Haitians left homeless by a devastating earthquake that killed about 2,000 people voiced anger over a lack of government aid as they spent a fourth night in the open on Wednesday, many without clean water and food.
Malaysia's Sime Darby Plantation reported a second consecutive quarterly net profit on Wednesday, on higher palm oil prices, and said that it expects prices which have scaled record highs in recent weeks to remain firm.
New Zealand's decision on Wednesday to hold fire on a highly-anticipated rate hike is a reminder of the challenges major central banks face in their bid to step away from emergency stimulus while the coronavirus remains a threat to growth.
Copper prices rebounded on Wednesday after two days of losses supported by concerns about supply disruption from the Las Bampas mine in Peru and ongoing labour strikes in top producer Chile.