THE HEAD of the World Trade Organization (WTO) sharply criticized western governments for embracing protectionist policies and shifting toward a power-based global
As women workers at India’s Urban Company, an app-based firm providing beauty and home care services, prepared for a nationwide protest against its new rules and account
SHANGHAI – As Shanghai sweltered in a heatwave in June, the car factory where Mike Chen works switched production to night shifts and dialed
SINGAPORE – Group of 20 nations have increased per capita emissions nearly 7% from coal-fired power since 2015, with China and India adding new plants, and Australia’s CO2 count per head nearly three times higher than
BEIJING – Despite Rome’s skepticism, China‘s Foreign Minister Wang Yi said cooperation with Italy under the Beijing-led Belt and Road initiative had been fruitful, with high-quality Italian products having entered “thousands of households” in China. “The thousand-year
SYDNEY – Australia is considering extending the life of Origin Energy’s Eraring coal fired power plant, the country’s largest, the New South Wales (NSW) state minister for climate change said on Tuesday. Origin said last year it
KYIV — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Sunday he had decided to replace his defense minister, setting the stage for the
CHINESE nationals, sometimes posing as tourists, have accessed military bases and sensitive sites in the US as many as 100 times in
JAPANESE women are missing out on around ¥111 trillion ($761 billion) in pay for a range of household tasks they do for
HANOI — The United States expects to elevate its diplomatic relations with former foe Vietnam to the top level as President Joseph
