Eastern asia articles

  • These Are Asia's Richest Billionaires

    These Are Asia's Richest Billionaires As of the start of April, Mukesh Ambani (66) is the richest man in Asia, with a net worth of $116.1 billion, according to Forbes’ Real-Time Billionaires List, Ambani is the chairman of Reliance Industries Limited, a conglomerate that focuses not only on petrochemicals, but also textiles and telecommunications. As Statista's Anna Fleck reports, Ambani ranks 11th on Forbes’ worldwide list, which is headed by Bernard Arnault & family (LVMH) with...

  • War and Plunder in Eastern Congo

    The United States Institute of Peace on February 27 awarded its “Women Building Peace” award to Pétronille Vaweka. She responded: “I weep because at this moment, in Goma women and children are dying [and] thousands of families are forced from their villages.” Goma, population two million, is the capital of North Kivu province More

  • AP Week in Pictures: Asia

    April 5-11, 2024