BALI, Indonesia -- Palm oil prices are expected to rise by another 10% to 15% in early 2025 after a strong rally this year, particularly if the Indonesian government enforces a new biofuel quota, ...

MANILA/BEIJING -- Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. signed two laws on Friday aimed at strengthening his country's claims and sovereignty in the South China Sea as tensions persist in the area ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -- The United States has charged an Iranian man in connection with an alleged plot ordered by Iran's ...

HONG KONG/SHANGHAI -- China's top legislature on Friday said it will increase the limit of local government bonds to replace ...

HONG KONG/SHANGHAI -- China's top legislature on Friday said it will increase the limit of local government bonds to replace ...

JAKARTA -- When Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto rode through Jakarta in his inauguration parade last month, he did so in a domestic car. Prabowo, a former general, waved to crowds from an ...

SINGAPORE -- Pressure is building on the loan books of Southeast Asian banks as the U.S. Federal Reserve moves ahead with ...

WASHINGTON -- Japan should move to protect its companies and consumers from underpriced Chinese-made electric vehicles before there is harm to the economy, argues Wendy Cutler, a former U.S. diplomat ...

GUANGZHOU -- China's Tencent Holdings announced that it is partnering with Visa to launch a palm biometric authentication payment service in Singapore, with hopes to expand the technology globally in ...

TAIPEI -- Taiwan is expected to face heavy pressure to strengthen its defense and decouple supply chains from neighboring ...

HANOI -- Vietnam's National Assembly is looking to simplify procedures for investing in semiconductors and other industries to attract more foreign companies, according to Minister of Planning and ...

TOKYO -- Hyundai Motor is challenging Chinese EV leader BYD in Japan with the spring launch of the Inster, an electric compact that is expected to cost less than 4 million yen ($26,000), the South ...