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South African stocks will benefit from a broader rally in emerging markets in 2026 due to attractive valuations and strong profits, according to Momentum Investments.

Real estate brokers say there has been no slowdown in demand from wealthy buyers.

The State Department has renamed the US Institute of Peace for President Donald Trump, whose administration tried to dismantle the organization earlier this year.

South Korea's housing market remained buoyant, with prices for apartments in the capital rising for a 44th week, a result that supports the central bank's decision to refrain from easing policy last week.

Australia's acting Prime Minister Richard Marles said the center-left Labor government has received the Pentagon's review of the Aukus accord and the US is standing behind the pact.

The UK government appears poised to approve China's plan for a massive new embassy in London, as Prime Minister Keir Starmer looks to put spying fears aside and revive his plans for a diplomatic reset with Beijing.

The Bank of Japan can only estimate within a wide range where the so-called neutral interest rate might reside, Governor Kazuo Ueda said, as expectations mount over the likelihood authorities will get closer to that point with another hike this month ...

China's long-dated bond futures slumped as investors withdrew from fixed-income funds, underscoring jitters ahead of high-level government meetings in Beijing that may shape policy into next year.

Chinese pork prices have been in retreat all year and look set to go even lower, with government efforts to cull the breeding herd and a seasonal demand boost not enough to arrest the slide.

Rates to ship commodities from energy to bulk ores across the world's oceans are heading for a rare year-end surge as conflicts, sanctions, and swelling output upend global supply lines.