Stocks rise, dollar dips ahead of US jobs data
Stocks mostly rose Thursday and the dollar fell as investors eye US jobs data that could play a key role in the Federal Reserve's interest rate policy, while investors gave a lukewarm reception to the US-Vietnam trade deal.
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Thailand gets third leader this week as new cabinet sworn in
Thailand saw its third person helming the prime minister's office in a week on Thursday, as the king swore in a new cabinet after a court decision plunged the nation's top office into turmoil.
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US House sets make-or-break final vote on Trump tax bill
US lawmakers teed up a final vote on Donald Trump's marquee tax and spending bill for early Thursday after a bruising day of Republican infighting that threatened to derail the centerpiece of the president's domestic agenda.
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Top China official says US defence chief 'inciting conflict'
A senior Chinese official accused the United States defence chief on Thursday of "inciting confrontation and conflict" after he urged American allies to bolster their militaries to counter Beijing.
Read moreWales look to end 17-game losing streak with 'massive' Japan win
Wales interim head coach Matt Sherratt said Thursday that beating Japan this weekend would be "massive" for his struggling side as they look to end a record losing streak.
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Chinese carrier Shandong moors in Hong Kong on 'great power' visit
China's first domestically built aircraft carrier sailed into Hong Kong on Thursday, just days after the city marked 28 years under Chinese rule.
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Wounded Wales looking for 'massive' win over Japan
Wales interim head coach Matt Sherratt said Thursday that beating Japan this weekend would be "massive" for his struggling side as they look to end a record losing streak.
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Japan PM sweats for majority in upper house election
Campaigning for Japan's upper house election started Thursday, with unpopular Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba fighting to maintain the ruling coalition's majority.
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'Happy suffering': the Brazilian gold rush that spawned iconic pictures
Four decades after Brazilian photographer Sebastiao Salgado shot a human anthill of mud-spattered miners digging for gold in the middle of the Amazon, some of the "garimpeiros," now into their 70s, are still hoping to get lucky.
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Australian man dies from 'extremely rare' bat bite virus
An Australian man has died from an "extremely rare" rabies-like infection transmitted by a bat bite, health officials said Thursday.
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