East Asia Pacific

America’s No. 2 diplomat, headed to China after South Korea, said that 'thinking together' with China about denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula is “an area for cooperation”

'People are desperately looking for oxygen,' says frontline healthworker as COVID-19 chaos surges

Xi's visit was previously unannounced publicly and it wasn't clear whether he had already returned to Beijing

Scientists are attributing the extreme weather across the globe to climate change and a series of recent studies warn more is to come. Climatologists say it is a misnomer to dub what the world is seeing now 'freak weather,' rather it is the unfolding of a new normal

Andrew revealed earlier this month that he isn’t vaccinated after being asked about his status by a reporter

China tells New Zealand to ‘abandon [its] Cold War mentality’

Some say the flag is a reminder of Japan's wartime atrocities and is comparable to the Nazi swastika

Angered by their support for anti-junta protests, military has arrested several doctors treating COVID patients independently

Individuals accused of harassing, stalking, attempting to coerce Chinese citizens residing in US to return to China

Floodwaters in the central Chinese city and surrounding areas killed at least 33 people

Loss of trees challenges efforts to conserve biodiversity, limit climate change, say researchers

Official says proposal lacks 'common sense,' betrays disrespect toward science

All four were charged with conspiring to 'collude with a foreign country or with external elements to endanger national security' under the city's year-old national security law

Facility in Uyghur Autonomous Region is twice the size of Vatican City and has room for at least 10,000 inmates

The International Olympic Committee changed it rules and asked each nation to select two flagbearers in an effort to increase gender equality at the Tokyo Games