China had a record $1.2 trillion trade surplus in 2025, as exports rose 6.6% in December
HONG KONG (AP) — China’s trade surplus surged to a record of almost $1.2 trillion in 2025, the government said […]
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Lebanon ex-central bank chief’s corruption case being sent to top court, officials say
BEIRUT (AP) — The corruption case of Lebanon’s former central bank governor, who is widely blamed for the country’s economic
How major US stock indexes fared Monday, 1/12/2026
Wall Street edged to more records after bouncing back from early losses taken because of worries about the worsening feud
Photos of 20-year-olds gathering in kimonos for Coming of Age Day ceremony in Japan
YOKOHAMA, Japan (AP) — Young women in brightly colored long-sleeved kimonos and young men in formal suits or traditional hakama
Bride and groom among 8 killed in gas cylinder blast at wedding in Pakistan’s capital
ISLAMABAD (AP) — A gas cylinder explosion early Sunday after a wedding reception at a home in Pakistan’s capital killed
Supporters press for a DC memorial to Thomas Paine, whose writings helped fuel the Revolutionary War
NEW YORK (AP) — Some 250 years after “Common Sense” helped inspire the 13 colonies to declare independence, Thomas Paine
More diplomatic and economic tensions surface between China, Japan as a bumpy week ends
BEIJING (AP) — A week in which longtime tensions between neighbors China and Japan ratcheted up economically and politically drew
Canada’s Indigenous governor general to visit Greenland as Trump renews talk of annexing it
TORONTO (AP) — Canada’s Indigenous governor general and its foreign minister will visit Greenland in early February, Prime Minister Mark
US-based multinational companies will be exempt from global tax deal
WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. multinational corporations will be exempted from paying more corporate taxes overseas in a deal finalized by
Harbin ice festival draws sculptors and spectators to northern China, in photos
HARBIN, China (AP) — Sculptors converged over the weekend on the frigid northern Chinese city of Harbin for the annual