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India's economic growth slowed to 6.7% year-on-year in the April-June quarter as a decline in government spending during national elections weighed, data showed on Friday, but it remained the world's fastest-growing major economy.
MAUMERE, Indonesia (AP) — Arnoldus Yansen thought for certain he was going to become a Catholic priest, just like his older brother, cousin and uncle.
Hong Kong's July retail sales fell 11.8% from a year earlier, government data showed on Friday, reflecting the continued impact of the change in consumption patterns.
BEIJING/TOKYO -- North Korean authorities apparently have decided to tear down at least one farming village in its entirety following a severe flood, an investigation by Nikkei suggests, with the presumed intent to rebuild a new, modernized community from scratch.
LONDON — European markets closed higher on Friday, the last trading day of August, as investors considered inflation data from around the world.
Euro zone inflation dropped to a three-year low of 2.2% in August, flash figures from statistics agency Eurostat showed Friday, boosting expectations for a September rate cut from the European Central Bank.
The Bank of Japan is widely expected to stick to its monetary policy tightening campaign as inflationary pressures in its capital city of Tokyo reaffirm the bank's economic projections. But market participants remain divided over the timing of the next hike.
The pace of decrease in births for the first half of 2024 accelerated from 3.6 per cent in the same period last year, preliminary data by the ministry of health, labour and welfare showed. The total of 350,000 marked the lowest level for the January-June period since comparable data became available in 1969.