With the Chinese government concerned about falling birth rates, some private employers have told workers to do their part or face trouble. The ideal worker at a Chinese chemical plant, according to an internal memo, is hardworking, virtuous, and loyal.…
Beijing has imposed sweeping tariffs on American food imports and said 15 American companies can no longer buy products from China without special permission. Read in Spanish On Tuesday, minutes after President Trump’s latest tariffs took effect, the Chinese government…
BBC critics say documentary’s removal reflects biased pro-Israel coverage since war began Scholars and media experts warn that censorship increases dehumanization of Palestinians DUBAI: The BBC’s decision to pull its documentary on Gaza has reignited a public debate over the…
Firefighters battled the blaze on the slopes of the national park for days, and it spread overnight into Cape Town’s central business district. Firefighters in Cape Town were battling a bushfire that broke out in Table Mountain National Park and…
As the Trump administration seeks to reset relations with Russia as part of a peace process to end the war in Ukraine, Moscow is pushing for greater economic cooperation. During landmark bilateral talks in Saudi Arabia earlier this week, the…
Plus, British pubs are scrambling for Guinness. Israel said it will stay in claimed Syrian territory As countries in the Middle East and beyond worked out how to respond to the fall of the Assad government, Israel said that its…
The opposition hopes to secure enough support from the ruling party to suspend President Yoon Suk Yeol after his short-lived martial law decree. South Korean lawmakers began voting Saturday on whether to impeach President Yoon Suk Yeol, who plunged the…
Baek Jae Gil, whose viral anthem calls for the ouster of President Yoon Suk Yeol, has a long history with the country’s pro-democracy movement. While calling for President Yoon Suk Yeol’s removal, tens of thousands of South Korean protesters have…
The illegal amphetamine, used across the Middle East, became Syria’s biggest export during its 13-year civil war. Video Rebel fighters in Syria said on Friday that they had found vast stockpiles of an illegal amphetamine called captagon in a Damascus…
In an impoverished, war-ravaged country, the first prayers after the fall of a brutal regime drew jubilant crowds, even in areas seen as regime strongholds. Jubilant crowds gathered in cities across Syria for the first Friday Prayers since rebels toppled…