(CNN)A minor political scandal in Australia has shone a bright light on the threat the Chinese Communist Party and its chauvinistic attitude to race poses to Chinese-heritage politicians in democracies across the world.In May

Hong Kong (CNN Business)China stock markets declined Monday after a Chinese delegation reportedly canceled a scheduled visit to US farms, fueling pessimism about the prospect of a trade truce between the world's two largest

(CNN)Indonesian President Joko Widodo has postponed a vote that could have criminalized consensual extramarital sex after outcry from human rights groups worldwide.The vote would have been on a new penal code, which the government

Seoul (CNN)On the same street corner in Seoul where 10,000 South Korean women rallied last October to demand an end to spy cameras and sexual violence, the leader of a new activist group addressed

(CNN)At least 37 people were injured on Saturday when a 5.6-magnitude earthquake struck Albania. The earthquake struck along Albania's central coast near the port city of Durrës, according to the United States Geological Survey,

London (CNN)Boris Johnson has been backed into a corner over Brexit. Partly through his own missteps, partly from the growing opposition to his "do-or-die" Brexit plan, Johnson is a man for whom the losses

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New Delhi (CNN Business)India is slashing taxes on companies and manufacturers to try and revive its struggling economy. Profits made by Indian companies will now be taxed at a rate of 22%, down from

(CNN)Kiribati has become the second nation in a week to drop Taiwan as a diplomatic ally and move towards Beijing, Taipei's foreign ministry announced Friday.Foreign Minister Joseph Wu announced the change at a press

I’m standing inside Samsung Digital City, where some 35,000 employees work, eat, play, and work some more in Suwon, South Korea. It feels like a university campus with green parks, throngs of young people, social