Visitors will not be allowed to set foot on a men-only UNESCO World Heritage island in Japan from next year, an official said Saturday. The tiny landmass of Okinoshima, where women are banned and...
Ghana has again made history by being the first African country to successfully undergo a nuclear research reactor conversion from a Highly Enriched Uranium (HEU) sensitive fuel, to a Lower Enriched...
The body of China's late Nobel laureate Liu Xiaobo was cremated Saturday after a private ceremony attended by his family, as Beijing faces international pressure to let the dissident's wife leave the...
China's economy lost momentum in the second quarter, a survey shows, as Beijing's efforts to curb risky lending and investment took a toll on the Asian powerhouse. The world's second-largest economy...
The body of China's late Nobel laureate Liu Xiaobo was cremated on Saturday after a ceremony attended by his wife and friends, two days after the dissident lost a battle with cancer while in custody....
South Korea's Lee Jeong-Eun6 fired her second consecutive three-under par 69 to seize the early clubhouse lead in Friday's second round of the US Women's Open as US President Donald Trump arrived....
US congressional Democrats and Republicans condemned Beijing on Friday over the recent death of Liu Xiaobo, saying the demise of the imprisoned Nobel laureate highlighted the Chinese government's...
JPMorgan Chase chief executive Jamie Dimon ripped into the political gridlock in Washington and said Friday that they dysfunction threatened US economic prospects. "It's almost an embarrassment to be...
Activists accused Beijing of crippling Hong Kong's parliament Friday after four pro-democracy lawmakers were disqualified. More than 1,000 people protested near the government offices Friday night in...
A group of plainclothes officers appeared like ghosts from behind tombstones next to the crematorium where the body of China's most prominent dissident was rumoured to have been taken after his...
After her democracy activist husband was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2010, Liu Xia was elated. "I'm so excited, I'm so excited, I don't know what to say," the Chinese poet and painter told AFP...
A leading member of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Mr Dennis Amfo-Sefa, says any attempt by former President John Mahama to return to the Presidency in 2020 would be mark his political demise. “We...
When China allowed Nobel laureate Liu Xiaobo to die in police custody, it made a bet that world governments were more invested in improving trade ties than defending political dissidents. Even as...
Indonesian authorities have detained an alleged wildlife trafficker and seized nine protected slow lorises and a wreathed hornbill, an official said Friday. The threatened species had been smuggled...
Two bodies found stuffed inside suitcases abandoned in mountainous forest near Tokyo are suspected to be missing Chinese sisters, local media reported Friday. Police officers reportedly found the...
Four pro-democracy lawmakers were disqualified from Hong Kong's parliament Friday in a move that will worsen growing fears the city's freedoms are under serious threat from Beijing. Former Umbrella...
Exiled Tiananmen Square student protest leader Wu'er Kaixi said on Friday the world had "failed to save" Nobel peace laureate Liu Xiaobo, who he described as his mentor. Wu'er is one of the...
China's censors raced Friday to scrub social media networks of candles, RIP and other tributes to Nobel laureate Liu Xiaobo as they seek to silence discussion about the prominent dissident's death....
Google has revealed it has built a London data centre for the cloud computing services it rents to third parties. The facility is its second in Europe, after Brussels, and promises to provide faster...
China has rejected international criticism for not allowing its most prominent critic, Liu Xiaobo, to be treated abroad for liver cancer. It said the case was an internal affair and that other...
