ST’s foreign bureaus outline how these power players will approach the new year. Read more at straitstimes.com.

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Beijing announced the new counties on 27 December, one of which called He’an includes parts of Beijing-occupied Aksai Chin, ...

President-elect Donald Trump takes office with the world on a precipice. His commitment to fixing three major global dangers could secure him not one, but three Nobel Peace Prizes.

At the start of 2024, Harbin's ice and snow tourism captured widespread attention, transforming its unique "cold resources" into highly sought-after "hot assets". Nestled in Northeast China's ...

Beijing's tourism industry soared to new heights in 2024, enjoying record-breaking numbers of domestic and international ...

If the Buddhist art is meant to guide us to enlightenment, it just as often reveals the blood, beauty, and mystery of earthly ...

The list made its debut in 2005, when world travel was about half of today’s 1.3 billion arrivals and phones were for making calls. Here’s how The Times’s annual travel list — and travel itself — has ...

As President-elect Donald Trump prepares to take office on Jan. 20, his administration has an opportunity to overhaul the U.S ...

A yarning circle has been introduced at Western Australia’s Unit 18 youth detention center, offering cultural programs for ...

China sent a team of four technical specialists to Vanuatu to help with earthquake recovery efforts this week, in a Pacific islands first for Beijing as it steps up engagement with nations in the ...

The pandemic left an indelible but mixed imprint on everything from patterns of socio-economic development to China’s state ...