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(Bloomberg) -- Hong Kong will suspend in-person classes for kindergartens and primary schools from Friday until after Chinese New Year, Hong Kong Chief Executive Carrie Lam...

(Bloomberg) -- The global agreement reached at the United Nations’ COP26 summit in Glasgow last weekend may help solve one of the trickiest problems in climate policy: how to boost...

(Bloomberg) -- COP26 took fourteen days and some long nights of negotiations. It produced breakthrough pledges, a set of rules on carbon trading and some big aspirations that will...

(Bloomberg) -- Chinese President Xi Jinping is set to deliver the first resolution on Communist Party history in 40 years, giving him the mandate to potentially rule for life as a...

(Bloomberg) -- U.S. President Joe Biden and his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping are scheduled to hold a virtual summit next week, though no specific date has been set, according to...

(Bloomberg) -- One hundred countries, representing 85% of the world’s forests, have given themselves nine years to halt and reverse deforestation, in a major new commitment at...

(Bloomberg) -- The Group of 20 came into its own during the 2008 financial crisis in order to avoid a global depression. It was a turning point that made clear that big decisions...

(Bloomberg) -- Turkey’s lira weakened as the country’s latest diplomatic spat gives traders another reason to sell the already battered currency. The lira weakened as much as 1.5%...

(Bloomberg) -- China said it set up a group with the U.S. to discuss disputes, ahead of a video summit between President Joe Biden and his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping planned...

(Bloomberg) -- China will not impose an anti-sanctions law on Hong Kong for now, local news organization HK01 reported, a seemingly unusual backtrack from Beijing on a move that...

(Bloomberg) -- An unprecedented leak of financial records known as the Pandora (OTC:PANDY) Papers has revealed the offshore financial assets of dozens of current and former world...

(Bloomberg) -- Japan’s Fumio Kishida will be appointed prime minister by parliament Monday, and reveal a new cabinet lineup as he seeks to revive support for his ruling party in...

(Bloomberg) -- After a monthlong, surprisingly competitive race for Japan’s new leader, the contest ended predictably: Fumio Kishida, the most experienced, most middle-of-the-road...

(Bloomberg) -- Voting to elect the leader of Japan’s ruling Liberal Democratic Party is almost certain to go to a second round, with no candidate expected to reach the initial...

(Bloomberg) -- Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is poised to win a third term in a Canadian election, according to CTV News and CBC News. The two networks said they are projecting the...

(Bloomberg) -- Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga’s surprise decision last week to effectively step down as premier by dropping out of a party leadership election has thrown...

(Bloomberg) -- U.S. climate envoy John Kerry said political tensions with China affect the outlook for climate cooperation, as top Chinese officials pushed Washington to commit to...

(Bloomberg) -- Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga will not run to remain as party leader in an election this month, national public broadcaster NHK reported Friday. The move...

(Bloomberg) -- U.S. climate envoy John Kerry kicked off a visit to China by urging the world’s largest carbon emitter to do more curb its discharges. Kerry and Foreign Minister...

(Bloomberg) -- U.S. President Joe Biden faces calls from his closest allies to extend the deadline for the evacuation in Kabul as fears grow that the fast-approaching cutoff will...

(Bloomberg) -- U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris and Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong announced new initiatives including a high-level supply chain dialogue and agreements...

(Bloomberg) -- The U.S. and China left open the possibility of a summit between their presidents, despite a contentious day of talks in which Beijing outlined a series of demands...

(Bloomberg) -- China unveiled a sweeping overhaul of its $100 billion education tech sector, banning companies that teach the school curriculum from making profits, raising capital...

(Bloomberg) -- An agreement by the U.S. and China for their first face-to-face talks between senior diplomats in months represents the latest effort by both sides to keep a growing...

(Bloomberg) -- The U.S. Senate passed a bill Wednesday that would ban all goods from or made in China’s Xinjiang region unless importers can prove they weren’t made with forced...

(Bloomberg) -- Japan is set to declare a new state of emergency over the coronavirus, in a move that could lead to a last-minute ban on fans at the Tokyo Olympics, though it is...

(Bloomberg) -- U.S. negotiators are prepared to return to a seventh round of indirect talks with Iran on re-entering on 2015 nuclear deal once the leadership in Tehran is ready, a...

(Bloomberg) -- A Hong Kong court has ruled that the trial of the first person charged under a broad national security law can be held without a jury, likely setting a precedent for...

(Bloomberg) -- Sign up for the New Economy Daily newsletter, follow us @economics and subscribe to our podcast. Australia will appeal to the World Trade Organization regarding...

(Bloomberg) -- Iranians vote Friday in a presidential election expected to see a hardline conservative replace the more moderate Hassan Rouhani, complicating efforts to restore a...

(Bloomberg) -- China warned the North Atlantic Treaty Organization it won’t “sit back” in the face of any challenges, illustrating the potential for tensions to escalate while the...

(Bloomberg) -- U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson is trying to craft the perfect Group of Seven summit image of Britain presiding over a united global effort to fight Covid and...

(Bloomberg) -- Peru is headed for days of political uncertainty as the second-placed candidate in a tight presidential runoff accused her contender of election fraud and promised...

MANILA, May 14 (Reuters) - Philippine President RodrigoDuterte has rebuffed a call from China to withdraw vessels fromdisputed areas of the South China Sea and said he would not...

MANILA, May 12 (Reuters) - The Philippines on Wednesdayreported what it said were incursions into its exclusiveeconomic zone (EEZ) by 287 maritime militia vessels from China,in a...