SEOUL – Samsung Electronics has topped Africa’s smartphone market for the first time since entering the region in 1995, helped by payment plans that let customers pay for their phones by the day or ...

Board of Investment Minister Qaiser Ahmed Sheikh highlighted Karachi as Pakistan’s main industrial and commercial hub, noting that its port and financial infrastructure offer prime opportunities for ...

DHAKA – Sirajganj has a way of welcoming visitors through its food. From fresh fish from the Jamuna River and rich beef curries to warm pantuas and traditional pituli, the district offers a taste of ...

ISLAMABAD – The government said on Monday that oil refineries would bear a burden of approximately Rs15 billion each month, which would allow petrol to be sold Rs15 cheaper than what it was in the ...

HONG KONG – Financial industry practitioners are advocating a regulatory framework for data sharing, the use of agentic artificial intelligence, and tokenization, measures that would position Hong ...

MANILA – Alex Eala has her mind set on some payback when the Filipino superstar gets another crack at Diana Shnaider for a place in the semifinals of the Pan Pacific Open in Tokyo. A week after being ...

The exclusive two-night collaboration on 5-6 November merges Korean culinary heritage with refined charcoal-grilled steakhouse craft, spotlighting Korea’s native Hanwoo beef. HONG KONG SAR – Media ...

NEW DELHI – Leaders of the INDIA bloc on Thursday held a crucial meeting at the residence of Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge to discuss preparations and strategy for a proposed ‘People’s ...

Changing Asia expo opens in Shenzhen Co-organised by China Daily and the Asia News Network, the Changing Asia exhibition runs through Friday at the Shenzhen Research Institute of the Chinese ...

MANILA – The Philippine peso extended its losses at the start of a busy trading week, edging closer to 64 per dollar on Monday as investors braced for a series of major central bank decisions amid ...

SINGAPORE – Reserving a restaurant table, booking plane tickets, coordinating outings or comparing shoe prices across online shops is just a conversation away with the launch of Meta’s Muse in ...

ISHIKAWA – Ninety-six percent of the sites where liquefaction occurred amid strong shaking during the 2016 Kumamoto Earthquake experienced the same phenomenon during powerful tremors from the ...