The latest report of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations may not have enumerated the East Asian and Southeast Asian countries that grappled with high food prices a year after ...

[SINGAPORE] Japanese video game giant Nintendo on Tuesday (Sep 30) announced the creation of a business unit in Singapore, aimed at “accelerating (its) business in South-east Asia”. It added that it ...

Baidu's Apollo Go robotaxi service, gaining traction in China, is fast-tracking expansion abroad with Southeast Asia and Australia as its next targets. Halton Niu, GM of Overseas Business at Baidu's ...

Researchers found antibiotic-resistant bacteria driving nearly 80 per cent of sepsis cases in newborns in a number of Asian nations.

Japan, India, and Australia’s converging interests would be fortified by a Japan-ASEAN-Australia-India economic corridor championed by the United States.

Islam continues to hold its position as the world’s second-largest religion, with over 1.9 billion adherents spread across every continent. Predominantly practiced in the Middle East, North Africa, ...

At a Yunnan restaurant, you might expect a feast of mushrooms or a warm bowl of chewy noodles. However, some dishes carry the unmistakable, citrusy perfume of lemongrass, lime and galangal, which ...

China continues to hold a commanding presence with a staggering 24 cities boasting populations of over 5 million. Cities like Shanghai, Beijing, and Chongqing remain economic powerhouses and cultural ...

OKX SG, the Singapore-based arm of the crypto exchange OKX, is now offering a stablecoin-powered payment solution in collaboration with StraitsX and Southeast Asia’s “everyday everything” app, Grab.

China urged Cambodia and Thailand to end their border war in July. But weeks earlier, it had sent rockets and artillery shells to Cambodia, Thai intelligence documents show.

In June 2025, Ecuadorian police were summoned to the municipal bus terminal in Tulcán, in the northern province of Carchi, to investigate a suspicious package. Someone had reported a strong odor ...

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has maintained its gross domestic product (GDP) growth forecast for the Philippines at 5.6 percent this year, but trimmed its projection for 2026 amid heightened ...