East Asia

Economic hardship affects Lunar New Year celebrations in China

Some Chinese are giving up on Spring Festival traditions to save money during a stagnating economy

Philippine president offers deal to China: Stop sea aggression and I'll return missiles to US

US Army installed Typhon mid-range missile system in northern Philippines in April last year to support what the longtime treaty allies described as training for joint combat readiness

UN rights chief seeks $500 million in 2025, warning that lives are at risk

UN human rights office has been grappling with chronic funding shortages

Microsoft, Meta CEOs defend hefty AI spending after DeepSeek stuns tech world

DeepSeek's quick progress has stirred doubts about the lead America has in AI

Chinese app shakes up AI race

A small Chinese company sent shockwaves around the tech world this week with news that it has created a high-performing artificial intelligence system with less computing power and at a lower cost than ones made by U.S. tech giants. Michelle Quinn reports.

Generative AI makes Chinese, Iranian hackers more efficient, report says

Study published by Google says publicly available generative artificial intelligence tools help hackers speed up their activities but provide little help in creating new kinds of attacks

Taiwan considers reaction to Trump's tariff plans

Year of the Snake is underway with Lunar New Year festivities

The holiday is a major festival celebrated by diaspora communities around the world

India and China to restore direct flights as they move to stabilize ties

Uncertainties posed by the threat of potential tariffs by President Trump Could Lend Momentum to Economic Ties between India and China, analysts say

Australian police foil antisemitic attack involving explosives 

Australian police discovered a caravan containing explosives, in an escalation of threats against the Jewish community that authorities called terrorism  

Tiger poachers use fishing boats to smuggle body parts out of Malaysia, study shows

From a population estimated at some 3,000 tigers in the middle of the 20th century, the latest estimates are that there are only about 150 of the cats left in Malaysia. The big cats already have gone extinct in Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam over the last 25 years