The man taking on Hong Kong from deep inside China's propaganda machine
The man taking on Hong Kong from deep inside China's propaganda machine By Steven Jiang, CNN
The man on the phone: What's it like making history's highest auction bid?
In November 2017 at Christie's New York, Alex Rotter uttered a phrase never before heard at an art auction: "Four hundred million."
Rajapaksa redux and a democracy in peril
SRI Lanka is again at the crossroads with presidential elections due before December 9. The political drive since the newly formed Rajapaksa-led Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna, which swept
India, Pakistan exchange fire in Kashmir
Pakistan said on Thursday three of its soldiers were killed in a cross-border exchange of fire in the contested Kashmir region, but India denied that five of its troops died too.
Israel bars visit by two US lawmakers
Israel’s prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Thursday barred US Democratic congresswomen Rashida Tlaib and Ilhan Omar from making a planned trip to Israel, shortly after US president Donald Trump called on his ally not to let them in.
N Korea fires two projectiles, S Korea ‘impudent’
North Korea launched at least two projectiles into the sea on Friday, South Korea’s military said, shortly after Pyongyang described South Korea’s president as ‘impudent’ and vowed that inter-Korean talks are over.
The contours of the Kashmir move
THE government has defended its twin decisions to revoke operative portions of Article 370 of the constitution and dividing Jammu and Kashmir into two union territories as ‘internal policy’ that warrant no international comment. While the prime minister’s moves have a domestic basis, their
Gunman held after injuring six Philadelphia police
Police said they took into custody early on Thursday the suspect in a seven-hour shooting standoff in a north Philadelphia home that left six officers wounded after a barrage of bullets.
14 dead in unprecedented rebel attack on Myanmar military town
At least 14 people have been killed in ongoing fighting Thursday between Myanmar's military and rebels who mounted a series of attacks, including an unprecedented strike on an army academy, apparently in retaliation for massive drug seizures.
New Trump rule targets poor, could cut legal immigration in half
US president Donald Trump's administration unveiled a sweeping rule on Monday that some experts say could cut legal immigration in half by denying visas and permanent residency to hundreds of thousands of people for being too poor.
