The Latest Breaking News from Asia

From Taiwan to Vietnam, Malaysia to China, millions of families are gathering to celebrate the start of the year of the rabbit

Chung Wah is little slice of Asia without leaving Liverpool

Asian stock markets are higher after Wall Street losses deepened as worries grow that the U.S. economy is headed for recession

Hong Kong (AFP) - Asian markets mostly rose Friday after a rocky week that saw recession fears play up against growing hope that China's emergence from zero-Covid will help boost the struggling global economy.

Jan. 13-19, 2022

Sunday marks the start of the Year of the Rabbit and more than a billion people from China and Asia will celebrate.

This year was a tumultuous one in many ways. While climate-related shocks became even more prevalent and severe, Russia's invasion of Ukraine triggered a global energy crisis that continues to affect millions of peoples' lives and livelihoods. Following that shock, unprecedented heatwaves across Europe, Asia, and North America, and then…

Some 62 million children in the Asia-Pacific region are in child labour. It is a simple sentence to write but far harder to comprehend. Spend a moment to think just how big that number is -- roughly similar to every child aged under 14 in the Philippines, Vietnam and Japan…

Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. says the long-raging disputes in the South China Sea that involve China, the Philippines and other coastal states have kept him “up at night” and warned that a war in Asia, like the fighting in Ukraine, would be disastrous to the world

Hong Kong (AFP) - Markets were mixed Thursday while oil prices fell and the dollar weakened after disappointing US data renewed worries about a recession in the world's biggest economy.

As Ronaldo gets set to make his Saudi debut, his signing could have a major effect on and off the pitch.