G20 per capita CO2 emissions from coal rise 7% from 2015 -research
SINGAPORE - Group of 20 nations have increased per capita emissions nearly 7% from coal-fired power since 2015, with China and India adding new plants, and Australia's CO2 count per head nearly three times higher than the world...
China’s auto workers bear the brunt of price war as fallout widens
SHANGHAI - As Shanghai sweltered in a heatwave in June, the car factory where Mike Chen works switched production to night shifts and dialed down the...
India’s women gig workers organize with WhatsApp, secret meetings
As women workers at India's Urban Company, an app-based firm providing beauty and home care services, prepared for a nationwide protest against its new rules and account deactivations, they...
United States expects to upgrade Vietnam ties, risks China anger
HANOI — The United States expects to elevate its diplomatic relations with former foe Vietnam to the top level as President Joseph R. Biden...
Japanese women are missing out on about $760B in unpaid wages
JAPANESE women are missing out on around ¥111 trillion ($761 billion) in pay for a range of household tasks they do for free, an...
‘New approach needed’: Zelenskiy to replace wartime Defense minister
KYIV — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Sunday he had decided to replace his defense minister, setting the stage for the biggest shake-up...
Chinese gatecrashers at US bases raise espionage concerns
CHINESE nationals, sometimes posing as tourists, have accessed military bases and sensitive sites in the US as many as 100 times in recent years,...
Thousands without power after Typhoon Haikui batters Taiwan
TAIPEI - Taiwan worked to restore power to more than 30,000 households after Typhoon Haikui barreled into the east and south of the island, as cities and counties in the affected areas closed...
More than half of Australians oppose Indigenous panel in constitution, poll shows
SYDNEY - More than half of Australians would reject the inclusion of an Indigenous advisory panel in the constitution, a newspaper poll showed on Monday, as the government struggles to lift support for the landmark proposal ahead of...
Part of China’s economic miracle was a mirage. Reality check is next
Chinese President Xi Jinping's first major reform plans a decade ago were also his boldest, envisaging a transition to a Western-style free market economy...
SkyCity slumps as New Zealand applies to suspend unit’s casino licence
New Zealand's SkyCity Entertainment on Monday said the country's Department of Internal Affairs (DIA) has applied to temporarily suspend the license of its SkyCity Casino Management (SCML) unit, sending the casino operator's shares down 18.5%.
The...
North Korea stages ‘tactical’ nuclear attack
SEOUL — North Korea conducted a simulated “tactical nuclear attack” drill on Saturday that included two long-range cruise missiles, state media reported on Sunday,...