Vietnamese rice prices rose in 2024, with the average annual quotation of the 5 percent broken variety increasing to over $550 per metric ton (MT), according to the World Bank.  Figures from the World ...

As 2025 begins, we look at the winners and losers in the Indo-Pacific region in 2024, who had it good and who had it bad. Here is our Asia Year-in-Review 2024. Worst year: Asia’s climate ...

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On Dec. 26, 2004, the devastating Indian Ocean earthquake centered west of northern Sumatra and the ensuing tsunami killed ...

Last year’s flooding occurred between August and September last year, triggered by heavy rain as El Niño shifted to La Niña, ...

Cool weather prevails nationwide as the year ends, with freezing temperatures reported on mountain peaks. The south ...

In 2025, a key government policy to monitor is tax reform initiatives recently floated by Finance Minister Pichai ...

More than a billion people are set to tune in to watch the Times Square ball drop tonight. Newsweek's live blog is closed.

The Thai Meteorological Department reports that high-pressure systems and a moderately strong cold air mass from China are ...

COP climate summit so dismal that many governments and analysts questioned whether the annual meetings are even worth holding ...

This year is the hottest in history, with record-breaking temperatures in the atmosphere and oceans acting like fuel for ...

C above pre-industrial levels. This milestone, set by the Paris Agreement, was surpassed as scientists declared it “virtually ...