Asia

President Trump said on Monday he believed Chinese President Xi Jinping has acted very responsibly with regard the sometimes violent protests in Hong Kong over an extradition bill that could see people..

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Hong Kong police fired rubber bullets and tear gas in running clashes with protesters late on Sunday. Anger over an extradition bill has morphed into a fresh front against what many see as a broader..

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As swaths of Asia become flooded, endangered species are under threat.

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The hugely popular Hong Kong actor was stabbed while on stage Saturday at a presentation in Zhongshan, Guangdong province in southern China. He is in hospital recovering. Rough cut (no reporter..

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A family of five who traded all of their possessions for bitcoin and decided to live solely on it, began their three-year world tour with the mission to educate people about cryptocurrency. Rough cut..

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TOKYO (Reuters) - Asian shares wobbled in early Thursday trading as Wall Street stocks dropped on early signs that the U.S.-China trade war could hurt corporate earnings, helping to underpin solid..

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Hong Kong's vaunted police force is facing a crisis of confidence and leadership amid the city's worsening political tensions, according to serving and retired officers, politicians and security..

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AB InBev shares fell Monday after the demise of its planned Hong Kong IPO. Julian Satterthwaite reports.

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Budweiser Brewing Company APAC, the Asia-Pacific business of Anheuser-Busch InBev, has guided potential investors towards the bottom of a marketed pricing range for its up to $9.8 billion Hong Kong..

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European shares fell on Tuesday as a profit warning from chemicals giant BASF led to a slide in German shares, which were on course to post their biggest drop in two months. Pascale Davies reports.

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Authorities are battling against a trade seeing more than 300 million European eels trafficked from Europe to Asia each year. Katie Gregory reports.

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European shares rose broadly on Monday with the STOXX 50 index hitting its highest level in 17 months, as investors piled into riskier assets after the United States and China agreed to restart trade..

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The European Union signed a landmark free trade deal with Vietnam on Sunday, the first of its kind with a developing country in Asia.

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According to Reuters, the U.S. special envoy for Iran on Friday said that the United States will sanction any country that imports Iranian oil and there are no exemptions in place. When asked about the..

Credit: Wochit News     Duration: 00:31Published on June 28, 2019

Malaysian authorities said on Wednesday they had seized more than 5,000 smuggled terrapins at Kuala Lumpur airport last week. Rough Cut (no reporter narration).

Credit: Reuters Studio     Duration: 00:44Published on June 26, 2019

The FAA has told U.S. airlines to avoid Iran after the shooting down of a drone, and many international airlines are choosing to follow suit voluntarily. Julian Satterthwaite reports.

Credit: Reuters Studio     Duration: 01:37Published on June 21, 2019

Satellite data shows that the rate at which Himalayan glaciers are melting has doubled over the past two decades. That ice is not being replaced, and the retreat of these glaciers threatens water..

Credit: euronews (in English)     Duration: 03:02Published on June 20, 2019

After Boeing won a shock order from British Airways owner IAG for its troubled 737 MAX jets, Airbus fought back Wednesday with more big sales of its own. Julian Satterthwaite reports on this year's..

Credit: Reuters Studio     Duration: 01:49Published on June 19, 2019

TOKYO (Reuters) - Asian shares got off to a shaky start on Monday as investors were cautious ahead of a closely-watched Federal Reserve meeting, while political tensions in the Middle East and Hong..

Credit: Wochit News     Duration: 00:33Published on June 17, 2019

Iran’s president has used a conference in Tajikistan of leaders and diplomats from more than 30 Asian countries to reinforce an ultimatum he made in May.

Credit: Al Jazeera STUDIO     Duration: 02:17Published on June 15, 2019

Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam has indefinitely delayed a proposed law to allow extraditions to mainland China, in a dramatic retreat after widespread anger over the bill sparked violent protests in the..

Credit: Reuters Studio     Duration: 01:55Published on June 15, 2019

UPI reports the gene that makes salmonella resistant to antibiotics of last resort has finally made its way from Asia to the United States. Researchers isolated the gene mcr-3.1 in a patient who had..

Credit: Wochit News     Duration: 00:41Published on June 14, 2019

European shares followed Asian stocks higher on Monday after the United States shelved plans to impose tariffs on Mexico. But, as Francis Maguire reports, China's yuan dropped due to lower imports than..

Credit: Reuters Studio     Duration: 01:09Published on June 10, 2019

Thirteen artists from all over central Asia have met in Uzbekistan's Samarkand, one of the continent's most ancient cities, for an ambitious project immortalising centuries of cultural heritage in..

Credit: euronews (in English)     Duration: 02:47Published on June 5, 2019

Factory activity contracted across Asia and Europe last month as an escalating trade war between Washington and Beijing raised fears of a global economic downturn and heaped pressure on policymakers to..

Credit: Reuters Studio     Duration: 01:51Published on June 3, 2019