FirstitwasGermanautomakerVolkswagen'sDieselgatescandal.NowAmericanautogiantFordMotorhasbeenaccusedofemissionscheatinginabidtopromoteitsdieselenginetrucks.Aclass
ThestandingcommitteeofChina'stoplegislature,NationalPeople'sCongress,conveneditsbi-monthlysessiononThursday.Legislatorswillcontinuetoreviewdraftsoflawsonsupervi
InColoradoandWashingtonstate,advocatesspentmillionsofdollars,andtwoColoradoDemocratslosttheirseats,intheefforttopasslawsrequiringcriminalbackgroundchecksonevery
Policeareworkingtoestablishthemotivebehindamassshootingwhichleft59peopledeadandanother527injuredataLasVegasconcert.GunmanStephenPaddock,64,openedfirefromthe32nd
Over10,000peopleralliedhereonTuesdaytoprotestagainstthecontroversialsecuritylawsthatwereenactedbytheparliamenttwoyearsagoandthegovernment'sattemptstorevisethepa
The chief executive of Australia's biggest bank, the Commonwealth Bank of Australia, will retire by the end of 2018 financial year, the company said Monday, amid pressure from regulators over alleged breaches of money laundering and terrorism financing laws.
Judges in Taiwan are due to decide whether it will become the first place in Asia to recognise same-sex marriage.
A Christmas message calling for prayers for those charged under Pakistan's blasphemy laws has led to death threats against the son of a provincial governor killed five years ago for criticizing the same laws.
Some 23,000 people rallied Monday in Tokyo to protest against the controversial security laws that were enacted by the parliament one year ago, marking Japan's departure from postwar pacifism.
"The new security laws are in violation of the pacifist constitution. They and Abe's attempts to amend the constitution, could see Japan return to militarism and are absolutely unacceptable to the people," said constitutional scholar Makoto Ito in a recent interview with Xinhua.
The sharing economy exists in a legal grey area beyond the reach of hard-won civil rights laws, and black users say they experience discrimination as a result
Some 50,000 people rallied in Tokyo on Tuesday on the occasion of the 69th Constitution Memorial Day of Japan to protest against Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's unwanted attempts to amend the nation's pacifist Constitution.
Around 700 people across Japan filed class-action lawsuits in Tokyo on Tuesday against the Japanese government over the constitutionality of the new security laws.
South Korea's top court has upheld laws that toughened punishment on prostitutes, pimps and their clients.
Japan's new controversial security laws took effect Tuesday, marking an overhaul of the country's exclusively defensive defense posture in the last seven decades.
Myanmar's outgoing Speaker of the Union Parliament U Shwe Mann Friday urged law makers of the new parliament to inherit the good practice of the previous parliament and continue to take the responsibility for the next term.
The 10th session of the 13th National Assembly wrapped up on November 27 after over one month of work in a serious and responsible manner. The NA successfully fulfilled the entire agenda, including a significant volume of important content. Legislators reached consensus and commented on the country’s situation as well as its socio-economic performance over the past years, while promulgating new laws and making decisions on many other important issues.
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