TOKYO, Dec 26 (Reuters) - Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s cabinet on Friday approved a record $785 billion budget for the next fiscal year, aiming to strike a balance between her proactive ...

Tokyo core CPI, which excludes volatile fresh food prices, grew 2.3% year-on-year in November, government data showed on Friday. The print was slightly below expectations of 2.5% and eased from 2.8% ...

SEOUL, Dec 26 (Reuters) - North Korean leader Kim Jong Un signaled the country will continue to develop missiles in the next five years, as he visited major munitions enterprises in the last quarter ...

S&P 500 Futures inched 0.1% higher to 6,987.75 points, while Nasdaq 100 Futures gained 0.1% to 25,908.0 points by 20:16 ET (01:16 GMT). Dow Jones Futures traded up 0.1% at 49,057.0 points.

BEIJING, Dec 26 (Reuters) - The size of China’s economy in 2024 was revised down to 134.8 trillion yuan ($19.23 trillion) in nominal terms, after a final verification, the country’s statistics bureau ...

Oil prices, though, are on course for their steepest annual decline since 2020 as investors weighed U.S. economic growth and assessed the risk of supply disruptions including in Venezuela.

The Bank of Japan’s retreat from a decade-long radical stimulus programme is pressuring the government to shorten the duration of bonds as market players seek to reduce risks around interest rate ...

MOSCOW, Dec 25 (Reuters) - Russia’s foreign ministry said on Thursday that the United States was reviving piracy and banditry ...

At the close in Saudi Arabia, the Tadawul All Share declined 0.14%.

LONDON, Dec 25 (Reuters) - Britain’s Princesses Beatrice and Eugenie attended the royal family’s traditional Christmas Day ...

PARIS, Dec 23 (Reuters) - France’s Louvre museum on Tuesday installed security bars on the balcony that burglars used to ...

LOS ANGELES, Dec 24 (Reuters) - Torrential rains unleashed widespread flash flooding and mud flows across Southern California ...