Asia News Headlines
-
Former Chinese Politburo member Ma Xingrui charged with taking bribes
China's state media say a former member of one of China’s top decision-making bodies has been formally charged with accepting bribes a week after Communist Party leaders confirmed his expulsion from the party
-
A still-recovering pope will head home to Latin America and his beloved Peru for a 12-day trip
Pope Leo XIV is embarking on the longest and farthest trip of his pontificate three weeks after lung cancer surgery
-
Authorities are trying to piece together how an escaped Tennessee inmate evaded capture for 10 days
Authorities are still trying to piece together how a convicted murderer in Tennessee evaded capture for more than a week
-
Israel's president takes first steps on building new government after accepting election results
Israeli President Isaac Herzog accepted the certified results of last week’s election and began consultations with party representatives on forming a new government
-
Australia approves seabed site where a Japanese company will store carbon pollution
The Australian government has designated a seabed storage site off its northern coast where a Japanese company plans to store hundreds of millions of tons of carbon dioxide using a technology that has divided climate scientists
-
Turkey’s solar boom shines ahead of a UN climate summit but coal and other fossil fuels loom large
Turkey is spotlighting its renewable energy efforts as it hosts the upcoming U.N. climate summit
-
Kenya’s mining ambitions raise fears for farms and ancestral graves
Farmers and community elders in coastal Kenya fear a proposed mining project could threaten their livelihoods and a sacred forest where their ancestors are buried
-
The Latest: Trump defends Iran war after voters give Democrats control of Congress
The midterm election blowout has set up a new era in Washington
-
Alaskans wait for more votes in US Senate, governor's races. Both could go to ranked tabulations
Alaskans have settled in to await more results for key races on the general election ballot that are not yet called
-
Herbert Blomstedt, who headed San Francisco Symphony from 1985-95, dies at age 99
Herbert Blomstedt, a renowned conductor who led the San Francisco Symphony from 1985 to 1995, has died at the age of 99
- More Asia News Headlines


