Scrabble casts spell over Asia with Welsh hugs and mustard seeds
Malaysian teenage Scrabble protege Tengku Ariff Shah can spell more English words than most adults in the Western world, but he doesn’t always know what...
U.S. House passes new trade pact replacing NAFTA
The U.S. House of Representatives overwhelmingly approved a new North American trade deal on Thursday that includes tougher labor and automotive rules but leaves $1.2...
Asia stocks digest meaty gains, sterling starved for love
Asian shares snoozed near 18-month highs on Friday as trade thinned in the run-up to Christmas and investors seemed content to digest the chunky gains...
Fishermen cry foul as China bids to fix drought-hit lake
After wading through mudflats, Fan Xinde, a 36-year-old fisherman, sifts old copper coins from the debris scooped from the bed of a dwindling river that...
An orphanage called Hope: Indian couple rebuilds lives after losing own children to tsunami
Karibeeran Parameshvaran and his wife Choodamani contemplated suicide after losing three children to giant waves triggered by a 9.1-magnitude quake fifteen years ago....
China’s Great Wall revs up for India as rivals hit the brakes
Chinese automakers Great Wall Motor and Changan Automobile are accelerating plans to build cars in India after the initial success of rival SAIC Motor in...
New WADA report shows jump in global doping cases
More drug cheats are being caught in global sport with the latest World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) figures on Thursday showing a 13.1% rise in anti-doping...
Prosecutors oppose early prison release for ex-Trump lawyer Cohen
Michael Cohen, a former personal lawyer for U.S. President Donald Trump, should not be released from prison early for cooperating with authorities, federal prosecutors told...
Puerto Rico defies federal cockfighting ban
An attempt by the U.S. Congress to ban cockfighting in Puerto Rico has set off a debate about animal cruelty, put thousands of jobs at...
Energy billionaire asks Senator Warren to visit Oklahoma oil fields
Oil billionaire Harold Hamm, a supporter of U.S. President Donald Trump, invited Democratic presidential contender Senator Elizabeth Warren to visit Oklahoma’s oil and natural gas...