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 ...

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% ...

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 ...

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.

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 ...

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 ...

Dec 25 (Reuters) - The United States carried out airstrikes against Islamic State militants in northwest Nigeria, U.S. President Donald Trump said on Thursday, claiming the group had been targeting ...

At the close in Moscow, the MOEX Russia Index fell 0.26%.

The increase in the Tokyo core consumer price index, which excludes volatile costs of fresh food, compared with a median market forecast for a 2.5% rise. It slowed from a 2.8% increase in November, ...

The National Capital Planning Commission, chartered by Congress to manage planning for Washington-area federal lands, said on its website that the White House will provide an "information presentation ...

WASHINGTON, Dec 25 (Reuters) - A U.S. judge on Thursday temporarily blocked the Trump administration from detaining British anti-disinformation campaigner Imran Ahmed, after the U.S. permanent ...