China plans to exclude Tibetan as a core subject from the national college entrance exam for the majority of students in the autonomous region, a senior official has said, raising concerns over the ...

While the west focuses on the military threat, activists in Taiwan accuse its own politicians of facilitating Beijing’s subversion efforts ...

Flash floods are causing havoc across swaths of Asia even as scientists said the global temperature rise in the past three months had eased from record levels.

Donald Trump has said Kevin Hassett and Kevin Warsh are now the front-runners in the race to succeed Federal Reserve chair ...

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The global tariffs Donald Trump wants to drive his economic agenda will take effect at 12.01am in Washington on Thursday, pushing US import duties to their highest level in a century and launching a ...

We saw first hand how critical partnerships with oil and gas companies are to our former employer, Microsoft, and the tech sector at large. Documents revealed by the Atlantic suggest the fossil fuel ...

Inner London boroughs will be the biggest losers from reforms of local government finance that will leave about one in four councils facing real terms funding cuts over the next three years, according ...

A fifth of doctors in the UK are considering leaving the profession, the sector’s regulator has warned, as it urged ministers to radically improve career prospects for medics.

Failing to tackle hold-ups at building safety watchdog will ‘significantly hinder’ housebuilding targets, warns Rics ...

Apple is preparing to add a further $100bn to its US investment plans as chief executive Tim Cook strives to insulate the ...

Tom Lehrer ( Obituaries, August 2) once said that satire died when Henry Kissinger won the Nobel Peace Prize. I fear the last laugh has now passed as well! With universal bereavement for Lehrer’s ...