Taiwan was named the happiest country in the World Happiness Report 2025. The island country stood out with strong marks in ...

"When asked where Asia's largest art market is, most people will probably say China," said Kyoko Hattori, vice president of Pace Gallery. "But in the medium to long term, they might be saying Japan." ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

The toll from Myanmar's earthquake continues to rise, as foreign rescue teams and aid rushed into the impoverished country, where hospitals were overwhelmed and some communities scrambled to mount ...

Newsweek's map below illustrates the earthquakes that took place across central and southeast Asia within the last day. The earthquakes in Myanmar will have the most significant impacts ...

Although we don’t know exactly what it will look like, someone has created a live mockup of iOS 19 and made it interactive via an App Clip. A user known as “Shane” shared the mockup via an ...

AMID political uncertainties, Hong Kong is valiantly hanging on to its title as Asia’s biggest art hub. Although the exodus of millionaires and the tariff wars with the US have impacted art sales, ...

Picasso for Asia – A Conversation features more than 60 works, most on loan from the Musée Picasso in Paris – including some that have never travelled before – alongside work by Asian and ...

A Bangkok restaurant has reclaimed the number one spot at the annual Asia’s 50 Best Restaurants Awards. Gaggan, named the best restaurant in Asia in 2025, is known for its boundary-pushing fine ...

Google Maps is one of the apps that gets the most love from Google in terms of regular updates, and we've spotted another couple of upgrades rolling out to the mapping app in recent days ...

Vietnam is stepping up inspections of particular children’s toys over concerns that imagery on the model’s face resembles a map China uses to stake competing territorial claims in the South ...

Hong Kong has a growing population of high-net-worth individuals, and although the pandemic-era lockdown saw art centers emerge elsewhere in Asia, both Xydas and Bickar are unequivocal ...