Mr Trump is expected to fly off to Asia at the end of the week. The White House has yet to issue its official schedule, but Mr Trump has dropped hints about where he will be. First is Malaysia, where the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) summit will be held, followed by Japan.

President Donald Trump is preparing for a significant trip to Asia, aiming to address international trade tensions

Artificial intelligence startup Anthropic will open an office in South Korea, as it ramps up its Asia expansion, a top executive said on Thursday.

The haul was staggering: approximately $15bn in cryptocurrency, the most America has ever seized. On October 14th America’s government said that it had grabbed this from Chen Zhi, the Cambodian chairman of Prince Group—a conglomerate that the Department of Justice (DOJ) alleges has become “one of Asia’s largest transnational criminal organisations”.

With no end in sight for the government shutdown, Trump is expected to visit Malaysia, Japan and South Korea during a multi-day trip to Asia.

President Trump will be focusing on Asia and trade issues for over a week as Congress has hit a stalemate over ending the shutdown.

A report by an environmental group says millions of tons of discarded U.S. electronics are being shipped overseas each month.

Luigi Mangione joked about paying for services with "Pokémon" cards during his Japan trip months before allegedly assassinating UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson.