BEIJING: Detentions, visa delays, and suspected phone bugging are among the challenges faced by foreign journalists in China, who say working conditions are getting worse
BEIJING: The founder of a prominent Chinese civil and human rights website was sentenced to five years in prison on Tuesday for inciting state subversion,
NEW YORK: An employee of a New York billionaire’s family spent the weekend stuck in the elevator of the family’s Manhattan townhouse before she was
SYDNEY: An Australian university is testing new materials designed to lessen the impact of shark bites, researchers said Tuesday, in a project aimed at reducing
OTTAWA: Canadian lawmakers on Monday began their last session before elections later this year in new temporary digs to make way for a huge renovation
NORTH CAROLINA: A Duke University professor has stepped down as a programme head after telling students to speak only English in faculty buildings, the university
Terminally ill choose death with dignity after passage of law, data shows SEOUL: More than 35,000 terminally ill patients have chosen to forgo life-prolonging treatment
LONDON: Just days after suffering the biggest humiliation in British political history, Prime Minister Theresa May was closer than ever Tuesday to finally reaching an
BEIJING: Millions of Chinese have begun the annual exodus for the Lunar New Year, the world’s largest annual human migration, leaving major cities to return
BANGKOK: Toxic smog forced Bangkok authorities to issue an unprecedented order to shut nearly 450 schools on Wednesday, as authorities struggle to manage a pollution crisis
