WASHINGTON -- The exclusions of smartphones, computers and electronics from U.S. President Donald Trump's steep "reciprocal" tariffs last week are not permanent but rather a clarification that they ...

KYIV (AP) -- At least 32 people have been killed in a Russian missile strike on the Ukrainian city of Sumy on Sunday, officials said.

TOKYO -- The Democratic Party of Hong Kong, one of the city's last formal pro-democracy forces, voted on Sunday to move ...

Singapore is expected to further ease its monetary policy on Monday, following a similar move in January, as the recently announced "reciprocal" U.S. tariffs cloud the outlook for the trade-dependent ...

Ahead of trade talks with the U.S., Itsunori Onodera, chair of the Liberal Democratic Party's Policy Research Council, also said Japan should not intentionally sell its U.S. Treasury holdings, the ...

Strolling along the streets of Isawa, in the city of Fuefuki in Yamanashi prefecture, it is common to hear people speaking Chinese, while most of the passengers getting on and off sightseeing buses ...

MANILA -- Philippine retailer SM Group is accelerating Alfamart convenience store openings, with plans to add 200 stores in Luzon this year alone, aiming to challenge local leader 7-Eleven.

LONDON (AP) -- The U.K. government took effective control Saturday of Britain's last remaining factory that makes steel from ...

The completion in 2015 of China's massive Three Gorges Dam has increased water depths on the Yangtze by an average of 50 meters, allowing a new generation of large cruise ships to offer four- to ...

TOKYO -- Construction of data centers is booming in Japan as U.S. tech giants make big investments and the Japanese government works to attract money and build industrial hubs, but communities have ...

SAPPORO, Japan -- A baseball stadium in Kitahiroshima, Hokkaido, is fostering some urban development. With March having marked Es Con Field Hokkaido's second anniversary, the home of the Nipponham ...

OSAKA -- Kaiyukan, an aquarium in Osaka, aims to attract more visitors from abroad as it marks its 35th anniversary in July.