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Toyota Motor Corp's CEO Akio Toyoda to step aside, become chairman

Toyota announced the leadership reshuffle without any forewarning, but it had a lively promotional video prepared to highlight Toyoda and Sato's love for electric vehicles and fast cars

Israel's tech industry speaking out in criticism against govt policies

Israel's new government pushes ahead with its far-right agenda, the industry is flexing its muscle and speaking out in unprecedented criticism against policies

Snowstorm sweeps through South Korean capital Seoul, nearby regions

Traffic on the country's major roads was normal, although 110 hiking trails across three national parks remained closed

Tesla says it will invest $3.6 bn in Nevada truck factory expansion

The company confirmed it plans to produce high volumes of semi-trucks and make enough cell batteries for 2 million light-duty vehicles annually in Nevada

Top UN woman urges Muslim nations to move Taliban back to 21st century

She said the officials sought to stress things that they say they have done and not gotten recognition for and what they called their effort to create an environment that protects women

IOC seeks to let Russians compete at Paris Olympics as neutral athletes

athletes who have been actively supporting the war in Ukraine face being excluded from the Paris Olympics that open in 18 months' time, the IOC said

Tesla says its 4Q profit rose 59% to $3.69 bn, expects strong margins

Revenue for the quarter was $24.32 billion, which fell short of the $24.67 billion that analysts expected.

Elon Musk's 'impulsive' use of Twitter seizes spotlight in Tesla trial

Musk, who now owns the Twitter service that's central to the trial about his management of Tesla, raised the prospect of a buyout in an Aug. 7, 2018 tweet stating he had the funding secured for deal

Ex-US Prez Donald Trump is reinstated to Facebook after 2-year ban

Donald Trump was suspended on Jan. 7, a day after the deadly 2021 insurrection

Investment bank Goldman Sachs to partially retreat from consumer banking

Last week, the bank disclosed that it had accumulated $3 billion in losses in its consumer banking franchise since 2020

Ukraine forces pull back from Donbas town after onslaught, says official

Ukrainian forces have conducted an organised retreat from a town in the eastern region of the Donbas, an official said on Wednesday, in what is a rare but modest battlefield triumph for the Kremlin

Amazon warehouse workers hold first UK strike, adding to labour turmoil

Amazon warehouse workers went on strike for the first time in Britain on Wednesday because of a dispute over pay and working conditions, adding to a wave of industrial labour action

Boeing loses $663 mn in Q4 despite higher revenue amid supply chain problem

Boeing said on Wednesday it lost USD 663 million in the fourth quarter as rising production costs and supply-chain problems offset rising revenue.

Germany's Scholz to unveil Ukraine tank plan to parliament

Chancellor Olaf Scholz was expected to announce on Wednesday that his government will approve supplying German-made battle tanks to Ukraine

South Korea, Japan grapple with heavy snow; Chaos, delay at airports

About 140 homes in capital Seoul and nearby regions reported busted water pressure pumps or pipes as temperatures dipped to around minus 15 to minus 20 degrees Celsius across the mainland

Asia's travel hotspots Bali, Chiang Maiquiet quiet, await Chinese tourists

Just a handful of Chinese visitors were posing for photos and basking in the sun this week in market and plazas near Chiang Mai's ancient Tha Phae Gate still waiting for millions of Chinese travellers

China uses US debt battle to deflect pressure on relief for Zambia

The Chinese government says the United States should stop pressuring it on debt relief for Zambia and get its own financial house to avert a default and possible repercussions for the global economy

Ship sinks between South Korea and Japan; 12 of 22 crewmembers found

Ships searching in wind-whipped waters between South Korea and Japan have picked up at least 12 of the 22 crewmembers from a cargo ship that sank early Wednesday

Classified records pose conundrum stretching back to Jimmy Carter

The revelations have thrust the issue of proper handling of documents an otherwise low-key Washington process into the middle of political discourse and laid bare an uncomfortable truth

US Prez Biden meets with Democratic leaders as debt showdown looms

As the meeting began, Biden said Democrats were eager to talk about extreme Republican economic plans