Economists have widely predicted that China will fail to meet its 5.5 percent GDP growth target, blaming record youth unemployment, ballooning developer debt and manufacturing disruptions from frequent Covid lockdowns. "In response to new challenge...

The Beersheba district court in southern Israel issued a sentence of "12 years prison time, less the detention" already served for World Vision's Mohammed al-Halabi, who has been jailed throughout the past six years of court proceedings. The senten...

The floods have submerged a third of the country, killing more than 1,100 people and affecting over 33 million. Recovery could cost more than $10 billion, according to the planning minister. The rains -- which began in June, and whose unusual inte...

A knock to his neck in training ruled Barrett out of Saturday's shock defeat to Argentina in Christchurch, three weeks after he landed on it following a mid-air collision during a loss to South Africa in Mbombela. New Zealand have lost three consec...

New recruits at the facility in Kitakyushu must be under four years old, and their guardians have to sign a contract stipulating that the babies and toddlers can show up for work "whenever they feel like it". They are allowed to take a break "when ...

The sprawling complex included an air base that was the linchpin of the US invasion; a prison where rights groups allege widespread violations occurred; and a residential area that featured swimming pools, cinemas and spas. But weeks before Washing...

For Singh -- who moved from France to India 42 years ago and married into a maharaja's family -- this exquisite piece remains the ever-inspiring heart of her studio's mission. The 67-year-old is striving to keep alive the art of block printing, whi...

The study hall above is still littered with school bags abandoned since February 23 -- the last day before Russia invaded and school bells fell silent, replaced by the skirl of the air raid siren. Down here, there are no windows. Desks, display boa...

Photos and video taken by Chinese drones of the Kinmen islands have been circulating on both Taiwan and Chinese social media, with one video showing Taiwanese soldiers hurling rocks at one to drive it off. Chinese foreign ministry spokesman Zhao Li...

Nearly four million people in Hebei province, which surrounds Beijing, were ordered to stay home until the end of the week as officials rush to curb a small virus flare-up. And more than 13 million in the neighbouring port city of Tianjin must unde...

The rains that began in June have unleashed the worst flooding in more than a decade, washing away swathes of vital crops and damaging or destroying more than a million homes. Authorities and charities are struggling to accelerate aid delivery to m...

But the relief at finding safety can turn to desperation for many. In the northwestern town of Nowshera, a technical college was turned into a shelter for up to 2,500 flood victims, who sweltered in the summer heat with sporadic food aid and little...

Lai, owner of the now-shuttered Apple Daily tabloid, will soon go on trial for "collusion with foreign forces", an offence that carries up to life in prison under the sweeping national security law Beijing imposed on Hong Kong two years ago. Two sm...

"I have been pretty vague about it, right? I'm going to stay vague because you never know." -- Serena Williams in her press conference after beating Danka Kovinic 6-3, 6-3 when asked if the US Open was definitvely her last tournament. "I think now...

Wall Street suffered another day in the red after Friday's capitulation in response to a warning from US central bank boss Jerome Powell that more tightening was needed to bring inflation down from four-decade highs. Bets on a third successive thre...