The heatwave baking parts of Asia

Large swaths of Asia are sweltering through a heatwave that has topped temperature records from Myanmar to the Philippines and forced millions of children to stay home from school. Here are some ... ( read original story ...)

Yen retreats after US data as eyes turn from Tokyo to Fed

The yen stumbled against the dollar on Tuesday, relinquishing some of its sharp gains in the prior session sparked by suspected intervention by Japanese authorities, while a flurry of U.S. economic data largely supported the dollar. ( read original story ...)