While U.S. and European companies have reduced their average dividend payouts over the past decade, Asian corporates have maintained consistent payout ratios, reflecting the region’s improving balance sheets,

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio met his Japanese and Philippine counterparts in a meeting Thursday on the sidelines of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations’ annual ministerial meetings in Malaysia. The U.S., Japan and the Philippines have been building a trilateral bloc to broaden security and economic cooperation.

Each year from June to September, a series of heavy rains known as monsoons sweep through the Indian subcontinent, providing relief from heat, irrigating the country’s farms and replenishing its rivers.

Around 1.8 million Vietnamese are studying on American online academic courses provider Coursera, a 22% increase from last year, with data science, artificial intelligence and Chinese language being popular.

Parts of South Korea and Japan have had short rainy seasons this year. Scientists say that climate change has helped make the summer rains more unreliable.

And after all that data searching, it named Seoul, South Korea, the coziest city in all of Asia and the No. 19 coziest city overall.

Demand for physical gold remained sluggish this week across major Asian markets as price volatility weighed on sentiment, with premiums in China holding firm and discounts in India narrowing.

The deal with PPA Tour Asia underlines the global pickleball community’s commitment to Asia’s emergence and their investment in supporting the region’s development. This backing solidifies PPA Tour Asia’s status.