NEW YORK – Several social media companies were ordered by a New York state judge to face four lawsuits seeking to hold them responsible
LONDON – The British government will introduce a bill in parliament on Wednesday to fulfill its promise to phase out smoking among young people by banning
TORONTO – Some of Canada’s biggest banks have for the first time said their green financing efforts may not necessarily curtail emissions growth, after years of
SINGAPORE — Pakistan remained one of the world’s three smoggiest countries in 2023, as Bangladesh and India replaced Chad and Iran, with
TOKYO – Japan welcomed 2.79 million visitors in February, a record for the month and the most for any month since the COVID-19 pandemic
HONG KONG – After a pandemic-induced lull spanning more than three years, mainland Chinese are snapping up homes in Hong Kong, accounting for up
SEOUL — The number of marriages in South Korea rose in 2023 for the first time in more than a decade, lifted
CAIRO/JERUSALEM/LONDON — Extreme food shortages in parts of the Gaza Strip have already exceeded famine levels, and mass death is now imminent
HANOI – Vietnamese prosecutors called on Tuesday for the death penalty to be handed to Truong My Lan, the mastermind of the Southeast Asian
TELUK, Indonesia – Solikah, an Indonesian housewife living in the fishing village of Teluk, was in tears as she pointed to piles of trash
