Euro zone bond yields rise after European Central Bank delivers 'hawkish' cut
Euro zone government bond yields extended gains Thursday afternoon, shortly after the European Central Bank announced its first interest rate cut in five years.
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Australian pension giants scale up overseas ambitions
SYDNEY -- Australian pension funds are taking advantage of booming inflows and buoyant returns to push deeper into global markets as they hunt for higher returns and avenues to diversify risk.
Friday Briefing: Narendra Modi’s India
Narendra Modi has just won re-election as India’s prime minister, though by a far narrower margin than expected. With his third consecutive term, the charismatic strongman has sealed his position as the country’s most significant leader in generations.
Japan's convenience store chains chase elixir of growth across Asia
TOKYO -- It's 50 years since Kenji Yamamoto opened the doors at what would become part of the fabric of Japan: the country's first modern-day convenience store. But 50 years from now, Japan's population is projected to shrink by close to a third, and the fate of a multibillion-dollar industry will hang on how its big players negotiate essential growth overseas.
SpaceX Starship and Boeing Starliner show way for Asia's space race
TOKYO -- This week's successful launches of Boeing's Starliner capsule and SpaceX's Starship rocket highlight how private-sector competition is driving the U.S. space program, a model that countries like China, India and Japan are drawing on as well.
In slamming China over its stance on Russia and the war, Ukraine might have made a big miscalculation
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy's very public criticism of China over its relationship with Russia and cool stance toward a forthcoming peace summit could end up backfiring on Kyiv, analysts say.
Singapore, India, others pitch 'clean' projects in U.S.-led framework
SINGAPORE -- Indo-Pacific countries from Singapore to India touted billions of dollars worth of sustainable infrastructure projects that U.S. investors can back, as America worked to advance a regional cooperation grouping that excluded China on Thursday.
China's Chang'e 6 transfers moon samples to spacecraft in orbit
BEIJING (Reuters) -- China's Chang'e 6 probe transferred samples it collected from the moon's far side to a spacecraft in lunar orbit on Thursday, state news agency Xinhua reported.