INCHEON, South Korea — Hong Kong China qualified for its first men’s Rugby World Cup after beating host South Korea 70-22 to win the Asia Championship on Saturday. Hong Kong China is only the second Asian nation after Japan to reach the World Cup in tournament history. It booked a spot in the 2027 tournament…
BEIJING — China plans to hold a military parade Sept. 3 marking the 80th anniversary of Japan’s World War II surrender and featuring the People’s Liberation Army’s newest weaponry. President and head of the military Xi Jinping will deliver a speech on the occasion, which will feature “new-type combat capabilities,” including hypersonic weapons and a…
HONG KONG — Hong Kong’s prominent pro-democracy and LGBTQ+ activist Jimmy Sham was released from prison on Friday after serving over four years in the city’s biggest national security case under a Beijing-imposed law. Sham’s activism made headlines during 2019 anti-government protests, when he was the convenor of a now-disbanded pro-democracy group that organized some…
NEW YORK — Pharrell Williams has high hopes for the Met Gala, the first to focus exclusively on Black designers, and the first in more than 20 years to have a menswear theme. “I want it to feel like the most epic night of power, a reflection of Black resiliency in a world that continues…
NEW YORK — The WNBA draft has increasingly become a platform for more than just athleticism — it is a celebration of identity, heritage, culture, and self-expression. Paige Bueckers may have been the No. 1 pick, but it was Kiki Iriafen who arguably stole the show when it came to fashion. Even Bueckers herself said…
BANGKOK — China protested Wednesday after the U.S. added dozens of companies to its export control list, including more than 50 based in China that it says sought advanced knowhow in supercomputing, artificial intelligence and quantum technology for military purposes. Companies from Taiwan, Iran, Pakistan, South Africa and United Arab Emirates also were included in…
Norm Clarke, a colorful journalist who covered the back-to-back World Series champion Cincinnati Reds of the 1970s as an Associated Press sports writer and then became a popular entertainment columnist in Las Vegas, has died after a long battle with prostate cancer. Clarke, 82, died on Thursday at a Las Vegas hospice center, said his…
BEIJING — China is wrapping up its biggest political event of the year on Tuesday leaving one question unanswered: How far will it go to try to revive economic growth in 2025? A recurring theme throughout the weeklong meeting of the nearly 3,000-member National People’s Congress was the need to boost investment and consumer spending….
BEIJING — China’s annual major political event gets underway this week, bringing together the nation’s top leaders and thousands of provincial leaders to endorse decisions already made by the all-powerful Chinese Communist Party. The meetings and gathering during the National People’s Congress, expected to last for about a week, are still important. The rubber-stamp parliament…
Manal Elfakhani looks back fondly on childhood memories from the month of Ramadan. She would break her fast at the mosque with family and snack on sweet semolina flour cookies that she’s since learned to bake herself. Ramadan is about spiritual reflection and the value of having enough to eat, she said. For about a…