Hong Kong's government is attempting to pass a law that would for the first time allow extraditions to mainland China. The proposal has generated massive opposition and a series of protests including hundreds of thousands of people at a June 9 rally.

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London's emergence three decades ago as Europe's undisputed financial capital was sudden and transformational. There are fears that the U.K.'s pending divorce from the European Union, Brexit, will cause a precipitous decline. The City of London finan

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Hedge funds have been in the doldrums and face mounting pressure to justify their fees. Will artificial intelligence come to the rescue? A growing number of hedge funds are putting money behind the idea that a branch of AI called machine learning cou

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Two of the world's most acrimonious neighbors also happen to be among the few countries on the planet to have nuclear weapons. Long-running tensions between India and Pakistan center on the border region of Kashmir, an area in the Himalayas claimed i

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Do-it-yourself videos on homemade slime might not sound like cutting-edge marketing, but that's the way the so-called "influencer economy" works. People who build loyal social media followings on a particular subject, no matter how odd, can expect to

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Environmentally conscious consumers aren't just fretting about what they eat. Some are starting to shun clothes and other products made from animal hides and are opting instead for synthetic and natural alternatives. Collectively these have become kn

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Jakarta is soon to become an ex-capital city. Indonesia is planning to move its administrative headquarters from its richest island of Java to the forest island of Borneo. President Joko Widodo is betting that a new capital for the Southeast Asian na

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Malaysia's state-owned investment fund, 1MDB, was supposed to promote development. Instead, it has spurred criminal and regulatory investigations around the world that have cast an unflattering spotlight on deal-making, election spending and politica

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Is it time to call Methuselah? U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin is pondering issuing ultra-long term debt maturities as a new way to finance the government's agenda. Treasury is revisiting the idea as long-term yields have breached record lows.

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It was too good a deal to pass up. Starting more than a decade ago, Poles got the chance to take out mortgages denominated in Swiss francs with interest rates less than half the prevailing level for loans in Polish zloty. More than a million people j

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