Asia

A recent spate of Chinese military flights off southwestern Taiwan has prompted alarm from the island, which Beijing claims as its own, and is increasing tensions in a region already on edge. The flights are one piece of a complex puzzle…

Japan's Nikkei stock benchmark ended lower Wednesday, extending its dropping streak to eight days for the first time because July 2009, as sentiment used to be hurt by deepening uncertainty over the international economic recovery amid…

Global shares have fallen, with Hong Kong’s benchmark down more than 2% after stricken property developer China Evergrande’s shares have been suspended from trading. Shares opened lower in Paris, Frankfurt, and Tokyo. U.S. futures also…

Shares rose Wednesday in Europe after sharp declines in Asia that tracked a broad slide on Wall Street on jitters over the economic process and surging U.S. government bond yields. A swift rise in Treasury yields is forcing investors to…

Asian shares were mostly lower on Wednesday after major indexes ended mixed on Wall Street. Benchmarks fell in Tokyo, Shanghai, and Taiwan but rose in Sydney. Markets in South Korea and Hong Kong were closed for holidays. The Bank of…

If robotics and cellular communications seem, strange bedfellows, it’s because the fifth generation of wireless, 5G development in Asia, is that the first to wirelessly address the necessity of such applications instead of just increasing…

HANOI Vietnam plans to reopen the beach-fringed island of Phu Quoc to foreign tourists from next month, authorities said, because the country looks at ways to revive an economy affected by extended lockdowns thanks to the coronavirus…

DAVID RISING and VICTORIA MILKO | JAKARTA, Indonesia As many Asian countries battle their worst surge of COVID-19 infections, the slow-flow of vaccine doses from around the world is finally picking up speed, giving hope that low…

TOKYO Asian shares fell Wednesday, tracking a decline on Wall Street that was led by big technology stocks. The price of bitcoin plunged again after the China Banking Association warned of risks associated with digital currencies.…