BEIJING, Nov. 9 (Xinhua) -- An international dialogue at the 7th World Media Summit (WMS) explored some of the most pressing questions: who really shapes the news agenda? Why do people trust one source over another, and what impact will artificial intelligence (AI) have on journalism? "Newsrooms ar»»»

Coco Gauff of the U.S. reacts during her round of 16 match against Belgium's Elise Mertens Coco Gauff’s disputed point against a Chinese teenager at the China Open has led to a wave of racist abuse that prompted the United Nations’ human rights office to speak out. The office condemned the messages»»»

Ancient residential clusters, traditional academies and historical courtyards stand as the most tangible physical carriers of China's agricultural civilization, according to the consensus of those attending a conference on rural civilization in Linyi, Shandong province, in July. Wu Xiaorong, a publ»»»

0 China’s Tibet policy has hardened into a doctrine of hostility, one that treats the Dalai Lama and the Tibetan diaspora not as spiritual or cultural actors but as existential threats to state sovereignty. This hostility is not incidental—it is strategic, rooted in Beijing’s determination to monop»»»

China on Thursday executed 11 people linked to Myanmar criminal gangs, including “key members” involved in scam operations, state media reported. Scam compounds have flourished in Myanmar’s lawless borderlands, part of a multibillion-dollar illicit industry. The centres are typically staffed by for»»»

A US immigration judge on Wednesday granted asylum to a Chinese man who fled his country after documenting sites of alleged human rights abuses against Uyghurs, his mother and lawyer told AFP. Guan Heng, 38, had been detained by US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in August, sparking fear »»»

PHNOM PENH - Cyberscam networks in Cambodia have freed more than 400 Indonesians in January, Jakarta said on Jan 19, after Phnom Penh announced a fresh crackdown on the illicit industry . Scammers working from hubs across South-east Asia, some willingly and others trafficked, lure internet users gl»»»

PHNOM PENH: More than 400 Indonesians were freed by cyberscam networks in Cambodia this month, Jakarta said on Monday (Jan 19), after Phnom Penh announced a fresh crackdown following the arrest of an alleged boss of the illicit industry. Scammers working from hubs across Southeast Asia, some willin»»»

China's population fell for the fourth straight year in 2025 as its birth rates sunk to a record low, despite the government rolling out a spate of incentives to boost them. The country's population fell 3.39 million to reach 1.4 billion by the end of 2025, marking a quicker decline than the previo»»»

Italy is preparing to host the 25th Winter Olympic Games next month — from Feb. 6 to the 22nd, followed by the Paralympic Games from March 6 to the 15th. After the excitement of the Paris Summer Games in 2024, which had sustainability at the heart of its planning strategy, the Milan Winter Games wi»»»

BEIJING, Jan 5, 2026 (BSS/AFP) - Twenty-five-year-old Grace and her husband are set on staying child-free, resisting pressure from their parents and society to produce offspring, even as China strives to boost its flagging birth rate. A decade since China scrapped its stringent one-child policy and»»»

Dharamshala [India], December 7 (ANI): The Tibetan Women's Association (TWA) observed the 30th anniversary of the historic 'Silent Protest' staged during the United Nations Fourth World Conference on Women in Beijing in 1995, a symbolic act remembered as the first protest by Tibetan exiles against »»»

KUWAIT CITY, Nov 9: Kuwait is steadily advancing in implementing the Women, Peace and Security (WPS) agenda, affirmed Assistant Foreign Minister for Human Rights Affairs, Ambassador Sheikha Jawaher Ibrahim Al-Duaij Al-Sabah, emphasizing the country’s firm commitment to enhancing women’s role in pea»»»

Families in the U.S. and around the world are having fewer children as people make profoundly different decisions about their lives. NPR's series Population Shift: How Smaller Families Are Changing the World explores the causes and implications of this trend. YIMIANPO, China — Small town life suits»»»

In a remarkable week that has placed her at the centre of both celebration and concern, actor Hania Aamir has been officially appointed as the National Goodwill Ambassador for UN Women Pakistan - even as reports of her sudden hospitalisation in the United States have left fans deeply worried. The d»»»

Sept. 2 (UPI) -- More than 1,000 people in the southwestern mountain region of Sudan are dead following landslides that struck over the weekend due to heavy rains that have pummeled the region over the last week. The death toll was announced Monday in a statement by the Sudan Liberation Movement/Ar»»»

Japan falling well out of step with G7 peers by overtly distancing itself from global gender equality norms In the 2025 global gender gap index (GGGI), Japan ranks 118th out of 148 countries – still the lowest among the G7 nations and among the poorest performers globally. This is largely because o»»»

MYAWADDY (Myanmar), Feb 28 — Hundreds of exhausted young men lie in an open-sided detention centre in a seedy Myanmar border town, sweating through thick tropical heat by day and prey to clouds of mosquitoes by night. They are among some 7,000 people from more than two dozen countries released from»»»

United Nations human rights experts have urged Thailand not to send 48 Uyghurs in its custody back to China, warning they are at risk of torture, ill-treatment and "irreparable harm" if returned. Human rights groups and some Thai lawmakers have raised concerns in the past week that the transfer to »»»