Asia
continent
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June 12, 2024, 1:01 AM ET (AP)
Stock market today: Asian shares are mostly lower ahead of Fed decision on interest rates
June 11, 2024, 12:22 AM ET (AP)
Stock market today: Asian stocks are mixed ahead of this week's Fed meeting
June 10, 2024, 9:46 AM ET (AP)
US and Filipino forces end drills that tested their endurance in brutal heat and volatile weather
June 7, 2024, 9:12 AM ET (AP)
Putin says Russia's economy is growing despite heavy international sanctions as he courts investors
June 7, 2024, 7:02 AM ET (AP)
Swedish defense chief says actions against Philippines in South China Sea threaten global security
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)