By Aditi Shah NEW DELHI (Reuters) -Indian auto production could grind to a halt within days due to Chinese export restrictions on rare earth magnets, according to company executives and documents from ...
Japan cracks down on ‘sparkly’ names for babies like Pikachu or Nike
If you go to Japan, there’s a chance you might meet someone with an unusual name – such as “Nike,” “Pikachu” or “Pudding.” ...
Trump administration asked Japan to increase share of costs of US troops, Asahi Shimbun says
The Trump administration asked Japan in early May to increase its share of costs for U.S. troops stationed there, prompting Tokyo to consider boosting facility funding by tens of billions of yen, the ...
Indonesia antitrust agency finds risk of monopoly from TikTok’s Tokopedia takeover
Indonesia's antitrust agency on Wednesday said last year's takeover of the country's biggest e-commerce platform Tokopedia by TikTok carried a risk of monopoly. TikTok, owned by China's ByteDance, in January 2024 completed a deal to buy 75.
Microsoft’s $3.9B Southeast Asia Cloud Expansion Targets Indonesia, Malaysia AI Markets
Microsoft launched the first cloud regions in Indonesia and Malaysia, boosting AI innovation, local data security, and digital economy growth in Southeast Asia.
India’s equity benchmarks eye positive open after US court blocks Trump tariffs
India's benchmark indexes are poised for a positive open on Thursday, tracking gains in broader Asian peers and Wall Street futures, as investors cheered a U.S. federal court's decision to block ...
Nvidia discloses more China risks, but CEO praises Trump
Even as Nvidia reported another blockbuster quarter of 69% sales growth on Wednesday, the maker of artificial intelligence chips warned of more risks to its business emerging in the technology ...
China’s DeepSeek releases an update to its R1 reasoning model
Chinese artificial intelligence startup DeepSeek released an update to its R1 reasoning model in the early hours of Thursday, stepping up competition with U.S. rivals such as OpenAI.
China’s Steel Output Cuts Could Intensify Coking Coal’s Plunge
China’s declining steel demand is sweeping through related markets, with prices of the coking coal and coke used in blast furnaces plunging to their lowest since 2016.
Donald Trump orders US chip software suppliers to stop selling to China
In his first term as president, Donald Trump banned China’s Huawei from using American EDA tools. Huawei is seen as an emerging competitor to Nvidia with its “Ascend” AI chips. Nvidia chief executive ...