Rescuers racing to save 22 people trapped after latest mining disaster in China

Move may aid up to 200,000 who live under such threat

Total slumps to just 229 last year, far below 1,047 in 2019

Experts warn that vaccine hesitancy in country may cloud its roll-out

Mike Pompeo raises pressure on Beijing's incarceration of minorities on his last full day in office

Online video at teachers' event ends weeks of speculation on his whereabouts

Bangladesh has been pushing hard to begin the repatriation

New virus variant South African, on the other hand, detected in 23 countries and territories

Outgoing US President Donald Trump gives farewell speech extolling successes during his tenure in office

Ahead of Biden inauguration, extension of ban delivers another humbling blow to Trump

British business leaders join call for UK govt to financially rescue ailing train service

Amid public health and economic crises, country set to fall into throes of more political upheaval

Former civil servant sentenced under harsh laws after previously being held in pre-trial detention for three years