The number of rejected asylum seekers leaving Switzerland rose by 18.5% last year. The total was 7,205, compared with 6,077 in 2023, the State Secretariat for Migration (SEM) reported on Friday. The ...

The World Health Organization plans cost-cutting measures following the decision by the US to withdraw its membership.

The dividend yield of Chinese firms stood at 2.8% at the end of 2024, the highest in 8 years: LSEG data Read more at straitstimes.com.

Three-month copper on the London Metal Exchange (LME) gained 1.1% to $9,337 a metric ton by 1030 GMT, having touched its ...

New shades of capitalism are emerging in China's tuckered out stock market as companies, at Beijing's behest, buy back their ...