Global rice supplies at risk as harsh weather hits top exporters
Rice has bucked the trend of rising food prices amid bumper crops and large inventories at exporters over the past two years, even as Covid-19, supply disruptions and more recently the Russia-Ukraine conflict made other grains costlier.
US speaker Pelosi says Asian trip was never about changing status quo in Taiwan
Making the highest-level visit to Taiwan by a US official in 25 years, Pelosi praised its democracy and pledged solidarity, enraging China.
Pelosi vows support to denuclearise North Korea, plans to visit Korea border
Pelosi arrived in South Korea following a brief stop in Taiwan, and met US embassy officials in Seoul earlier before talks with speaker Kim Jin-pyo and other lawmakers.
Poachers kill more rhinos in South Africa to meet Asian demand
South Africa accounts for about half of the total endangered black rhino population on the African continent and is also home to the world's largest population of white rhinos.
India confirms Asia's first monkeypox death
India's federal health ministry says the government has formed a task force of senior officials to monitor monkeypox cases in the country, where local media have reported at least five infections.
US says Beijing's South China Sea 'provocations' risk major incident
China claims nearly all of the South China Sea, a move labelled as 'expansive and unlawful' by the State Department's deputy assistant secretary for East Asia.
US to host virtual meeting of Indo-Pacific trade, economic ministers
Washington has lacked an economic pillar to its Indo-Pacific engagement since former president Donald Trump quit a multinational trans-Pacific trade agreement, leaving the field open to China to expand its influence.
China says it 'drove' away US destroyer that sailed near disputed isles
The US regularly carries out what it calls Freedom of Navigation Operations in the South China Sea challenging what it says are restrictions on innocent passage imposed by China and other claimants.
Asian markets rise on talk Biden to roll back some China tariffs
With some of the tariffs due to expire soon, officials in Washington have been discussing the measures with an eye on inflation, which is sitting at four-decade highs.
US to work with Taiwan, Vietnam against illegal fishing
Vietnam has intense maritime disputes with Beijing, which claims large stretches of the South China Sea and has sought to enforce its own fishing rules.
North Korea says US is setting up Asian Nato, vows stronger defence
North Korea, which has been conducting regular missile tests this year, repeated its assertion that such drills were preparation for war aimed at overthrowing it.
US, South Korea, Japan envoys meet on North Korea nuclear tension
This year, North Korea has tested several ballistic missiles, including one thought to be its largest intercontinental ballistic missile, in violation of UN sanctions.
