Gabe Whisnant is a Breaking News Editor at Newsweek based in North Carolina. Prior to joining Newsweek in 2023, he directed daily publications in North and South Carolina. As an executive editor ...

This year, 24 teams of law students from across the Asia-Pacific region gathered in Hong Kong to compete in multiple rounds. The participating teams acted as counsels for both the prosecution and the ...

LEWES, Del., March 18, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Pacific AI, a new company focused on helping organizations deliver legal and compliant artificial intelligence (AI) systems, has launched today.

The Twitter logo sign that hung outside the company's San Francisco headquarters is up for auction. Bids surpassed $21,000 as of Monday night. The seller, RR House, estimates the sign's value at ...

Simply sign up to the Asia-Pacific companies myFT Digest -- delivered directly to your inbox. The Financial Times and Statista are pleased to present this seventh annual ranking of 500 high-growth ...

Scaly sailors may have made a record-setting oceanic voyage. Tens of millions of years ago, iguanas in North America floated across the Pacific Ocean. Clinging to vegetation washed into the sea ...

Eighty years ago, on 15 August 1945, Emperor Hirohito publicly announced Japan’s acceptance of the Allies’ terms and Japan’s surrender. Nazi Germany had surrendered to the Allies three months earlier.

Vanuatu, a tiny island nation in the South Pacific, has recently drawn international attention after its Prime Minister, Jotham Napat, ordered the cancellation of fugitive businessman Lalit Modi ...

Chinese Assistant Minister of Public Security Liu Zhongyi walks after he inspected the repatriation of Chinese nationals who were taken from scam centers in Myanmar amid a mounting crackdown on ...

Each month, ACLED’s Asia Pacific Team collects information on the dates, actors, locations, fatalities, and types of all reported political violence and protest events in the region. Details ...

The Pacific Adventure sailed from Sydney on Mar. 10, 2025, for its final voyage under the P&O Cruises Australia banner. As the company prepares to shut down and transfer its ships to Carnival Cruise ...

P&O Cruises Australia cancelled the final cruise of the Pacific Encounter due to Tropical Cyclone Alfred. According to a statement sent to booked guests, the cruise that was set to depart on March 8, ...