Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi has been reappointed by Parliament after last week's landslide election win that gave her a strong public mandate. She will form her second Cabinet, with all ...

After trade frictions and rare earth disruptions, EU-China relations enter 2026 in a phase of cautious engagement rather than reset.

A new US maritime strategy seeks to revitalise shipyards, create Maritime Prosperity Zones and address strategic vulnerabilities, as China’s dominance in global shipbuilding intensifies industrial and ...

BEIJING: An explosion at a fireworks shop in central China killed 12 people on Wednesday (Feb 18), the second day of the Chinese New Year holiday, according to state broadcaster CCTV.Setting off ...

Europe and Canada seek “strategic balance” between Washington and Beijing but often just get caught in the middle.

The latest round was jointly led by existing investors including Alibaba, Tencent, Andon and 5Y Capital, according to a source Moonshot AI, the Chinese start-up behind the powerful Kimi artificial ...

Traditional prayers, fireworks and fairs marked the Lunar New Year on Tuesday -- alongside 21st-century humanoid robots.

China's Export-Import Bank had more than 2 trillion yuan ($289 billion) in outstanding loans supporting President Xi ...

Americans won’t buy EVs en masse by presidential fiat.

Despite antagonisms with Beijing over comments by Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi about Taiwan, Japan's exports to China jumped 32% year-on-year in January. Exports to all of Asia were robust, surging ...

Back-flipping, nunchuck-weilding humanoid robots delighted and amazed viewers at China’s annual televised new-year extravaganza with their kung-fu choreography. But they – and their rivals who took to ...

It isn’t easy being Eileen Gu. The champion freestyle skier said the other day, after she had to settle for a silver medal in ...