NEW YORK—Luxury fashion can sometimes look like a fast-food business, Josep Font says, with items that are mass-produced and mediocre quality despite high prices. The creative...
ROME—Roma has had two sections of its stadium closed for two matches following anti-Neapolitan chants by the clubs’ fans. The sections behind both goals, where the...
ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates—A United Nations human rights expert said Wednesday that the United Arab Emirates’ judiciary is under the “de facto control” of the...
JAKARTA, Indonesia—Indonesia’s economy grew at its slowest pace in four years in 2013 because of a slump in commodity prices and a slowdown in consumer spending....
TOKYO—Shares held steady Wednesday as wary investors took heart from modest recoveries from sell-offs the day before, but there wasn’t much bounce to the rebound. European...
MANILA, Philippines—Philippine police anti-cybercrime agents have arrested 10 South Koreans for allegedly operating an illegal online gambling site in a posh apartment in metropolitan Manila, an official said...
WASHINGTON—The chief of U.S. intelligence said Tuesday China’s aggressive pursuit of territorial claims in the seas of East Asia is driven by a sense of historical...
PHNOM PENH, Cambodia—At least 86 workers have been injured in a truck crash on their way to work at factories making garments and sports shoes for...
SEOUL, South Korea—Japan’s Nikkei 225 stock average dived more than 4 per cent Tuesday as weakness in U.S. and Chinese manufacturing sent world markets sharply lower....
MANILA, Philippines—An anti-graft watchdog said Tuesday the Philippine government was cheated of $3.85 billion in tax revenues in 2011, part of massive illicit money flows that totalled more than...