![Chinese Paper Demands British Museum Return ‘Stolen’ Artifacts](/i/c/765f2c7c-493a-fc5f-9a39-ab3f4df6afa6.webp)
Chinese Paper Demands British Museum Return ‘Stolen’ Artifacts
Chinese state media has urged the UK’s most famous museum to return items “stolen” during the colonial era,
2023-08-28 17:53
![Modi Weighs Continuing Free Grains Program Into Polls](/i/c/b833de86-e06b-0ef5-d8d8-df40637ffc6f.webp)
Modi Weighs Continuing Free Grains Program Into Polls
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2023-08-28 17:46
![German Inflation Trauma of 1923 Strikes an Uneasy Chord Today](/i/c/52baeed9-ee19-ac44-ce65-1c9d6905b737.webp)
German Inflation Trauma of 1923 Strikes an Uneasy Chord Today
By late-1923, hyperinflation had rendered Germany’s currency so worthless that one woman used several billion marks of banknotes
2023-08-27 13:47
![Public Outrage Mounts in China Over Japan’s Nuclear Wastewater](/i/c/fe0befc5-0490-0cec-0199-695315dd6a52.webp)
Public Outrage Mounts in China Over Japan’s Nuclear Wastewater
Japan’s release of treated radioactive wastewater into the sea has sparked outrage across China, triggering a ban on
2023-08-25 10:47
![India Rate Panel Bats for Close Price Monitoring, Minutes Show](/i/c/38d94866-afdf-264d-071c-c6a9dde02434.webp)
India Rate Panel Bats for Close Price Monitoring, Minutes Show
India’s rate setters looked past the recent spike in food inflation but pledged to act tough if price
2023-08-24 21:28
![Meituan Records Fastest Growth Since 2021 Despite Weak Economy](/i/c/49562146-2071-5065-c231-bd39e275339f.webp)
Meituan Records Fastest Growth Since 2021 Despite Weak Economy
Meituan posted its fastest pace of revenue growth since 2021, after dining and travel bounced back from Covid-Zero
2023-08-24 17:21
![Sri Lanka Holds Rates After Bank Cash Ratio Cut for Growth](/i/c/61a75c9c-876d-88d1-3374-d88439b75651.webp)
Sri Lanka Holds Rates After Bank Cash Ratio Cut for Growth
Sri Lanka stood pat on borrowing costs for the first time in three meetings, after slashing the cash
2023-08-24 11:58
![Thaksin Ally Srettha Elected as New Thai PM, Ending Three-Month Political Impasse](/i/c/ad09cacf-3409-4589-983b-34e36890fc5d.webp)
Thaksin Ally Srettha Elected as New Thai PM, Ending Three-Month Political Impasse
Some three months after an election that represented one of the biggest challenges in years to Thailand’s royal
2023-08-22 18:51
![Japan to Release Fukushima Wastewater From Aug. 24, PM Says](/i/c/88caf22f-184b-1259-053c-40bb2ee9cdfe.webp)
Japan to Release Fukushima Wastewater From Aug. 24, PM Says
Japan will begin a contentious plan to release treated wastewater from the wrecked Fukushima nuclear plant into the
2023-08-22 10:27
![Dining Out and Haircuts Among Most Sticky Parts of UK Inflation](/i/c/fe58f31f-08b2-6cb2-b876-027c71791187.webp)
Dining Out and Haircuts Among Most Sticky Parts of UK Inflation
UK inflation is proving harder to break in the basic services that Britons use — from haircuts to
2023-08-21 18:17
![Qatari Royal Mulls Sale of Luxury London Homes for £370 Million](/i/c/1bef9faa-f47f-985b-284b-877eb62ab676.webp)
Qatari Royal Mulls Sale of Luxury London Homes for £370 Million
A Qatari sheikh, whose son is fronting a bid for Manchester United Football Club, is mulling the sale
2023-08-18 15:54
![UK Retail Sales Fall More Than Expected During Rainy Spell](/i/c/55c0302f-3823-54ce-2d20-e5ffad708f96.webp)
UK Retail Sales Fall More Than Expected During Rainy Spell
UK retail sales fell more than expected in July after a spell of cool and rainy weather kept
2023-08-18 14:49