Sterling hits record low against the dollar, as Asia-Pacific currencies also weaken
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The Japanese yen is at 24-year lows. Here’s what to expect at the next BOJ meeting
The Japanese yen is hovering close to its weakest levels since 1998, and authorities have hinted at taking action to…
Here’s where China’s real estate troubles could spill over
China’s real estate industry accounts for more than a quarter of national GDP, according to Moody’s. Pictured here is a…
Former Japanese PM Shinzo Abe shot at campaign event, in critical condition
Police officers at the scene where former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe was shot during a campaign event in Nara,…
Switzerland surprised markets with a rate hike. But Japan could cause a much more violent reaction
Japan’s national flag flies atop the Bank of Japan building on November 12, 2019 in Tokyo, Japan. Tomohiro Ohsumi |…
Diseases suppressed during Covid are coming back in new and peculiar ways
Dowell | Moment | Getty Images The Covid-19 pandemic has abated in much of the world and, with it, many…
Editors’ Picks: 11 Events for Your Art Calendar This Week, From Pride Parties at the Brooklyn Museum to Kimono Fashion at the Met
Each week, we search for the most exciting and thought-provoking shows, screenings, and events, both digitally and in-person in the…
Russia’s war on Ukraine could shake up global trade blocs. Here are the winners and losers
Aerial view of shipping containers and cranes at Qingdao Port on May 30, 2022 in Qingdao, Shandong Province of China.…
India sees a second chance to pivot to the Indo-Pacific in new group that excludes China
U.S. President Joe Biden (R) here seen reviewing an honor guard with Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida in Tokyo, released…
‘No One Should Have the Power to Kill Us All’: Artist Pedro Reyes Is Mounting a Global Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament
Visiting Frieze New York can feel like an escape from the dark realities of life in 2022—but artist Pedro Reyes…
Finland Seized $46 Million Worth of Art, Including a Titian and a Picasso, Enforcing E.U. Sanctions Against Russia
Finnish customs officials have impounded artworks valued by insurance at over €42 million ($46 million), preventing them from returning to…
Artist Michelle Stuart on Why Her Decades-Long Interventions Into the Earth Are More Relevant Than Ever
If you enter Michelle Stuart’s current New York solo show, “The Imprints of Time, 1969–2021,” expecting to see Land Art,…
How The Economy Of Japan Could Predict The Next Decade
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In an Ambitious Initiative, Artists Around the World Will Create New Work Exploring Mental Health at Five Major Museums
As mental health becomes increasingly central to conversations about how to live a healthy life, four international museums are coming…
How a New Class of Investors Driven by Nostalgia—and Flush With Cash—Shot the Video Game Market Into High Orbit
Since last July, the record for the world’s most expensive video game has been broken six times, skyrocketing from $114,000 for…
A brief history of asylum seekers at the Olympics — and why they are sometimes misunderstood
The Belarusian sprinter Krystsina Tsimanouskaya left Tokyo this week after her Olympics were over, bound not for her home country,…
Olympics ceremony boss sacked over Holocaust joke – BBC News
The show director of the Olympics opening ceremony has been dismissed, one day before the event is due to be…
Fifty years after Whitlam’s breakthrough China trip, the Morrison government could learn much from it
Historical anniversaries sometimes – not always – provide an opportunity to take stock. Rarely do two anniversaries coincide that encourage…