‘This is just the start’: India’s Gen Z protesters force out a minister, but what next?
In 12 years of Narendra Modi’s rule in India, only one cabinet minister had previously resigned – over allegations of sexual misconduct. So education minister Dharmendra Pradhan’s resignation on Saturday,…
Along the China-Laos Railway, new jobs and shorter journeys reshape lives
At the home of a village chief near Boten, a Lao border town, Li Peigang, a teacher at Shanghai Institute of Technology, opened a calendar on the table and pointed…
If a reset is needed for good governance, then it should happen: DG ISPR
Good governance is key to the security and stability of Pakistan, says military spokesperson DG ISPR Lt Gen Ahmed Sharif Chaudhry addresses a press conference. Photo: Screengrab Inter-Services Public Relations…
Summer tourism booms in Xuan’en County, China’s Hubei
An aerial drone photo taken on July 29, 2026 shows tourists rafting and enjoying the night view on Gongshui River in Xuan’en County in Enshi Tujia and Miao Autonomous Prefecture,…
UN Security Council holds first straw poll for Secretary-General Guterres’ successor
Results of informal vote kept confidential as seven candidates vie to become next UN chief UN Security Council to hold urgent meeting in New York PHOTO: Anadolu Agency The United…
Innovations in marine travel refresh China’s summer tourism boom
At 9 a.m., a passenger ferry departs on schedule from a wharf in east China and arrives minutes later at a giant flower-shaped offshore structure over the sea. The complex…