Taiwan Drills

Dare to dive from 27 meters or 90 feet? Impact is like a car crash at 85 kph -- 50 mph

American Matt Cooper and his Dutch wife Ginni van Katwijk are high divers

Russia halts wartime deal allowing Ukraine to ship grain. It's a blow to global food security

Russia has halted an unprecedented wartime deal that allows grain to flow from Ukraine to countries in Africa, the Middle East and Asia where hunger is a growing threat and high food prices have pushed people into poverty

Russia halts landmark deal that allowed Ukraine to export grain at time of growing hunger

Russia has halted a breakthrough wartime deal that allows grain to flow from Ukraine to countries in Africa, the Middle East and Asia where hunger is a growing threat and high food prices have pushed people into poverty

Tens of thousands of doctors in England start 'longest' strike in health system's history

Britain’s state-funded health care service is facing what is being described as its longest-ever strike as tens of thousands of doctors in England launched a five-day walkout over pay

Ripples of Fukushima: Hong Kong to ban Japanese products from areas that discharge radioactive water

A top official in Hong Kong says the city would immediately ban the import of aquatic products from 10 prefectures in Japan if it discharges treated radioactive wastewater into the sea

Ripples of Fukushima: Hong Kong will ban more Japanese products if radioactive water is released

A top official in Hong Kong says the city will immediately ban the import of aquatic products from 10 prefectures in Japan if it discharges treated radioactive wastewater into the sea

China says up to US to create 'necessary conditions' for anti-drugs cooperation

China is insisting it is up to the U.S. to “create necessary conditions” for anti-drugs cooperation, following complaints from Washington that Beijing is ignoring its calls for a crackdown on precursor chemicals for the highly addictive painkiller fentanyl

China says 239 people died from COVID-19 in June in a significant uptick

China says 239 people died from COVID-19 in June in a significant uptick months after it lifted most containment measures

Beijing orders outdoor work to be halted as scorching summer heat soars

Employers in Beijing have been ordered to stop outdoor work after scorching summer heat in the Chinese capital was forecast to reach 40 degrees centigrade (104 Fahrenheit)