Rice prices in Japan soared 99.2% in June year-on-year, official data showed Friday, piling further pressure on Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba ahead of elections this weekend.

Meta has apologized for an AI auto-translation error that falsely reported the death of Siddaramaiah, the Chief Minister of Karnataka, a state in southwestern India.

Ted Sarandos, co-CEO of Netflix, confirmed the company's first use of artificial intelligence in TV production to make shows ...

Movie star Jet Li explained that he chooses not to attend funerals because he does not view death as something to mourn, as “no one gets through life without losing a loved one.” ...

Syed Mokhtar Albukhary, a low-key billionaire and one of Malaysia’s richest and most influential tycoons, controls a vast ...

Fund management company Dragon Capital seeks to trial tokenization of ETFs to allow the use of various payment methods, ...

Japan has set up an administrative body aimed at easing citizens’ concerns over the rapid rise in the number of foreigners in ...

North Korea has barred foreigners from a newly opened beach resort, the country's tourism administration said this week, just ...

Kelly Zong, chairwoman of China’s largest soft-drinks producer Hangzhou Wahaha Group, is facing a US$2 billion inheritance ...

Chinese actress Dong Xuan has announced her second marriage, six years after her first marriage to actor Gao Yunxiang ended.

A woman in central Vietnam was caught red-handed possessing and transporting pigs infected with African swine fever to ...

The display technology battle between Samsung and BOE could result in a sales ban on certain iPhone 15 and 16 models in the US.