Yen’s plunge raises specter of new Asia currency crisis TOKYO — The Japanese yen’s 12% plunge this year has traders wondering if the Group of Seven might have a currency crisis within their ranks. | The good news: not yet.... (photo: Creative Commons) Asiatimes Economy Global Trading Japan Photos Huawei’s comeback gathers pace as quarterly profit surges Huawei Technologies’s net profit leapt 564% to 19.65 billion yuan ($2.71 billion) in the first quarter, a regulatory filing by its parent company showed on Tuesday, as... (photo: AP / Ng Han Guan) CNN Business China Photos Technology Malaysia’s Anwar unveils record public pay hike amid ringgit’s slide Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim has announced a record hike in civil servants’ pay of more than 13 percent, amid rising prices and a weakening local currency. | ... 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(photo: AP / Siddiqullah Khan) Al Jazeera Afghanistan Extremism ISIS Photos Wikipedia: Afghan conflict Microsoft will invest $1.7 billion in AI and cloud infrastructure in Indonesia JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Microsoft will invest $1.7 billion over the next four years in new cloud and artificial intelligence infrastructure in Indonesia — the singl... (photo: AP / Thibault Camus) Springfield News-Sun Artificial intelligence Indonesia Microsoft Photos Philippines and China in new confrontation at Scarborough Shoal The Philippines has accused China of “dangerous maneuvers and obstruction” and reinstalling a barrier at the disputed Scarborough Shoal, which Beijing blockaded and s... (photo: AP / Renato Etac via AP, File) Al Jazeera China Philippines Photos South China Sea US is one of world’s least trade-oriented nations Given the spate of news about international trade lately, Americans might be surprised to learn that the United States isn’t very dependent on it. Indeed, looking at tr... 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(photo: Creative Commons / Automobile Italia) CNN China Global Trading Photos Tesla Azerbaijan’s president says Baku to spare no efforts to advance peace agenda During a phone conversation with US Secretary of State Antony Blinken, Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev said that Baku will persist in “sparing no efforts” ... (photo: Creative Commons / Kremlin.ru) Anadolu Agency Armenia Azerbaijan Caucasus Photos China set to launch high-stakes mission to moon’s ‘hidden’ side China will send a robotic spacecraft in the coming days on a round trip to the moon’s far side in the first of three technically demanding missions that will pave the w... (photo: Creative Commons / Koichi Oda) Dawn China Photos Science Technology Yen surges on suspicion that Japan intervened in currency Singapore — The yen jumped sharply against its peers on Monday after it slid past ¥160/$ earlier in the session, leading to speculation that Tokyo could have intervene... 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