• French PM Lecornu pledges to suspend pension reform
    2025-10-17

    French Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu answers members of Parliament at the end of a debate in Paris on Tuesday, following his general policy address before the National Assembly. THOMAS SAMSONAFP France's pension reform, which in 2023 triggered months of strikes and rioting, as well as the coll...

  • Ceasefire takes effect between Pakistan, Afghanistan
    2025-10-17

    ISLAMABAD -- Pakistan and Afghanistan on Wednesday issued separate statements to announce a ceasefire between the two sides, which has been implemented later. Pakistan's Foreign Office said on Wednesday that at the request of the Afghan side, Pakistan and Afghanistan agreed on a temporary 48-hour c...

  • Flying cars and AI dazzle at Dubai expo
    2025-10-17

    GOVY, the flying vehicle brand under Chinese automaker GAC Group, makes its Middle East debut by showcasing the Govy AirCar at the 45th edition of GITEX Global in Dubai on Monday. CUI HAIPEICHINA DAILY China's intelligent manufacturing is putting its capabilities on full display at one of the wor...

  • Zohran Mamdani and Andrew Cuomo clash over policy and handling Trump in a fiery NYC mayoral debate
    2025-10-17

    The two rivals were joined on stage by Republican Curtis Sliwa weeks ahead of the multi-way general election to lead the nation's largest city. Andrew Cuomo and Zohran Mamdani both opened Thursday’s New York mayoral debate by saying a future headline about their first year in office would celebrate...

  • Former Trump adviser John Bolton indicted for allegedly mishandling classified info
    2025-10-17

    President Trump's former national security adviser John Bolton was indicted in Maryland on Thursday for allegedly mishandling classified information by sharing diary entries about his time in the White House with family members. Bolton is the third prominent Trump critic to be indicted in recent we...

  • UK graduate hiring falls
    2025-10-16

    People walk alongside a Job Centre Plus in London, Britain, Oct 25, 2023. [PhotoAgencies] Graduate hiring in the United Kingdom has fallen 8 percent since 2024 and apprenticeship hiring has risen by 8 percent, as the biggest graduate employers cut recruitment for a second consecutive year amid co...

  • US govt faces longest closure amid standoff
    2025-10-16

    Impasse on healthcare aid deepens as thousands of federal workers lose jobs The "Closed to all tours" signage is displayed near the rotunda of the US Capitol in Washington on Monday amid federal government shutdown. ANNA ROSE LAYDEN VIA GETTY IMAGES WASHINGTON — The Speaker of the US House of Re...

  • Bank of America sued over alleged financial ties to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein
    2025-10-16

    Bank of America was sued Wednesday over its alleged financial ties with Jeffrey Epstein, with the lawsuit claiming the financial giant facilitated and also benefited from his alleged sex trafficking venture. The lawsuit, filed in federal court on behalf of a Jane Doe, alleges Epstein committed his ...

  • Hamas says it has handed over all Israeli hostage remains it could recover
    2025-10-16

    Hamas said Wednesday it has handed over all the Israeli hostage remains in Gaza that it has been able to recover, and that extensive efforts and special equipment are required to find the remaining bodies. The Red Cross said it received two more coffins containing the remains of deceased hostages, ...

  • It's APEC time - Global spotlight on Gyeongju
    2025-10-16

    All eyes on Gyeongju with pulse on the Asia-Pacific.

  • Ancient capitals, shared friendship
    2025-10-16

    In Xi'an's Xingjiao Temple, there is a pagoda of monk Yuance, a disciple of Xuanzang, the real-life inspiration for Tang Monk in Journey to the West.

  • Beiersdorf bets big on Shanghai
    2025-10-16

    "If you cannot win China, you cannot win the world," said Lei Kaiting, General Manager of Corporate Affairs for Beiersdorf China, regarding Shanghai as the hub of the cosmetics industry in the Yangtze River Delta region.

  • Supreme Court seems inclined to limit race-based electoral districts under the Voting Rights Act
    2025-10-16

    WASHINGTON AP — The Supreme Court on Wednesday appeared ready to gut a key tool of the Voting Rights Act that has helped root out racial discrimination in voting for more than a half century, a change that would boost Republican electoral prospects, particularly across the South. During 2 12 hours ...

  • Trump details decision to authorize CIA to operate in Venezuela
    2025-10-16

    President Donald Trump said Wednesday he authorized the CIA to operate inside Venezuela to clamp down on illegal flows of migrants and drugs from the South American nation, but stopped short of saying they would have authority to remove President Nicolas Maduro. The remarks are Trump’s most expansi...

  • Higher education CEO on AI’s growing role in health-care degree market
    2025-10-15

    Maskot | Maskot | Getty Images AI is quickly transforming the way companies and CEOs are approaching their businesses and the strategies that take them forward. Amid that rapid transformation, Adtalem Global EducationCEO Steve Beard said there is a “threshold question” that he keeps coming back t...