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Oil firmer as ebbing Iranian protests lower chance of US attack

By Mohi Narayan and Colleen Howe NEW DELHI, Jan 19 (Reuters) - Oil prices were up slightly on Monday, after the previous session's rise, as Iran's deadly crackdown on protests quelled civil unrest, narrowing chances for a U.S. attack on the major Middle Eastern producer ...
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Factory explosion in China’s Inner Mongolia region kills 2 and hospitalizes 84

BEIJING (AP) - Chinese police detained those in charge of a steel factory in the Inner Mongolia region after an explosion on Sunday killed two people and left 84 others hospitalized. Eight other people remain unaccounted for. A pressurized storage tank designed to hold steam ...
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Investors sell dollar, seek safety as Trump threatens Greenland tariffs

Jan 19 (Reuters) - Investors headed for safe havens while Europe prepared to push back on Monday after U.S President Donald Trump threatened escalating tariffs on allies in the way of his ambition to buy the Danish arctic territory of Greenland. Trump said additional 10% ...
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China’s economy grows 5% in 2025, buoyed by strong exports despite Trump’s tariffs

HONG KONG (AP) - China's economy expanded at a 5% annual pace in 2025, buoyed by strong exports despite U.S. President Donald Trump's tariffs. However, growth slowed to a 4.5% rate in the last quarter of the year, the government said Monday. That was the ...
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Vietnam party meeting opens with leadership and economic growth on the line

HANOI, Vietnam (AP) - Vietnam's most important political conclave began Monday, as the ruling Communist Party convened to decide the country's leadership and broad policy course for the next five years. About 1,588 delegates from across Vietnam gathered in the capital, Hanoi, for the National ...
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Australia’s Syrah Resources buys more time for Tesla graphite supply deal

Jan 19 (Reuters) - Australia's Syrah Resources said on Monday it agreed with Tesla to extend for the third time a deadline to resolve an alleged breach of their graphite supply agreement. The 2021 agreement to supply 8,000 metric tons of graphite a year over ...
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Stocks skid in Asia, dollar dips on trade war risk

By Wayne Cole SYDNEY, Jan 19 (Reuters) - U.S. stock futures slid on Monday after President Donald Trump threatened to slap extra tariffs on eight European nations until the U.S. is allowed to buy Greenland, pushing the dollar down on the safe-haven yen and Swiss ...
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Billionaires’ wealth hits new peak as their clout grows, Oxfam says

Jan 19 (Reuters) - Billionaire wealth surged at three times its recent pace last year to reach its highest level on record, deepening economic and political divides that threaten democratic stability, anti-poverty group Oxfam said on Monday. In a report timed for the opening of ...
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Dollar under pressure, safe havens rise as Trump ups tariff ante over Greenland

By Rae Wee SINGAPORE, Jan 19 (Reuters) - The dollar fell on Monday and investors unnerved by U.S. President Donald Trump's latest tariff threats against Europe over Greenland piled into the safe-haven yen and Swiss franc, in a broad risk-averse move across markets. Trump said over ...
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Japan’s looming election heightens chance of sales tax cut

By Leika Kihara TOKYO, Jan 19 (Reuters) - Japan's expected snap general election is increasingly likely to lead to a cut in the consumption tax rate, as ruling and opposition party executives on Sunday stressed the need to do so to cushion the hit to ...
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Micron’s $1.8 billion acquisition boosts Powerchip shares

By Wen-Yee Lee TAIPEI, Jan 19 (Reuters) - Shares of Taiwan's Powerchip Semiconductor Manufacturing Corp rose nearly 10% on Monday after U.S. memory chipmaker Micron Technology said it would buy a fabrication plant from the company. Micron Technology on Saturday said it had signed a ...
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‘Be in no doubt’ EU will retaliate to any new US tariffs, Ireland says

DUBLIN, Jan 18 (Reuters) - The European Union will retaliate if U.S. tariff threats against European allies over Greenland materialise, but it is premature to consider using the bloc's "Anti-Coercion Instrument", Ireland's prime minister said on Sunday. "The tempo here has increased very dramatically, very ...
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