As middle powers like Canada and Britain pivot to Beijing, they face a high-stakes balance between strategic leverage and economic risk, writes Anka Lee.

Researchers at the Committee for Freedom in Hong Kong Foundation identify Hong Kong as a key hub in the illicit trade of ...

When 78-year-old publisher Jimmy Lai was sentenced to 20 years in prison, the democratic world should have recoiled.

Lack of institutional sympathy over the centuries, especially at the elite level, may explain why it entered the modern era with relatively little gas in the tank.

Aliaksandr Lukashenka attends a session at the World Atomic Week forum at the Exhibition of Achievements of National Economy ...

Journey to the breathtaking Tabarin Peninsula, a remote and icy wonderland at the northernmost tip of Antarctica. Experience ...

Traditional prayers, fireworks and fairs marked the Lunar New Year on Tuesday -- alongside 21st-century humanoid robots.

Japan’s benchmark Nikkei 225 rose 1.2%, snapping a three-day losing streak, while Australia’s S&P/ASX200 gained 0.54%.

This story is part of a cross-border investigative project that involved eight newsrooms, initiated by De Tijd (Belgium) and coordinated by the Kyiv Independent and OCCRP. A tiny ...

From the heart of Beijing to far-flung Manilla, Panama, Moscow and New York, communities around the globe ring in the year of the fire horse ...

Russia's economy is hanging between stagnation and decline, and ordinary Russians are beginning to feel the pinch.