TOKYO -- Dozens of Japanese cities are selling metals from the ashes of cremated remains, a Nikkei survey finds, amid growing calls to put rules in place for the process.

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COLOMBO -- Leftist antiestablishment lawmaker Anura Kumara Dissanayake won Saturday's presidential election in Sri Lanka, ...

The American rapper Kanye West, now known simply as Ye, would appear to be an unlikely favorite of the Chinese Communist ...

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COLOMBO (Reuters) -- Marxist-leaning Anura Kumara Dissanayake and opposition leader Sajith Premadasa headed to a run-off for ...

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BEIRUT/HAIFA (Reuters) -- Hezbollah and Israel exchanged heavy fire into Sunday, as the Lebanese militant group sent rockets deep into northern Israeli territory after facing some of the most intense ...

TOKYO -- Earlier this year, most Asian countries wanted lower interest rates to gin up consumer spending and economic growth.

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and Iran's new President Masoud Pezeshkian are among the Asian leaders attending a U.N.