Asia Pacific

The Rise of Trump and the Fall of American Empire

Some 15 years ago, on December 5, 2010, a historian writing for TomDispatch made a prediction that may yet prove prescient. Rejecting the consensus of that moment that U.S. global hegemony...

Starmer aims to build ‘pragmatic and serious relationship’ in meeting with Xi

Keir Starmer will become the first UK prime minister in six years to meet the Chinese president, Xi...

Student kills eight in mass stabbing in China after failing exams

Eight people were killed and 17 others injured when a 21-year-old former student went on a stabbing spree...

Chinese city still officially in summer as 30-year heat record broken

One of China’s biggest cities is still officially in summer, despite it being mid-November, as temperatures have failed...

South Korean police arrest 215 people in suspected $228m crypto scam

South Korean police have arrested 215 people on suspicion of stealing 320 billion won ($228.4m) in the biggest...

‘Immoral and unacceptable’: Tuvalu calls on Australia to set urgent deadline to end fossil fuels

Tuvalu’s climate minister has declared that “opening, subsidising and exporting fossil fuels is immoral and unacceptable”, just a day after Australia ratified a climate...

Canada to follow US lead in imposing 100% tariff on Chinese electric vehicles

Canada, following the lead of the United States, on Monday said it would impose a 100% tariff on the import of Chinese electric vehicles...