Box-Office Record, EV Graveyards and China Woes: Saturday Asia Briefing
When the going gets tough, the tough go to the movies. Or so it seems in China, where
2023-08-19 13:46
Slow-Growing UK Faces Reckoning Over £2.6 Trillion Debt Pile
From the financial crisis to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, Britain has borrowed and spent its way out of
2023-08-19 13:30
Five Takeaways From the US, Japan and South Korea Summit
US President Joe Biden was dealt a stronger hand in Asia when Yoon Suk Yeol became South Korea’s
2023-08-19 13:27
These children's beds are being recalled due to strangulation and death risks, consumer watchdog says
Parents may want to check their children's rooms for a recalled bed with hazards that could potentially kill, according to a product safety commission.
2023-08-19 13:25
Emerging economies are pushing to end the dollar's dominance. But what's the alternative?
Across the developing world, many countries are fed up with America’s dominance of the global financial system — and especially the power of the dollar
2023-08-19 13:24
Georgia Medicaid program with work requirement off to slow start even as thousands lose coverage
Public health advocates say Georgia appears to be doing little to promote its new Medicaid plan or enroll people in it
2023-08-19 13:15
Elon Musk says X will strip ability to block accounts
Social media company X, formerly known as Twitter, will remove a protective feature that lets users block other
2023-08-19 12:55
Japan's Kishida to visit Fukushima plant before deciding date to start controversial water release
Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida says he will visit the tsunami-wrecked Fukushima nuclear plant on Sunday before setting a release date for its treated radioactive wastewater, as his government continues working to promote understanding over the controversial plan at home and abroad
2023-08-19 12:48
Rail whistleblowers fired for voicing safety concerns despite efforts to end practice of retaliation
Lawyers and unions representing rail workers say there is a clear pattern across the industry of railroads retaliating against workers who report safety violations or injuries on the job
2023-08-19 12:26
Local governments are spending billions of pandemic relief funds, but some report few specifics
Federal officials estimate that local governments now have spending plans in place for most of the money they received under a prominent pandemic relief law
2023-08-19 12:20
British Columbia Declares Fire Emergency With Thousands Evacuated
Record-breaking wildfires in Canada are heading toward key population centers in the country’s west, prompting the province of
2023-08-19 10:26
China Summer Box Office Hits Record in Rare Consumer Bright Spot
China’s summer holiday box office sales surged to a record, one of the few bright spots in the
2023-08-19 10:26