Hackers backed by the Chinese government attempted to steal coronavirus vaccination data from US-based biotech company, Moderna Inc., a U.S. security official tracking Chinese hacking reveled in an exclusive Reuters report Friday.
While much of the international community has turned its attention to the abuses taking place against the Uighur Muslims in the Chinese province of Xingang – some activists are also pointing to the human rights horrors against Buddhists in Tibet – a decades-long conflict that has long tumbled from the limelight.
Hong Kong has decided to postpone its legislative elections by one year, after officials say coronavirus has worsened in recent months, dealing a blow to pro-democracy candidates over the delay.
Just months after the U.S. signed a controversial “peace deal” with the Taliban as a means to ending the long-running war in Afghanistan – predicated on the notion that the insurgent group would not provide safe-haven to Al Qaeda – local officials are expressing concern that the terrorists are reigning freely in various corners of the country.
Thousands of Americans have visited New Zealand’s immigration website hoping to escape and ride out the coronavirus pandemic on the island — with a US citizen visiting the site at a rate of once every 30 seconds last month, new data shows.
A new Pew Research Center survey found over three-quarters of American adults blame the Chinese government for the global spread of the coronavirus and over 60 percent of respondents said the country has done a poor job handling the aftermath of the outbreak.
A 29-year-old American man -- who formerly served in the U.S. Marines -- on Thursday was sentenced to nine years in a Russian prison over a drunken incident last summer he claims he cannot remember.
A former abortion clinic worker in the United Kingdom says a leaked "urgent" email sent to National Health Service (NHS) staff suggests women are experiencing serious harm and death due to abortion pills being administered at home because of the coronavirus restrictions.
At a time when the relationship between the World Health Organization (WHO) and China is under intense scrutiny, human rights activists and health experts are also questioning the organization's stance on Beijing’s questionable organ donation program.
Hong Kong has disqualified at least 12 pro-democracy nominees for an upcoming election after the government said the candidates failed to pledge allegiance to both Hong Kong and Beijing.
Nearly three dozen suspected Russian mercenaries clad in “military-style clothing” have been detained in Belarus over accusations of trying to destabilize the country ahead of its upcoming presidential election.