Australia’s Uluru opens to climbers for last time ahead of ban
Hundreds of tourists clamored up Australia’s Uluru on Friday, the day before a permanent ban on climbing the sacred rock takes effect following a decades-long...
North Korea tells South Korea it wants ‘shabby’ Mt Kumgang resort rebuilt
North Korea has notified Seoul that it wants to discuss the rebuilding of facilities constructed by South Korea at the North’s Mount Kumgang resort, an...
China orienteering team disqualified from world military games
China’s orienteering team has been disqualified from this year’s Military World Games hosted by the mainland following accusations of cheating at an event, according to...
Hong Kong set for more subdued weekend of protests
Hong Kong is gearing up for what is expected to be a relatively quiet weekend of protests, although there is no sign that anti-government activists...
California wine country fire began near damaged PG&E tower, 2,000 flee
A wind-driven wildfire that forced some 2,000 people to flee homes in Northern California’s wine country on Thursday erupted near the base of a damaged...
Chinese paper says Britain must accept responsibility for truck deaths
Britain and other European countries must accept some responsibility for the deaths of 39 people, believed to be Chinese nationals, found dead in a refrigerated...
Top Mexican broadcasters feel the pinch from fewer government ads
Revenue from government-sponsored publicity campaigns in Mexico has continued slide for the country’s top two television broadcasters, part of President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador’s austerity...
Solomons government says China’s island lease ‘unlawful’
The Solomon Islands government says a contract signed by one of its provinces to lease the entire island of Tulagi to a Chinese company is...
Senate Democrat Schumer proposes plan to swap gas cars for electric vehicles
Senator Chuck Schumer, the top Senate Democrat, late on Thursday proposed a $454 billion plan over 10 years to help shift the United States away...
Mexican president rebukes U.S. official’s criticism of narco strategy
Mexico’s president on Thursday accused a senior U.S. diplomat of lacking respect for Mexican sovereignty after he questioned the Mexican government’s strategy for quelling drug...