TOKYO -- Japanese stocks jumped on Monday and closed at a record high as investors direct their capital into tech stocks.

HO CHI MINH CITY -- Vietjet Air plans to launch flights to Europe this year despite the Middle East conflict, with an eye on eventual direct routes, as it also looks to cut costs by leasing Chinese-made aircraft, the Vietnamese budget carrier told Nikkei Asia.

COLOMBO -- Questions and shockwaves rippled through Sri Lanka last week after a months-old cyber heist that diverted $2.5 million intended for a sovereign debt repayment came into the spotlight, exposing vulnerabilities in the country's financial systems as it continues to recover from its 2022 economic collapse.

TOKYO -- Japan's largest power producer, JERA, has said it cannot provide an earnings forecast for its fiscal year to March 2027, blaming energy market uncertainty stemming from the Iran war.

TOKYO -- Shares of Daikin Industries firmed on Monday after an activist investor laid out a plan to boost returns at the world's largest air-conditioner maker.

TOKYO -- Japanese stocks jumped on Monday and look to be on track to close at a record high as investors direct their capital into tech stocks.

HANOI -- A Vietnamese mining company expects to hit the jackpot this year following a surge in tungsten prices, driven by China's export controls on the rare metal used in industrial cutting tools, military hardware and artificial intelligence applications.

TOKYO -- A boy from a Russian-occupied region of Ukraine spent the summer of 2025 in North Korea as a "Russian representative." Known as Misha, the boy was photographed in Pyongyang wearing a shirt in the colors of the Russian flag.

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Four years after Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine , and 12 years since its annexation of Crimea and de facto control of parts of eastern Ukraine, Moscow's campaign to "Russify" Ukrainian