A rescue team in Mandalay, the city closest to the earthquake's epicentre, tells the BBC they "are digging people out with ...

Hundreds are also injured in Myanmar, according to an army general, as the 7.7 magnitude quake is felt in neighbouring countries.

Despite centuries of efforts to map our planet precisely, our view of the world will always be political and imperfect. Donald Trump’s shocking renaming of the ‘Gulf of America’ is just the latest rem ...

Villagers promote handmade paper products in Mangtuan on March 4. XINHUA KUNMING — In a small village in Yunnan province, a crystal-clear stream has been more than just a source of water for ...

One of Jesse Morris’ earliest memories is sitting on his father’s shoulders at the church on Webster Street, in Oregon, Illinois, waiting for his pastor to rise from the dead. On an early ...

From around 200 AD, the shape of London was defined by one single structure; it’s massive city wall. From Tower Hill in the East to Blackfriars Station in the West, the wall stretched for two miles ...

The RSS has reignited the debate over the country’s name, insisting that it should be called Bharat. “In English, it is India, but in the Indian language, it is ‘Bharat’… It is the ‘Constitution of ...

Xi Jinping wants China to surpass rivals as a tech superpower, undeterred by economic woes or trade wars. Critics ask if this focus neglects struggling citizens. By Chris Buckley Throughout China ...

Before explorers, pioneers, and cartographers, the world must have seemed very small. Eventually, people started mapping the land around them and venturing further into unexplored areas, and we’ve ...

Ryan Chan is a Newsweek reporter based in Hong Kong, where he previously had over a decade of experience at a local newspaper, covering China and current events around the world. His focus is on ...

Consumer prices in China have plunged to their lowest level in more than a year, highlighting persistent deflationary pressures in the world’s second-largest economy. The Consumer Price Index ...