With 124 million new COVID-19 cases worldwide since the start of 2022, and with the COVID-19 virus spreading, mutating, and stalking even the fully vaccinated, the world faces a grim truth: everyone ...

According to the “State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World” report published last July by the United Nations (UN), it is estimated that nearly 690 million people went hungry in 2019, or 8.9 ...

A sign reads "Danger Extreme Heat Conditions Ahead" in Anza-Borrego Desert State Park, which is threatened by climate change, on 23 March, 2022 near Borrego Springs, California. (AFP Photo) A key ...

Beijing said Sunday it is "ready to work" with Southeast Asian nations on a code of conduct in the flashpoint South China Sea, where it is accused of building up military installations and bullying ...

While many central banks are still investigating the possibility of issuing a digital currency, China has rolled out a digital currency via a series of pilot programs since last year. The eRMB (my ...

Spreading at least as quickly as the COVID-19 virus, an ‘infodemic’ has infected large swaths of media and information exchange across Southeast Asia.

The US is haunted by the spectre of a technologically dominant China and is keen to ensure it never materialises but there is little it can do to prevent it.

More recently, state outlets doubled down on the Russian conspiracy theory claiming the United States (US) is funding the development of biological weapons in Ukraine, including migratory birds that ...

Other than the aforementioned implications of climate change, its impacts extend far beyond extensive damage to the environment. A research published yesterday in the journal Environmental Research ...

The global economy may get back to pre-pandemic levels by the end of next year as vaccines help propel recovery, but growth is likely to be uneven, the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and ...

In Pyongyang, COVID is spreading fast, and one capital where the North Korean disaster is surely being watched with rapt attention is Beijing. North Korea, like China, has made a virtue of its ...

Hundreds of schools in Jakarta threw their doors open to students Monday, as some parents resisted the return to in-person learning weeks after Indonesia overtook India and Brazil as the pandemic's ...