Trove of New Bird Species Found on Remote Indonesian Islands
One day in 2009, Frank Rheindt was wandering up a forested mountainside on an Indonesian island when the skies opened up. He had spent months...
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How Rupert Murdoch Is Influencing Australia’s Bushfire Debate
WOMBEYAN CAVES, Australia — Deep in the burning forests south of Sydney this week, volunteer firefighters were clearing a track through the woods, hoping to...
Awash in Disinformation Before Vote, Taiwan Points Finger at China
TAIPEI, Taiwan — At first glance, the bespectacled YouTuber railing against Taiwan’s president, Tsai Ing-wen, just seems like a concerned citizen making an appeal to...
Muslims Organize Huge Protests Across India, Challenging Modi
HYDERABAD, India — At least 100,000 people gathered Saturday in Hyderabad, India’s technology hub, to protest Prime Minister Narendra Modi and a new law they...
China Replaces Its Top Representative in Hong Kong With an Enforcer
BEIJING — The Chinese government abruptly replaced its top representative in Hong Kong on Saturday evening, installing a senior Communist Party official with a record...
The Australia Wildfires in Pictures
One of the worst wildfire seasons in Australian history has killed at least 18 people, destroyed more than 1,000 homes and left firefighters struggling to...
At SoftBank’s Jewel in India: ‘Toxic’ Culture and Troubling Incidents
NEW DELHI — Oyo, a start-up that offers budget hotel rooms, has grown into one of India’s most valuable private companies and aims to be...
What Kim Jong-un’s Latest Threats Say About His Trump Strategy
SEOUL, South Korea — North Korea’s leader, Kim Jong-un, has long threatened to “find a new way” if the United States persists with sanctions. And...
Japan Loves Robots, but Getting Them to Do Human Work Isn’t Easy
ASAHIKAWA, Japan — Removing the tiny eyes that pockmark potatoes is dull, repetitive and time-consuming work — perfect, it would seem, for robots in a...
Inside China’s Push to Turn Muslim Minorities Into an Army of Workers
KASHGAR, China — The order from Chinese officials was blunt and urgent. Villagers from Muslim minorities should be pushed into jobs, willing or not. Quotas...