The Latest Breaking News from Asia

Morgan Stanley analyst Joseph Moore upgraded Globalfoundries Inc (NASDAQ:GFS) to Overweight from Equal Weight with a price target of $72.50, up from $70 (21.64% upside).  Moore downgraded Intel Corp (NASDAQ:INTC) from Equal-Weight to Underweight and announced a $47 price target (3.83% downside). Moore prefers GlobalFoundries over Intel, given his view that the former acts as a hedge against the…

Flight times are increasing, along with their carbon footprints.

People of ancient culture demonstrated ‘complex technical system’ for transforming raw materials, scientists say

Asia-Pacific chief executives continue to face pressure generated by the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic and market conditions such as rising inflation, supply chain disruptions and the "Great Resignation".

The current nutrition situation in Asia and the Pacific is difficult in many areas across the region. About 40% of its inhabitants cannot afford a healthy diet, and in some areas the fight against hunger has seen reversals rather than advances.

Site in Nihewan Basin shows, ‘a potential signpost of a migration event of our species’, says Australian researcher

Following Russia's invasion of Ukraine, the government is on alert for provocations in East Asia by China, Russia and North Korea, which it believes might attempt to take advantage of the turmoil in international affairs.

Despite nearly a third of shark species nearing extinction, Spain supplied 51,000 tonnes of shark fins from 2003-20, says IFAW

A United Nations report says a staggering 143 million people will likely be uprooted over the next 30 years by rising seas, searing temperatures and other climate calamities

What is behind Russia's invasion of Ukraine? Prominent Russian literature scholar Ikuo Kameyama, the president of Nagoya University of Foreign Studies, who once interviewed former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev in 2014, believes Russian President Vladimir Putin might still be smarting from events of that year. The following is excerpted from…

Post-Soviet chic meets nomadic culture in central Asia’s worst-kept secret, writes Liz Dodd