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Nanjing, China: China on Saturday held a subdued memorial ceremony to commemorate the victims of the 1937 Nanjing Massacre, with President Xi Jinping notably absent, even as diplomatic tensions between Beijing and Tokyo remain high over Taiwan. The ceremony took place at

A constitutional clash erupted on Friday after US President Donald Trump announced that he had pardoned former Colorado elections clerk Tina Peters, who is currently serving a nine-year state prison sentence for allowing unauthorised access to voting machines during the 2020 presidential

In a sharp escalation of tensions, Germany on Thursday accused Russia of carrying out a major cyber-attack on its air traffic control systems in 2024 and attempting to interfere in its federal election earlier this year. Berlin has also summoned the Russian

Once a utilitarian garment for worn-out miners, denim has evolved into a global fashion staple — worn everywhere from dusty gold fields to the red carpet. In the final years of the California gold rush, a miner’s wife approached a local tailor

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Supreme Court is poised to weigh a sweeping challenge to long-standing rules that shield heads of independent regulatory agencies from being dismissed at will — a fight that dovetails with Donald J. Trump’s aggressive efforts to remove multiple

A new push to ban stock trading among members of Congress has gained unexpected momentum this week, as a group of House Republicans broke ranks with their leadership to force the issue onto the floor. On Tuesday evening, Representatives Anna Paulina Luna

Rawalpindi / Islamabad — On Tuesday, the sister of jailed former prime minister Imran Khan, Uzma Khanum, was allowed to meet him at Adiala Jail — a rare instance of family access after weeks of restricted visitation rights. After the meeting, Uzma

A new data visualization based on the UN Food and Agriculture Organization’s (FAO) 2025 Forest Resources Assessment has mapped the world’s forests into four major categories — tropical, boreal, temperate, and subtropical — highlighting their size, characteristics, ecological importance, and present challenges.

European leaders on Monday strongly dismissed the possibility of accepting any Russia-Ukraine peace deal negotiated without the direct involvement of Ukraine and European nations, amid growing diplomatic activity around a proposed US-backed peace framework. Speaking in Paris alongside visiting Ukrainian President Volodymyr