Business Times Staff, Reuters

Business Times Staff, Reuters

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  • Asia Indexes Down Friday As China Regulation Continues To Concern
    FIRED
    MSCI's broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares fell 0.84%, taking its losses for the week to more than 6.5%.
  • Asia Share Indexes Calm After U.S. Federal Reserve Meeting
    Gold
    MSCI's broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares bounced 1.1%, having slid to its lowest since early December Wednesday.
  • U.S. Big Tech Can’t Save Asia Indexes
    Apple
    MSCI's broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares dropped 0.91%, though markets in Hong Kong and mainland China saw milder losses.
  • Hong Kong's First Indicted Under Security Law Gets Nine Years For Terrorism, Secession
    Hong Kong security law
    "The defendant's failure to stop...was a deliberate challenge against the police," judges said.
  • Japan Continues To Struggle To Build Its Way Form Under Pandemic
    Japan economy
    Meanwhile, the services sector was hit by states of emergency but will recover near the end of the quarter.
  • New Zealand Shuts Down Travel Bubble With Western Australia After Outbreak
    New Zealand flag.
    New Zealand announced a traffic-light system to manage the trans-Tasman travel bubble.
  • Lost Indonesian Submariners Will Have Now Run Out Of Oxygen
    MISSING
    Indonesia says it’s detected signs of an object at 50 meters-100 meters and has deployed sonar-tracking equipment.