Milan Vaishnav's new book, When Crime Pays: Money and Muscle in Indian Politics, examines why so many criminals become politicians in India — and why so many voters embrace them.
The White House says President Trump spoke with Chinese President Xi Jinping on Thursday, and "agreed, at the request of President Xi, to honor our 'One China' policy." NPR's Robert Siegel talks to Dan Blumenthal of the American Enterprise Institute about what that means for U.S. relations with China and Taiwan.
The U.S. president and Japanese prime minister used their news conference to celebrate the allies' bilateral cooperation. The joint address marked an intermission in their multiday diplomatic talks.
President Trump has suggested the U.S. could use the policy as a bargaining chip in trade negotiations. China says the policy is non-negotiable, and Trump appears to have backed down.
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe meets with President Trump Friday. Their two countries have a long military alliance. But the presence of U.S. troops on the Japanese island of Okinawa is controversial.
Archaeologists discovered a 5,000-year-old beer recipe by studying the residue of pottery vessels found in an excavated site in northeast China. Now Stanford University students are recreating the recipe.
After President Trump's taunts about Toyota and Japanese currency, Japan's prime minister arrives for talks in which he's expected to propose billions in infrastructure investment in the U.S.
Once a staple in India, millets have fallen out of fashion in recent years. Now, faced with water shortages, one Indian state is re-introducing these drought tolerant cereals to people's diets.
The idea of eliminating big bank notes is gaining traction in advanced economies, as governments look for ways to disrupt $2 trillion in illegal money flowing through the global economy every year.