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About 150 kilometres west of Gwadar, the port city often described as the heart of the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC), lies Kuntani Hor, a small creek near the Iranian border on Balochistan’s remote and picturesque Makran coast.
White House trade counselor Peter Navarro speaks with reporters following a video interview with Real America’s Voice News, Tuesday, Aug. 11, 2026, outside the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)
Mori Building's overseas portfolio includes projects in Jakarta, New York and Shanghai. (Source photos by Mori Building, middle is artist's depiction)
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MOSCOW — President Vladimir Putin visited Russia’s far-eastern Kuril islands for the first time on Thursday, prompting protests by Japan, which also claims the territory.
THE Department of Agriculture (DA) has lifted its temporary ban on poultry imports from Japan after veterinary authorities declared it free of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) or bird flu.
GLOBAL demand for electric vehicles (EVs) rose for a fifth consecutive month in July, driven by robust growth in Europe while sales weakened in China and North America, data from consultancy Benchmark Mineral Intelligence showed on Thursday.
BANGALORE/BEIJING — China’s Lenovo Group reported a 43-percent jump in quarterly revenue on Thursday, beating forecasts and sending shares of the world’s largest computer maker surging, as it rides an artificial intelligence (AI) hardware boom and reaps the benefits of a global memory chip shortage.
TOKYO (AP) — Record-breaking heavy rain pounded eastern Japan Thursday, flooding roads and homes, paralyzing traffic and causing power outages to tens of thousands of homes near Tokyo, officials said. At least one person was found dead.
Far-left influencer Hasan Piker's China-based producer, Eric Hovagim, who also worked on socialist Zohran Mamdani's campaign, has said on recent podcasts and streams that he wants to "ban the American stock market" and has boasted about his relationship with a known Beijing-based propagandist waging an informational…
Volunteers worked through the morning of Thursday, 13 August, placing the flowers by hand on a numbered carpet to gradually reveal the design inspired by the famous woodblock print by Japanese artist Katsushika Hokusai. Visitors gathered around the square to watch the work take shape and photograph the finished sect…
A Komeda's Coffee location in the Japanese city of Nagoya. Komeda is looking to boost its overseas presence. (Photo by Kazumi Saito)
Formerly moribund facility on Yangtze River fills order book as shipowners favour small and medium-sized container vessels
Formerly moribund facility on Yangtze River fills order book as shipowners favour small and medium-sized container vessels
Australia head coach called in Carter Gordon to face Japan in Townsville but will keep investigating his flyhalf options before next year’s World Cup
SEOUL, South Korea — Clients have drifted away from Song Oh-soon's fortune-telling village on the edge of Seoul, preferring online AI-powered divination to the centuries-old prophesying tradition still practiced there.
BEIJING, Aug. 13 (Yonhap) -- South Korean Ambassador to China Ro Jae-hun offered condolences Thursday over the death of former Chinese Premier Zhu Rongji, stressing Zhu's efforts for the development of ties with Seoul.
SEOUL, Aug. 13 (Yonhap) -- American billionaire and founder of TerraPower Bill Gates arrived in South Korea on Thursday to meet with political and business leaders to discuss cooperation on next-generation nuclear reactors.
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Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates arrived in South Korea on Thursday for his first visit to the country in a year, with talks on cooperation in small modular reactors reportedly expected to top his agenda.
Remembered as a candid, decisive leader, the former Chinese premier championed entrepreneurship, welcomed foreign expertise and brought urgency to economic policymaking
Remembered as a candid, decisive leader, the former Chinese premier championed entrepreneurship, welcomed foreign expertise and brought urgency to economic policymaking
Chinese military analyst says a larger munitions payload directly affords guided-missile frigate stronger independent combat capabilities
Chinese military analyst says a larger munitions payload directly affords guided-missile frigate stronger independent combat capabilities
Japanese PM says islands seized by Soviets late in second world war are part of Japan under international law
Advocates call for a new offence covering persistent child sexual abuse, not currently included in Hong Kong’s proposed law reforms.
Taiwan condemns China's plan to hold a navy drill with Indonesia off the democratic island's east coast, saying Beijing seeks to create the 'false impression' that it has jurisdiction over the area. China claims Taiwan is part of its territory and insists it has authority over the waters surrounding the island, whic…
Futures are higher again, although trading in a narrow range for the past week just below all time highs, with Tech flat following disappointing earnings from CSCO. As of 8:00am ET, S&P 500 futures add 0.2% while Nasdaq futures are unchanged as Cisco shares dropped 6.4% in premarket trading after earnings failed to …
SEOUL, Aug. 13 (Yonhap) -- Korea Investment Holdings Co., a financial holding company in South Korea, said Thursday it has been named the preferred bidder for KDB Life Insurance, an affiliate of the state-run Korea Development Bank (KDB).
The Kuril Islands will forever remain Russian land, with Japan looking for trouble by continuing to stick to its claim over the archipelago, former Russian President Dmitry Medvdev has said.
The Kuril Islands will forever remain Russian land, with Japan looking for trouble by continuing to stick to its claim over the archipelago, former Russian President Dmitry Medvdev has said.
Anwar joined a number of world leaders in paying tribute to the former Chinese premier who played a key role in opening up the economy
Anwar joined a number of world leaders in paying tribute to the former Chinese premier who played a key role in opening up the economy
Anwar joined a number of world leaders in paying tribute to the former Chinese premier who played a key role in opening up the economy
Anwar joined a number of world leaders in paying tribute to the former Chinese premier who played a key role in opening up the economy
Crown Prince Akishino declined to discuss the revised Imperial House Law, enacted last month, at a news conference at the Akasaka East Residence in Tokyo on Thursday.
Footage released by Russian state television showed President Vladimir Putin aboard the missile cruiser Varyag, the flagship of the Pacific Fleet, watching live‑fire naval exercises and an underwater explosion off Russia’s Far East. He later travelled to one of the archipelago's four main islands, marking the first …
President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia on Thursday visited islands seized from Japan at the end of World War II for the first time, prompting an angry rebuke from Tokyo.
Piper Sandler initiated coverage of LightPath Technologies with an "Overweight" rating and a 12-month price target of $15, citing the defense supplier's proprietary BlackDiamond infrared glass, which completely "circumvents" the need for Germanium amid "significant cost increases and scarcity stemming from recent Ch…
Varias personas se ponen a cubierto en una estación de MRT durante un ejercicio de Resistencia Urbana (defensa antiárea), dentro de las maniobras militares anuales Han Kuang en Taipéi, Taiwán, el 13 de agosto de 2026. (AP Foto/Chiang Ying-ying)
WASHINGTON, Aug. 13 (Yonhap) -- U.S. President Donald Trump's administration has listed South Korea, Japan, Taiwan and the European Union among dozens of economies facing transshipment risks involving China-linked products, a White House report showed Thursday, as it seeks to tackle schemes to evade U.S. tariffs and…
Chinese memory chipmaker CXMT went public in July and immediately became the most valuable company listed on the Shanghai and Shenzhen exchanges. © Reuters
Observers say diverging strategic interests and a weak mutual security capacity will be the main challenges facing the agreement
Observers say diverging strategic interests and a weak mutual security capacity will be the main challenges facing the agreement
In feudal China’s strict marriage system, throwing an embroidered ball subverted rigid family control by leaving a woman’s choice to fate