By Leika Kihara TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan’s core consumer prices rose 3.0% in December from a year earlier to mark the fastest annual pace in 16 months, data showed on Friday, keeping alive market expectations that the central bank will keep

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday signed an executive order related to AI to “make America the world capital in artificial intelligence,” his aide told reporters in the White House’s Oval Office. The order sets a 180-day deadline

By Michelle Nichols UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – The United States will leave the World Health Organization on Jan. 22, 2026, the United Nations said on Thursday, after being formally notified of the decision by President Donald Trump, who has accused the

By Jamie McGeever (Reuters) – A look at the day ahead in Asian markets.  Investors divert their focus away from Washington on Friday for the first time since President Donald Trump’s inauguration on Monday, towards Tokyo and the Bank of Japan, which

By Elisa Martinuzzi and Brad Haynes DAVOS, Switzerland (Reuters) – Brazil’s debt market will likely continue to thrive in 2025, with a potential increase in equity activity in the second half, after a three-year drought in the country’s once vibrant IPO