• Confucius Institutes gain ground internationally
    2025-11-18

    Students from the Confucius Institute of the University of Abomey-Calavi wear traditional Chinese attire during the "China-Benin Fashion Show" in Cotonou, Benin, on Nov 8. SERAPHIN ZOUNYEKPEXINHUA In a significant expansion of the global Confucius Institute network, 15 new Confucius Institutes, a...

  • China ready to take tougher steps over Takaichi remarks
    2025-11-18

    Sanae Takaichi 2nd R, front attends the extraordinary session of the House of Representatives in Tokyo, Japan, Oct 21, 2025. [PhotoXinhua] A series of strong reactions and warnings from China sends a clear signal that Beijing is prepared for further countermeasures if Tokyo refuses to withdraw th...

  • Trump administration sues California for banning federal agents from wearing face coverings
    2025-11-18

    The Department of Justice is suing California over two recently enacted laws that would prohibit federal agents from wearing facial coverings and require them to identify themselves while conducting their duties. The lawsuit filed Monday argues California's laws violate the Constitution's Supremacy...

  • UN Security Council approves US-backed plan for Gaza
    2025-11-18

    UN ambassadors and representatives vote during a United Nations Security Council meeting on a US-drafted resolution on the Gaza plan in New York on Monday. Angela WeissAFPGetty Images The UN Security Council passed a US-drafted resolution Monday that aims to move beyond the fragile truce in Gaza ...

  • US judge finds evidence of ‘government misconduct’ in federal case against Comey
    2025-11-18

    Judge ruled DoJ engaged in ‘profound investigative missteps’ on way to indicting the former FBI director James Comey speaks at 92NY in New York on 30 May 2023. Photograph: Dia DipasupilGetty Images A US judge on Monday found evidence of “government misconduct” in how a prosecutor aligned with Do...

  • Trump’s Epstein files capitulation betrays a rare weakness
    2025-11-18

    President Donald Trump departs after signing an executive order in the White House on November 13, 2025. Demetrius FreemanThe Washington PostGetty Images The Jeffrey Epstein files saga is far from over, even after President Donald Trump suddenly reversed himself Sunday night and told Republicans ...

  • Museums turn to technology for relics care
    2025-11-17

    A visitor photographs an interactive Chinese display cabinet for cultural relics during the 27th General Conference of the International Council of Museums in Dubai on Wednesday. CUI HAIPEICHINA DAILY As vital carriers of civilization, museums must embrace new trends and engage more young people ...

  • S. Africa calls for stronger multilateralism
    2025-11-17

    Ahead of this year's G20 Summit in South Africa, officials and experts are calling for a renewed commitment to global cooperation and a stronger multilateral system. Alvin Botes, South Africa's deputy minister of international relations and cooperation, said the country is using its G20 presidency ...

  • US scraps tariffs on some foods over inflation woes
    2025-11-17

    WASHINGTON — The US administration has rolled back tariffs on more than 200 food products, including such staples as coffee, beef, bananas and orange juice, in the face of growing angst among US consumers about the high cost of groceries. The new exemptions mark a sharp reversal for US President Do...

  • U.S. to designate Venezuela's Cartel de los Soles as a foreign terrorist organization as USS Gerald R. Ford aircraft carrier arrives in Caribbean
    2025-11-17

    The U.S. is set to designate Cartel de los Soles — a group that the Trump administration has claimed is headed by Venezuela's president — as a foreign terrorist organization, Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced Sunday night, hours after the most advanced aircraft carrier in the nation crossed i...

  • When the employed are pushed into homelessness
    2025-11-17

    In Atlanta, journalist Brian Goldstone introduces us to the intersection of Memorial Drive and Candler Road – the threshold of two neighborhoods. On one side: a liberal arts college and cafés. "And you cross over, and it's dialysis centers, it's liquor stores, it's payday lenders," he said. "Other a...

  • Marjorie Taylor Greene doubles down on Epstein files amid fallout with Trump
    2025-11-17

    Marjorie Taylor Greene speaks at a press conference alongside alleged victims of Jeffrey Epstein at the US Capitol in September Republican congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene is reiterating her calls for the release of all Epstein files, after US President Donald Trump called her a "traitor" and...

  • Flight reductions and delays could last another week, officials say
    2025-11-14

    Airline disruptions continued across the U.S. on Thursday morning, with over 1,000 flights canceled, according to tracker FlightAware, as officials warned it may take days for airports to get back up to speed despite President Donald Trump signing a bill to end the government shutdown on Wednesday. ...

  • Oklahoma death row inmate granted clemency on the morning of his scheduled execution
    2025-11-14

    A death row inmate in Oklahoma was preparing for his scheduled execution Thursday when Gov. Kevin Sitt spared his life. The governor announced his decision to commute Tremane Wood's sentence from death to life in prison without the possibility of parole. Wood, 46, is the sixth condemned person to r...

  • 2 killed, 18 injured in S. Korea market truck sidewalk crash
    2025-11-14

    SEOUL -- Two people were killed and 18 others were injured Thursday after a truck crashed into the sidewalk at a market in South Korea, according to Yonhap news agency. The truck, driven by a man in his 60s, plowed into the sidewalk at the market in Bucheon, west of the capital Seoul, at about 10:5...