerate plans to buy advanced sea mines to protect its maritime routes and ports from “potential aggressors” amid China’s plans to increase its influence in the Pacific region. The so-called smart sea ...
PARIS — The leaders of France and Germany sought at a summit on Sunday to pave over divisions that have dogged Europe’s closest bilateral relation since the war in Ukraine broke out, leaving many of their most vexed issues to ...
LUSAKA — US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen on Sunday said the United States wanted to see quicker progress on the World Bank’s plans for expanding its lending capacity to address climate change and other global crises. The World Bank’s “evolution ...