The world is divided into seven continents: Asia, Europe, North America, South America, Africa, Antarctica, and Australia. However, depending on whom you ask, some would include Australia in Oceania ...

TAIPEI, Taiwan -- Taiwan's legislature voted Friday to legalize same-sex marriage, a first in Asia and a boost for LGBT rights activists who had championed the cause for two decades. Lawmakers ...

OpenAI has expanded its budget-friendly ChatGPT Go plan to 16 more countries across Asia, after launching it in India and ...

Taiwan has claimed the top spot as the happiest nation in East Asia, according to Gallup’s World Happiness Report 2025. The island nation ranked 27th globally and outperformed its neighbors, such as ...

Blog posts represent the views of CFR fellows and staff and not those of CFR, which takes no institutional positions. Over the past five to seven years, democracy and rights have been on a downward ...

Three years since Thailand became the first country in Asia to decriminalize cannabis, the government this week imposed new rules designed to rein in the country’s “green rush.” As of Thursday, ...

Central Asia is emerging as one of the most attractive destinations for financial flows from the Middle East. According to ...

Here’s what medical experts say could be behind the recent rise of influenza cases in Japan, India, Singapore, Thailand, and ...