Asia

A basic truism is that languages don't map exactly over each other and that's the most likely explanation for this database from China detailing...

A claim that China's been lying about the GDP numbers this past decade. The thing is, we know, absolutely and without doubt, that China...

That an illegal and artisanal gold mine on Sulawesi in Indonesia has collapsed, killing perhaps 100 people, is a tragedy. It's at minimum 100...

It's easy enough to just confirm priors here over whether India should be preserving forest dwelling peoples or forest dwelling animals. Unfortunately, such knee...

Here in the rich countries we hardly even think of polio these days. Back when oldsters like me were young it was still a...

Four men have been arrested for a ride hailing scam in Indonesia. The difficulty is in working out how the scam worked. For they...

India has just raised the minimum selling price for sugar in a bid to undo the problems caused by an earlier decision by the...

It's not surprising that this is happening, India mooting a rise in the national minimum wage. There is, after all, an election in the...

A standard finding in economics has just been confirmed by Nasa - the world greens as it gets richer. The latest studies show that...

Perhaps you're a psychopath who enjoys the terror on peoples' faces as they understand they're just about to die. Possibly you're a well meaning...