BEIJING (AFP) –Â A rare and huge leak of Chinese government documents has shed new light on a security crackdown on Muslims in China’s…
TOKYO (AFP) –Â In a country notorious for overwork, Microsoft Japan trialled a radical idea: working less. And it found that four-day weeks and…
WASHINGTON DC (AFP) – Governments around the world are increasingly using social media to manipulate elections and monitor their citizens, in a worrisome…
BANGKOK (AFP) –Â Beijing said Sunday it is “ready to work” with Southeast Asian nations on a code of conduct in the flashpoint South…
WASHINGTON DC (AFP) –Â Twitter said Wednesday it would stop accepting political advertising globally on its platform, responding to growing concerns over misinformation from…
SANTIAGO (AFP) – Chile pulled out of hosting two major international summits Wednesday as it struggled to restore order amid clashes between protestors…
SANTIAGO (AFP) – The Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation summit will go ahead in Santiago next month despite a week of protests that has…
LONDON (AFP) – UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Thursday proposed settling the Brexit crisis through an early election on December 12 that…
TOKYO (AFP) – Japan’s Emperor Naruhito completed his ascension to the Chrysanthemum throne on Tuesday in a ceremony steeped in the traditions and…
SYDNEY (AFP) – The longest non-stop passenger flight touched down in Australia Sunday morning after more than 19 hours in the air, a…