China's top legislator Zhang Dejiang on Thursday called for a smooth election of Hong Kong's next chief executive by universal suffrage.
U.S. President Barack Obama signed an executive order formally raising the minimum wage for federal workers during an event Wednesday at the White House.
Taiwan will establish a governing body to direct the island's development of fifth-generation (5G) mobile networks, the island's executive authority declared on Friday at a conference.
U.S. President Barack Obama on Thursday nominated Deborah Lee James, a defense industry executive and former assistant secretary of defense, as Secretary of the Air Force.