One of family members of Lotte Group, South Korea's fifth-largest family-controlled conglomerates, was summoned on Friday by prosecutors for questioning on charges of taking bribes from a local cosmetics company seeking to shelf space in the group's duty-free shops.
Radical legislator accused of throwing glass at city’s top official brings up past incidents involving chief executive, saying latter is ‘used to resorting to special privilege’
Trading in Chinese telecommunications company’s stock resumes after monthslong suspension
Top leaders of several Latin American countries on Saturday rejected U.S. President Barack Obama's renewed executive order that declares Venezuela as an "unusual and extraordinary threat" to his country.
The U.S. Supreme Court announced Tuesday that it would hear the case that challenges President Barack Obama's executive actions to shield millions of illegal immigrants from deportation.
Sri Lanka's cabinet approves proposal to cut president's power
Tung Chee-hwa, vice chairman of China's top political advisory body, said on Wednesday that the proposed electoral reform package for choosing the Hong Kong's next leader marks the "starting point" of the "one man, one vote" election.
The decision adopted by China's top legislature on the selection of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) Chief Executive by universal suffrage is of "great significance," top legislator Zhang Dejiang said Sunday.
The U.S. Justice Department on Monday asked a Texas federal judge to lift his injunction against U.S. President Barack Obama's immigration executive actions while filing a motion to appeal the judge's preliminary ruling.
The House of U.S. Congress on Thursday voted to bar the executive branch from deferring the deportation of undocumented workers in the country, taking its first direct action against President Barack Obama's executive actions on immigration reform.
U.S. President Barack Obama will announce his executive actions on immigration reform in a prime-time address to the nation on Thursday night.
The Office of the Chief Executive (CE) of China's Hong Kong Special Administrative Region said late Tuesday that a broadly representative nominating committee is not just a question of absolute numbers but also a question of taking into account the needs and priorities of a broad range of sectors.
The chief executives of Australia' s top-listed companies earned an average total pay of 4.84 million Australian dollars (4.34 million U.S. dollars) in 2013 - 63 times an average worker's earnings, according to a new report released on Thursday.
The decision by the National People's Congress (NPC) Standing Committee on electing Hong Kong's chief executive by universal suffrage is of utmost importance to Hong Kong, said Tung Chee-hwa, the territory's first chief executive here Wednesday.
Chui Sai On was elected the fouth- term chief executive-designate of China's Macao Special Administrative Region (SAR) here on Sunday, waiting for the approval by China's central government.
Chinese lawmakers on Thursday acknowledged a draft decision on the granting of universal suffrage in Hong Kong and suggested putting it to vote before the top legislature ends its session on Sunday.
A draft decision on establishing universal suffrage in Hong Kong will be submitted before the country's top legislature before the end of its bi-monthly session on Sunday.
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