WASHINGTON — China was the biggest global jailer of journalists last year with more than 100 behind bars, according to a press freedom group, as President Xi Jinping’s government tightened ...
CANBERRA, Australia — Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese expressed frustration at the United States’ continuing efforts to extradite WikiLeaks founder and Australian citizen Julian Assange, saying: “There is nothing to ...
WELLINGTON, New Zealand — Britain’s free trade agreements with New Zealand and Australia will come into force by the end of this month, the leaders from the three nations said ...
TORONTO — Canada’s foreign minister said Thursday the country is considering the expulsion of Chinese diplomats over an intelligence agency report saying one of them plotted to intimidate the Hong ...
WASHINGTON — Taiwan’s chief trade representative says his country’s semiconductor makers will expand production in the U.S. as much as they can afford to do so, but he insists Taiwan ...
PANAJI, India — Russia is unlikely to face backlash over its war in Ukraine at an upcoming meeting of Central Asian foreign ministers and instead could flex its influence with ...
BANGKOK — Myanmar’s ruling military council on Wednesday said it was releasing more than 2,100 political prisoners as a humanitarian gesture. Thousands more remain imprisoned on charges generally involving nonviolent ...
TAIPEI, Taiwan — A delegation of United States defense contractors and a former senior leader of the U.S. Marine Corps pledged the beginning of deeper cooperation with Taiwan on Wednesday. ...
SEATTLE — A retired Seattle doctor died while climbing Mount Everest on Monday, according to University of Washington officials. University officials said on Twitter Tuesday that Dr. Jonathan Sugarman died ...
The military has arrested thousands of protesters and activists since the February 2021 putsch that plunged the country into turmoil. Pardons were granted to “2,153 prisoners serving sentences under Penal ...
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