HANOI -- Vietnam's rush to halve the number of provinces by September, lay off at least one fifth of its civil servants by ...

SYDNEY/TOKYO -- Australia's BHP Group is preparing to open its first potash mine in Canada, a foray into a new field that, ...

BEIJING (Reuters) -- China appointed as its new trade negotiator on Wednesday a former representative to the World Trade ...

TOKYO -- Japanese film studio and theater operator Toho aims to strengthen its overseas business following the success of its ...

TOKYO -- Nikkei said on Wednesday that it will add BayCurrent, a Japanese consulting firm, to its Nikkei 225 Climate Change 1.5°C Target Index. No stock will be removed from the index, with the ...

TOKYO -- American chip startup SambaNova Systems says demand is growing in Asia for more affordable artificial intelligence ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -- Wire services including Reuters and Bloomberg News will no longer hold a permanent slot in the small pool of reporters who cover President Donald Trump, the White House said on ...

(Reuters) -- ASM, the world's biggest supplier of computer chip-making equipment, said on Wednesday that tariffs were increasing uncertainty for its outlook for 2025 and 2026. Chief Executive Officer ...

HOUSTON, Texas -- The U.S. has announced the cancellation of a $63.9 million grant for a Texas bullet train using Japanese ...

VIENNA -- Two Chinese nationals captured on the battlefield by Ukraine said they did not fight for Russia under orders from ...

WASHINGTON -- As U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent heads into tariff negotiations with Japan, the talks will be a test of ...

Hongkong Post announced that it would stop accepting surface mail parcels destined for the U.S. with immediate effect, considering the delivery time to cross the Pacific, as the duty-free "de minimis" ...