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  • 17 September 2025, China, Peking: Jens Eskelund, President of the European Union Chamber of Commerce in China, speaks at a press conference. In its new position paper, the EU Chamber of Commerce has called on the Chinese government to take action in five key areas in order to improve conditions for European companies in the People’s Republic. Photo: Johannes Neudecker/dpa/dpa-mag (Photo by Johannes Neudecker/picture alliance via Getty Images)Politics

    European firms still can’t easily get Chinese rare earths, says business lobby

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  • SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA – FEBRUARY 18: Australia & New Zealand Banking Group Ltd. (ANZ) signage is seen at a central business district branch on February 18, 2025 in Sydney, Australia. The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) is set to announce its monetary policy decision on February 18, 2025, with many experts predicting a rate cut due to easing inflation and economic conditions. This anticipated cut aims to provide relief to mortgage holders and stimulate economic activity amid concerns about weak household consumption and employment growth. (Photo by Lisa Maree Williams/Getty Images)Economy

    Australia’s financial regulator slaps a $160 million fine on ANZ, its largest ever on a single entity

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  • US President Donald Trump walks on the South Lawn of the White House after arriving on Marine One in Washington, DC, US, on Sunday, Sept. 14, 2025. The Federal Reserve is poised to resume cutting interest rates for the first time in nine months as it grapples with a slowing labor market, stubborn inflation and an unprecedented push by President Donald Trump for lower borrowing costs. Photographer: Francis Chung/Politico/Bloomberg via Getty ImagesPolitics

    Trump says he doesn’t want to ‘frighten off’ investors as ICE Hyundai raid sparks Korean outrage

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  • People carrying shopping bags while crossing a street in Beijing on September 15, 2025. China’s industrial production and retail sales growth slumped further last month, official data showed on September 15, missing forecasts and highlighting prolonged challenges in the world’s second-largest economy. (Photo by WANG Zhao / AFP) (Photo by WANG ZHAO/AFP via Getty Images)Economy

    China’s economy continues to stumble as industry output, retail sales disappoint

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  • South Korean workers back from Atlanta after their detention in a US immigration raid at a Hyundai-LG plant in Ellabell, Georgia, board coaches at Incheon International Airport in Incheon on September 12, 2025, after the touch down of a specially chartered Korean Air Boeing 747-81 (KE9036). (Photo by Anthony WALLACE / AFP) (Photo by ANTHONY WALLACE/AFP via Getty Images)Politics

    After his ICE agents arrested hundreds of South Korean workers, Trump says he doesn’t want to ‘frighten off’ foreign investment in the U.S.

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  • US Secretary of the Treasury Scott Bessent arrives to the foreign ministry in Madrid ahead of trade talks with Chinese Vice Premier He Lifeng in Madrid on September 14, 2025. (Photo by Thomas COEX / AFP) (Photo by THOMAS COEX/AFP via Getty Images)Economy

    New round of China trade talks to cover tariffs and TikTok’s fate after Beijing launches probes on U.S. chip sector

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  • An oil drum with featuring the logo of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) at the COP29 climate conference in Baku, Azerbaijan, on Wednesday, Nov. 13, 2024. The United Nations climate change conference, COP29, runs through Nov. 22. Photographer: Andrey Rudakov/Bloomberg via Getty ImagesEnergy

    Oil prices could fall even further as key OPEC+ members agree on production hike to gain more market share

    By Pol-Malo Le Bris and AFP
  • Shigeru Ishiba, Japan’s prime minister, resigns during a news conference at the prime minister’s office in Tokyo, Japan, on Sunday, Sept. 7, 2025. Ishiba said he will step down, following weeks of calls for his departure in the aftermath of a second national election setback. Photographer: Toru Hanai/Bloomberg via Getty ImagesPolitics

    More uncertainty hits the world’s fourth-largest economy as Japan’s PM to step down after less than a year in power

    By Natsuko Fukue and AFP
  • Shipping containers stacked on the KMTC Jebel Ali container ship at Jawaharlal Nehru Port in Navi Mumbai, Maharashtra, India, on Saturday, Aug. 9, 2025. US President Donald Trump said he’d impose a 50% tariff on Indian exports to the US half of which includes a penalty for purchases of Russian oil. Photographer: Abeer Khan/Bloomberg via Getty ImagesPolitics

    U.S. tariffs on Indian goods are now 50%, a level analysts warn is akin to a trade embargo

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  • US President Donald Trump (R) and Russian President Vladimir Putin shake hands at the end of a joint press conference after participating in a US-Russia summit on Ukraine at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson in Anchorage, Alaska, on August 15, 2025. (Photo by Drew ANGERER / AFP) (Photo by DREW ANGERER/AFP via Getty Images)Politics

    Trump moves away from Ukraine war ceasefire demand and seeks peace deal, echoing Putin’s stance

    By Shaun Tandon and AFP
  • Engineering vehicles and machinery are loaded onto ships at Lianyungang Port for export overseas in Lianyungang City, Jiangsu Province, China, on August 11, 2025. (Photo by Costfoto/NurPhoto via Getty Images)Economy

    Trump extends China tariff truce by another 90 days, pushing new deadline to November

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  • One kilogram gold bars at Gold Investments Ltd. bullion dealers arranged in London, UK, on Thursday, April 3, 2025. Gold retreated on Thursday, after notching its latest record, after President Donald Trump triggered tumult on global markets with sweeping “reciprocal” tariffs. Photographer: Chris Ratcliffe/Bloomberg via Getty ImagesFinance

    ‘Gold will not be Tariffed!’ Trump says after prices spiked amid confusion over duties

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  • WASHINGTON, DC – AUGUST 05: U.S. President Donald Trump shouts answers to questions from reporters as he tours the roof of the West Wing of the White House on August 05, 2025 in Washington, DC. Trump has undertaken several renovation projects at the White House to include the construction of a concrete patio at the Rose Garden. (Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images)Politics

    Trump says homeless people must leave Washington, DC, immediately — ‘We will give you places to stay, but FAR from the Capital’

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  • A pirate flag from the Japanese anime One Piece, installed a week earlier to follow an internet trend using the symbol to criticise government policies, is seen at a house in Solo, Central Java, on August 7, 2025, ahead of the country’s 80th Independence Day. As Indonesia’s independence day approaches red and white flags will be flown across the country, but a viral anime pirate banner has drawn government threats against flying the swashbuckling ensign. A Jolly Roger skull and bone symbol topped with a straw hat from Japan’s anime series ‘One Piece’ has caused concern among officials in Jakarta that it is being used to criticise President Prabowo Subianto’s policies. (Photo by DIKA / AFP) / To go with ‘INDONESIA-POLITICS-PROTEST-ANIME, FOCUS’ by Dessy SAGITA & Jack MOORE (Photo by DIKA/AFP via Getty Images)Politics

    The pirate flag from anime ‘One Piece’ is Indonesia’s newest protest symbol—and officials are cracking down

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  • HSINCHU, TAIWAN – APRIL 18: Logo of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co Ltd (TSMC) is pictured at Hsinchu Science Park on April 18, 2025 at Hsinchu, Taiwan. Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) sits at the center of the U.S.-China trade war, as both countries rely heavily on Taiwan for advanced semiconductors that are crucial to their tech industries. As the U.S. and China escalate tariffs and impose new export controls, Taiwan’s chipmakers like TSMC are caught in the crossfire, with each side trying to secure supply while also using trade rules to gain leverage in this high-stakes geopolitical and economic contest. (Photo by Annabelle Chih/Getty Images)Tech

    TSMC gets a reprieve from Trump’s 100% chip tariffs thanks to its U.S. factories, Taiwan says

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