A Beijing court on Monday handed down a suspended death sentence to Yang Hengjun, a Chinese-Australian author detained on suspicion of espionage for more than five years without trial, according to media reports.
When the magnitude 7-8 earthquake struck northwest Syria on February 6, 2023, thousands of people were already displaced,thousands were killed in the region and 170,000 had become homeless once again. After a year, there is no longer any emergency assistance, and some people are taking refuge in abandoned buildings.
“Vishniac,” a new released documentary, tells the story of Russian-born Jewish photographer Roman Vishniac in the 20th century, who escaped the Holocaust and eventually settled in America. Later, the movie “Schindler’s List” helped from the iconic photographs.
Elections for Pakistan’s province and national assemblies will be held next week, with three transgender candidates. Activist for human rights Nayyab Ali is one of them; a candidate from Islamabad for a national assembly seat. OA
Targeting the almost extinct San and Khoi population, the 2024 Kalahari Arts and Heritage Festival in the Northern Cape, South Africa, was seen as a success by both organizers and attendees.
A Kenyan company found creative and functional ways to reuse disposed and broken flip-flops. Around the world, millions of these colorful footwear end up in landfills, waterways, dump sites, and oceans
A plaque honoring Voice of America’s headquarters in Washington as a historic site in journalism was unveiled Thursday, with current and former newsroom leaders present to affirm the importance of the outlet’s editorial independence.
A survey conducted after two years of full-fledged war shows that Ukrainians are more unified than ever in rejecting Russian President Vladimir Putin and his ambitions for their country. Anxiety over future support from the international community, however, tempers their pride at successfully opposing a much larger adversary.
Malaysian immigration officials on Friday reported separating Rohingya from other detainees after 131 refugees in custody broke out of detention this week and one was struck and killed by a car.
For a maximum of 14 days, Chinese people can enter the United States without a visa only in the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI), an American territory in the Pacific.Now some in Congress want to shut that program down.