Australian employees now have the right to ignore work e-mails, calls after hours as...
SYDNEY — Is your boss texting you on the weekend? Work e-mail pinging long after you’ve left for home?
Australian employees can now ignore those...
US backs Pacific undersea internet cable amid China competition
SINGAPORE - The United States is backing a new undersea internet cable connecting several Pacific islands, according to a plan for the project seen by Reuters, boosting Washington's interests in a region...
‘No safety nets’: Debts weigh on grieving Indian families
By Roli Srivastava and Anuradha Nagaraj
MUMBAI/CHENNAI, India, July 27 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - It's been over a month since his mother died, but Vishal Meghwal can still hear her...
US slaps sanctions on Chinese, Mexican entities in fentanyl action
WASHINGTON - The United States on Tuesday imposed sanctions on 17 people and entities based in China and Mexico who it accused of enabling production...
Mexico’s Senate approves tariff hikes on Chinese, other Asian imports
MEXICO CITY — Mexico's Senate approved on Wednesday tariff hikes of up to 50% next year on imports from China and several other Asian...
Moderna/Merck cancer vaccine plus Keytruda delays skin cancer return
An experimental mRNA cancer vaccine developed by Moderna Inc. and Merck & Co. cut the risk of death or recurrence of the most deadly skin cancer by 44% compared with Merck's immunotherapy Keytruda alone, US researchers reported at a...
Alibaba founder Jack Ma returns to China, ending year-long sojourn abroad — report
BEIJING — Alibaba founder Jack Ma has returned to China, the South China Morning Post (SCMP) reported on Monday, ending a more than year-long...
Nations who pledged to fight climate change are sending money to strange places
LONDON - Italy helped a retailer open chocolate and gelato stores across Asia.
The United States offered a loan for a coastal hotel expansion in...
China discovers cluster of new mutated mpox strain
HONG KONG — Chinese health authorities said on Thursday they had detected the new mutated mpox strain clade Ib as the viral infection spreads...
China lifts ban on Japanese seafood imports as frictions ease
CHINA has lifted a 2023 ban on imports of seafood from most parts of Japan, removing an irritant in relations with its neighbor by...
Emboldened Trump may make good on Jerusalem vow
JERUSALEM -- US President Donald J. Trump appears to be seriously considering recognizing contested Jerusalem as Israel’s capital, a step that risks enraging Arab...
South Korea’s acting president faces impeachment vote as court meets on martial law case
SEOUL - South Korea's acting president faces an impeachment vote as the Constitutional Court meets for its first hearing on Friday in the case of President...