China announces removal of defense minister Li Shangfu missing for almost two months

China has replaced Defense Minister Gen. Li Shangfu, who has been out of public view for almost two months, state media reported yesterday. No further information was given.

A month after a pig heart transplant, man works to regain strength with no rejection so far

It’s been a month since a Maryland man became the second person to receive a transplanted heart from a pig –- and hospital video released Friday shows he’s

A Hong Kong protester shot by police in 2019 receives a 47-month jail term

A Hong Kong man who was shot by police during pro-democracy protests in 2019 was sentenced yesterday to 47 months in prison on charges of rioting, assaulting a police

600 days into the war, Russia’s assault on a key Ukraine city appears to be weakening

A dayslong attempt by Russian forces to storm a strategically important city in eastern Ukraine appears to be running out of steam, Kyiv officials said, as the Kremlin’s  Ukrainian

An employee at the Israeli Embassy in China has been stabbed. A foreign suspect is detained

A 50-year-old Israeli man who works at the Israeli Embassy in Beijing was stabbed Friday in front of a supermarket, Chinese police and the Israeli government said. Beijing police

Former Formula One boss Bernie Ecclestone pleads guilty to fraud

Former Formula One boss Bernie Ecclestone admitted fraud at a court hearing Thursday after prosecutors charged him with failing to declare millions of dollars held in a trust in

Bulgaria arrests 12 people for violating EU sanctions on exports to Russia

Bulgarian police have arrested 12 people accused of illegally exporting dual-use goods to Russia that can be used by the Russian military in the war in Ukraine.

Xi says confidence ‘more valuable than gold’ in march toward rejuvenation

President Xi Jinping attended a grand reception held in Beijing to celebrate the 74th anniversary of the founding of the People’s Republic of China and delivered an important

Xi calls on Zhejiang to write new chapter in advancing Chinese modernization

President Xi Jinping has urged east China’s Zhejiang Province to strive toward writing a new chapter in advancing Chinese modernization. Xi, also general secretary of the Communist

Atlantic nations commit to environmental, economic cooperation on sidelines of UN meeting

More than 30 Atlantic countries on four continents committed yesterday to bolster coordination on economic development, environmental protection, maritime issues and more, the White House said.

Underwater teams try to recover a firefighting helicopter that crashed in Turkey, killing three aboard

Underwater teams are trying to recover a helicopter that crashed in a lake over the weekend, killing three crew members, while fighting a forest fire in western Turkey,

Macau Int’l Marathon registration slots sold out in a few hours

It took only a few hours to fill all 12,000 entry slots available for the several races included in the 42nd Macau International Marathon. The response from

Europe’s central bank faces close call on interest rates as threat of recession grows

Caught between stubborn inflation and  The decision comes as the ECB, U.S. Federal Reserve and other major central banks are nearing the end of their swift  ECB President Christine

The Rolling Stones will release their first studio album in 18 years, ‘Hackney Diamonds’

The wait is over:  This week, the band announced they are preparing to release their first album of original material in 18 years — since 2005’s 

UN nuclear watchdog report seen says Iran slows its enrichment of near-weapons-grade uranium

Iran has slowed the pace at which it is enriching uranium to nearly weapons-grade levels, according to a report by the United Nations’ nuclear watchdog seen by The

AI project imagines adult faces of children who disappeared during Argentina’s military dictatorship

If a baby was taken from their parents four decades ago during Argentina’s military dictatorship, what would that person look like today? Argentine publicist Santiago Barros has

Japan’s defense ministry requests 12% budget increase to bolster military’s strike capability

Japan’s defense ministry is requesting a nearly 12% budget increase that includes two warships with advanced radar and long-range cruise missiles as it further fortifies the nation’s military

US says a smuggler with terrorist ties helped get migrants from Uzbekistan into the country

The Biden administration said yesterday that it detected and stopped a network attempting to smuggle people from Uzbekistan into the United States and that at least one member

UN warns hundreds of thousands in Southeast Asia roped into online scams

The U.N. human rights office says criminal gangs have forced hundreds of thousands of people in Southeast Asia into participating in unlawful online scam operations, including false romantic

Biden is ‘old,’ Trump is ‘corrupt’: AP-NORC poll

President  Unflattering portraits of Biden and Trump emerge clearly in a new poll by  For Biden, the largest share of U.S. adults — including both Democrats

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