Apr 6, 2025, 5:41 PM | Updated: Apr 7, 2025, 3:16 pm
BANGKOK (AP) 鈥� Japan鈥檚 share benchmark nosedived on Monday after the meltdown Friday on Wall Street over U.S. President Donald Trump’s tariff hikes.
Tokyo鈥檚 Nikkei 225 index lost nearly 8% shortly after the market opened and Australia鈥檚 S&P/ASX 200 tumbled more than 6%.
South Korea鈥檚 Kospi lost 4.4%.
U.S. futures also were lower.
THIMISTER-CLERMONT, Belgium (AP) 鈥� The memory of blood dripping from trucks loaded with the mangled bodies of U.S. soldiers arriving at a nearby war cemetery straight from the battlefield in 1945 still gives 91-year-old Marcel Schmetz nightmares. It also instilled a lifelong sense of gratitude for the young soldiers from the United States and around […]
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ROME (AP) 鈥� Rome is bustling with jasmine blooming and tourists swarming, but behind closed doors these are the days of dinner parties, coffee klatches and private meetings as cardinals in town to elect a successor to Pope Francis suss out who among them has the stuff to be next. It was in this period […]
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DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) 鈥� The United States has given initial approval to sell $3.5 billion worth of air-to-air missiles for Saudi Arabia’s fighter jets, the latest proposed arms deal for the region ahead of President Donald Trump ‘s planned trip to the region later this month. The sale, announced early Saturday, likely will […]
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SINGAPORE (AP) 鈥� Voting closed Saturday in Singapore in a general election that is seen as the first key test of support for Prime Minister Lawrence Wong, who took office last year. His People鈥檚 Action Party is widely expected to comfortably extend its 66-year dominance in the city-state. But the election is being closely watched […]
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TALLINN, Estonia (AP) 鈥� The discussions have taken place in an ornate Kremlin hall, on the polished marble of St. Peter鈥檚 Basilica and in a famously contentious session in the Oval Office of the White House. What鈥檚 emerged so far from the Washington-led effort to end the war in Ukraine suggests a deal that seems […]
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HONG KONG (AP) 鈥� Asian markets advanced Friday after China鈥檚 Commerce Ministry said Beijing is evaluating overtures from the U.S. regarding President Donald Trump鈥檚 tariffs. Futures and oil prices advanced. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng surged 1.7% to 22,493.96, while markets in Shanghai were closed for a public holiday. Taiwan’s benchmark jumped 2.2%. An unnamed Chinese […]
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