The Force Awakens video game is a huge amount of fun, replete with in-jokes that point out plot holes and obvious retreads – but why is it the only tie-in to the most recent Star Wars movie?
Weak anti-corruption procedures and poor disclosure risks allowing corruption to thrive
Thousands of foreign farm workers come to the UK every year. But in the wake of the UK vote on 23 June to leave the EU, they find themselves in uncertain times.
From a shrinking population and a social welfare system creaking under huge ranks of retirees to a stagnant economy that is all they have ever known, Japanese youth have plenty to gripe about.
Canberra's National Gallery of Australia (NGA) may be forced to hand back priceless ancient Indian artifacts, after it was revealed they might have been acquired from an illegal smuggling ring.
More than half of Hispanics in the United States say they have experienced racial discrimination, and the race relations in the country are generally bad, found a new poll by the Pew Research Center.
A Singapore study that followed hundreds of primary-age children for five years discovered that perfectionist parenting styles may make children excessively self-critical and undermine their confidence and self-belief
The referendum result has really brought out the worst in people. I'm not talking aboutthe bigots who have seen the Leave vote as a fillip for abusing pedestrians on the street (we'll get to them), or the triumphant Leave campaigners celebrating despite their complete lack of a plan. Unfortunately, some of the nice people who voted to Remain for urbane reasons are showing themselves to be just as stupid as they believe the Leave voters to be.
The grass is always greener when someone else is proposing a wall to keep people out.
A train chugs toward a tunnel on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, but the sheep and wild donkeys nearby don't seem to be bothered.
A higher proportion of people voted for Brexit in Boston, south Lincolnshire, than anywhere else in the UK.
More and more people over 60 are finding temporary or contract work because many baby boomers have failed to prepare for their retirement.
While the Chinese economy is changing gear, its consumption market is experiencing an even bigger shift: Enter the new class of savvy consumers -- the millennials.
Burning fossil fuels and emitting CO2 in large amounts simply for the dumb fun of it could one day be seen as just as callous as forcing slaves to fight to the death in Roman arenas, writes Mark Footer
Does covering his laptop camera and microphone with tape make Facebook’s boss paranoid, or are they really after him? Probably a bit of both
The Australian government says it has turned back 28 boats to prevent asylum seekers from reaching Australia during three years in power, with the latest carrying 21 Vietnamese intercepted this month.
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