PARIS -- Beijing has agreed it will not impose tit-for-tat tariffs on French brandy, despite numerous probes by the European ...

Donald Low is a senior lecturer and professor of practice in public policy at the Hong Kong University of Science and ...

Laos' public debt surpassed 120% of GDP in 2023. Half of the external debt is owed to China, according to the World Bank. Some observers say the actual figure is far higher when hidden public debt is ...

New Zealand is also in talks for a free trade agreement with the Gulf Cooperation Council, a regional body of six whose members include the UAE, Kuwait and Saudi Arabia. McClay said he discussed the ...

BEIJING -- China wants to promote awareness of national defense in children as young as elementary school under proposed ...

PARIS (Reuters) -- French President Emmanuel Macron and European Commission chief Ursula von der Leyen urged China to ensure ...

TOKYO -- Casio Computer is ramping up its efforts to promote its scientific calculators abroad, pitching their value in ...

BENGALURU -- Indian entrepreneurs are making windfalls in initial public offerings, but about one-fourth of the companies ...

Domestic travellers spent 166.9 billion yuan ($23.13 billion) during one of China's longest breaks, the May Day holiday, a rise of 13.5% from pre-pandemic levels, government data showed on Monday, but ...

TOKYO -- Intel will partner with 14 Japanese companies to develop technology to automate "back-end" chipmaking processes like packaging, Nikkei learned Monday, as the U.S. and Japan look to cut ...

Hamas announced Monday it has accepted an Egyptian-Qatari proposal for a cease-fire to halt the seven-month-long war with Israel in Gaza, hours after Israel ordered about 100,000 Palestinians to begin ...

TAIPEI -- Top German chipmaker Infineon has reached an agreement to supply Chinese EV maker Xiaomi with advanced power semiconductors until 2027, in a move to tap the growing electric car market in ...