China is not alone in celebrating what used to be an exclusively Chinese festival. Less known to the 1.4-billion population is that the Double-11 (Singles' Day) shopping extravaganza is also gaining
Less than a month ago, when New Zealand's Prime Minister Jacinda Ardernjust won a landslide election victory, nobodyhad thought Nanaia Mahuta, a longtime Maori parliamentarian, was going to be her
On his entry into the 2016 presidential campaign, Donald Trump was not fully embraced by the Republican establishment. But the attitudes of most in the party changed as the businessman-turned-poli
On Thursday, Lebanon's President Michel Aoun announced that he had appointed former Prime Minister Saad Hariri as prime minister-designate. The move brings the veteran politician back on stage at
Intensified fighting along the de facto Armenia-Azerbaijan border has brought the region to the brink of an all-out war. With both countries declaring full military mobilization and the intensity of
A normalizationdeal between Sudan and Israel could beon the horizon. As uplifting as it would be for Sudan, any future hurdles could be just as significant.An imminent deal lifting Sudan out of insol
The death of Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg has triggered a Republican rush to appoint a conservative jurist for the vacancy, leaving incumbent Republican senators being challenged in the
A sign on an insurance store advertises Obamacare in San Ysidro, San Diego, California, U.S., October 26, 2017. /Reuters In deciding how to cast their votes on Election Day, Americans have to
Hong Kong Court of Final Appeal. /GovHK In a move that marks yet another escalation of tensions with China, the United States last week suspended its extradition treaty with the Hong Kong Spec
French President Emmanuel Macron visits the devastated site of the explosion at the port of Beirut, Lebanon, August 6, 2020. /Reuters In the 16th century, the Catholic French monarchy secured
Editor's note: This is the 94th article in the COVID-19 Global Roundup series. Here is thepreviousone. On Thursday, Israel convened its special coronavirus advisory committee to discuss the probab
In what many believe is an attempt to divert attention from a sluggish White House response to the COVID-19 pandemic, U.S. President Donald Trump has been relentlessly blaming China for the corona
Abu Dhabi's Crown Prince Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan during a meeting in Ankara, Turkey, in 2012. /Reuters As Turkey relishes the outcomes of recent mi
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