Germany and Central Asian republics express enthusiasm for 'Middle Corridor' plans to strengthen their relations.

As EU member states strive to garner geopolitical friends in the region, Germany's Chancellor Olaf Scholz hosted leaders from the five Central Asian republics for their very first summit on Friday. The meeting was held in Germany.

Leaders from Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Tur...

China maintains its low credit rates, boosting most Asian markets, while Tokyo's stock surge continues.

Monday saw gains across Asia as the rebound in Tokyo equities continued and talks to raise the U.S. debt ceiling resumed. The Hang Seng index in Hong Kong gained 1.23 percent, making it the region's best performer, and the Hang Seng Technology index gained 2.17 percent. The People's Bank ...

As rate increases approach, stocks find it difficult to advance.

Despite the dollar reaching multi-week highs, Asian stock markets were pinned near seven-week lows on Thursday due to investors' concerns that interest rates would need to keep increasing and remaining high to stop inflation in the wake of a slew of positive economic data. The broadest MSCI m...

Transparent clams discovered off the coast of Hokkaido provide a glimpse into the mysteries of the deep water.

The Japanese archipelago sits on the edge of the Eurasian tectonic plate, where the Philippine and Pacific plates slide beneath it. Because of this peculiar convergence, the eastern side of the Japanese shoreline swiftly collapses into a series of trenches, some of which reach approximately 10,00...

Asian stocks fall following a drop in tech stocks on Wall Street

US futures rose, while oil prices recovered more than $1 per barrel.

Japan updated its GDP figures higher to indicate the economy declined less than previously recorded in July-September, indicating the country survived the latest major COVID wave with less damage than previously assume...

Asian stocks slump as demonstrations and lockdowns in China cloud the picture.

On Monday, Asian stocks fell, with Hong Kong temporarily falling more than 4% as a result of weekend protests in several places against China's draconian zero-COVID lockdowns.

After a mixed, truncated day on Wall Street on Friday, US futures were down. Oil prices have dropped by mor...

In meetings with China's Li, Kishida advocates for positive relations.

The Japanese Prime Minister told Chinese Premier Li Keqiang on Saturday that he hoped the two nations could work together to develop a "constructive and stable" relationship, according to Japan's foreign ministry.

During a brief exchange of views on the margins of a summit...

Asian stocks are divided amid China's growth-boosting pledges.

After China pledged to quicken the implementation of policy adjustments to spur sluggish economic growth and Australia's central bank hiked its benchmark interest rate, Asian stock markets were divided on Tuesday.

While Hong Kong lost ground, Shanghai, Tokyo, and Seoul advanced.

Ahead of the most recent U.S. jobs reading, Asian stock markets decline

On Friday's Asian stock market action was uneven ahead of U.S. jobs data that could support Federal Reserve plans for larger interest rate increases to curb rising inflation.

Seoul, Tokyo, and Hong Kong all withdrew as Shanghai moved forward. Over $1.50 per barrel was added to the p...

Venue For the Asia Cup May Be Shifted To UAE

Political unrest prevails in Sri Lanka. The island nation is currently battling an economic crisis and has been for weeks, facing widespread protests against the government. The fleeing of their president, Gotabaya Rajapaksa, on a military jet from Sri Lanka made the situation even worse.

The Asian Development Bank and Singapore Partner Up to Encourage Investment and Innovation Across the Asia-Pacific

Singapore and the Asian Development Bank (ADB) are working alongside each other to stimulate greater investment in the APAC region and to acknowledge the significance of private sector finance. They also aim to achieve inclusive and sustainable development by catalyzing the public sector resource...

Swimmer Quah Zheng Wen, a prominent sports figure in Singapore

The 25-year-old is also no stranger to precious metals; at the 2015 Southeast Asian Games (SEA) on home soil, she won medals in each of the 12 events, including seven golds, and broke six games records, three of which were for solo competitions.

Character description: This athlete has i...

China accused the United States of attempting to 'hijack' Asian support

'Under the pretext of multilateralism, no country should impose its will on others or harass others.'

On Sunday, China's defence minister accused the US of attempting to "hijack" the backing of Asia-Pacific countries to turn them against Beijing, claiming Washingto...

Asia's jet fuel refining profits have surpassed all previous highs, and are expected to continue to rise

As reduced border limits boost summer travel demand and global airline capacity tops 100 million seats for the first time since early 2020, Asian jet fuel refining profits, which are already at all-time highs, have considerable room for greater gains in the coming weeks.

Despite rising ...

At the 31st Southeast Asian Games, Singapore's swimmers capture four additional gold medals

Teong Tzen Wei found it difficult to explain his thoughts after a thrilling 50m butterfly swim in which he set another personal best and a new SEA Games record with a time of 23.04.

"I've been working hard and skipped a year because the SEA Games should have been a year ago.&qu...

Pakistan Will Be Hosting the Asian Tour Golf Event in December

The tour including CNS-Pakistan Open will be taking place from 1st December to 4th December.

The CNS-Pakistan Open will be marking Pakistan's return to Asian Tour after four years.

Considering the increase in prize purse, it is expected that the top-notch professionals of ...

Australia and New Zealand Refuse to Send Athletes to the Asian Games

On Tuesday, the Australian Olympic Committee announced that Australia will not be taking up the offer to send its Athletes to the Asian games this year for the first time since none of the invited sports federations showed any interest in going to Hangzhou.

The Olympic Council of Asia i...

The SEA Games will be covered in depth by a TV pool

Officials announced on Wednesday that eight TV networks will broadcast live coverage of the SEA Games, which will be held in Vietnam next month.

The 31st Southeast Asian Games will be held from May 12 to 23, with certain competitions taking place before the opening ceremony.

T...

Asia is more concerned about the impact of Libyan difficulties on oil prices than cargo movements

Due to the region's low reliance on those supplies, Libya's oil production woes are unlikely to have a significant impact on Asia's crude buying plans, but refiners are girding for some price impact and supply squeeze as goes straight of the North African OPEC producer scramble for ca...

ASEAN's tech talent retention issues are coming

A poll indicated that less than a third of IT workers in Southeast Asia expect to stay in their present employment this year, despite the region's tight labour market for technical expertise.

According to the most recent Computer Weekly/TechTarget IT compensation poll, only 28% of r...