5+ hour, 48+ min ago   (302+ words) BANJARMASIN/JAKARTA, Indonesia (Sept 13): At least six people died and another 129 are still missing after an Indonesian passenger ship capsized in the Java Sea during bad weather early on Sunday, the search and rescue agency said. Crews managed to rescue…...

10+ hour, 11+ min ago   (695+ words) STOCKHOLM (Sept 13): Swedes were voting in a closely fought election on Sunday that will either bring a far-right party into government for the first time or shift the country back towards the liberalism it has long been known for. Sweden's…...

13+ hour, 10+ min ago   (817+ words) ADEN/DUBAI (Sept 13): Maritime trackers received new reports of an attack on a ship in the Strait of Hormuz on Sunday, adding to concerns about Iran-related threats to global energy supplies after Saudi Arabia shut down a vital oil pipeline....

2+ day, 17+ hour ago   (244+ words) (Sept 11): Prime Minister Mark Carney said this week’s round of US trade measures against Canada will hurt some businesses but will have a “modest” impact overall — and signalled that his government isn’t planning to retaliate. “We fully recognise that for…...

3+ day, 8+ hour ago   (396+ words) SINGAPORE (Sept 10): Singapore's prime minister said on Thursday he deliberated "long and hard" over an increase in ministerial and lawmakers' salaries, already among the highest in the world, but felt it was necessary to attract talent into government ranks. Lawrence…...

3+ day, 6+ hour ago   (443+ words) WASHINGTON (Sept 10): US producer prices increased in line with expectations in August amid a rebound in the cost of energy products. The producer price index for final demand rose 0.4% last month after an upwardly revised 0.1% gain in July, the Labor…...

3+ day, 8+ hour ago   (660+ words) KUALA LUMPUR (Sept 10): Rubber glove counters on Bursa Malaysia rallied broadly on Thursday, lifted by higher crude oil prices and a recent price hike by China's leading glove maker Intco Medical Technology Co Ltd. Higher oil prices raise the cost…...

3+ day, 7+ hour ago   (835+ words) CAIRO/WASHINGTON/DUBAI (Sept 10): Iran-aligned Houthi militants seized control of Yemen's port city of Mocha on Thursday, military sources said, posing a further threat to global energy supplies hours after President Donald Trump said he expected the war to end…...

3+ day, 9+ hour ago   (284+ words) (Sept 10): Beijing-based AI start-up Moonshot is considering dual listings in Hong Kong and Shanghai to boost fundraising and exposure, the South China Morning Post reported on Thursday, citing two people familiar with the matter. The developer of the Kimi large…...

3+ day, 11+ hour ago   (429+ words) (Sept 10): Emerging Asian stocks declined and currencies were flat on Thursday as the biggest wave of attacks on shipping in the ongoing six-month-old war in the Middle East pushed crude oil prices above US$100 a barrel. The MSCI EM Asia…...