China

An American citizen has pleaded guilty to helping run what has been described as the first known secret police station in the US on...

You can see thick plumes of smoke rise from the Agbogbloshie dumpsite from miles away. The air at the vast dump, in the west of...

Novo Nordisk has launched its weight-loss drug Wegovy in China after it was approved by local health authorities in June. It is set to intensify...

At least 35 people were killed and 43 more injured after a car ploughed into a crowd of people exercising at a stadium in...

China has unveiled new measures aimed at boosting its flagging economy, as it braces for a second Donald Trump presidency.The country plans to tackle...

China is a global goliath when it comes to one of the most important resources in the world - critical minerals.These minerals are essential...

For decades, Chinese workers have wrapped up their working lives at relatively young ages: 60 for men and as early as 50 for women. But...

A former CIA officer has been sentenced to 10 years in prison for spying for the Chinese government. Alexander Yuk Ching Ma, 71, was arrested...

Thailand has expanded its visa-free entry scheme to 93 countries and territories as it seeks to revitalize its tourism industry.Visitors can stay in the...

A man tried to smuggle more than 100 live snakes into mainland China by stuffing them in his trousers, according to custom officials. The unnamed...

Police in China have arrested a 55-year-old man after four US university tutors were stabbed by an assailant at a public park in a...

China has retained its top spot as the largest import partner of Ghana in 2023, surpassing big western countries like the United States of...

Apple has launched an aggressive discounting campaign on its official Tmall site in China, offering discounts of up to 2,300 yuan ($318) on select...

China has launched an anti-dumping probe into imports of widely used plastic from the US, EU, Taiwan, and Japan.The announcement from the Ministry of...

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi has cautioned his US counterpart Antony Blinken against stepping on China's "red lines” at a meeting between the two...

TikTok's Chinese parent company ByteDance says it has no intention of selling the business after the US passed a law to force it to...

A Chinese-owned supermarket in Nigeria's capital has been shut by the authorities over allegations that it denies entry to African shoppers.The supermarket in Abuja...

Apple has removed WhatsApp and Threads from its app store in China, following an order from the country’s internet watchdog which cited national security...

Italian fashion designer Roberto Cavalli, known for his animal prints on leather and textiles, has died aged 83.The fashion house that bears his name...

Hundreds of people have been rescued from a scam centre in the Philippines that made them pose as lovers online.Police said they raided the...

Fifteen people have been killed and more than 40 injured after a fire ripped through an apartment building in eastern China, local authorities said.Footage...

A Chinese woman was recently charged with fraud for allegedly cheating three men out of nearly $100,000 by marrying them in staged ceremonies, despite...

Chief Operating Officer of Quest International University (QIU) in Malaysia, Nicholas Goh, has highlighted the importance of environmental technology education in rescuing the world...

China has removed Qin Gang as foreign minister less than seven months after he was appointed to the post.The role will be taken up...

A Chinese start-up inspired by lockdown isolation has invented a long-distance kissing machine that transmits users' kiss data collected through motion sensors hidden in...

Chief Executive for video blogging platform, TikTok, Shou Chew, has appeared before the United States Congress for the first time.This follows backlash from legislators...

Until now, the iPhone 14 Pro has outperformed the latest Android devices with only 6GB of RAM.The iPhone 15 Pro won’t be available until...

A 6.4 magnitude earthquake has struck southern Turkey, weeks after a deadly quake devastated the region.Turkey's disaster and emergency agency Afad said the tremor...

China’s population has fallen for the first time in 60 years, with the national birth rate hitting a record low – 6.77 births per...

China has reopened its borders to international visitors for the first time since it imposed travel restrictions in March 2020.Incoming travellers will no longer...

A top Chinese health official says he believes China is experiencing the first of three expected waves of Covid infections this winter.The country is...

US tech companies that receive federal funding will be barred from building "advanced technology" facilities in China for 10 years, the Biden administration has...

Shoji Morimoto has what some would see as a dream job: he gets paid to do pretty much nothing.The 38-year-old Tokyo resident charges 10,000...

A Chinese father who reportedly tutored his son daily for a year went viral for bursting into tears after his son scored six out...

A Chinese filmmaker wanted by Malawi as part of an investigation into allegations of racism and child exploitation has been arrested.Lu Ke was a...

Alexandr Wang grew up in the shadow of New Mexico’s Los Alamos National Lab, the top-secret site where the United States developed its first...

The Chinese capital Beijing has kicked off mass testing for millions of residents after a spike in Covid cases.The Chaoyang district reported 26 cases...

Chinese authorities have extended their lockdown of Shanghai to cover all its 25 million people after a fresh surge in Covid cases.Until now, there...

China has sent the military and thousands of healthcare workers into Shanghai to help carry out COVID-19 tests for all of its 26 million...

The Ukrainian embassy in Kenya is seeking donations to support the country’s war against Russia and save the lives of the affected people.The embassy...