NEW YORK - The Yankees have picked ESPN broadcaster Aaron Boone to succeed Joe Girardi as manager, a source familiar with New York's decision told Associated Press on Friday night.
China's financial regulator on Friday suspended the approval of new online microloan firms as well as new cross-province micro-lending business to clean up the rapidly growing but highly unregulated industry.
Three State-owned Chinese automakers on Friday announced a broad-ranging cooperation plan to promote technological innovation, optimize full-value chain operations, expand global markets and explore new business models.
Thailand's Kasikorn Bank is setting up its China headquarters in Shenzhen, southern Guangdong province, to further strengthen its presence in the country and seize growing business opportunities brought about by the Belt and Road Initiative.
E-commerce behemoth Alibaba Group Holding Ltd has pledged 10 billion yuan ($1.51 billion) over the next five years to combat poverty in China through a special fund established on Friday.
China and France signed more than 70 agreements covering economic and financial cooperation on Friday aimed at strengthening bilateral trade and investment relations and for the joint development of the advanced manufacturing industry.
ABIDJAN, Cote d'Ivoire - The 5th African Union-European Union Summit started on Wednesday in Abidjan, economic capital of Cote d'Ivoire, with "investing in youth for a sustainable future" as its theme.
Collaboration between China and Nepal, especially under the Belt and Road Initiative, will bring prosperity and stability in South Asia, according to the top Nepalese diplomat in Beijing.
TOKYO - Emperor Akihito will hand over all public duties to his heir after retiring in what will be Japan's first abdication in nearly two centuries, the monarch's younger son said, responding to worries a former emperor might weaken his successor's status.
The United States and the United Kingdom have become embroiled in an unprecedented diplomatic dispute after US President Donald Trump retweeted a series of anti-Muslim videos promoted by a tiny British extremist organization.
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