WASHINGTON – FBI Director Christopher Wray said on Tuesday the agency has assessed that a leak from a laboratory in Wuhan, China, likely caused the COVID-19 pandemic. “The FBI has for quite some time now assessed that the
BEIJING – China’s manufacturing activity expanded at the fastest pace in more than a decade in February, an official index showed on Wednesday, smashing expectations as production zoomed after the
THE GEOPOLITICAL crisis over Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and growing US-China tensions have led to “slow-balization,” where global integration is happening at
BANGKOK — Thailand recorded 2.14 million foreign visitors in January, tourism ministry data showed on Monday, down slightly from the previous month
WASHINGTON — The two major earthquakes which hit Turkey on Feb. 6 caused about $34.2 billion in direct physical damage, but total
HONG KONG — A member of China’s top political advisory body said she would propose allowing unmarried women to access egg freezing
HONG KONG will stop requiring masks to be worn in public places from Wednesday, drawing to a close the prolonged Covid era
HIGH AIRFARES are here to stay as airlines take advantage of the post-pandemic travel boom to lock in higher charges, Capital A
LONDON — As Britain entered a third week of shortages of salad items, the government told big supermarket groups to re-examine their
SEOUL – North Korean leader Kim Jong Un urged government officials to engineer a “fundamental transformation” in agricultural production, state media reported on Tuesday, amid fears that the country’s food shortage
