Chinese President Xi Jinping skipped Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s BRICS gala dinner after attending the summit and holding bilateral talks. His unexplained absence stood out as other BRICS leaders and senior Indian dignitaries attended …
Air Self-Defense Force F-2 fighter jets (Captured from the ASDF website) A trio of Air Self-Defense Force fighter jets arrived in India for the first time for joint training intended to underscore Japan’s heightened …
A Micron logo and a computer motherboard appear in this illustration taken August 25, 2025. (REUTERS) TAIPEI—Micron Technology said on Friday its direct labor employees in Taiwan would receive bonuses equaling 35 to 68 …
European Parliament’s Vice President Pina Picierno says Hsiao Bi-khim’s visit ‘was kept secret until her arrival to protect her participation’ in the conference. Taiwanese Vice President Hsiao Bi-khim is making a rare visit to …
Moscow says a border crossing built in ‘record time’ can handle up to 300 vehicles daily A first road bridge across the Tumen river on the Russia-North Korea border opened to traffic on Monday. …
By Seangaas Floor signage for the offices of DeepSeek (C) is seen in Beijing on January 28, 2025. Peter Catterall/AFP/Getty Images Chinese artificial intelligence firms are committing “industrial-scale” theft of their American counterparts’ trade …
By MASASHI KISANUKI/ Staff Writer Shinjuku Ward Mayor Kenichi Yoshizumi, second from right, presents a proposal for tougher minpaku regulations to Koichi Hagiuda, the Liberal Democratic Party’s executive acting secretary-general, center, on May 27. …
Hung Cao, acting secretary of the Navy, speaks during a suicide awareness and troop welfare town hall at Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, N.C., Sept. 2, 2026. US Marine Corps photo Acting Secretary of the …
Miners are seen at the Bayan Obo mine containing rare earth minerals, in Inner Mongolia, China, on July 16, 2011. (Reuters file photo) BEIJING/SINGAPORE/WASHINGTON—Some Chinese rare earth suppliers are declining to ship to the …
By RYO KIYOMIYA/ Staff Writer Tetsuro Kuroe, a former vice defense minister, right, speaks at a news conference in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward on Sept. 2. (Ryo Kiyomiya) An influential private research institution called on …