
Taiwan says beauty queen barred from waving flag in Malaysia
Taipei accused China on Wednesday of pressuring organizers of a Malaysian trade event into barring a Taiwanese beauty queen waving the island's flag on stage.
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Taipei accused China on Wednesday of pressuring organizers of a Malaysian trade event into barring a Taiwanese beauty queen waving the island's flag on stage.
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Global brands including Prada and Remy Martin have cut ties with Chinese superstar Li Yifeng, after the actor was detained for soliciting sex workers.
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Pope Francis heads to Kazakhstan next week, despite an injured knee, for a visit likely to be dominated by tensions in the Central Asian region following…
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Taiwan is confident it can sign a trade deal with Washington, its leader told visiting US lawmakers Thursday, adding that the island "will not back…
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The last suspect in the stabbing spree in a remote western Canadian Indigenous community died after being arrested on 7 September at the end of a long manhunt,…
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Five Hong Kong unionists were found guilty of sedition on Wednesday for producing a series of illustrated children's books that portrayed the city's democracy…
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China's export growth slowed significantly in August, customs authorities said Wednesday, as economic uncertainty is exacerbated by strict COVID-19 lockdowns…
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Rescuers scoured through the rubble of remote villages in mountainous southwestern China Tuesday in a race to find survivors of an earthquake that claimed at…
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Beijing on Monday accused the United States of launching "tens of thousands" of cyberattacks on China and pilfering troves of sensitive data,…
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Cassius and Roxie have spent three months at a Hong Kong dog shelter waiting for new owners.
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A stabbing spree in an Indigenous community and a nearby town in Canada's Saskatchewan province left at least 10 people dead and 15 injured on Sunday, police…
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China's top legislator Li Zhanshu will visit Russia next week, Chinese state media reported on 4 September.
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The United States on Friday announced a $1.1 billion arms package for Taiwan, vowing to keep boosting the island's defenses as tensions soar with Beijing,…
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The UN report detailing serious rights abuses by China in its Xinjiang region found possible crimes against humanity but not genocide — an atrocity crime tough…
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The Department of Foreign Affairs on Friday confirmed the reported incident involving a 71-year-old Filipino-American who was robbed and beaten outside a…
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Millions were stuck at home in China's Chengdu on Friday after a handful of COVID-19 cases brought the megacity to a standstill.
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Chengdu recorded 157 new local infections on 1 September, of which 51 had no symptoms, the city government said in a separate notice
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Bankrupt Sri Lanka will receive a conditional $2.9 billion bailout to repair its battered finances, the International Monetary Fund said Thursday, following a…
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