US allies once seemed cowed by China. Now they're responding with rare coordination
Chinese President Xi Jinping surprised the world with a speech at Davos in 2017, defending free trade and joint action on climate change as then..
Trump offers denial and delusion as pandemic crisis overtakes his presidency
Rarely has a president shown himself to be so unequal to a tragic national emergency.
New York Times moving some staff out of Hong Kong as security law brings media chill
The New York Times is moving some staff out of Hong Kong due to a new security law imposed by China on the city, as both foreign and local media face increased ..
Palace letters show Queen did not order 1975 removal of Australian Prime Minister Gough Whitlam
Queen Elizabeth II was not forewarned of the 1975 removal of Australian Prime Minister Gough Whitlam by then Governor-General John Kerr..
Trudeau 'sorry' over controversial charity contract
Canada's Prime Minister Justin Trudeau apologized Monday for not recusing himself from discussions about a government contract to a charity..
They’re going to kill me: last words of George Floyd
George Floyd said that he couldn’t breathe more than 20 times, called out for his children and late mother and said that officers would ‘kill’ him before he died in Minneapolis..
Myanmar questioning sex education in textbook
Unchaperoned teens, gay partners and sex workers – fictional characters in a new curriculum for Myanmar schools are causing a real-world tussle..
Ex-India navy officer refuses to appeal against death sentence
A former Indian naval officer on death row in Pakistan for alleged spying has refused to lodge an appeal against his conviction and will try instead..
One million foreign students risk being frozen out of US colleges. Some might never come back
In two months, 19-year-old Tianyu Fang is due to start his first semester at one of the most prestigious schools in America: Stanford University in California.
What we learned from Mary Trump's damning portrait of her uncle
Seeking to prevent nothing less than the "end of American democracy," Donald Trump's niece Mary lays out a long and twisted saga of mind games and family..
