France? We thought so too, but no, the land of croissants, eclairs, macarons and madeleines was beaten to the crown of the 2025 Pastry World Cup by (drum roll, please) Japan! It defended its title at ...

Japanese electronics and entertainment giant Sony Group said on Wednesday that it has promoted Hiroki Totoki to chief ...

The fifth edition of the exercise in the Indo-Pacific is the pinnacle of a wider 150-day French deployment, centered around ...

Global shares are trading mixed after Wall Street’s tech superstars tumbled as a competitor from China raised doubts over the ...

Japanese emergency services struggled for hours on Tuesday to rescue the driver of a truck that plunged into a sinkhole near ...

Japanese tech firms sank Tuesday after a sell-off in US titans following news of China's DeepSeek chatbot, while the dollar ...

Shares in Nvidia, whose semiconductors power the AI industry, fell nearly 17 percent on Wall Street, erasing nearly $600 ...

Indian IT services giant opens IT delivery centre that will focus on technology that can address the challenges of the ...

An interest-rate decision by the Bank of Canada is due Wednesday, on the same day as the U.S. Fed's decision. A 25 basis-point rate cut is widely expected, although the pace of rate reductions is ...

The Japanese city of Osaka on Monday imposed a smoking ban on public streets as part of efforts to become more ...

Thanks to the 1902 treaty with England, Tokyo had a free hand to attack in Asia, where it was already becoming the alter ego ...

Kenzo brought an electrifying jolt to Paris Fashion Week with a collection that blended nostalgia, cultural exchange and ...