In a major shift, Trump also said he had agreed with Putin that the best way to end the war was to go straight to a peace settlement -- not via a ceasefire, as Ukraine and its European allies, until ...

BANGKOK/YANGON -- A new QR code standard backed by Myanmar's central bank is seeing widespread adoption in the Southeast Asian country, unifying codes from nearly a dozen mobile payment apps for ...

KYIV (Reuters) -- Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said he would travel to Washington on Monday for talks with Donald Trump, after the U.S. president's summit with Russia's Vladimir Putin ...

BEIJING (Reuters) -- Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi will visit India from Monday to Wednesday, China's Foreign Ministry said in a statement on Saturday, for talks about a disputed border in the ...

BANGKOK/SHANGHAI -- Chinese streaming services are catching American rivals in the Southeast Asian market, with giants iQiyi and Tencent planning to roll out original productions in Thailand and ...

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- The Japanese Foreign Ministry said Saturday it has lodged a "strong protest" with South Korea over suspected maritime research near islets in the Sea of Japan that are controlled by ...

SYDNEY -- Australia is debating a ban on credit and debit card transaction fees, which cost the country's consumers 1.2 billion Australian dollars ($781 million) annually.

GUANGZHOU -- Tencent, China's top game developer, is expanding overseas for long-term growth amid a stagnating home market, seeking more foreign players for its own games alongside heavy investment in ...

TOKYO -- Japan's immigration authority is intensifying efforts to crack down on suspected abuse of the business manager visa program, which is intended to help foreign entrepreneurs start businesses ...

WASHINGTON/NEW YORK -- South Korean President Lee Jae Myung is planning to visit Hanwha Group's Philly Shipyard in Pennsylvania on Aug. 26, a day after he meets U.S. President Donald Trump at the ...

TOKYO -- Japanese restaurant operator The Monogatari Corp. will debut its first all-you-can-eat grilled meat franchise Yakiniku King in the Philippines this month, part of a push to open 10 locations ...

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (Reuters) -- A highly anticipated summit between U.S. President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday yielded no agreement to resolve or pause Moscow's war in ...