More results...
Critics expected to mount legal challenge to plans for vast complex at Royal Mint Court amid security concernsUK politics live – latest updatesThe UK communities secretary, Steve Reed, has given permission for China to build a vast new embassy near the…
Number of high-spending Chinese tourists visiting Japan halved last month after PM said an invasion of Taiwan could spark Japanese military involvementChinese tourism to Japan almost halved in December amid a bitter diplomatic row between Beijing and T…
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un abruptly sacked a vice premier and lashed out at “incompetent” officials in a rare public rebuke, state media reported Tuesday. The move came as Kim opened a major industrial complex, underscoring growing pressure on of…
A blast ripped through a Chinese restaurant in central Kabul on Monday, killing at least seven people and wounding more than a dozen others, officials said, in an attack later claimed by the Islamic State group and reported to have targeted Chinese na…
Sanae Takaichi tells senior figures in ruling Liberal Democratic party she plans to dissolve lower house on 23 JanuaryJapan’s prime minister, Sanae Takaichi, has called a snap election as she attempts to capitalise on high approval ratings since becomi…
Fourth year of decline deepens concerns over ageing, shrinking workforce and long-term economic impactChina’s population fell for a fourth consecutive year in 2025 as the birthrate plunged to another record low despite the introduction of polices aimed…
Economy weathered a fraught geopolitical landscape to reach 5% target but structural challenges at home ‘are not going away’, say expertsChinese authorities can say they hit their growth goals last year, but Donald Trump’s ongoing trade aggression, a s…
Decision expected on Monday or Tuesday, potentially smoothing relations before Keir Starmer’s visit to ChinaWhy Chinese ‘mega embassy’ is not such a worry for British spiesA decision on China’s proposed mega embassy in London is expected on Monday or T…
A return to nuclear power is at the heart of Japan’s energy policy but, in the wake of the 2011 disaster, residents’ fears about tsunamis, earthquakes and evacuation plans remain The activity around the Kashiwazaki-Kariwa nuclear power plant is reachin…
Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian warned on Sunday that any attack on the country’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei would be tantamount to war. US President Donald Trump had on Saturday described the ayatollah as “a sick man”, saying it was “t…