37-year-old political novice will be Thailand's second female PM and the third Shinawatra to take the top job after her aunt Yingluck and father, the country's most influential and polarising politician
China’s decision to restrict exports of antimony from mid-September could push the metal's price to $30,000 a ton, traders say
Antimony is used as a hardener in lead for storage batteries, plus alloys with lead and tin to improve solders and bullets, and in semiconductor devices
The strong rise in consumption supports the case for another near-term interest rate hike
Fresh inflation data reassured investors the US Federal Reserve could finally start cutting rates next month
Clouds over the political outlook could hit policies like the 'digital wallet' and plans for legalized casinos, but the caretaker government claims the budget will not be delayed
Official data on Thursday showed industrial output grew 5.1% from a year earlier, slowing from June, but retail sales rose 2.7% in July
India’s fast-rising Russian oil imports are being matched by its rising oil exports suggesting it may be reselling Russia’s oil to the West.
US tech giant Apple told its Taiwan suppliers that products moving to China must be labelled to state that the island is a part of China and not an independent nation
Despite a moribund British economy and heavy corporate tax, Indian-owned tech firms are growing in the UK.
The Bitcoin mining ban in China last year had collapsed its crypto markets. Despite that, the country has reemerged as a major bitcoin mining hub, according to research by the UK's University of Cambridge.