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Jan. 29, 2024, 3:36 AM ET (AP)
Stock market today: Asian shares mostly gain after Hong Kong court orders Evergrande to liquidate
Jan. 28, 2024, 12:04 AM ET (AP)
Houthi attacks in the Red Sea are idling car factories and delaying new fashion. Will it get worse?
Jan. 26, 2024, 4:52 PM ET (AP)
Liquefied Natural Gas: What to know about LNG and Biden's decision to delay gas export proposals
Jan. 26, 2024, 11:43 AM ET (AP)
Biden delays consideration of new natural gas export terminals, citing climate risk
Jan. 26, 2024, 2:23 AM ET (AP)
Stock market today: Asian shares mostly fall despite solid signs of U.S. growth
Asia, the world’s largest and most diverse continent. It occupies the eastern four-fifths of the giant Eurasian landmass. Asia is more a geographic term than a homogeneous continent, and the use of the term to describe such a vast area always carries the potential of obscuring the enormous diversity among the regions it encompasses. Asia has both the highest and the lowest points on the surface of Earth, has the longest coastline of any continent, is subject overall to the world’s widest climatic extremes, and, consequently, produces the most varied forms of vegetation and animal life on Earth. In addition, ...(100 of 38030 words)