NEW DELHI: A political row erupted on Friday after the Bihar Congress shared an AI-generated video on the social media platform X, appearing to feature characters resembling Prime Minister Narendra Modi and... Read more »
Can going robotic ease convenience stores’ profitability blues? With Japanese convenience stores reaching critical mass in terms of expansion and available labor, all while in an environment of constantly rising prices, they’ve... Read more »
China’s government has vowed to “firmly protect” its interests against Mexico’s plan to increase tariffs on Chinese cars to 50%, a move Beijing said was made “under coercion to constrain China”. On... Read more »
SINGAPORE – Four Chinese nationals who came to Singapore to commit fraud worked together to dupe a 60-year-old woman into handing one of them $700 in cash and a gold necklace for... Read more »
The United States is preparing to press G7 nations to impose sharply higher tariffs on India and China over their continued imports of Russian oil. The move is part of President Donald... Read more »
This week’s news roundup is dominated by politics. We begin with the death of US conservative activist Charlie Kirk, who was murdered days after speaking at a Sanseito event in Tokyo. Shigeru... Read more »
Xi Jinping had been waiting for the right moment to serve notice of China’s growing might and influence to the rest of the world, and the 80th anniversary of the end of... Read more »
SINGAPORE – Some private-hire car drivers are calling for measures such as a review of base fares as a more concrete step to tackling the issues they face, after a work group... Read more »
New Delhi: A rare climate event in 2025 has unsettled scientists across Asia. The moist winds of the southwest monsoon, which bring India its annual rainfall, have crossed the natural barrier of... Read more »
Pizza Hut Japan and a 165-year-old Kyoto tea company have us feeling sticky but happy. We call the phenomenon of cultures mixing together a melting pot, but today we’re seeing the melting... Read more »