At the dawning of the British Empire in 1818, the romantic poet Percy Bysshe Shelley penned a memorable sonnet freighted with foreboding about the ...

President Lai Ching-te says the spending, which must be approved by the island’s legislature, would fund purchases of arms ...

Writing in an op‑ed for the The Washington Post, Lai said the package represents “a landmark package” that will “not only ...

The move comes as China, which views democratically-governed Taiwan as its own territory, has ramped up military and ...

Global demand for rare earth minerals is driving the toxic pollution of some of Asia’s most important rivers, threatening the health and livelihoods of tens of millions of people.

But as tensions with Moscow eased and the substantial environmental toll wrought by the rare earth industry gained prominence ...

Pema Wangjom Thongdok said she was detained at Shanghai airport for 18 hours The detention of Pema Wangjom Thongdok, an ...

(CNN) — The US Navy’s beleaguered shipbuilding program took a major hit on Tuesday as Navy Secretary John Phelan announced he was cancelling plans to buy Constellation-class frigates, once heralded as ...

The third weekend in November offered the world two disastrous days for solving polycrisis problems, starting in the Brazilian Amazon city of Belém at the United Nations climate summit (‘COP30’) on ...

The president has spoken with the leaders of both countries as they spar over remarks the Japanese prime minister made about ...

For many environmental advocates, the COP30 climate negotiations ended this weekend in disappointment. The annual United ...

The move deepens energy and infrastructure cooperation, but introduces geopolitical risks tied to Iran, Israel, and Ankara's ...