Asia Pacific

Europe Needs Rare Earth Metals. Can a Factory in Seasid...

The continent wants to reduce the risks of depending so heavily on China for the...

South Korea Keeps Its Chin Up as Trump Wields Tariff Th...

The country’s new president, in office for a little over a month, had just dispa...

South Korea Holds Its Chin Up as Trump Wields Tariff Th...

The country’s new president, in office for a little over a month, had just dispa...

Here Are Trump’s New Tariff Threats

President Trump has told seven countries that they will face tariffs of at least...

Trump Revives Trade War, Threatening Steep Aug. 1 Tarif...

President Trump said Japan and South Korea, two of America’s closest allies, wou...

Iran Carries Out Mass Expulsion of Afghan Refugees

About 800,000 people have been deported to Afghanistan, a desperately poor count...

How Harvard’s Ties to China Helped Make It a White Hous...

Harvard turned to international donors, including China, as one way to help save...

Trump Tells Japan and South Korea Their Tariff Rate: 25%

The tariffs on some of America’s closest allies would go into effect Aug. 1, unl...

2 Dead and 500 Injured After Typhoon Danas Strikes Taiwan

Most typhoons come ashore on the island’s sparsely populated east coast, but Dan...

2 Dead and 300 Injured After Typhoon Danas Strikes Taiwan

Most typhoons come ashore on the island’s sparsely populated east coast, but Dan...

Can Taiwan Really Disconnect Its Economy From China?

Momentum is building in Taiwan to lessen its business dependency on China, its b...

Monday Briefing: Floods in Texas Killed nearly 80

Plus, the case of the lost Stradivarius.

How Europe Got Stuck Between Xi’s China and Trump’s Ame...

European Union officials will spend July in talks with China. Tensions are high,...

China and Russia Keep Their Distance From Iran During C...

Some U.S. officials talked about an “axis” of authoritarian nations, but the Ame...

Can Australia Pull Off Barring Children From Social Media?

A law that restricts social media use to people 16 and over goes into effect in ...

The Little Mountain Democracy That Sustains Tibet’s Ref...

The exile government that was built by the Dalai Lama to preserve Tibetans’ cult...