22+ hour, 5+ min ago   (491+ words) 'We're leading China in AI,' US president says A visitor high-fives a humanoid robot at the Keenon Robotics booth during the World Artificial Intelligence Conference in Shanghai. © Reuters DOONBEG, Ireland (Reuters) -- U.S. President Donald Trump on Sunday likened critics…...

1+ day, 8+ min ago   (144+ words) Nikkei Asia China's rocket achievements threaten US space superiority America cannot assume that its current lead will hold A Zhuque-3 rocket lifts off from the Dongfeng Commercial Space Innovation Pilot Zone in northwestern China, near Jiuquan, Gansu province, China on…...

1+ day, 13+ hour ago   (116+ words) Nikkei Asia BOJ meeting, Semicon India, Hong Kong's first five-year plan Your weekly lineup of Asia's biggest business and political events Welcome to Your Week in Asia. Nepal floods deal a double blow to tourism and electricity exports Tesla and…...

4+ day, 5+ hour ago   (167+ words) TOKYO/HONG KONG -- Prison sentences were handed down Friday for three former leaders of a civil group that held annual candlelight vigils in Hong Kong for victims of the June 4, 1989, Tiananmen Square... Hong Kong Tiananmen vigil organizers given sentences of…...

3+ day, 18+ hour ago   (177+ words) Nikkei Asia Chinese Nvidia challenger Enflame jumps 188% in Shanghai market debut Tencent-backed 'little dragon' raises $910m; tech stocks' post-IPO slumps draw scrutiny Visitors walk past an Enflame booth during the World Artificial Intelligence Conference (WAIC) in Shanghai in July 2026. © Reuters HONG…...

4+ day, 3+ hour ago   (147+ words) Nikkei Asia Hungary's new government turns up pressure on China's BYD, CATL EV and battery makers become targets of environmental crackdown Prime Minister Peter Magyar took office in May, promising a shift away from former Prime Minister Viktor Orban's pro-China…...

4+ day, 5+ hour ago   (141+ words) Nikkei Asia Japan's Fanuc, Google team up on AI-automated welding robots Exclusive: Gemini Enterprise-based system can read blueprints, eliminating need to program TOKYO -- Japanese industrial automation company Fanuc and Google have developed an automated welding system that uses artificial-intelligence-equipped robots…...

5+ day, 1+ hour ago   (58+ words) Nikkei Asia Mayor-to-be Zhu Zhongming, 54, seen surging past his older rivals Katsuji Nakazawa is a Tokyo-based senior staff and editorial writer at Nikkei. He spent seven years in China as a correspondent, and later as China bureau chief, and was…...

6+ day, 1+ hour ago   (440+ words) Chinese exports of textiles, chemicals, plastics, machinery, batteries and EVs to the EU have sharply increased EU leaders asked the Commission in June to produce results from dialogue with China BRUSSELS (Reuters) -- The European Commission will seek commitments from China…...

6+ day, 8+ hour ago   (334+ words) Loan maturity extended to 80 years following talks with Beijing Indonesia's first bullet train, covering 142 kilometers between Jakarta and the city of Bandung, started operations in 2023. © Reuters JAKARTA (Reuters) -- Indonesia's finance minister said on Tuesday the country's sovereign wealth fund INA,…...