YANGON - A court in army-ruled Myanmar on Tuesday sentenced opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi to 18 months in detention, a verdict that drew condemnation abroad and will keep her off the political stage...
NEW DELHI - U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice pressed Pakistan to cooperate fully in the probe into the Mumbai attacks but she also warned India against any action that could stoke regional conflict. -...
WASHINGTON - The U.S. Treasury Department announced late on Sunday it was investing $20 billion in struggling Citigroup Inc as one of a series of actions to help the beleaguered bank and it will take...
HONG KONG/LONDON - World leaders headed to Washington to discuss ways to protect the global economy from the effects of the worst financial crisis in 80 years. - - - - MIRANSHAH, Pakistan - Suspected...
HONG KONG - Japan stood ready to offer more than $100 billion to emerging economies as governments scrambled to come to grips with a fast-moving financial crisis that threatened to tip the world into a...
NEW YORK - Fresh signs of economic weakness from China, Japan and Britain reinforced fears of a prolonged recession, and U.S. President-elect Barack Obama urged the Bush administration to back a second economic stimulus package...
CHICAGO - U.S. President-elect Barack Obama, who will inherit the worst financial crisis in decades when he takes office, is expected to announce his pick for some key economic jobs soon and may reveal his...
TOKYO/HONG KONG - Japan is expected to cut interest rates on Friday, joining a growing wave of central banks that are shifting from stabilising credit markets to slashing borrowing costs to cushion their economies against...
TOP STORIES ----------- BEIJING - China denounced as protectionist new U.S. anti-dumping duties on steel pipes on Friday and called for Washington's swift recognition that it is a market economy, a week before a visit...
- - - - SINGAPORE - DBS Group, Southeast Asia's biggest bank, led a surge in quarterly profits among Singapore's three listed banks, all of which beat forecasts and are better positioned than global peers...