CHINA

China has long promised to further open up its economy but has, until recently, dragged its feet in implementing the moves

China reacts fiercely to any questioning of its sovereignty over semi-autonomous Hong Kong, which has endured months of protests demanding democratic freedoms

“The stray dogs were a nuisance anyway. I turned them into a stew. Doesn’t it smell fragrant?” the man said.

Consumers may feel a 'geopolitical premium' at the pump if there are further attacks on oil infrastructure and tankers in the Middle East

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte and China’s leader Xi Jinping are like two people in a romantic relationship who will often overlook certain flaws in each other and only see the attractive features. Both countries could benefit from Duterte’s willingness to ignore Beijing’s aggressive actions in the South China Sea while Xi is gaining some leverage by ignoring the international response to Duterte’s bloody and deadly war on drugs.

China reacts fiercely to any questioning of its sovereignty over semi-autonomous Hong Kong, which has endured months of protests demanding democratic freedoms

The Brooklyn Nets beat the Los Angeles Lakers 114-111 in China but did it without Kyrie Irving and Caris LeVert.

Cruise giant Royal Caribbean has announced that its fifth Oasis-class cruise ship and largest in the world with the name "Wonder of the Seas" will be based in China.

Apple Inc. bows to China once again, this time doing harm to Hong Kong protestors fighting for more democracy in Hong Kong.

Donald Trump meets with China's Vice Premier Liu He in April 2019

A Brexit deal suddenly seemed less unlikely

“They want to make a deal, but do I?” Trump tweeted as talks began in Washington.

An iceberg in Antarctica's McMurdo Sound photographed by A NASA

A smartphone app allowing users to play the role of a Hong Kong protester has been removed from the Google Play Store, after the company said it violated a policy against profiting from conflicts

Critics have included lawmakers from both sides of the aisle and former employees involved in some of Blizzard's biggest games.

Donald Trump meets with China's Vice Premier Liu He in April 2019

Most hotels around the picturesque lake in Srinagar are shuttered

The revenues of software giant TCS are seen as an indicator of the health of India's IT export sector

Chinese Vice Premier Liu He is greeted Thursday by US Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer (L) and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin (R)

An angler found a Northern Snakehead in a pond in Georgia. The Georgia Department of Natural Resources’ Wildlife Resources Division issued a directive to anyone who finds these fish to kill them and photograph them and relay the information and the location.

The NBA's Los Angeles Lakers and Brooklyn Nets faced off Thursday before adoring Chinese fans in an exhibition game overshadowed by a free-speech row ignited when an American basketball executive expressed support for Hong Kong's pro-democracy movement.Questions had swirled over whether the game, the first of two planned in China, would proceed after a tweet last Friday by Houston Rockets general manager Daryl Morey thrust the world's top basketball league into the centre of an escalating China-US dispute.