Overview: Moody’s took away the US AAA rating before the weekend. It was the last of the big three rating agencies to do so.

The debt downgrade does nothing to impair the reserve currency status of the U.S. dollar. Given the massive short position on ...

A cautious mood permeated Asian financial markets at Monday's open, with most regional shares declining as investors grappled ...

Pro-European Union candidate Nicusor Dan on Sunday won Romania’s closely watched presidential runoff against a hard-right ...

Many countries will look at the outcome of the Geneva negotiations and conclude that Trump has begun to realize that he has ...

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Japan believes China's continued installation of oil and natural gas platforms violates the spirit of a 2008 deal to jointly ...

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