In a statement marking 50 years since the UN General Assembly voted to seat Beijing and boot out Taipei, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Tuesday he regretted that Taiwan had been increasingly excluded on the world stage. "As the internati...

Japanese prosecutors are seeking a two-year prison sentence for Kelly, a former aide to ex-Nissan chief Carlos Ghosn. Kelly, 65, is the only person to stand trial over claims Nissan tried to hide planned payments to auto tycoon Ghosn, who jumped ba...

Three of the children were found Sunday in a Houston apartment, where they had been living alongside the skeletal remains of their brother. The mother's partner, 31-year-old Brian Coulter, was charged with the 2020 murder of the boy, who was eight ...

The US government will on Wednesday appeal against a British judge's decision to block the extradition of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange to face trial for publishing military secrets.

The Chinese capital will in February become the first host of a Summer and Winter Games, and last week welcomed the Olympic flame with a low-key ceremony. Case numbers remain relatively low in China, and only three were reported in Beijing on Tuesd...

The nationwide protests -- the largest in the five months of conservative President Guillermo Lasso's administration -- were fueled by a 12 percent increase in fuel prices. "We are going to continue to a second day of mobilization and resistance at...

The Braves, who are in their first World Series since 1999 and haven't won the Fall Classic since 1995, used a blistering start to post five runs in the first three innings and never looked back. Both starting pitchers exited the game early, the B...

Global supply chain disruptions and shortages of raw materials, including plastics, metals and paper, have choked off the recovery from the impact of the coronavirus pandemic in Europe's top economy. A scarcity of components has had a particularly ...

Lakers star Davis finished with 35 points, 17 rebounds and four assists while Russell Westbrook weighed in with 33 points, 10 rebounds and eight assists in a 125-121 win over the Spurs in Texas. But the Lakers, already without James, who was strugg...

While attempting to bring down the deficit, Prime Minister Boris Johnson's government is set also to confirm multi-billion-pound funding projects aimed at driving long-term recovery and reducing pressure on the state-run health service. Finance mi...

A leaked email earlier this week suggested that players who were not inoculated against the coronavirus would be able to take part as long as they completed 14 days' quarantine. Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison then said that unvaccinated p...

At a two-day hearing, Washington will ask the High Court to overturn District Judge Vanessa Baraitser's January ruling that Assange is a serious suicide threat if extradited across the Atlantic. The United States has said it was "extremely disappoi...

But the steamy metropolis, the world's most-visited city before the pandemic, will take some time to get back to its pulsating, intoxicating old self, industry experts say. The coronavirus pandemic sent visitor numbers plummeting from 40 million in...

But on Monday, the kingdom reopens its doors to vaccinated travellers from more than 40 countries. Here's what you need to know: Tourism, year zero Before the pandemic struck, Thailand attracted a record high of almost 40 million visitors in 2019, ...

The Chinese capital will in February become the first host of a Summer and Winter Games, and last week welcomed the Olympic flame with a low-key ceremony. But with just a few months until it kicks off, China is battling a virus outbreak that has se...