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July 27, 2024, 10:59 AM ET (AP)
Hungary’s nationalist leader warns of EU's demise and backs Trump in anti-Western speech
July 27, 2024, 10:07 AM ET (AP)
The US and China air global differences as their top diplomats meet for sixth time since last year
July 27, 2024, 5:48 AM ET (AP)
Japan's Sado gold mine gains UNESCO status after Tokyo pledges to exhibit dark WWII history
July 27, 2024, 3:17 AM ET (AP)
Philippine forces sail to hotly disputed shoal without incident for first time since deal with China
July 26, 2024, 6:52 AM ET (AP)
Stock market today: World shares mostly advance after Wall St comeback from worst loss since 2022
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)