Category: 2. World

A record number of people are set to take China’s notoriously gruelling national civil service exam this weekend, reflecting the increasing desire of Chinese workers to find employment in the public rather than private sector.

Around 3.7 million…

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US president says second National Guard member is ‘fighting for his life’ after the attack a day earlier in Washington, DC.

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One of the two members of the National Guard that were shot in Washington DC on Wednesday has died, US President Donald Trump said.

Sarah Beckstrom, 20, died from her injuries, President Trump said on Thursday.

The second National Guard member…

More than 24 hours after the first tower caught fire, the Hong Kong residential complex was still burning. Fire crews blasted water from cherrypickers at the mid-level floors, but above that, the fires were roaring out of reach.

Wang Fuk Court, in…

BANGKOK (AP) — While the exact cause of the deadly inferno that swept across a Hong Kong apartment complex remains unknown, questions have been raised about the role of the bamboo scaffolding that…

Social media companies and the Australian government should be using their resources to remove predators and harmful content from platforms rather than banning under-16s, teenagers challenging the law have said.

From 10 December, social media…

The Trump administration has said it will re-examine green cards issued to individuals who immigrated to the US from 19 countries.

The head of the US Citizenship and Immigration Services, Joseph Edlow, said the president had directed him to…

Amnesty International has said Israel is “still committing genocide” against Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, despite the ceasefire agreed last month.

The fragile, US-brokered truce between Israel and Hamas came into effect on 10 October, after…