Economy
UAE shifts to Saturday-Sunday weekend in line with global markets
Working week will be 4.5 days, with Friday half off
Economy
International relations
Lithuania's Taiwan overtures create outsize challenge for China
Beijing treads carefully to avoid ripple effects on delicate relations with EU
Opinion
Trade coercion presents a growing threat to the global economy
Nations need to go beyond expressions of solidarity
Opinion
Secret weapons technology poised to propel China ahead of the U.S.
Washington must develop its own 'Sputnik moments' to stay ahead
Your Week in Asia
Modi-Putin meeting, Summit for Democracy, China WTO anniversary
Your weekly lineup of Asia's biggest business and political events
Opinion
We all agree that AI needs global rules, but who will enforce them?
Regulating artificial intelligence is both too easy and too hard
Commodities
Extreme food prices slam inflation-ridden Turkey and Sri Lanka
Vegetables vanish from dinner tables as price index soars 27%
Interview
U.S. unlikely to screen investments in China: ex-Trump official
Nazak Nikakhtar says Beijing now has 'no incentive' to alter trade practices
Datawatch
New global rules set to end race to cut corporate taxes
Move set to spark big gains in tax revenues in many countries
Politics
Turkey's finance minister resigns amid plunge in lira
Lutfi Elvan, voice of orthodoxy, is replaced by Erdogan loyalist Nureddin Nebati
Opinion
Xi Jinping echoes Jack Ma as he plots future China-Africa ties
This year's Forum on China-Africa Cooperation marks a turning point
Coronavirus
OECD warns omicron may intensify supply shortages and inflation
Central banks must be ready to act if price pressures broaden and become self-reinforcing
Markets
U.S. stocks drop 1.9% on Fed chair remarks, virus fears
Jerome Powell signals possible faster pace of tapering
Opinion
Domestic politics, not conflict, will settle U.S.-China competition
Dangers at home the more pressing threat to each side's worldview
International relations
India, Israel aim to boost ties through defense tech and trade
Two sides are resuming long-stalled talks on free trade agreement
Markets
New omicron COVID variant throws wrench into pandemic recovery
Investors assess impact on economic normalization and Fed tapering
Opinion
Southeast Asia risks stumbling toward a South American future
Current trajectory suggests region will struggle to escape middle-income trap
Coronavirus
U.K., Germany and Italy detect omicron coronavirus variant
Many countries announce travel curbs, bans on southern Africa
Opinion
Tapping strategic oil reserves will never tame OPEC and its allies
Crude producers should nonetheless refrain from punishing buyer countries
Politics
Japan PM confirms oil reserve sales in reply to U.S. request
Auctions for less than 1% of nation's stockpile may be held by year-end