The Latest Breaking News from Asia

Sept. 9-15, 2022

Chinese President Xi Jinping's arrival in Central Asia this week in his first overseas travel in nearly three years is perhaps the most consequential irony of the coronavirus pandemic. As the place where the deadly pandemic began in early 2020, China was the first to swiftly and successfully suppress and…

The charity warns Ireland does not have a secure food system and should grow more sustainable plant produce

The Russian president’s encounters with the Chinese leader cannot be considered a meeting of equals, analysts say.

Ocean Conservancy apologises for ‘false narrative’ of 2015 study that put blame for bulk of world’s plastic waste on five Asian states

A delegation from the Arab Republic of Egypt led by Mr. Ayman Kamel, Assistant Foreign Minister for Asia, Australia, New Zealand, and the Pacific Islands, and H.E. Mr. Moustapha Mahmoud Moustapha Elkouny, Ambassador to Thailand, visited the headquarters of the Thailand Board of Investment on 12 September 2022. They were…

The U.S. is offering tax credits of up to $7,500 to buyers of electric vehicles assembled in North America, making those manufactured overseas more expensive.

Asian shares are mixed after modest gains on Wall Street

Chinese President Xi Jinping, Russia’s Vladimir Putin and leaders from India and Central Asian nations are headed to Uzbekistan for a summit of a security group seen by Beijing and Moscow as a counterweight to U.S. influence

Chinese President Xi Jinping told his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin on Thursday that Beijing was willing to work with Moscow as "great powers" during his first trip overseas since the early days of the pandemic.

PTT Global Chemical Plc (PTTGC) has opened Southeast Asia’s largest plant producing high-quality and food-grade recycled plastic resins, aiming to recycle 60,000 tonnes of used plastics annually.