By Mariko Oi Business reporter Shares in crisis-hit Chinese property giant Evergrande have been suspended in Hong Kong amid reports its chairman has been placed under police surveillance. It follows reports earlier this week that other current and former executives had also been detained. Thursday’s market statement did not give a reason for the trading…

By Tessa Wong Asia Digital Reporter, BBC News Taiwan has unveiled its first domestically-made submarine as it bolsters its defences against a possible Chinese attack. President Tsai Ing-wen presided over the launch ceremony in the port city of Kaohsiung on Thursday. US officials have warned that China could be militarily capable of mounting an invasion…

By Tiffanie Turnbull BBC News, Sydney A Sri Lankan cricketer accused of raping a woman while in Australia for the T20 World Cup has been found not guilty. Danushka Gunathilaka, 32, was accused of assaulting the Sydney woman at her home after a Tinder date in November. Initially he was charged with multiple counts of…

By Sam Cabral BBC News Donald Trump’s chief rivals for the Republican nomination have attacked him for his absence at their party’s second 2024 presidential debate. Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, polling a distant second in the race, slammed Mr Trump for being “missing in action”. More than 2,000 miles (3,200km) away in Detroit, Michigan, the…

By Anthony Zurcher North America correspondent @awzurcher Time is running out for Republican presidential hopefuls not named Donald Trump. While this is only the second Republican presidential candidate debate and the start of balloting for the party’s nomination is still almost four months away, the former president has had a durable lead over his rivals…

For the first two centuries of its history, the US only saw one president impeached. But in recent decades this constitutional tool has been reached for with increasing frequency. The BBC’s Nomia Iqbal explains how impeachments have evolved over time, and what those changes mean for American democracy.

By Jonathan Head South East Asia correspondent One of Vietnam’s best-known environmental campaigners, Hoang Thi Minh Hong, goes on trial in Ho Chi Minh City this Thursday. She has been charged with tax evasion. If convicted, she faces between four and seven years in jail. Similar charges have been filed against four other activists involved…

Private Travis King is now in US custody after being detained in North Korea. The 23-year-old soldier, who had illegally crossed into the country from South Korea, had not been seen or heard from since his detention in July. His release has wider implication on US ties with North Korea and even China.

Hundreds of thousands of US workers have walked off the job this year. Instead of the exception, labour shortages could become the norm. On 14 September, when members of the United Auto Workers (UAW) union walked off the job at three Midwest auto factories owned by General Motors, Ford and Stellantis, it seemed a fitting…

By Pete Allison BBC Newsbeat When Drag Race UK series five starts later, you’ll see two queens hitting your screen who were actually born and raised abroad. Alexis Saint Pete, from Poland, and Cara Melle, from the United States, both moved to Britain after spending their childhoods in their home countries. RuPaul’s award-winning Drag Race…