WASHINGTON — The United States scrambled F-16 fighter jets in a supersonic chase of a light aircraft with an unresponsive pilot that
TOKYO — In one of Keiko Kawano’s recent classes, more than a dozen Tokyo art school students held mirrors to their faces,
HONG KONG/TAIPEI – Hong Kong police said they detained 23 people on Sunday for “breaching public peace”, including a 53-year-old woman for “obstructing police officers” as authorities ramped up security for the 34th anniversary of
Hollywood’s major studios reached a tentative labor agreement with the union representing film and television directors, likely averting a work stoppage that would have piled pressure
SYDNEY – Australian federal court officials on Monday began hearings on a lawsuit filed by a group of Torres Strait Islanders alleging the Australian government had failed to protect them from climate change,
SINGAPORE — Chinese Defense Minister Li Shangfu told Asia’s top security summit on Sunday that conflict with the United States would be
WASHINGTON — President Joseph R. Biden on Saturday signed a bill that suspends the US government’s $31.4-trillion debt ceiling, averting what would
HONG KONG/TAIPEI — Hong Kong (HK) police said on Sunday they had detained eight people near a park, four of them for
VATICAN CITY — A special purification rite was held at the main altar of St. Peter’s Basilica on Saturday after it was
SINGAPORE — Senior officials from about two dozen of the world’s major intelligence agencies held a secret meeting on the fringes of
