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With creative flair, the Parisian luxury brand Hermès is challenging the fashion world in the post-pandemic era by opening a new gym, HermèsFit, where everyone can join in a fit, healthy and lavish lifestyle and also experience the house's fantastic range of accessories as well as silk materials. A few…

In 2009, against the worst global economic crisis since the Great Depression, the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) signed the Asean Trade in Goods Agreement (Atiga) furthering its commitment to open and integrated regional trade. On March 16, against the Covid-19 pandemic and rising geopolitical crises, Asean economic ministers…

Washington (AFP) - North Korea's intercontinental ballistic missile test Thursday exposed how thinly stretched US foreign policy risks becoming -- with the Ukraine war putting President Joe Biden's hoped-for pivot to Asia on the back burner.

Connemara is one of the four national depository libraries in India; Anna is one of the biggest in south Asia

The key Chinese ports of Shenzhen and Hong Kong face congestion, which rose to the highest level in five months due to COVID-19 lockdowns. It could pose possible delays to goods heading to the U.S. this summer, reported Bloomberg. Ryan Closser, a director at FourKites, states, “Shenzhen is the second-busiest port…

Hong Kong (AFP) - Equity markets were mixed Thursday as investors contemplate the impact of surging inflation and central bank plans to sharply hike interest rates, while oil prices dipped though remain elevated on fears of further Russia sanctions that could hit already thin supplies.

Move comes as more Asia-Pacific countries ease border restrictions.

Stocks are mixed in Asia following a retreat on Wall Street as crude oil prices rose sharply

Hong Kong (AFP) - Asian markets extended gains Wednesday, tracking a rally in New York, on optimism that the Federal Reserve's plan to hike interest rates will help bring inflation under control.

Scientists worry that a contagious coronavirus variant may soon push cases up in the United States just as it has in Europe and Asia

Small protests took place in military-ruled Myanmar on Tuesday against a visit by a Southeast Asian envoy, whose peace mission has been derided by critics as a failure and an endorsement of a junta condemned by the United Nations for its harsh rule.