Thailand’s highest court on Wednesday acquitted Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-Ocha of wrongdoing linked to his stay in an army house long after he retired from the military, a case that could have seen him removed from office and offered a way
China’s government is considering requiring foreign visitors who want to hold a religious activity to first provide extensive information about who is attending and what they are reading, before the service can receive government permission.Authorities say they are proposing the
WASHINGTON — More than 1,000 Chinese researchers have left the United States amid a U.S. crackdown on alleged technology theft, John Demers, the U.S. Justice Department’s top national security official, said Wednesday. William Evanina, chief of the counterintelligence branch
LUMAJANG, INDONESIA — Hundreds of Indonesians have fled their villages after a rumbling volcano spewed hot ash thousands of meters into the air and belched lava down its crater. Mount Semeru on Java island spouted the towering column Tuesday,
An Amazon worker with a mask of CEO Jeff Bezos during a strike on Black Friday in November 2018. Marcos del Mazo/LightRocket via Getty Images Private spies subcontracted by Pinkerton Agency, a firm Amazon employs, infiltrated and photographed a
What It Means to Become President-Elect in the US In the United States, Democrat Joe Biden is being called the president-elect. President-elect is a descriptive term not an official office. As such, Biden has no power in the government, and
Police departments around the Kansas City metro area are reporting an increasing number of catalytic converter thefts — a trend partly to blame on the economic hardships of the COVID-19 pandemic and rising cost of precious metals.The costly part of
In Uzbekistan, the fight for greater press freedom is at a turning point as journalists push back against warnings from the government media regulator that coverage of issues, including the pandemic and energy shortages, is in violation of legal norms.The Agency
KANO, NIGERIA — A humanitarian aid worker and two local officials have been abducted by Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) fighters in conflict-plagued northeastern Nigeria, two security officials said Wednesday. Jihadists kidnapped them at a checkpoint in the village
More than 200,000 Indian farmers and their supporters have occupied the streets of New Delhi for days in protest against three new agriculture reform laws, blocking major highways into the capital city and vowing to remain camped there until the