The Reserve Bank of Australia on Friday cut growth forecasts for this year and next, citing the effects of a weaker housing market. The central bank said growth would reach 2.5 percent in the middle of this year, well down from the 3.25 percent it previously projected. Bill Evans, an...

Britain and the EU agreed Thursday to hold more talks to try to avoid a no-deal Brexit after a "robust" meeting between Prime Minister Theresa May and European Commission chief Jean-Claude Juncker. Juncker reiterated in a joint statement that the EU-UK divorce agreement struck in November...

Thailand on Friday launched a Huawei Technologies 5G test bed, even as the United States urges its allies to bar the Chinese telecoms giant from building next-generation mobile networks. Huawei, the world’s top producer of telecoms equipment and second-biggest maker of smartphones, has...

Facebook on Thursday announced it had restructured its team devoted to products or features designed to increase the social network's appeal to younger generations. Nascent projects such as a "LOL" platform for funny memes were taken off the board at the "youth team," which shifted focus to...