Get all your news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One app.

Get all your news in one place.

100's of premium titles. One news app.

The Latest Breaking News from Asia

Outnumbered child star poses with 'bags of marijuana' during South East Asia trip

Outnumbered favourite Daniel Roche, who played hyperactive Ben in the BBC comedy, is now 23 and has been spending a few months travelling around South East Asia

Daily Mirror

India’s shrinking current account gap provides a reprieve for rupee

MUMBAI: Economists are lowering their forecasts for India’s current-account shortfall, thanks to favorable trade trends that are proving to be a blessing for the rupee — currently among the worst performers in emerging Asia.

The Times of India

China’s rich flee crackdowns for ‘Asia’s Switzerland’ Singapore

Chinese wealth is rushing into the Southeast Asian city-state, prompting unease among some locals.

Al Jazeera

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

Investors force HSBC shareholder vote on structural overhaul

Minority shareholder Ken Lui leads campaign seeking to split bank’s Asian and western businesses

The Guardian - UK

An anxious Asia arms for a war it hopes to prevent

TINIAN, Northern Mariana Islands: The tiny island of Tinian was the launch point for U.S. planes carrying atomic bombs to Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 1945. Now a new runway is being carved from the jungle, just south of World War II ruins.

Bangkok Post

Russia has seamlessly returned to football – and nobody seems overly perturbed

Europe may be prepared to ‘forget Russia’ but closer ties to Asian confederation are a warning sign of what is to come

The Guardian - UK

Xi and Putin Meeting Signals the Return of the China-Russia Axis and the Start of a Second Cold War

China’s and Russia’s roles have been reversed, and their ambitions restored — not in the name of communist ideology, but in light of an aggressive, militarist nationalism that animates both regimes.

The News Lens

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

Houseplant of the week: jewel orchid

It’s the ‘metallic’ leaves, rather than the flowers, that make this striking south-east Asian orchid stand out

The Guardian - UK

Asian shares fall on banking turmoil, recession worries

Shares have fallen in Asia as worries over turmoil in the banking sector and the risks of recession overshadowed gains on Wall Street

The Independent UK

AP Week in Pictures: Asia

March 17-23, 2023

The Independent UK

Xi and Putin meeting signals the return of the China-Russia axis and the start of a second cold war

The heirs to two of the most violent revolutions in modern history shook hands and took stock of their “comprehensive strategic partnership of coordination for a new era”, at a recent meeting in Moscow.

The Conversation

Electric Motorcycle Firm Energica Is Expanding Operations In Asia Pacific

Italian electric motorcycle manufacturer Energica enters the Japanese and Australian markets through partnerships with local distributors.

RideApart

Jürgen Klinsmann’s reputation on the line as he dives into South Korea job

World Cup qualification in 2026 is an achievable goal but Jürgen Klinsmann needs to do more than that to make his mark in Asia

The Guardian - UK

Ukraine war has ‘profound impact’ on Asia, Blinken says, with eye on China’s ambitions

Beijing is watching ‘very carefully’ how world responds to Russian aggression, says US secretary of state

The Guardian - AU

Get all your
news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One news app.

Al Jazeera

Russia boosts defences near Japan amid US row over Asia Pacific

Moscow’s move comes after high-level visits by rivals China and Japan to both sides of the Russia-Ukraine war.

Reuters

China watching world's response to Ukraine war, has not crossed lethal aid line -Blinken

China is "very carefully" watching how Washington and the world respond to Russia's invasion of Ukraine, but has not yet crossed the line of providing lethal aid to Moscow, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Wednesday.

Manchester Evening News

Vimto sour cocktail and a raft of new dishes heading to favourite Asian canteen

Hello Oriental has a new spring menu

Al Jazeera

How will rising prices hurt Ramadan celebrations?

Cheaper meat and leftovers for iftar. No new clothes for children. Yet the crisis could bring Muslim communities closer.

Get all your
news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One news app.

Bangkok Post

Bangkok business travel cost rises to $278 a day

The cost of business travel to Bangkok has risen moderately by 4%, making it the 24th most expensive destination in Asia, while Singapore ranks second after Hong Kong this year, says ECA International (ECA).

Liverpool Echo

Liverpool may already have pre-season tour plan plotted out for next three years

Liverpool are understood to be likely to head to the Far East once again this coming summer

The Independent UK

Japan, China push opposing visions in top-level visits

Asia’s stake in Europe’s war was made crystal clear when the leaders of the region’s two richest countries sat in the capitals of Russia and Ukraine in strong shows of support for the opposing sides

The Independent UK

Nearly half of specialist doctors in England and Wales born outside UK – census

People born in the Middle East and Asia account for more than a quarter of all specialist GPs, figures show.

The Independent UK

IMF to assess Sri Lankan governance as part of $3B bailout

The International Monetary Fund says it is assessing Sri Lanka's governance in the first case of an Asian country facing scrutiny for corruption as part of a bailout program

Al Jazeera

Hong Kong struggles to win back tourists, ‘World City’ crown

Chinese territory welcomed just 500,000 visitors in January, compared to 6.8 million arrivals in 2019.

Wallpaper

Art Basel Hong Kong 2023: can the city’s art scene bounce back?

Art Basel Hong Kong 2023 is about to kick off following years of restrictions. Catherine Shaw explores what we can expect in and around this year’s fair (23-25 March 2023), and whether Hong Kong can bounce back to reclaim the title of ‘Asia’s art hub’

1 … 172 173 174 175

People

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

Organisations

Liverpool

55,068 stories

UEFA Champions League

International Monetary Fund

the International Monetary Fund

264 stories

the Defense Department

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

Topics

Places

Fourteen days free

Download the app

One app. One membership.
100+ trusted global sources.