Asia

Electing one of the 18 prelates from Africa would be a surprise, but would also impose an uncompromising agenda on moral issues

DNA explains the enigma of the culture that painted swimmers and hippos in the middle of the desert thousands of years ago

The U.S. president’s hardline policies have impacted the Darién Gap, which is now detaining both Venezuelans who have given up on the trip north and deported individuals from Asian countries

Succeeding in South Korea means becoming a valuable asset to the government and being expected to maintain impeccable behavior. Like 24-year-old actress Kim Sae-ron, many in the industry have taken their own life due to the pressure

The British writer claims that people prefer others to make decisions for them. He argues that the fears we associate with the pandemic have been transformed into new anxieties

The laboratory of the latest Nobel Prize winner in Chemistry David Baker, headed by researcher Susana Vázquez, talks about ‘democratizing’ the discovery of therapies

Young soldiers, professors and doctors are organizing at the Loikaw front, near the Thailand border, to win land from the junta that has governed the country since the 2021 coup, and to protect civilians

The Baku summit placed a central demand on the table: how to finance the poorest and least polluting countries to survive extreme weather events. They emit less polluting gases, but suffer more from the consequences of global warming

Greenpeace Spain placed tracking devices on 23 items of clothing and followed their journey for a year after depositing them in collection containers. They were shocked by the results

The outgoing U.S. president is leveraging international forums like the G20 in a bid to safeguard aid to Ukraine and reinforce the network of alliances he has fostered throughout his government

International organizations predict that the industry’s global economic contributions will reach historic highs

The discovery of a cave hunting scene indicates that rock art dates back even earlier than previously thought

Deputies will vote this Saturday on four bills, including assistance to Kiev, after Democrats joined moderate Republicans on a motion

Since 1950, more than 74 million hectares of Indonesian rainforest have been logged, burned or degraded for development of palm oil, paper and rubber plantations, mining and other commodities

Just over 22% of the e-waste mass was properly collected and recycled in 2022. It is expected to decline to 20% by the end of the decade because of the ‘staggering growth’ of such waste due to higher consumption among other factors

The Asian country’s market is at its highest thanks to a favorable economic, business, and political context

The report, released on International Women’s Day. The practice, incorrectly believed to control women’s sexuality, can cause serious bleeding and even death. Girls are subjected to the procedure at ages ranging from infancy to adolescence

Decelerating growth and Beijing’s push for greater state control mark start of National People’s Congress

Migrants who previously had a safe place to charge phones, use the bathroom, eat a meal and arrange to head elsewhere in the U.S. were now left on the street as migrant aid groups scrambled to help out as best they could

The sultan has a personal fortune of more than $750 million and family assets that exceed $5.3 billion. He owns a collection of 300 high-end cars, a cave inspired by ‘The Flintstones’ in his palace, and 60,000 Marvel comics

Beijing expects nine billion trips to be made during the travel season surrounding Chinese New Year travel, triple the number that was registered before the pandemic

The International Monetary Fund expects the global economy to grow 3.1% this year, unchanged from 2023 but better than the 2.9% it had predicted in its previous estimate

Dozens of Chinese developers have collapsed since 2020 under official pressure to rein in surging debt the ruling Communist Party views as a threat to China’s slowing economic growth

The disruption of the major trade route between Asia and the United States comes at a precarious time due to the crisis at the Red Sea

The campaign events of the main parties show the island’s different options before Saturday’s elections. ‘Between three bad apples, we have to choose one,’ says a supporter of the DPP, which leads the polls

Two traumatic events mark Japan’s start to the year, but the preparation to deal with such catastrophes has meant significant damage limitation

Ishikawa prefecture and nearby areas were shaken by a 4.9 magnitude aftershock on Wednesday — one of dozens that have followed Monday’s magnitude 7.6 temblor