Chinese and Indian tourists to boost Europe’s travel market amid US slowdown
Chinese and Indian tourists are set to make up for a potential slowdown in growth from US travellers to Europe this year, according to...
Japan’s Takaichi steps back from Liancourt Rocks pledge in sign of softer line on South Korea
Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi will not send a cabinet minister to an annual ceremony calling for the return of the Liancourt Rocks –...
Universities in Japan and China are becoming tools of national strategy
Japan’s Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi entered office with an unusually strong political mandate following her decisive election victory on February 8. Among her early...
Hong Kong workers ready to sacrifice Lunar New Year break as scaffold net rules bite
Hong Kong plumber Anson Hui Po-lung is ready to work through his Lunar New Year break to make ends meet, after struggling since the...
US offers more details on claim China conducted secret nuclear weapons test
A senior state department official said that the US would resume nuclear tests to match “opaque” Chinese activity, flagging new details about a 2020...
South Korea’s Yoon awaits verdict as insurrection rulings mount: ‘the game is over’
Two recent convictions tied to Yoon Suk-yeol’s short-lived 2024 martial law decree have effectively sealed his fate, some legal observers say, as judges prepare...
Trump critic Colbert says CBS blocked interview with Democratic candidate
CBS late-night host Stephen Colbert, a critic of the Trump administration, says he was barred from airing an interview with a Democrat seeking a...
11 killed in US strikes on 3 more alleged drug boats
The US military said Tuesday that it carried out strikes on three boats accused of smuggling drugs in Latin American waters, killing 11 people...
Bipartisan push grows for Quad summit before Trump’s China trip
A bipartisan chorus of lawmakers and national security experts in Washington is calling on the administration of US President Donald Trump to convene a...