These new measures intensify Hong Kong’s continuing slide into authoritarianism,” said Benedict Rogers, Senior Director at Fortify Rights. “Further alignment of Hong Kong’s judicial system with ...

Then the Latin American debt crisis blew up, triggered by Mexico’s announcement that it was unable to pay its foreign debt.

Chinese troops opened fire on students and workers who had been peacefully protesting for political reforms in and around ...

Bereaved families of those killed in the crackdown on pro-democracy protests at Tiananmen Square in China's capital Beijing ...

May 30 has been a day marked by monumental achievements and memorable moments across the world’s history, spanning science, ...

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Just weeks ago, markets rejoiced as a de-facto trade embargo between the world’s two largest economies was called off — with ...

Amnesty International is urging China to initiate an "impartial and public enquiry" into the killings of civilians and protesters in the 1989 Tiananmen Massacre. On the 12th anniversary of the carnage ...

Dictatorships use solitary confinement as a form of torture, designed to break the prisoner’s spirit. Under international law ...

Hong Kong's Catholic church has declined to say if it will hold a mass this year to commemorate victims of the Tiananmen ...

As DeepSeek is now "widely" used. This week, Chinese AI lab DeepSeek gained widespread attention when its chatbot software ...

For decades, U.S. presidents proclaimed a mission to spread democracy, but Trump is now slashing such initiatives. That has ...