The Europe Central Bank joined its counterparts in injecting liquidity into their regional economy, adding more pressure on China to further policy easing to spur slowing growth.
The main opposition Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) on Sunday threw its support behind deputy president Katsuya Okada, who is becoming its new leader in a party presidential election.
China's relaxation of its one-child birth control policy after three decades has not resulted in a baby boom as officials once feared.
A health official predicted that China will see more couples apply for a second child this year than 2014, as a result of easing one-child policy to allow couples to have a second child if either parent is an only child.
Beijing is trying to improve the 72-hour visa-free entry policy for international transit passengers to attract more overseas visitors.
U.S. stocks surged after a choppy session Wednesday, as investors tried to digest the Federal Reserve's decisions at the conclusion of its two-day policy meeting.
Southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region announced Thursday it has relaxed its family planning policy to allow couples to have a second child if either parent is an only child.
China currently has no plans to suspend or further relax its one-child policy, Zhao Yanpei, an official with the National Health and Family Planning Commission (NHFPC), said Wednesday.
The Federal Reserve decided Wednesday to end its six years of pump-priming, as it sees the economy is improving on track from the worst financial crisis in decades. It also pledged to keep low interest rates in the longer run to nurture the hard-earned recovery.
An International Monetary Fund (IMF) official on Sunday called for smart fiscal policy to create jobs amid slow global economic recovery and high public debt levels.
China will continue its prudent monetary policy, flexibly use monetary instruments and maintain "moderate" liquidity to achieve reasonable growth in loans and social financing, the central bank said on Sunday.
A senior South Korean central banker signaled an additional interest rate adjustment after the Bank of Korea (BOK)'s growth outlook change next month, indicating a possible rate cut in November.
The Federal Reserve should wait until it has a lot of confidence that U.S. economic recovery can be sustained before raising interest rates, a senior U.S. Fed official said Wednesday.
President Xi Jinping met with a delegation of Hong Kong's industrial and business circles at the Great Hall of the People on Monday.
China will stick to prudent monetary policies while resorting to targeted adjustments to support faltering growth, Chen Yulu, a member of the central bank monetary policy committee said.
The Reserve Bank of New Zealand on Thursday held the official cash rate (OCR) at 3.5 percent, citing falling commodity prices and the high exchange rate as curbs on economic growth.
U.S. President Barack Obama has baffled observers for appearing to sit on his hands in the face of major foreign policy crises in the Middle East and elsewhere.
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