A deadly bridge collapse in Baltimore. A bridge in southern China sliced in half. Parts of a bridge cutting through the hull of a massive ship in Argentina.
These events all happened within the first three months of this year — and all after (...)
A former president of the Chinese Football Association (CFA), Chen Xuyuan, has been sentenced to life in prison for bribery, according to the country's state media.
In January, he pleaded guilty to accepting bribes totaling 81 million yuan ($11.2m; (...)
Beijing has lashed out at the United States and the United Kingdom for imposing sanctions over alleged Chinese government-backed cyberattacks, calling the Western allies' move an act of "political manipulation."
The US and the UK announced Monday a (...)
The alleged murder of a 13-year-old boy by his classmates in rural northern China has shocked the nation, igniting heated debates about school bullying, juvenile crime and the plight of tens of millions of children raised in the absence of their (...)
All but one of the 100 cities with the world's worst air pollution last year were in Asia, according to a new report, with the climate crisis playing a pivotal role in bad air quality that is risking the health of billions of people worldwide.
The (...)
Lionel Messi's Hong Kong fans who bought tickets to a friendly that he skipped at the last minute will get a 50% refund, the match organizer said.
Messi's absence from the game in February, which he blamed on an injury, sent Chinse fans seething for (...)
Warships from China, Russia and Iran have held live-fire exercises in a key Middle Eastern waterway this week as the three partners put on a show of force in the volatile region, according to reports in state-run media.
The drills near the Gulf of (...)
China has described a potential TikTok ban as "an act of bullying" that would backfire on America.
The comments, made by China's foreign ministry on Wednesday, came hours before a House of Representatives vote on legislation that would force (...)
A deadly suspected gas explosion ripped through a residential neighborhood in northern China on Wednesday, leaving a scene of devastation.
The powerful blast occurred just before 8 a.m. at a ground-floor restaurant in a residential area of Sanhe (...)
Hong Kong's government unveiled a new suite of powerful national security laws on Friday that critics and foreign governments warn could deepen the ongoing crackdown in the city and further undermine its reputation as an international business (...)
China's biggest private property developer Country Garden is facing a liquidation petition, which has been filed in Hong Kong by a creditor.
Country Garden failed to repay HK$1.6bn ($204.5m; £161.2m), according to the Hong Kong Stock Exchange (...)
Chinese companies are doing something rarely seen since the 1970s: setting up their own volunteer armies. At least 16 major Chinese firms, including a privately-owned dairy giant, have established fighting forces over the past year, according to a (...)
China is increasing patrols in waters near a group of frontline islands controlled by Taiwan, as tensions rise after two Chinese fishermen drowned during a pursuit by Taiwan's coast guard who accused them of trespassing.
China's coast guard said (...)
Travel across China ramped up in recent days as millions boarded trains and planes and braved heavily trafficked roads in what officials have estimated will be a record 9 billion trips surrounding the Lunar New Year on Saturday.
Train stations, (...)
Bao Fan, a star Chinese tech banker who disappeared a year ago amid Beijing's anti-corruption crackdown, has formally resigned from the firm he founded, the company said.
China Renaissance announced in a filing to the Hong Kong stock exchange on (...)
China has executed a couple for throwing two toddlers out of a high-rise apartment window, in a case that provoked nationwide outrage.
The man and his girlfriend were found guilty of killing the children from his first marriage by staging an (...)
China has expelled a leading rocket scientist from its top political advisory body, the latest sign of a widening purge in the Chinese military's missile force and aerospace contractors.
The Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) (...)
Hong Kong on Tuesday formally began the process of enacting a controversial homegrown national security law in a move that could have deep ramifications for the city's status as a global financial hub.
The proposed legislation will cover offenses (...)
The death toll from a landslide in southwest China has risen to 31, state media reported Tuesday, as rescue workers comb mud, snow and rubble in search of survivors.
The landslide hit the mountain village of Liangshui in Yunnan province shortly (...)
A magnitude-7.1 earthquake rocked a mountainous and remote part of China's far western Xinjiang region early Tuesday, with multiple injuries reported by state media and in Central Asian countries hundreds of miles away.
The quake struck Wushi (...)
Taiwan has lost another diplomatic ally to China just days after its presidential election in what Taipei said was both sudden and designed by Beijing to suppress the island's "democratic achievements."
The Pacific Island nation of Nauru on Monday (...)
A Chinese tech company has succeeded in cracking the encryption around Apple's AirDrop wireless file sharing function to identify users of the popular feature, according to judicial authorities in Beijing.
The company, Wangshendongjian Technology, (...)
China has said it will "never compromise" on the issue of Taiwan, in its first military talks with the US since 2021.
It urged the US to "stop arming Taiwan" and take its concerns "seriously".
This comes just days ahead of pivotal elections in (...)
Hong Kong pro-democracy media mogul Jimmy Lai has pleaded not guilty after a case against him resumed on Tuesday.
Lai, 76, faces life imprisonment if found guilty of threatening Hong Kong's national security and colluding with foreign forces.
His (...)
Three Hong Kong activists have been jailed for up to six years for their involvement in a foiled plot to bomb public buildings.
The trio were initially all charged with "conspiracy to commit terrorism" under the national security law.
They were part (...)