Asia

Example Sentences

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“The market is testing Japanese authorities’ resolve, with spot back at 160 just five weeks after intervention to defend the currency around late April/early May,” the director of Asia macro strategy says.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 9, 2026

That heavy selling extended into Asia, where tech-rich markets felt the most pain.

From Barron's • Jun. 8, 2026

Beijing has "mixed feelings" about the growing partnership between Pyongyang and Moscow, says Lee Seong-hyon, a visiting scholar at the Harvard University Asia Center.

From BBC • Jun. 7, 2026

Canada and Mexico – traveling to locations in Europe, Asia, Oceania and South America — the sprint to the end, while still challenging, was suddenly manageable.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 7, 2026

The more eastern regions of Asia were populated by Homo erectus, ‘Upright Man’, who survived there for close to 2 million years, making it the most durable human species ever.

From "Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind" by Yuval Noah Harari