An international rights group says several global brands are among dozens of companies at risk of using forced labor through ...

Behind the trendy clothes that cost just a few dollars lies a production system pushing both people and planet to the brink.

The life of South Korea's new President Lee Jae-myung is full of ups and downs. His family's poverty forced him to work at ...

The U.S. Department of Energy terminated 24 awards for clean energy projects totaling $3.7B that were issued under the Biden ...

US president Donald Trump on Friday again raised tensions amid the ongoing tariff war with China, attacking Beijing for ...

The defense tech startup Epirus has developed a cutting-edge, cost-efficient drone zapper that’s sparking the interest of the US military. Now the company has to deliver.

A federal court on Wednesday blocked President Donald Trump from imposing sweeping tariffs on imports under an ...

In this photo released by Xinhua News Agency, Firefighters extinguish fires at the explosion site of a chemical plant in Gaomi, in east China's Shandong Province, Tuesday, May 27, 2025.

Hongkonger Mandy was left devastated nine years ago when her eldest son died by suicide, finding herself trapped in a state of silent grief. “I kept asking myself why he chose this path.

But there is still huge uncertainty among factory owners in China, who tell NPR orders are down overall as spooked American retailers hedge over whether tariffs will come roaring back after the pause.

When this masthead visited the district on a Sunday in early May, a week before the US and China brokered a 90-day trade truce, Wu was bracing for an uncertain future. His factory is one of the ...