Labor pains: Japanese jobs for South Korean graduates dry up amid trade row
Song Min-su, a Japanese major in his final year at Hannam University, south of Seoul, has watched in dismay as a spat between South Korea...
Democratic candidates vie for climate mantle during marathon forum
Ten U.S. Democratic presidential contenders will tout their plans to tackle climate change on Wednesday night in a marathon series of CNN forums likely to...
Factbox: Climate policies of top U.S. Democrats in 2020 presidential race
Ten Democratic U.S. presidential hopefuls will tout their plans to tackle climate change on Wednesday evening in a series of CNN town halls, sure to...
U.S. effort to disqualify Huawei’s lead lawyer goes to court
A former U.S. Justice Department official who now represents Huawei Technologies is expected in Brooklyn federal court on Wednesday to defend his right to represent...
Dorian leaves parts of Bahamas in ruins
Hurricane Dorian smashed parts of the tourism-dependent Bahamas to ruins, leaving relief officials scrambling on Tuesday to battle an unfolding humanitarian crisis as the scale...
Hong Kong leader announces withdrawal of controversial extradition bill
Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam on Wednesday announced the withdrawal of an extradition bill that triggered months of unrest and threw the Chinese-ruled city into...
Asia’s growing coal use could negate global climate change progress, U.N. says
Asia’s heavy and expanding reliance on coal power risks cancelling out global progress towards preventing catastrophic climate change, a top United Nations official warned on...
Easing political worries in Europe lift shares, pound jumps
Britain’s pound bounced from three-year lows on Wednesday after a parliamentary vote raised the prospect of another delay to Brexit while an easing of worries...
Singapore PM takes initial step toward calling general election
Singapore’s prime minister, Lee Hsien Loong, has formed a panel to review electoral boundaries, his office said in a statement on Wednesday, signaling an imminent...
Hong Kong leader to kill bill, but some see move as too little, too late
Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam will announce the withdrawal of an extradition bill that triggered months of unrest and has thrown the Chinese-ruled city into...
