Since the introduction of reform and opening-up in 1978, China has modernized and engaged with the outside world without ...

China is suffering from deflation, devaluation, capital flight and the loss of foreign investment — all at the same time.

PHOENIX--Asia, Europe and the United States baked under extreme heat on Monday as global temperatures soared toward alarming highs and U.S. leaders sought to reignite climate diplomacy with China.

At least 242 million students had their education disrupted last year because of heatwaves, cyclones, floods and other extreme weather events, the United Nations children’s agency has said.

Davos, Switzerland — Billionaires' wealth grew three times faster in 2024 than the year before, a top anti-poverty group reported ... to reduce inequality and extreme wealth, and to "dismantle ...

(AP Photo/Markus Schreiber) DAVOS, Switzerland — Billionaires’ wealth grew three times faster in 2024 than the year before, a top anti-poverty group ... inequality and extreme wealth, and ...

Likewise, consider extreme poverty, defined as having less than ... nightmare would be a war between the United States and China, breaking out either in the Taiwan Strait or near the Philippines.

HONG KONG/SHANGHAI -- China on Friday announced that its economic growth rate for 2024 was in line with the target set by a government beset by the threat of fresh U.S. tariffs, an enduring ...

China’s real estate market has crashed ... The World Bank, comprising 189 member nations, seeks to reduce poverty and boost living standards by providing grants and low-rate loans to poor ...

TAIPEI, Taiwan -- China's population fell last year for the third straight year, its government said Friday, pointing to further demographic challenges for the world's second most populous nation ...

MANILA, Philippines — The biggest threats to the Philippines in the next two years are an economic downturn and poverty ... affect the world this year are extreme weather events, geoeconomics ...

In a news release on Friday morning, China's National Bureau of Statistics reported its economy grew 5% in 2024 from a year ago, meeting its official target. Analysts polled by Reuters had ...