Japan's national and Tokyo governments are seeking a 700 billion yen ($4.7 billion) valuation for Tokyo Metro as they prepare to list the subway
August 19, 2024
South Korea and the United States kicked off annual summertime military exercises on Monday, seeking to boost their joint readiness to fend off North Korea's weapons and cyber
August 19, 2024
Chinese and Philippine coast guard ships have collided at sea, damaging at least two of the vessels, in an encounter near a new flashpoint in their increasingly alarming confrontations in the disputed South China Sea
August 19, 2024
The Philippines and China accused each other on Monday of ramming vessels and performing dangerous manoeuvres in the South China Sea, the latest flare-up after the two
August 18, 2024
A look at the day ahead in Asian markets.
August 18, 2024
Thailand’s king endorses Paetongtarn Shinawatra as new prime minister
August 18, 2024
Companies that import palm oil from Malaysia will be able to adopt orangutans but they will not be able to leave the country, the commodities minister
August 18, 2024
Some Indian junior doctors remained off the job on Sunday as they demanded swift justice for a colleague who was raped and murdered,
August 18, 2024
Paetongtarn Shinawatra, daughter of the divisive former leader Thaksin Shinawatra, became Thailand’s prime minister after receiving a royal letter of endorsement Sunday, two days after she was chosen by Parliament following a court order that removed her predecessor
August 18, 2024
Paetongtarn Shinawatra was endorsed as prime minister by Thailand's king on Sunday, two days after parliament elected her, paving the way for her to form a cabinet in the coming
August 18, 2024
Vietnam's top leader To Lam arrived in China on Sunday for a three-day visit, according to Chinese state media, which Beijing's foreign ministry has said will include meetings with
August 18, 2024
The leaders of South Korea, Japan and the United States issued a joint statement on Sunday marking the anniversary of their summit at Camp David and reaffirmed a pledge to jointly
August 17, 2024
Chinese electric vehicle giant BYD (002594
August 17, 2024
Thailand's billionaire former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra received a royal pardon shortening his parole by two weeks, his lawyer said on Saturday, a day after his daughter was
August 17, 2024
Indonesia celebrated its independence anniversary at the site of its planned new capital, Nusantara, for the first time on Saturday, in a scaled-
August 17, 2024
Anger at the Indian government’s failure to deter rising violence against women has fueled protests by medics and women’s groups across Indian cities after a trainee doctor was raped and killed last week
August 17, 2024
Indonesia is marking 79 years of independence with a ceremony in its future new capital of Nusantara, a city still under construction
August 17, 2024
Hospitals and clinics across India turned away patients except for emergency cases on Saturday as medical professionals
August 17, 2024
Global shares pushed higher on Friday, adding to weekly gains, after encouraging U.S. economic data helped soothe fears of a recession in the
August 16, 2024
China's Premier Li Qiang told a cabinet plenary session on Friday that great efforts must be made to boost the economy and the country will focus on stimulating consumption, state
August 16, 2024
Paetongtarn Shinawatra to become Thailand’s youngest prime minister in new political shake-up
August 16, 2024
China will impose export controls on some antimony products from Sept. 15, it said on Thursday, citing national security, adding to measures imposed by Beijing since last year to curb
August 16, 2024
The rape and murder of a trainee doctor in Kolkata last week has brought women onto the streets across India, furious at persistently high levels of sexual
August 15, 2024
India has announced three-phased assembly elections in disputed Kashmir, the first in a decade and in a new political environment after Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government in 2019 stripped the Muslim-majority region of its semi-autonomy and downgraded it to a federally controlled territory
August 16, 2024
Thousands of people, including doctors and paramedics, are marching through various Indian cities to protest the rape and killing of a trainee doctor at a government hospital last week
August 16, 2024
Germany to install missile defence systems on new government jets, Spiegel reports
US bond funds draw inflows for a 16th straight week
Russians unfazed by higher prices as iPhone pre-order demand soars
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A'ja Wilson set records. So did Caitlin Clark and Angel Reese. WNBA stats in 2024 were eye-popping