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My friend Noreen Rice was not only one of Ireland’s best artists but also the most cosmopolitan person I have ever met. She used to tell me stories of(...)

This week sees two trials in Hong Kong that will revive memories of the 2014 democracy protests as seven policemen stand accused of brutally beating d(...)

For months, Gu Kailai worried about a secret that threatened to upend her comfortable life and stop her husband’s climb to the top rungs of China’s p(...)

FOOD FOR THOUGHT Two museums devoted to food, in London and New York, open this week. First up is the British Museum of Food, left, (bompas(...)

Clifford CoonanHong Kong’s democracy protests have had a major impact on one of the territory’s favourite pastimes – shopping. Tourism and retail toge(...)

Friction between pro-democracy protesters and opponents of their week-long occupation of major Hong Kong streets persisted today as police denied any (...)

Thousands of pro-democracy protesters thronged the streets of Hong Kongtoday, some of them jeering National Day celebrations, as demonstrations spread(...)

A demonstration in the glitzy Tsim Sha Tsui shopping precinct by Hong Kong residents angry at the huge influx(...)

In China, attention is turning to the main holiday of the year the lunar new year, which this year in Chinese zodiac terms is the Year of the Horse, a(...)

Wearing this tin of fruit in an Irish boardroom during these straitened times may constitute a hanging offence, but executives out there looking for t(...)