European shares edged up in the early hours on Wednesday, trading close to an all-time high hit before the U.S.-Iran war ...

TOKYO: The Bank of Japan saw net income fall in fiscal 2025 as rising interest rates boosted payments made on excess reserves ...

JERUSALEM: Israel said on Wednesday it had killed the new head of Hamas’s armed wing in Gaza, Mohammed Odeh, after killing ...

SEOUL: North Korea has tested a mix of tactical ballistic missiles, artillery rockets and AI-guided precision cruise missiles ...

MUMBAI: The Indian rupee is expected to open weaker on Wednesday, vulnerable to slipping past the 96-per-dollar mark once ...

The new plant would have annual capacity to deliver 153.3 billion gigabits (Gb) of dynamic random-access memory (DRAM) chips ...

The Nikkei was up 1.25% at 65,811.78, as of 0147 GMT, after rising as much as 2.2% earlier in the day to hit a record ...

The Australian dollar erased earlier gains against the greenback following cooler-than-expected inflation data ...

WELLINGTON: New Zealand’s central bank held rates steady on Wednesday, but a split vote underscored a knife-edge decision, as ...

SYDNEY: The New Zealand dollar bounced on Wednesday after the country’s central bank came unexpectedly close to lifting ...

BEIJING: Oil prices pulled back from recent highs on Wednesday, erasing some of the previous day’s 4% gain as traders sought ...

CANBERRA: Chicago wheat edged lower on Wednesday, a fifth consecutive day of losses, as traders ignored a worsening of US ...