Tokyo stocks closed higher on Friday as surging oil prices boosted energy-related issues, but gains were limited amid caution before the release of U.S. employment data later in the day.

Japan’s benchmark Nikkei stock index, the 225-issue Nikkei Sto…

Platinum has become the most traded product through the Mercantile Exchange of Vietnam (MXV), accounting for 21.5 percent of trading volume in Q3, Vietnam News Agency reported Friday.

Soybean products ranked the second with 12.7 percent.

Micro copp…

Henok Amanuel Emiru, a 25-year-old Ethiopian, never anticipated that his first foray into international skills competition would culminate in him securing the top accolade in Africa.

In a grueling test that lasted over 11 hours, Emiru adeptly switch…

Football Australia (FA) on Friday announced that new head coach Tony Popovic has named a 26-player extended squad for the third round of the 2026 World Cup Asian qualifiers this month.

Popovic, who was named Socceroos head coach in September followi…

The evolution of intellectual property (IP) in China provides valuable insights into the country’s 75-year journey of innovation.

Since the establishment of the People’s Republic of China in 1949, IP initiatives have been vital in protecting individ…

The credit rating agency Standard and Poor’s (SandP) has upgraded Mongolia’s long-term foreign and local currency sovereign credit ratings from B to B+ and assigned a positive outlook, as reported by local media on Friday, citing the agency’s stateme…