‘We can celebrate later’: Hong Kongers pen Christmas cards to protesters
Hong Kong residents have been gathering across the city on weekends and in lunch breaks to write Christmas cards to injured protesters and those in...
China, Russia propose lifting some U.N. sanctions on North Korea, U.S. says not the time
China and Russia on Monday proposed the U.N. Security Council lift a ban on North Korea exporting statues, seafood and textiles, according to a draft...
China says hopes U.N. Security Council speaks with one voice on Korean Peninsula issue
China hopes the U.N. Security Council speaks with one voice on the Korean Peninsula issue, Foreign Ministry spokesman Geng Shuang said at a regular press...
Toyota expects 2020 global car sales to stay at record-high levels
Toyota Motor Corp expects its global vehicle sales to stay at record highs in 2020, even as demand shows signs of slowing in China and...
Toyota to use advanced self-driving tech in commercial vehicles first
Toyota Motor Corp plans to first deploy advanced self-driving features in commercial vehicles before adding them to cars meant for personal use, a senior official...
Credit Suisse executive tailed by private investigators: paper
Another senior Credit Suisse executive was followed this year, the Neue Zuercher Zeitung reported, suggesting the surveillance of former wealth management boss Iqbal Khan was...
Pakistan court sentences former military ruler Musharraf to death for treason
Pakistan’s anti-terrorism court sentenced on Tuesday former military ruler Pervez Musharraf to death on charges of high treason and subverting the constitution, a senior government...
Oil prices climb on U.S.-China trade hopes, supply cuts
Oil prices climbed higher on Tuesday as investors kept the faith with hopes that a fully fledged U.S.-China trade deal is in the pipeline, set...
‘Night of horrors’: Inside the Indian university stormed by police
As dusk fell on Sunday, police smashed their way into the main library of New Delhi’s Jamia Millia University, firing tear gas shells as scores...
French unions make pre-Christmas push to block pension reforms
French trade unions on Tuesday used transport strikes and mass protests to try to force President Emmanuel Macron to ditch a planned pension reform before...