China&India

China

15 dead in China bus crash in foggy valley

5 hours 55 min ago

China

Seeking influence, China hosts Mideast peace forum

15 hours 4 min ago

BEIJING — China yesterday hosted a Mideast peace forum backing a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, part of its quest for greater diplomatic influence in a...

India

India probes reports of sex check for Shah Rukh Khan’s baby

15 hours 4 min ago

NEW DELHI — Health officials in Mumbai are investigating reports that Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan and his wife know the sex of a baby they are having through a surrogate...

China

Beijing bans private adoptions of infants who are abandoned

15 hours 4 min ago

BEIJING — China yesterday announced that individuals and groups are banned from privately adopting abandoned infants, in a country where tens of thousands are abandoned each...

China

Xi to launch ‘thorough cleanup’ of Communist Party

15 hours 4 min ago

BEIJING — Chinese President Xi Jinping yesterday pledged a “thorough cleanup” of the ruling Communist Party (CPC) as part of a year-long campaign aimed at ridding its ranks of...

China

China censors Winnie the Pooh

18 June

LONDON — Children’s favourite yellow anthropomorphic teddy bear has become a target for China’s Internet censors.

India

Fatal floods in northern India; dozens missing

18 June

Torrential rain and floods washed away buildings and roads, killing at least 23 people in the northern Indian state of Uttarakhand, officials said yesterday.

China

China asks US to explain Internet surveillance

18 June

BEIJING — China made its first substantive comments yesterday to reports of United States surveillance of the Internet, demanding that Washington explain its monitoring...

China

China’s faltering economy dims job prospects for grads

18 June

BEIJING — A record seven million students will graduate from universities and colleges across China in the coming weeks, but their job prospects appear bleak — the latest sign...