WHSmith was founded in 1792 by Henry Walton Smith and his wife ... The railway bookstalls made WHSmith a household name and expanded its presence nationwide. The company continued to grow, opening ...

Asia Society Philippine Foundation Inc. has named Natalie Christine “Ching” Virata Jorge, a notable civil society leader and education advocate, as managing director and center head.

With the United States now recognizing the Gulf waters as the “Gulf of America” and not the “Gulf of Mexico,” digital map creators are deciding how best to reflect the name change for their users.

Vietnam is stepping up inspections of particular children’s toys over concerns that imagery on the model’s face resembles a map China uses to stake competing territorial claims in the South ...

John Feng is Newsweek's contributing editor for Asia based in Taichung ... deputy director the European Council on Foreign Relations (ECFR). Map Shows How Trump, Putin Could Carve Up The Globe ...

At the heart of this shift is the Philippines, which faces persistent Chinese incursions into its exclusive economic zone (EEZ). General Romeo Brawner Jr., head of the Philippines' Joint Chiefs of ...

Apple Maps will allow local Indigenous groups to tell their stories via place cards. The first, and most important thing, is that no existing name has been ‘changed by Apple’. If you search ...

On February 6, Kyrgyzstan’s parliament passed a new law to “expand the possibilities of choosing a surname according to Kyrgyz traditions and cultural characteristics.” In practice, the Kyrgyz ...

And we are honored to be included among other highly regarded companies in Asia-Pacific on this year’s list of most innovative companies.” Venti’s AI algorithms are applied to its core ...

HSBC has named Kanas Chan as the new head of global private banking for North Asia and Hong Kong, with her tenure commencing on 14 April 2025. Chan, with three decades of experience in wealth ...