Asia Pacific

The variety of jailed writers in China surpassed 100 for the primary time because the nation continued to be the largest jailer of writers, in keeping with PEN America, a free expression group, which launched its annual Freedom to Write Index on Wednesday. PEN America reported that 339 writers have been imprisoned in 2023, probably […] More

A virtually 60-foot phase of an expressway in a rural space of southeastern China collapsed earlier than daybreak on Wednesday after days of heavy rain, killing 24 individuals and injuring 30 others. Photos launched after the incident appeared to point out {that a} landslide had begun underneath two lanes of an expressway that ran alongside […] More

Every household has its archetypes, so right here’s mine: My dad and my brother and I are all depressing. None of us are fast to expertise pleasure, and all for various causes — my dad is irritable, my brother is anxious and I’m bitter. The three of us mixed may make one reasonably unwell individual. […] More

Times Insider explains who we’re and what we do and delivers behind-the-scenes insights into how our journalism comes collectively. Sometime early final 12 months, I stumbled throughout an article by two students that described the rise of the “Green Islam” motion in Indonesia. One phrase specifically stood out: Muslim environmentalists there noticed themselves as “khalifahs,” […] More

Tensions rise on U.S. campuses Clashes between the police, college directors and protesters over the battle in Gaza intensified at U.S. universities. Columbia University in New York mentioned it might expel college students who had occupied a faculty constructing as a part of a pro-Palestinian demonstration early yesterday. The college students behind a bigger campus […] More

Cease-fire talks may restart right this moment Negotiations for a pause within the preventing between Israel and Hamas may restart as quickly as right this moment, officers stated. A mid-level Israeli delegation is planning to fly to Cairo for brand new talks mediated by Egypt, however provided that Hamas additionally agrees to attend, Israeli officers […] More

Tesla has concluded a collection of preparations with regulators and a Chinese synthetic intelligence firm throughout a fast journey to Beijing on Sunday and Monday by Elon Musk, the automotive maker’s chief government, probably clearing the best way for the corporate to supply its most superior self-driving software program on automobiles in China. Tesla had […] More

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken cheered on the sidelines at a basketball sport in Shanghai on Wednesday evening, and spent Thursday chatting with college students at New York University’s Shanghai campus and assembly American enterprise homeowners. It all went to emphasise the type of financial, academic and cultural ties that the United States is […] More

The Philippines closed all public colleges on Monday and Tuesday due to dangerously excessive temperatures, transferring lessons on-line in a rustic the place colleges are sometimes shut due to tropical storms. Over the previous week, common temperatures in lots of components of the nation topped 40 levels Celsius, or 100 levels Fahrenheit. Extreme warmth is […] More

What’s the way forward for Gaza? Development businesses and Middle Eastern companies have been assembly to debate the eventual reconstruction of Gaza and to develop plans for its long-term financial future. They search to rework Gaza right into a industrial hub centered on commerce, tourism and innovation. But these plans are far faraway from as […] More

A twister that swept by the southern Chinese financial hub of Guangzhou killed 5 individuals and broken scores of manufacturing unit buildings on Saturday. The twister struck at about 3 p.m. and injured one other 33 individuals because it slammed by the Baiyun district, within the metropolis’s northern suburbs, the native authorities stated. It lasted […] More

The drummer crashed her cymbals. The bass participant clawed at her guitar. The crowd raised index and pinkie fingers in approval. The lead singer and guitarist stepped as much as the mic and screamed: “Our physique isn’t public property!” And dozens of followers threw themselves right into a frenzy for the hijab-wearing heavy metallic trio. […] More