Asia-Pacific markets track Wall Street’s tech recovery after Alphabet leads AI rally

Asia-Pacific markets track Wall Street’s tech recovery after Alphabet leads AI rally

SHANGHAI, CHINA – MARCH 01: Skyscrapers stand at the Pudong Lujiazui Financial District on March 1, 2022 in Shanghai, China. Xiao Yang | Visual China Group | Getty Images Asia-Pacific markets opened higher Tuesday, after Wall Street’s tech stocks rebounded on a rally in Google parent  and hopes of a Fed rate cut. Optimism about Alphabet’s … Read more

Japan announces $135 billion stimulus, NHK reports, to boost economy and support consumers

Japan announces 5 billion stimulus, NHK reports, to boost economy and support consumers

Japan’s Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi (C) answers a question during a session of the House of Councillors Budget Committee at the National Diet in Tokyo on November 12, 2025. (Photo by Kazuhiro NOGI / AFP) (Photo by KAZUHIRO NOGI/AFP via Getty Images) Kazuhiro Nogi | Afp | Getty Images Japan’s cabinet approved a stimulus package … Read more

Saudi crown prince to visit U.S. for the first time since Khashoggi scandal

Saudi crown prince to visit U.S. for the first time since Khashoggi scandal

U.S. President Donald Trump shakes hands with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman during a welcoming ceremony in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, May 13, 2025. Bandar Algaloud/courtesy Of Saud | Via Reuters U.S. President Donald Trump is set to meet with Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman on Tuesday, with the leaders expected to discuss … Read more

Tariffs thaw, rivalry simmers: U.S.–China trade truce enters uneasy phase

Tariffs thaw, rivalry simmers: U.S.–China trade truce enters uneasy phase

Chinese President Xi Jinping meets with U.S. President Donald Trump in Busan, South Korea, Oct. 30, 2025. (Photo by Huang Jingwen/Xinhua via Getty Images) Huang Jingwen | Xinhua News Agency | Getty Images Even as a U.S.–China trade truce appears to be holding, analysts caution that the détente remains fragile in a rivalry increasingly defined … Read more

Asia markets mixed as revived AI trade lifts Japan and South Korea stocks

Asia markets mixed as revived AI trade lifts Japan and South Korea stocks

A landscaped Sunset shot over Osaka toward the Dojima River, we see the modern city skyline of Osaka in the shot, this is a beautiful shot of the sunset with beautiful orange colors, over the modern city. ©Fitopardo | Moment | Getty Images Asia-Pacific markets traded mixed Tuesday after Wall Street gains on revived artificial … Read more

Trump administration demands that states ‘undo’ full SNAP benefit payments

Trump administration demands that states ‘undo’ full SNAP benefit payments

A volunteer displays information on the Supplemental Nutritional Assistance Program (SNAP) at a grocery store in Dorchester, Massachusetts, US, on Monday, Nov. 3, 2025. Mel Musto | Bloomberg | Getty Images The U.S. Department of Agriculture, in a memo late Saturday evening, threatened to enact financial penalties on states that issued full monthly SNAP benefits … Read more

Trump says no U.S. government official will attend the G20 summit in South Africa

Trump says no U.S. government official will attend the G20 summit in South Africa

U.S. President Donald Trump speaks with the media about hosting the G20 summit, accompanied by U.S. Secretary of the Treasury Scott Bessent and Miami Mayor Francis Suarez, in the Oval Office, at the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., September 5, 2025. Brian Snyder | Reuters President Donald Trump said on Friday that no U.S. … Read more