Sprawling queues for subsidized rice highlight plight of Indonesia’s poor
JAKARTA – In the afternoon sun, dozens of Indonesians, mostly women, gather in a snaking queue to buy bags of subsidized rice,
JAKARTA – In the afternoon sun, dozens of Indonesians, mostly women, gather in a snaking queue to buy bags of subsidized rice,
OTTAWA — Canada on Monday unveiled draft legislation to combat online hate that would force major companies to quickly remove harmful content
TAIPEI — Five Chinese coast guard ships entered prohibited or restricted waters around Taiwan’s frontline islands of Kinmen on Monday but left
JERUSALEM/CAIRO/NEW YORK — United States President Joseph R. Biden said on Monday he hopes to have a ceasefire in the Israel-Hamas conflict
BUDAPEST/STOCKHOLM — Hungary’s parliament approved Sweden’s NATO accession on Monday, clearing the last hurdle before the historic step by the Nordic country
WELLINGTON — New Zealand was set to repeal on Tuesday a world-first law banning tobacco sales for future generations, the government said,
ABU DHABI — Trade ministers from around the world gathered in Abu Dhabi on Monday for a World Trade Organization (WTO) meeting
KATHMANDU – For Nepali nurse Anshu, being picked for a job programme in Britain was long overdue recognition of her years of
HANOI – Communist-ruled Vietnam is expected to ratify this year the UN convention for the free establishment of trade unions, UN officials
WASHINGTON — President Joseph R. Biden has joked to aides that the key to a long and lasting marriage is “good sex,”