BEIJING (AP) — A Chinese spacecraft took samples of the moon's surface Wednesday as part of a mission to bring lunar rocks back to Earth for the first time since the 1970s, the government said, adding to a string of successes for Beijing's increasingly ambitious space program. The Chang’e 5 probe touched down Tuesday on the Sea of Storms on the moon's near side after descending from an orbiter, the China National Space Administration said. It...

Nine months into the pandemic, the US still has not figured out how to get all of its kids safely back into classrooms, and now we are starting to see the cost of the cumulative individual and policy decisions that have made opening schools so hard.

Thai Prime Minister Prayut Chan-O-Cha, under pressure from months of street protests, Wednesday survived a legal challenge over his living arrangements that could have seen him thrown out of office. The kingdom's nine-member constitutional court ruled that Prayut was not guilty of conflict of interest by living in an army residence after leaving the military. "The status of General Prayut Chan-O-Cha as prime minister and defence minister remains...

Australia's economy is growing again after the coronavirus pandemic pushed it into its first recession in three decades.

The president-elect told The New York Times that "we're going to fight like hell by investing in America first" to better compete with China.

A Thai court dismissed a petition seeking to disqualify Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-Ocha for allegedly breaking ethical rules, allowing him to stay in power as pro-democracy protesters campaign for his resignation.