Police in eastern China have detained a man after he stole and slaughtered a celebrity dog with more than 1.5 million social media followers, mistaking the animal for a stray. The incident has spar…
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent announced on Tuesday that China is preparing to place additional orders for Boeing aircraft ahead of President Xi Jinping's planned visit to Washington. The disclos…
A bloc of anti-abortion advocates in New South Wales is mounting a sustained campaign to restrict termination access across Australia's most populous state — and the coalition behind the push shows…
Leaders from Brazil's favela communities delivered a pointed message to international businesses and investors this week, declaring that their neighbourhoods have built thriving economies without o…
Manuela Ramalho Eanes, the wife of Portugal's former president Antonio Ramalho Eanes, issued a pointed reminder on Monday that children's rights exist on paper but remain unrealised for countless y…
Malaysia has introduced one of Southeast Asia's toughest restrictions on social media access for young people, barring children under 18 from platforms such as Facebook, Instagram, and TikTok witho…
The PL-15 air-to-air missile has achieved what weapons analysts have long predicted: a confirmed kill against a Dassault Rafale fighter jet. Military observers now warn that China's successor missi…
Beijing wants its civil servants to embrace failure. The bureaucracy has other ideas. China's top leadership introduced a concept called "error tolerance" last year, urging officials to experiment …
The Australian Prime Minister has mounted a fierce defence of proposed tax changes targ…
Pauline Hanson, leader of the One Nation party, is scheduled to deliver a leader's address at the National Press Club in Canberra on Thursday, a speaking engagement that comes as Australia grapples…
Three of Japan's largest lenders and two major insurers have reduced their strategic equity holdings by a combined ¥1.3 trillion ($8.7 billion) in the first half of 2024, according to filings with …
Beijing's top-level directive to embrace failure as part of innovation is running into a fundamental problem: the bureaucrats tasked with implementing it are not willing to take any risks themselve…
