Summer heat hits Asia early, killing dozens as one expert calls it the "most extreme event" in climate history

Much of Asia is sweltering under a heat wave that one expert calls "by far the most extreme event in world climatic history." ... Read More

AP PHOTOS: South and Southeast Asian countries cope with a weekslong heat wave

In the Philippines, India and Bangladesh, officials have told students to stay home and do their lessons remotely. Read More

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A missile that crashed in Kharkiv shows the surprising scale at which Pyongyang's weapons are used. Politicians are roping in influencers to woo voters like never before. But is this a good thing ... Read More

Xinhua world news summary at 0700 GMT, April 22

More than 16,700 Philippine and U.S. troops started their largest-ever annual joint military drills on Monday amid criticisms that the ... Read More

Stock market today: Asian shares mostly rise to start a week full of earnings, Fed meeting

Asian shares are trading mostly higher as investors kept their eyes on potentially market-moving reports expected later this week. Read More

Ranking the Top 10 Asian Countries by Height

Asia, housing the world ... the top 20 economies worldwide. In the 1970s, it boasted one of the leading economies in Asia. The average height of adult men in Iran is 173.4㎝ (5’8″), and ... Read More

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Tokyo’s Nikkei 225 index lost 0.8% ... (AP) — Asian shares mostly rose Friday despite worries about the economic outlook and inflation in the U.S. and the rest of the world. Read More

OpenAI opens first Asian office in Tokyo

April 15 (UPI) --OpenAI, the creator of ChatGPT, opened its first office in Tokyo in a major step of the company's attempt to spread into Asia and ... to Rwanda. World News // 11 hours ago ... Read More

2022-2023 Best Global Universities in Asia

These are the top global universities in Asia. Read the methodology » To unlock more data and access tools to help you get into your dream school, sign up for the U.S. News College Compass! Read More

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May 1, 2024 • This week on the podcast, we're revisiting a conversation we had with Chin about her book, Mott Street. Through decades of painstaking research, the fifth-generation New Yorker ... Read More

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After 14 years of Conservative government, Britain’s voters appear hungry for change. And Prime Minister Rishi Sunak seems unable to persuade them otherwise. By Mark Landler Russian military ... Read More