General & World News
A friend made an offhand comment recently that started me asking questions I hadn’t thought to ask before. Her child had turned 12, and suddenly she couldn’t access portions of her child’s medical rec...
Workers at hospitals in several parts of China are facing cuts to wages and performance bonuses, with some medical workers reporting monthly base salaries of less than 2,000 yuan (about $298) as publi...
As China’s economy has developed over the past few decades, it has accumulated hundreds of billions of U.S. dollars. That’s now changing. For the first time in almost two decades, Beijing is steadily ...
Wallabies coach Les Kiss has hailed the spirit and connection of the change room for getting Australia over the line in one of the most bizarre finishes to a Test match he’s ever seen. The Wallabies c...
China’s decision to extend the maximum term for individual home mortgages from 30 years to 40 years has received a lukewarm response from homebuyers. Several major Chinese banks moved quickly to offer...
HILO, Hawaii—Hurricane Nolo just skirted the Hawaiian Islands as it gained intensity on Saturday, but officials said it still posed a risk for flash floods, dangerous winds and extreme surf in areas r...
DALLAS—Robert Cekada, director of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF), says there is no conflict between fighting crime and protecting citizens’ Second Amendment rights. Ceka...
TikTok and its creator ByteDance struck a deal on Sept. 25 with Alabama that will pay the state at least $100 million and force changes in how teenagers use the app, days before what would have been t...
Last June, the European Union gave itself and China until October to work out ways to remedy bilateral trade imbalances. Since then, the picture of huge Chinese surpluses has not changed, and Europe n...
President Donald Trump announced on Sept. 26 that he had approved new federal fuel economy standards, which would end a mandate that had pushed an increasing percentage of the American vehicle fleet t...
Canadians are used to waiting for health care. We wait in emergency rooms, in queues for surgery, and on lists for a family doctor. Despite being among the world’s biggest spenders on health care, Can...
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) on Sept. 26 denied reports that federal immigration officials were told to pull back on arresting illegal immigrants without prior criminal histories. A repor...
Pair it with Mexican rice and refried beans for a hearty dinner. Make sure to have some ranchero sauce or salsa verde to serve on the side for a bright, zesty counterpoint to all the richness in the c...
Through revised textbooks, mandatory Xi Jinping Thought, patriotic education laws, and randomized student placement, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) is expanding its control over what Chinese studen...
Tea and coffee drinkers who drink their beverages piping hot—above 149 degrees F (65 degrees C)—are nearly three times more likely to develop esophageal cancer than those who let their drinks cool, ac...
Five men were arrested and held on suspicion of preparing a terrorist act near RAF Fairford in Gloucestershire, England, a Royal Air Force base used by the U.S. Air Force. Police received a call at ab...
Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic resigned Sunday, seven months before the end of his second and final term, setting up an early presidential election as the country prepares to vote for a new parlia...
DETROIT—Three people were killed and four more were injured when an argument led to gunfire at an after-hours strip club Sunday morning in Detroit, officials said. Police responding to the 7:21 a.m. s...
Florida made a massive jump in The Associated Press Top 25 on Sunday and landed in the top 10 for the first time in five years while four new teams joined the rankings in a major shuffle. The Gators’ ...
JOHANNESBURG/CAPE TOWN—South African police were on Sunday hunting the perpetrators of two separate shootings that killed 27 people within hours of each other. “This cannot go on like this,” President...