A former executive of Azerbaijan's state-owned oil and gas firm SOCAR has been picked to lead U.N. climate talks in Baku later this year, prompting critics to decry a "bad case of déjà vu." Mukhtar Babayev, who serves as Azerbaijan's ecol...

The global economy is on course to record its worst half decade of growth in 30 years, according to the World Bank. Global growth is forecast to slow for the third year in a row in 2024, dipping to 2.4% from 2.6% in 2023, the organization s...

More than 19 million voters in Taiwan headed to the polls on Saturday to decide if the ruling Democratic Progressive Party should earn an unprecedented third consecutive presidential term — or if a leadership change is in order. The tradi...

As around half of the world's adult population heads to the polls in a bumper year of elections, concern over the role of artificial intelligence in disrupting outcomes has topped the list of the biggest risks for 2024, according to a new r...

The administration doubled down on its support for Taiwan's democratic process ahead of a presidential election on the island that will serve as a bellwether of mainland China's creeping influence over , which China claims as its territory....

Japan is stepping up efforts to ensure its listed companies become more efficient with capital allocation and increase shareholder returns this year. The operator of Tokyo's stock exchange , its first monthly list of public companies that h...

U.S. and U.K. forces have carried out airstrikes against Houthi rebel targets in Yemen in response to repeated attacks by the Iranian-backed group on ships in the Red Sea. The U.S. Air Force on Thursday launched strikes on over 60 targets a...

TAIPEI — Taiwan's ruling Democratic Progressive Party won an unprecedented third-straight presidential term, as incoming leader Lai Ching-te pledged to stay open-minded in his approach toward governance, while committing to forging consen...

TAIPEI — China dismissed the outcome of Taiwan's Saturday elections, saying its ruling Democratic Progressive Party does not represent mainstream public opinion after it failed to win a majority in the presidential and legislative votes....

TAIPEI — Taiwan's president-elect Lai Ching-te will face a split parliament that will likely moderate his policy agenda, with Taiwan People's Party seen as the king maker with eight seats since neither of the two major parties won an outr...

(Washington French Xindian) Political Risk Consulting Company Eurasian Group's annual report pointed out that no matter who was elected President of the United States, the US presidential election in 2024 will bring the biggest political ri...

(Tel Aviv Comprehensive) U.S. Secretary of State Brills met with many Israeli officials on Tuesday on Tuesday to prevent the expansion of the Harbin conflict.He said that Israel has a real opportunity to achieve integration with neighbor Ar...

On Friday, Alaska Airlines's Boeing 737 MAX 9 aircraft landed urgently in Portland, Oregon, causing the Federal Aviation Administration to order some US airlines to stop using some MAX 9 aircraft before completing the relevant inspection.Th...

One of the busiest trade routes in the world is a difficult decision to transport shipping companies in factories, stores, car dealers and other companies. If they want the ship to walk the Red Sea route, they will take the risk of being at...

(Paris French Xindian) Analysts believe that although Iran is a strong country in the Middle East, it has been accused of playing a key role in some Western turmoil in the Middle East, but the serial bomb attack of the "Islamic State" organ...