Thailand’s caretaker Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-Ocha made key appointments in the armed forces, including the high-profile army chief, just days before the former coup leader exits the office.
North Korea test-fired two suspected ballistic missiles about a week after it failed to put a spy satellite into orbit, in a show of defiance after the US sent a B-1B strategic bomber to airspace off the peninsula for military drills with South Korea.
Impala Platinum Holdings Ltd. is looking to shift toward metals key to the green energy transition as electrification threatens its core business in southern Africa.
The biggest aluminum producer in the Middle East, whose shareholders are considering an initial public offering, sees prices of the metal rising as demand gains, though it didn’t say when that increase is likely to happen.
Latin America’s biggest country shipped more of the staple crop overseas in the 2023 season, and it’s on track to do it again in 2024.
US temporary-help employment, historically a harbinger of turns in the labor market and the economy, has fallen for six straight months and is signaling a recession ahead. Some industry veterans aren’t buying it.
Global financial markets are showing few signs of fretting over all the negative headlines from China, however discouraging they may seem.
Japanese investors sued Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group Inc.’s joint venture brokerage with Morgan Stanley, showing that the fallout from losses on Credit Suisse’s riskiest debt continue to reverberate around the world.
Seven & i Holdings Co. has finalized the sale of its Sogo & Seibu Co. department store chain amid a strike by employees at the flagship shop in central Tokyo on concerns the deal may jeopardize their jobs.
Sea Ltd. is bringing back one of its top mobile games in India a year and a half after it was banned, a boon for the internet company’s effort to revive its growth.
