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China inflation slowed in February as food prices eased: data

Mar 09, 2022 (AFP)

The producer price index (PPI), which measures the cost of goods at the factory gate, rose 8.8 percent on-year, the slowest rate since June last year, according...

Asian markets fall again, oil builds on gains as Ukraine war rages

Mar 08, 2022 (AFP)

As Russia's invasion of its neighbour continues, commodity prices have been sent to record or multi-year highs, forcing observers to re-evaluate their outlook f...

China exports up 16.3% as trade with Russia surged

Mar 07, 2022 (AFP)

The growth rate exceeded economists' expectations of a 15.7 percent gain from a year earlier. Shipments from the world's second-largest economy were valued at $...

South Korea to hit Belarus with export controls

Mar 06, 2022 (AFP)

Without detailing what specific measures would be taken, Seoul's foreign ministry said the restrictions would be similar to those previously imposed on Russia. ...

Russia banks turn to China after Visa, Mastercard suspension

Mar 06, 2022 (AFP)

Russian Visa and Mastercard bank cards will no longer be valid abroad, and cards issued abroad will no longer work in Russia, the global payments companies anno...

China sets lowest GDP target in decades over 'grave' outlook

Mar 05, 2022 (AFP)

Li announced the unusually modest target of around 5.5 percent growth for 2022 -- the lowest since 1991 -- in his speech opening the annual session of China's r...

Stocks sink as atomic plant shelling adds to Ukraine fears

Mar 04, 2022 (AFP)

As Vladimir Putin's forces stepped up their invasion, Ukraine's foreign minister demanded an immediate ceasefire to avoid disaster at the Zaporizhzhia plant aft...

China-backed bank AIIB halts lending to Russia, Belarus

Mar 04, 2022 (AFP)

In a statement issued Thursday, the AIIB said that "in the best interests of the bank, management has decided that all activities relating to Russia and Belarus...

China-backed bank halts lending to Russia, Belarus

Mar 04, 2022 (AFP)

In a statement issued Thursday, the AIIB said that "in the best interests of the bank, management has decided that all activities relating to Russia and Belarus...

Beijing wary of extending economic lifeline to Russia

Mar 04, 2022 (AFP)

Western countries have hit Russia's economy hard including by closing airspace, freezing assets and excluding seven banks from the SWIFT interbank messaging net...

Equities rise as Powell soothes rate fears, oil presses higher

Mar 03, 2022 (AFP)

With the Russian invasion of its neighbour hammering all assets across the board as uncertainty reigns supreme, traders were given a much-needed shaft of light ...

Equities rise as Powell soothes rate fears, oil close to $120

Mar 03, 2022 (AFP)

With the Russian invasion of its neighbour hammering all assets across the board as uncertainty reigns supreme, traders were given a much-needed shaft of light ...

China's Congress to focus on boosting slowing economy

Mar 03, 2022 (AFP)

The rubber-stamp parliament starting Saturday in Beijing gathers some 3,000 members of the National People's Congress (NPC) for highly choreographed meetings ov...

Equities rally as volatility eases for now

Mar 01, 2022 (AFP)

With no let-up in the assault on its neighbour, Russia has been pummelled by a series of widespread and debilitating sanctions that have sent the ruble crashing...

UK freezes assets of Belarusian defence chiefs

Mar 01, 2022 (AFP)

An assets freeze and travel ban was imposed on Victor Gulevich, Belarus' chief of the general staff and first deputy minister of defence. He was "responsible fo...

China manufacturing activity picks up in February

Mar 01, 2022 (AFP)

The Purchasing Managers' Index (PMI) -- a key gauge of manufacturing activity -- edged up in February to 50.2, defying expectations of a return to contraction t...

Asian equities rise, oil rally slows as volatility eases for now

Mar 01, 2022 (AFP)

With no let-up in the assault on its neighbour, Russia has been pummelled by a series of widespread and debilitating sanctions that have sent the ruble crashing...

How a pensioner made Spanish banks rethink counter services

Feb 28, 2022 (AFP)

For Carlos San Juan, from the eastern port city of Valencia, the tipping point was an incident with an ATM in which the bank staff "flatly refused to come out a...

European stock markets sink at open

Feb 28, 2022 (AFP)

In early deals, London's FTSE 100 index of top companies shed 1.4 percent to 7,384,68 points. BP's share price slumped 6.0 percent after the British energy gian...

Russian ruble tanks almost 30% after latest sanctions

Feb 28, 2022 (AFP)

The ruble was indicated to be down 27 percent at 114.33 per dollar in offshore trading, according to Bloomberg News. Oil surges, equities mostly fall on growing...