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.

Hong Kong activist Joshua Wong urged supporters to “hang on” after he was sentenced to more than a year in jail for leading a protest outside police headquarters last year, prompting angry cries outside the court in one of the most high-profile cases in the government’s crackdown on the pro-democracy movement.