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
WASHINGTON – Internal Revenue Service Commissioner Danny Werfel said on Monday that the tax agency will need to boost its workforce to over 100,000
The European Union is preparing to levy tariffs on grain imports from Russia and Belarus to placate farmers and some member states,
SEOUL — South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol on Monday called fake news and disinformation based on artificial intelligence (AI) and digital
QUERENCIA, Brazil — The Amazon is battling record early-year fires, fueling fears of a worse climate crisis to come as blazes kill
ZURICH – Swiss industry is urging the country’s central bank to broaden its focus from fighting inflation to help them deal with the strong
