Society / Social Issues

By Jessie Pang and Clare Jim HONG KONG (Reuters) - Hong Kong's former No. 2 official John Lee, who will...

(Reuters) -Saudi Arabia will let up to 1 million people join the Haj pilgrimage this year, greatly expanding the key event...

SHANGHAI (Reuters) -Shanghai on Friday announced a record 21,000 new cases and a third consecutive day of COVID testing as...

By Makini Brice PERPIGNAN, France (Reuters) - In the southern French city of Perpignan, the far-right mayor Louis Aliot says...

By Gabriela Baczynska BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Emboldened by his landslide electoral victory, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban has raised the...

By Peter Hobson LONDON (Reuters) - The proportion of Russians who trust President Vladimir Putin has risen to 81.6% from...

MADRID (Reuters) - Barcelona beachgoers will no longer have to contend with cigarette butts or passive smoke starting in July...

MANILA (Reuters) - The Philippines education ministry came under fire from teachers on Friday over a learning module that contained...

ATHENS (Reuters) - Ukraine's president urged Europe to take a stronger stand against Russia in a video address to Greece's...

SHANGHAI (Reuters) - The Shanghai government said on Thursday it was trying its best to improve the distribution of food...

SHANGHAI (Reuters) - Shanghai will ask all 26 million residents to take another round of COVID-19 tests, a city official...

By Kate Holton LONDON (Reuters) -Britain abandoned on Wednesday plans to hold a flagship conference designed to promote LGBT+ rights...

(Reuters) - Ukraine's human rights ombudswoman said on Wednesday more than 400 residents were missing in the town of Hostomel...

By Jessie Pang HONG KONG (Reuters) - Traditional wooden coffins are running short in Hong Kong as authorities scramble to...

SHANGHAI (Reuters) - The elderly woman slouched in a chair in Shanghai's cool spring weather as her three companions squabbled...

(This April 5 story corrects final paragraph to say the 23 cities account for 22% of GDP, not 13.6%) By...

SHANGHAI (Reuters) - The number of journeys taken over China's three-day Tomb Sweeping Festival holiday tumbled by nearly two-thirds from...

By Gabriela Baczynska BRUSSELS (Reuters) -The European Union executive started a new disciplinary procedure against Hungary on Tuesday in a...

OUAGADOUGOU (Reuters) -Armed men have kidnapped an 83-year-old American nun in northern Burkina Faso, the bishop of the local diocese...

By Makini Brice and Yiming Woo CLICHY-SOUS-BOIS, France (Reuters) - Capucine Blond should vote on Sunday in her first presidential...