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Global Economy

Gold hits near 2-month high as Middle East conflict boosts safe-haven demand

Spot gold was little changed at $3,428.89 an ounce, as of 0508 GMT, after hitting its highest level since April 22 earlier in the session

Japan's Economic Revitalization Minister Ryosei Akazawa speaks to the press upon his arrival at Haneda Airport, a day after ministerial talks on tariffs, with US President Donald Trump joining the negotiators, in Tokyo, Japan, April 18, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Issei Kato/File Photo

Global Economy

Japan and US trade negotiators spoke again on Saturday: Japan gov't

A missile is launched during an air defence drill in an undisclosed location in Iran, in this handout image obtained on January 12, 2025. Photo: Iranian Army/WANA (West Asia News Agency)/Handout via REUTERS

Global Economy

Investors on edge over Israel-Iran conflict, oil price volatility

USA

Meta's $14.8 billion Scale AI deal latest test of AI partnerships

The logos of Nippon Steel Corp. are didplayed at the company headquarters in Tokyo, Japan March 18, 2019. Picture taken March 18, 2019. Photo: REUTERS/Yuka Obayashi

USA

Trump approves Nippon Steel's $14.9 billion purchase of US Steel

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Global Economy

Dollar hits 7-week lows, focus on rate outlook, trade talks

An oil pump jack is seen in Artesia, New Mexico, US, April 6, 2023. Photo: REUTERS/Liz Hampton/File Photo

Global Economy

Oil gains while markets assess US-China trade talks outcome

A passerby walks past an electronic screen displaying a graph showing today's Japan's Nikkei share average movements outside a brokerage in Tokyo, Japan April 9, 2025. REUTERS

Global Economy

Stocks offer muted cheer to latest US-China trade detente

An employee measures a newly manufactured ball mill machine at a factory in Nantong, Jiangsu province, China June 28, 2019. Picture taken through a ball mill machine June 28, 2019. Photo: REUTERS/Stringer/ File Photo

China

Chinese consumer prices continue to fall as US trade talks loom

Manufacturers work at an assembly line of Vingroup's Vsmart phone in Hai Phong,Vietnam December 4, 2018. Photo: REUTERS/Kham/File Photo

USA

US pushes Vietnam to decouple from Chinese tech: sources

An electronic board shows Shanghai and Shenzhen stock indices as people walk on a pedestrian bridge at the Lujiazui financial district in Shanghai, China April 11, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Go Nakamura/File Photo

Global Economy

Asian shares climb, dollar eases ahead of US-China talks

The American and Chinese flags are photographed on the negotiating table, during a bilateral meeting between the United States and China, in Geneva, Switzerland, May 10, 2025. Photo: KEYSTONE/EDA/Martial Trezzini/Handout via REUTERS/File photo

Global Economy

Key US-China trade talks set for Monday in London

Workers transport soil containing rare earth elements for export at a port in Lianyungang, Jiangsu province, China October 31, 2010. Photo: REUTERS/Stringer/File Photo

China

China's rare earth export curbs hit the auto industry worldwide