FILE – Students line up to enter a school for the first day of China's national college entrance examinations, known as the gaokao, in Beijing, Tuesday, June 7, 2022. After the pandemic, young Chinese are again looking to study abroad.&#823…

Is the US government scared of TikTok’s ‘progressive politics’?
Tick tock, tick tock … that’s the sound of time running out for Gen Z’s favourite app. On Wednesday the House of Representatives overwhelmingly passed a bill would require the TikTok owner…

Taiwan on Saturday warned off Chinese coast guard ships that entered its restricted waters near front line islands close to China for a second day in a row, as tensions simmer across the sensitive Taiwan Strait.…
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The good news: California will almost certainly have a high-speed rail line someday.
The bad news: it may look a lot like “Whoosh.”
Whoosh is Indonesia’s new high-speed rail line, which opened last fall.…
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In 2010, in response to ongoing ill-treatment by police, a fruit vendor performed an act of self-immolation in Sidi Bouzid, Tunisia. This set off an uprising that led to the removal of dictator Ben Ali and a process to rewrite the constitution in a dem…

The biggest announcements of the year for the Android platform are coming in a matter of weeks, as Google has finally set a date for I/O 2024. At the same time, Apple's dragging its feet, holding Google back from releasing a feature we've b…

Prime Minister Narendra Modi remains to be the most popular leader nationally and internationally, according to Morning Consult, the global leader approval rating agency. He has earned the highest approval rating of any democratically elected leader in…

Sources in the Indian defence establishment told ThePrint that, while it is believed that the ship is operated by the Pakistan Navy, they are closely operating with the Chinese.
The spy ship is an answer to India’s INS Dhruv, which was inducted into th…

Today is Saturday, March 16, the 76th day of 2024. There are 290 days left in the year.
Today’s highlight in history:
On March 16, 1968, the My Lai massacre took place during the Vietnam War as U.S.…
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ALTA, Norway — Nestled waist-high in Arctic snow miles away from civilization, U.S. Marines looked through binoculars from their machine-gun position toward the frozen ridge, watching for signs of enemy movement.…
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China’s defense spokesperson accused ‘some big powers outside the region’ of ’[stirring] up trouble and [creating] turmoil in the region’ in backi…

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CHINA-TAIWAN CONFLICT. Chinese and Taiwanese flags are seen in this illustration, August 6, 2022.…
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TAIPEI – Taiwan on March 16 warned off Chinese coast guard ships that entered its restricted waters near frontline islands close to China for a second day in a row, as tensions simmer across the sensitive Taiwan Strait.…
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1 of 6 | President George W. Bush watches the graduates throw up their hats at Michie Stadium for the 2006 Graduation Ceremony of the U.S. Military Academy in West Point, N.Y.,…
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It’s official: America is set for a presidential election rematch between former President Donald Trump and President Joe Biden. The two candidates sealed their parties’ nominations this week when they each reached the required delegate count, setting …

A doltish thief was sentenced for stealing “priceless” silver from a British military museum through a hole he cut in the floor — which wasn’t wide enough to fit all of the intended haul.…
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FILE – Russian President Vladimir Putin, right, and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un shake hands during their meeting at the Vostochny cosmodrome outside the city of Tsiolkovsky, about 200 kilometers (125 miles) from the city of Blagoveshchensk in…

The country’s infrastructure is under siege, with airports closed, movement curtailed, and the once-familiar sound of school bells silenced. The disruption of national supplies has led to exorbitant prices for essentials like food, water, and gas, furt…