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NEW DELHI: The 26th Federation Cup Senior Athletics Championships in Ranchi witnessed Jinson Johnson make a glorious return by finishing first on the podium in the men’s 1500m event. Jinson has been a top-ranked runner in Asia in both the men’s 800m and 1500m disciplines and also holds the national…

As G7 leaders were preparing for their recent summit in Japan, China’s president Xi Jinping hosted his central Asian counterparts from Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan.

Asian stock markets have slid as the U.S. government creeps closer to a potentially disruptive default on its debt

Chinese authorities saw a chance to appropriate the narrative around comfort women for their own ends, showing no interest in stimulating critical reflection on the continuing abuse of women in contemporary East Asia.

For the past 40 years, a devastating fungal disease has been ravaging frog populations around the world, wiping out 90 species. Unlike the global COVID-19 pandemic, you may not even be aware of this “panzootic” – a pandemic in the animal world. Yet it’s the world’s worst wildlife disease.

While the leaders of the G7 met in Japan, Chinese President Xi Jinping used a China-Central Asia Summit to push further economic and trade ties along the old Silk Road under the banner of his signature policy — the Belt and Road Initiative. So how is the project tracking and…

DOHA: Airline ticket prices have peaked, at least in the market where the budget carrier AirAsia operates, according to its founder Tony Fernandes.

Most countries in Asia-Pacific require sizeable financing to support climate change adaptation and mitigation, says the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (Escap), urging domestic collaborations between private financial institutions and project developers to support such needs.

EXPORTS of Scottish salmon to Asian nations have more than doubled, according to new figures from the UK Government ...