None, though, have loomed larger than the former basketball star Yao Ming, who dwarfed fellow delegates at this week's second session of the National People’s Congress of China. The one-time ...

ABSTRACT: Africa’s unparalleled biodiversity is under threat from habitat destruction, poaching, and climate change, challenges that transcend ecological concerns and impact the continent’s ...

Steve Thompson's new adaptation of Elizabeth George's books about an odd-couple detective duo, a lead scripted title of the BBC Studios Showcase, bets on Britishness, universal themes and chemistry.

But it is the one favored by critics. By Alex Marshall Reporting from London The majority of the books nominated for this year’s International Booker Prize, the prestigious award for fiction ...