The Maha Kumbh Mela, a Hindu festival in India that is drawing hundreds of millions of pilgrims, is a powerful marketing tool for Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his allies.

DeepSeek’s success embodies China’s ambitions in artificial intelligence. But it could also threaten the grip on power the ...

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Hidden away in Asia lies a stunning ancient water town that's the East's version of Venice, home to epic bridges, stunning ...

SINGAPORE/MUMBAI -- Cash is rapidly disappearing in consumer transactions across Asia, replaced by QR codes and other smartphone-based technologies. Physical money is forecast to make up just 14% of ...

Japanese leader Shigeru Ishiba is in Washington for talks with U.S. President Donald Trump this week, Thailand's Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra visits Beijing to meet with her Chinese ...

Bangladesh's economic woes get deeper and deeper. The latest is US President Trump stopping all aid, a directive that hits ...

Once the world's fourth-largest lake, the Aral Sea has shrunk due to Soviet-era irrigation, sparking crises as Uzbekistan fights desertification ...

But scam farms are not endemic to the Philippines; it is a malaise that has spread across Southeast Asia. The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) considers the region as the "ground zero" ...

Pamela James is a leader in the fashion industry. Here's why she believes modularity can help the industry's sustainability ...

Here's what we know about the Dallas Mavericks owners and general manager's reasons for trading away their 25-year-old ...

ASEAN must respond collectively and proactively to weather the dual shocks of cheap Chinese goods flooding Southeast Asian markets and tariffs under Trump 2.0 ...