Are parts of India becoming too hot for humans?
Intense heat waves have killed more than 100 people in India this summer and are predicted to worsen in coming years, creating a possible humanitarian crisis as large parts of the country potentially become too hot to be inhabitable.
Chinese government loads surveillance app onto phones of visitors to Xinjiang: report
China's far-reaching security network is targeting tourists, with border guards secretly installing a surveillance app onto the phones of visitors to Xinjiang, according to a joint report by several major international media organizations.
These are 4 winners of the US-China trade war
Vietnam, Taiwan, Bangladesh and South Korea are coming out as victors in the US-China trade war.
Sporadic notes: China-US in Osaka
IT IS a question: who won in the trade conflict, China or the United States? The answer is as difficult as the question. Probably the outcome is still to be visible.
By killing whales, Japan seeks to revive a dying industry
For the whale hunters, the inaugural expedition was a big success.
Beijing says 'radical' Hong Kong protests are an 'undisguised challenge'
The Chinese government has denounced Monday night's violent protests in Hong Kong as "radical," terming them an "undisguised challenge" to the city's system of governance.
US govt tops all for creating refugees
ON JUNE 19, Statistica headlined ‘Number of forcibly displaced people reaches new high’, and when one looks at the data, one finds an even bigger story which stands behind those numbers:
The hugely inappropriate weekend of Ivanka Trump and Donald Trump Jr.
Donald Trump's two eldest children had quite the weekend.
Hong Kong's Carrie Lam responds to protester takeover of government building
Protesters remove their shirts and try to wash their bodies after being pepper sprayed by police during protests Monday.
Continuing relevance of Ranil in time of elections
THERE are five important issues that the country faces at the present time. They are dealing with the post-Easter Sunday bombing fallout and resulting anti-Muslim sentiment, taking forward the constitutional reform and inter-ethnic reconciliation process, reviving the economy that has not