KUALA LUMPUR/SURABAYA, Indonesia (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – It was still pitch-black outside when Indonesian housewife Sutinah made her way to a local police station early one morning last month, hoping to avoid queues and take advantage of a government scheme offering affordable ...
TAIPEI – Taiwan’s outgoing President Tsai Ing-wen plans to flee in a US plane if war erupts with China, according to an unsubstantiated report first published in 2021 and echoed in the run-up to the island’s January 2024 general election. Another story ...
TOKYO – Factory activity in many Asia economies weakened in March despite a rebound in China as lacklustrer domestic demand dragged on growth, surveys showed on Monday, clouding the outlook for a once fast-expanding, key driver of the global economy. Export powerhouses ...
SEOUL – South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol said on Monday his government is open to talks with doctors who oppose his plan to increase medical school admissions, while accusing critics of offering no reasonable alternative to ease a doctor shortage. In ...
USA TODAY’S “In Their Own Words” is a video project that interviewed four transgender athletes who told their own stories about living in an America that is increasingly hostile to gender diverse people. We’re using a video format so you ...
We’re inching closer and closer to the Final Four. The games are getting bigger, if not necessarily better. Yes, Duke-UConn, we’re looking at you. But the game fans wanted for the Elite Eight is set with Iowa meeting LSU on ...
DETROIT — Tom Izzo fawned over the Purdue basketball program and the job Matt Painter has done constructing a consistent winner. Michigan State had just fought back but, like every other opponent that visited Mackey Arena this season, couldn’t get ...
No. 1 UConn beat Illinois to become the first team to clinch a spot in the men’s Final Four. Sunday we’ll see which teams will join the Huskies and Alabama in Glendale, Arizona. Sunday’s Elite Eight games feature No. 1 ...
LOS ANGELES — Alabama guard Rylan Griffen looked up at an imaginary wall and thought about all of the legendary athletes and teams that have been at Tuscaloosa. There’s Heisman Trophy winners. Hall of Famers. National champions. Now he and ...
ALBANY, N.Y. — Ever the entertainer, Caitlin Clark delivered the show the entire country has been clamoring to see. Iowa and LSU in a rematch of last year’s title game. Clark and Angel Reese, toe to toe again, only one ...