WHEN JAPAN and China feuded over a set of disputed islands in 2010, China deployed a novel weapon. It imposed an unofficial ban on exports of rare earths, minerals used in everything from cars to ...

Wading through a street in Wellampitiya, on the outskirts of Colombo, the Sri Lankan capital, in November.Credit...Ishara S. Kodikara/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images Supported by By The New York ...

The Standing Committee on the Law of the Sea Convention has concluded a four-day training course on the introduction to hydrography and the law of the sea, organised by the Skilltrade Survey Academy.

Vaibhav Suryavanshi was a star on and off the field during the Rising Stars Asia Cup 2025 match against UAE. Fourteen-year-old batting prodigy Vaibhav Suryavanshi stunned not just UAE’s bowlers but ...

Farley has no illusions about global competition in the EV market. Ford's Model e EV division faces significant challenges. Ford CEO Jim Farley reveals that he is very impressed with China's EVs. Ford ...

In Southeast Asia, emails gather dust while Line buzzes with cute emojis and updates. Global business hinges on tapping into cultural quirks, while apology emails often raise eyebrows. Working in ...

A hard-to-ignore number: 89%. That’s the share of cashless payments in Kazakhstan as of May 2024, according to RISE Research. Over the past five years, the number of fintech startups in the country ...

TOKYO—The U.S. found out this year that China could use its chokehold on rare-earth minerals as a coercive tool when Beijing imposed export controls. For Japan, it was déjà vu: It had been the victim ...

As interest in micro-dramas gradually picks up in the West, producers of the genre from China and Korea, the leading purveyors of short-form scripted, shared their expertise in Bali last week at APOS.

PASS CHRISTIAN, Miss. (WLOX) - Hundreds of men and women at the Naval Oceanographic Office map physical features and collect information in waterways across the globe every day. Matt Borbash is the US ...

No audio available for this content. ComNav Technology has released the SV600 unmanned surface vessel (USV) for hydrographic surveying. This remote-controlled vessel incorporates adaptive water-flow ...