WASHINGTON – Federal workers faced fresh uncertainty about their futures on Tuesday after Elon Musk gave them “another chance” to respond to his ultimatum that they...
TOKYO – Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba has ordered the swift implementation of measures to give consumers relief from inflated food prices, including an unprecedented release...
SEOUL – South Korea’s Constitutional Court will begin on Monday reviewing the impeachment of President Yoon Suk Yeol over his Dec. 3 martial law attempt, while investigators said...
NEW DELHI – Leaders of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) on Tuesday will hold an online summit hosted by India seeking to expand the influence of...
BEIJING – China will control exports of some metals widely used in the semiconductor industry, its commerce ministry announced on Monday, the latest salvo in an escalating war over access...
TOKYO – Japan is set to begin pumping out more than a million tonnes of treated water from the destroyed Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant this summer, a process that will take...
TORNIO, FINLAND/KARLSKRONA, Sweden — High above a railway bridge spanning a foaming river just outside the Arctic Circle, Finnish construction workers hammer away at...
BANGKOK — Thailand has welcomed 12.46 million foreign tourists so far this year, with Malaysia, China and Russia the top three source markets, according...
TOKYO — Japanese business sentiment improved in the second quarter as raw material costs peaked and removal of pandemic curbs lifted consumption, a central...
TOKYO – Asia’s factory activity slumped in June, business surveys showed on Monday, as sluggish demand in China and advanced nations clouded the outlook for the region’s exporters. While manufacturing activity expanded...
WASHINGTON – Gay Republicans criticized as “homophobic” a video posted by Republican presidential candidate Ron DeSantis‘ campaign highlighting rival Donald Trump’s past statements in support of gay rights, and the former president declined...