Asia Economy

Americans don't need a passport to get to the No. 1 global city to take a working vacation.Kansas City, Missouri, was named the best city in the world to work during the day and explore after hours without having to use too much of your PTO…

LONDON — European markets closed sharply higher on Friday to end a volatile week, as investors around the world assessed inflation and fears of an economic recession.The pan-European Stoxx 600 index closed up by 2.6% provisionally, its best…

Vienna ranked first in 2018 and 2019, but was overtaken by Auckland, New Zealand, during the pandemic and slipped to 12th place in 2021, according to the Global Liveability Index 2022.Sylvain Sonnet | The Image Bank | Getty ImagesAfter two…

Steel mill owners in parts of China are in a bad mood, Beijing-based commodities consultant Simon Wu said.Steel inventories are slowly piling up in the warehouses of the country's biggest steelmaking hub, the northeastern city of Tangshan,…

After more than two years of lockdowns and border controls, Southeast Asia is finally experiencing some semblance of the old days of travel.Flights are steadily returning to 2019 levels in the region's major economies, with Singapore,…

China is hosting the annual BRICS summit virtually this year. Pictured here is Chinese President Xi Jinping speaking via video at the United Nations General Assembly in New York, U.S., on Tuesday, Sept. 21, 2021.Bloomberg | Bloomberg |…

Southeast Asia's tech companies are laying off workers as they brace themselves for a tougher fundraising environment.Guilliermo Perales Gonzalez | E+ | Getty ImagesHundreds of workers from start-ups in Southeast Asia have been fired in the…

Across five major e-commerce platforms' GMV, Alibaba's market share fell by 6% in the first quarter versus the fourth, according to Bernstein analysis.Str | Afp | Getty ImagesBEIJING — Alibaba was once the poster child for investing in…

"I'm not the best artist. I'm terrible," said Jackson Aw with a sheepish laugh.That may seem ironic, given how the 32-year old is the founder and chief executive officer of Mighty Jaxx, a designer toy company from Singapore. But to Aw,…

Hundreds of Uyghurs are working for a mining conglomerate that produces raw materials for electric vehicles as part of a so-called work transfer program in China, the New York Times reported.Shen Longquan | Visual China Group | Getty…