Sitting in his modest home beneath snow-dusted hills in Afghanistan's Bamiyan province, Nimatullah Rahesh expressed relief to have found somewhere to "live peacefully" after months of uncertainty.

A nationwide, well-signalled trial of free public transport and shared bikes, for a defined period, would provide real ...

There is concern that Beijing could choke off exports of the rare earths crucial for making everything from electric cars to missiles. China, the world's leading producer of such minerals, announced ...