It’s one of the best parts about a vacation — that moment when you discover the side of the city that’s clearly more popular with locals than tourists.Story Published at: October 11, 2022 at 05:01AM

Across Asia, borders are opening and quarantine measures are lifting as even the last few countries clinging to Covid restrictions embrace a return to travel.Story Published at: October 12, 2022 at 08:54AM

A court in military-run Myanmar has sentenced Aung San Suu Kyi, the country’s deposed former leader and Nobel Peace Prize winner, to three additional years in jail for corruption, a source familiar with the case told CNN, extending her total prison term to 26 years.Story Published at: October 12, 2022 at 07:29AM

Malaysia’s 97-year-old former leader Mahathir Mohamad is to run for parliament in the country’s looming general election, but is remaining tight-lipped on whether he could be prime minister for a third time.Story Published at: October 12, 2022 at 05:15AM

Xi Jinping is poised to cement his role as China’s most powerful leader in decades this month, when members of the country’s ruling Communist Party meet for a twice-a-decade leadership reshuffle.Story Published at: October 12, 2022 at 04:07AM

The mother of Nika Shahkarami, a 16-year-old protester who was found dead in Tehran last month, says her daughter was killed by Iranian security forces at a protest.Story Published at: October 12, 2022 at 01:56AM

Venezuela has lost its seat on the United Nations Council of Human Rights — a development hailed on Tuesday by activists and human rights defenders in Venezuela as cause for celebration.Story Published at: October 11, 2022 at 11:07PM

The Nobel in economics is sort of the step-cousin of the Nobel family. Story Published at: October 11, 2022 at 01:00AM

On a late August evening in New Delhi, journalists’ phones started buzzing with messages. Indian billionaire Gautam Adani’s conglomerate had just launched a hostile bid to take over an influential broadcaster in the capital. Story Published at: October 10, 2022 at 10:39AM

Hours-long lines for security that often snake outside under tents. Untold numbers of angry passengers who have queued in those lines — yet still missed their flights. Worker strikes and delayed or lost baggage. Condemnation by major airlines, most notably KLM. Story Published at: October 08, 2022 at 09:49AM