TOKYO -- The Nobel Prize in chemistry for 2025 has been awarded to Susumu Kitagawa, a professor at Kyoto University in Japan, and two other scientists for the development of a new form of molecular ...

Participating forces set out on Wednesday from China's military ports in Zhanjiang, Sanya, and Hong Kong, for the exercise scheduled from October 15 to 23, said the outlet, the China Military Bugle.

CHIANG MAI -- A military airstrike using motorized paragliders on a candlelit festival organized by opposition supporters in central Myanmar killed more than 20 people, including children, opposition ...

The Japanese companies said their joint research since 2021 on cathode materials has focused on challenges such as cathode material degradation during repeated charging and discharging cycles, and ...

Taiwan has become the world's largest importer of Russian naphtha, with purchases of the oil product over the first half of 2025 soaring sixfold since Moscow's invasion ...

TOKYO -- SoftBank Group on Wednesday said it will acquire the robotics business of Swiss-headquartered ABB for around $5.4 billion, expanding founder Masayoshi Son's push into artificial intelligence ...

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BANGKOK -- The Bank of Thailand on Wednesday kept its key interest rate unchanged at 1.50% in the first policy meeting hosted by newly appointed Gov. Vitai Ratanakorn, as the central bank intends to ...

TOKYO -- Nissan Motor said Wednesday that it will launch a new model Leaf electric vehicle in Japan in mid-October, as Asian competitors such as China's BYD and South Korea's Hyundai Motor work to ...

(Reuters) -- Anthropic, the artificial intelligence startup backed by Alphabet's Google and Amazon.com, said on Tuesday it will open its first office in India next year, aiming to tap into the country ...

TOKYO -- A day after U.S. soybean farmers bemoaned China's latest purchase of the crop from Argentina late last month, the Chinese Embassy in Buenos Aires quietly revealed the delivery of 90 railway ...

"The Committee reached consensus to reduce the official cash rate by 50 basis points to 2.5%," the RBNZ said in its accompanying policy statement. "The Committee remains open to further reductions in ...