Asia

Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr., the son of the late dictator Ferdinand Marcos, speaks during a rally as he campaigns for the presidency in February in Manila.

World News

A dictator's son runs for Philippines president in a bid to revive his family's power

1:44pm April 12, 2022

by Julie McCarthy

Ahead of presidential elections taking place in May, Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. is banking on voters' nostalgia for his late father's period of dictatorial rule in the 1970s and 1980s.

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A man waves a Sri Lankan national flag as he stands on a barricade blocking the entrance to president's office during a protest in Colombo, Sri Lanka on Monday.

World News

Sri Lanka is suspending payments on its foreign debt as its economic crisis worsens

8:29am April 12, 2022

by The Associated Press

Sri Lanka is suspending payments on bonds and government-to-government borrowings, pending the completion of a loan restructuring program with the International Monetary Fund.

Workers unload supplies including boxes of masks in Shanghai on Sunday, April 10, 2022.

The U.S. orders non-emergency staff to leave Shanghai amid a COVID surge

7:59am April 12, 2022

by The Associated Press

Many residents in the city of 26 million have been confined to their homes for up to three weeks as China maintains its "zero-COVID" strategy of handling outbreaks.

Economy

News brief: Inflation data, U.S.-India summit, Elon Musk and Twitter

6:31am April 12, 2022

Inflation, at a four-decade high, could go higher. U.S. officials met with their Indian counterparts about Russia. Elon Musk, Twitter's largest shareholder, could become an activist investor.

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Air disaster investigators from the U.S. are in China to probe plane crash

5:14am April 12, 2022

by Emily Feng

On March 21, China Eastern flight 5735 plunged more than 7,000 feet in a minute — hitting the ground nose first at near supersonic speeds. All 132 people onboard were killed.

Pakistan's parliament has elected a new prime minister

4:23pm April 11, 2022

by Diaa Hadid

Pakistan's turbulent politics took another turn Monday when the parliament elected a new prime minister. It came after the former Prime Minister Imran Khan was ousted in a no-confidence motion.

Four years into her life in the U.S., Aria Young has realized she wants more balance between the two halves of herself — Yáng Qìn Yuè of Shanghai and Aria Young of New York City.

A Chinese student Americanized her name to fit in. It took more to feel she belonged

1:40pm April 11, 2022

When Aria Young moved to the U.S., she adopted an Americanized name. Now, she's wondering how to hold on to the version of herself she left in China.

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Pakistan's opposition leader Shahbaz Sharif, center, speaks while other opposition parties leader watch during a press conference after the Supreme Court decision, in Islamabad, Pakistan, on April 7, 2022.

World News

Pakistani lawmakers to elect new prime minister after Imran Khan ouster

5:33am April 11, 2022

by The Associated Press

An opposition lawmaker and a brother of disgraced former prime minister appears as a leading contender to replace Khan.

Why India has not condemned Russia's invasion of Ukraine

5:07am April 11, 2022

by Lauren Frayer

The U.S. wants India to condemn Russia's invasion of Ukraine, but so far the world's biggest democracy has not. India has deep ties with Moscow, some distrust of the West and big concerns about China.

Ukraine President Volodomyr Zelenskyy addressed South Korea's Parliament

5:07am April 11, 2022

by Anthony Kuhn

South Korea was among the first Asian nations to sanction Russia, but it faces conflicting political and economic interests.