Category: Asia

As you read this article on your computer or smartphone, you are almost certainly using open-source technology in some way. It forms the foundation of […]

President Donald Trump’s tariff announcements no longer cause the market gyrations that they did in 2025. But their sticker shock for American consumers is becoming […]

The Financial Times has run a striking assessment: Pakistan, it argues, has become an emerging “hinge power” – a state whose simultaneous ties to Washington, […]

Beijing may believe that Donald Trump’s 2016 election and his return to office eight years later are not accidents but part of a deeper American […]

By: Nava Thakuria In a much-anticipated press conference by ousted Bangladesh premier Sheikh Hasina in New Delhi that drove relations between the two countries to […]

This update focuses on the role of allies in the Russo-Ukraine War (which was the fascinating and distressing story of the last week). Ukraine’s allies […]

Overtime hours in Taiwan’s electronic components industry hit a record high for June, as sustained global demand tied to AI continued to lift orders for […]

This article was originally published on Jonathan Larsen’s Substack. It is republished with permission. Less than a month after the June 2025 strikes on Iran’s […]

When Zhu Rongji died in Beijing on August 12 at the age of 97, Asia lost one of the finest public servants of its modern […]

Ferrero Group announced its acquisition of Purely Elizabeth. Founder Elizabeth Stein will continue as CEO as the brand operates independently…See More

In yet another remark that triggered alarm around the world, President Donald Trump said Friday that he planned to declare the Strait of Hormuz – which Iran […]

This article was originally published by ProPublica, a Pulitzer-prizewinning investigative newsroom. A robot was on fire. Again. It was the summer of 2024, and the […]

Regenerating Together gives food and beverage companies a clear framework to define, measure and verify regenerative agriculture progress…See More

US Space Command is putting offensive satellite-killing weapons at the top of its future requirements as China and Russia expand their ability to threaten satellites […]

Vietnam’s first domestically designed anti-submarine frigate marks an ambitious attempt to leverage limited naval resources to achieve asymmetric deterrence while accelerating the country’s shift toward […]

Kabul’s dispute with Islamabad over Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan sanctuaries is not a border quarrel. It is the clearest evidence yet that five years after seizing power, […]

At their Beijing summit on May 14, 2026, Chinese President Xi Jinping asked US President Donald Trump whether China and the United States could avoid […]

To Lam’s visit to Canberra on August 11 was the first state visit to Australia by a Vietnamese head of state since the 1975 reunification […]

Hong Kong’s stablecoin experiment has entered its first controlled market test. On August 12, Anchorpoint began phase-one Beta Access for HKDAP, initially involving institutional distributors […]

Sen. Bernie Sanders slams large food retailers as a new GAO report details the high volume of retail employees utilizing SNAP and Medicaid benefits…See More