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Fears over vaccination safety have been on the minds of many Americans due to campaign rhetoric and political motivations on both sides of the aisle.

There is little evidence in the polling that Black voters are leaving the Democratic Party en masse, but Candace Owens and her fellow conservatives nonetheless claim that Democrats are in ...

Big tech is under fire around the world and these attacks do not appear to be slowing down.

When asked about national security in the most recent presidential debate, Biden went after Trump’s businesses in China, claiming the president “paid 50 times the tax in China” than he ...

“The difference between you trying to convince your congressman to do a certain thing and a lobbyist doing it is that the lobbyist isn’t working on their own behalf and ...

Even the Biden campaign, rather than boasting of its strong showing, is warning his supporters, “Donald Trump can still win this race.”

Former Vice President Joe Biden and President Donald Trump are both signaling a continued expansion of the US debt, which is already at record levels. The ways they will do ...

Some Hong Kongers believe Trump is the president that the seven million inhabitants of the island need in order to stand up to the CCP. For others, a more predictable ...

When these investigations have ended with no findings of criminal activity, they have generally been ignored or swept under the rug, though that hasn’t stopped Trump from accusing his opponents ...

For China, concerns over its own “sovereignty” have spurred on much of its efforts to develop its own digital currency.

Shenzhen's policies have been implemented throughout the country and become the foundation of China's developmental strategy.

With a record number of early votes already cast and a seemingly intractable partisan divide in the country, it seems doubtful the “Biden email scandal” will offer a repeat of ...

With a new stimulus unlikely until after November’s presidential election, addressing US unemployment could be left to whoever occupies the White House in January.

The alleged incident took place on Taiwan’s National Day on October 8 at Taiwan’s representative office in Fiji’s capital city of Suva.

The IPO could potentially raise Ant’s valuation to around US$300 billion, bigger than some of the largest American banking groups.

Few critics of China have historically directed their attention to the treatment of Tibetans, so this declaration marks a turning point for those who seek independence for the region.

Though there have been efforts to bring greater attention to the situation, in particular by the Armenian-American community, this deadly land dispute has largely remained under the radar in the ...

China’s “Great Firewall” has long insulated China’s internet from the rest of the world, subjecting it to tight control and censorship, with many “Western” services unavailable in the country.

The poll revealed that 56 percent of registered voters felt they were doing better under the Trump administration compared to the previous Obama and Bush administrations.

In June, US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo had accused global banks like HSBC of corporate subservience to Beijing.

Harris’ economic priorities appear mostly in-line with those put forward by Joe Biden’s presidential campaign.

While QAnon has intricately linked its fate (and prophetic claims) to the success of Trump as president, there is much to suggest the movement can sustain itself long after his ...

The Rohingya exodus of 2017 was one in a number of displacements prompted by abuses inflicted by Myanmar’s military.

The report’s recommendations would amount to a seismic change in how the tech industry operates and could even lead to a “breaking up” of big tech companies.

Xi emphasized the Chinese Communist Party’s "absolute leadership over the armed forces” and urged his soldiers to cultivate a spirit of "fearing neither hardship nor death" with the "vigor and ...

Considering how historically unusual this year has been, it’s difficult to know what an October surprise in 2020 would be.

Against President Trump’s denial of the threat that climate change poses, Biden’s plan appears transformational.

Apart from Russia and China, Pakistan and Cuba were also elected to the council despite their poor image as defenders of human rights. On Tuesday, October 13, Russia and China ...

Despite the criticism and doubts, Chinese President Xi Jinping and his administration have stood firmly behind the plan, which Xi staked his legacy on fulfilling in 2017.

With a travel and tourism industry that’s still in tatters and a virus yet to be fully brought under control, Airbnb’s IPO still has significant uncertainty with which to deal ...

The protesting group organized the “Indigenous Peoples Day of Rage,” which resulted in mayhem on the streets of Portland a day before the federally observed holiday of Columbus Day on ...

Despite couching its new policies as a “clarification,” some observers have been less than impressed.

Criticisms of his comments have run the gamut from those who argue that Senator Mike Lee is merely splitting hairs to those who say that he is advocating for abolishing ...

The disclosure of the kidnapping plot ignited a war-of-words between Whitmer and Trump over a variety of issues ranging from the coronavirus pandemic to ideological extremism.

Besides stressing on the idea of peace, President Tsai reiterated Taiwan’s priority of strengthening its armed forces, stating that she would continue to pursue her defense policy while following the ...

While the oddsmakers provide yet another frame for predicting the outcome of presidential elections, there is little evidence they are more accurate than polling and other predictive methods.

The announcement sent markets into a frenzy, with observers noting that the president had done little to revive his floundering reelection chances by taking responsibility for ending negotiations.

A Chinese anti-submarine reportedly violated Taiwan’s airspace by entering into its air defense identification zone on Tuesday, which Beijing claimed to be a warning to Taipei to refrain from declaring ...

The various recorded comments reveal the first lady’s frustration with her role in the White House and the criticism she has received for being “complicit” in Trump’s administration.

During the 2016 presidential campaign, candidate Trump promised he would eliminate the US debt “over a period of eight years.” He has instead presided over its fastest-ever increase.

Biden has been largely critical of Russia throughout his presidential campaign, claiming Moscow to be the biggest threat to the US elections Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday, October 7, ...

Should companies remain adamant about returning to the office, it is unlikely that the office itself will return to its pre-coronavirus state.

What is known for certain is that Trump tweeted on the evening of October 1 that he and his wife had tested positive for COVID-19, just hours after it was ...

Moscow has made it clear that the escalating tensions between the US and Iran will not stop it from getting into a defense deal with Tehran.

While tensions between the US and China continue, many smaller markets are being forced to take sides. For some companies, the rift is proving to be exceptionally uncomfortable.

Supporters of this idea believe it will encourage greater civic engagement among younger citizens and help establish a habit that will continue into later years. Critics of the idea say ...

Unlike some billionaires, whose net worth has grown by the tens of billions during the pandemic, Sir Richard Branson has not been so fortunate as the coronavirus pandemic has led ...

Recent years have not been the best for America’s Navy. In an era of flatlining defense budgets and constrained fiscal resources, the US fleet has shrunk by 52%, from 594 ...

The latest round of sanctions appears targeted to undermine China’s efforts to become self-reliant in semiconductor technology and maintain America’s leadership of the industry.

In many ways, Giuliani has come to encapsulate the partisan divide of the nation. A man once touted as a post-crisis unifier has now sacrificed his credibility among a majority ...

The event turned into yet another day of high voltage confrontation between the Hong Kong police and democracy supporters in the region China’s National Day on Thursday, October 1, ended ...

Putin has denied any involvement in the poisoning of his political adversaries – going so far as to suggest Alexei Navalny poisoned himself – but his critics have little doubt ...

A simple threat of banning the operations of Chinese tech giant Tencent in the US, as has seemingly worked with TikTok, would appear to be insufficient this time round.

Executive orders do not constitute new laws but are merely a directive toward the government on how to enforce already existing laws.

One lawyer said that he's been unable to meet with his client and that – to his knowledge – none of the other legal representatives have managed to meet with ...

The ZeniMax purchase is Microsoft’s attempt to change the rules for the upcoming battle of next-generation gaming consoles.

The move could create a war-situation in Iraq and affect American efforts to fight the Islamic State and to reduce the Iranian influence in the region

The candidates were set to debate six topics: their respective records, the Supreme Court, COVID-19, the economy, race and violence in US cities and election integrity. However, the debate rarely ...

The two economic platforms put forward by former-Vice President Joe Biden and President Donald Trump differ substantially, making the 2020 election one of historic consequences.

Since Beijing introduced its National Security Law, thousands within Hong Kong have applied for foreign immigration documents. Immigration consultants in the city reported that caseloads have doubled since the law's ...

The Trump administration has vowed to continue the legal battle against TikTok.

Cybersecurity has been a hot topic in the United States, especially in light of the upcoming presidential election in November. The US Department of Justice (DOJ) charged five members of ...

With the election a month away, journalists and politicians have grown increasingly vocal that they believe President Donald Trump will do anything to stay in power. With Democratic nominee Joe ...

Paytm Payments Bank Pvt. Ltd. the Indian digital payment service, was briefly pulled from Google’s Play Store in September, as a result of what Google Inc. claimed was a “violation ...

Hong Kong authorities announced curbs on press freedom with an announcement by the Hong Kong police on Tuesday, September 24, that the credentials of certain news outlets and journalists would ...

In a revelatory story released on Sunday, September 27, The New York Times reported President Donald Trump has paid no income taxes in all but five of the previous 15 ...

Twitter recently announced new security measures ahead of the election in the United States this November. The announcement follows a data breach in July that resulted in a number of ...

Taiwan declared on Sunday, September 20, that it would not follow formal diplomatic ties with the United States for now while maintaining that there was “a lot” of room to ...

China’s state-run Global Times newspaper on Thursday, September 24, slammed an article published in the latest edition of Military Review, the professional journal of the United States Army.

On September 15, Chinese President Xi Jinping revealed a set of guidelines to establish greater party control over private business, while also offering corporations more support in development given their ...

Calls to “defund the BBC,” the United Kingdom’s public service broadcaster, have escalated throughout 2020 as organizers of a social media campaign have called on the British public to stop ...

At the age of 23, Joshua Wong has spent 127 days incarcerated for his work as one of the most visible pro-democracy activists in Hong Kong. On Thursday, September 24, ...

The United Nations (UN) marked its 75th anniversary on Tuesday, September 22, with a “virtual general debate” of world leaders at the UN General Assembly (UNGA) – a first in ...

Chinese company Zhenhua Data – a data-scraping company with ties to the Chinese Communist Party – has been accumulating a vast database of detailed personal information on at least 2.4 ...

Recent polling by Gallup has found more Americans identify as members of the Democratic Party than the Republican Party (or GOP). Under President Donald Trump, a Republican, that disparity has ...

The coronavirus pandemic in the United States prompted an unprecedented level of government intervention into the economy as businesses, offices and factories all shut down to contain the virus, leaving ...

United States President Donald Trump on Monday, September 21, slapped sweeping new sanctions on Iran to curb Tehran’s nuclear, missile and conventional arms threats.

The death of Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg on September 18 set off an immediate political firestorm. While memorials and words of praise poured in for the liberal hero ...

A recent BuzzFeed News report, in cooperation with the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists and more than 100 news organizations across the world, has revealed how some of the largest ...

The United States Department of Justice (DOJ) on Monday, September 21, identified New York City, Portland and Seattle as "local governments that are permitting anarchy, violence, and destruction in American ...

After growing gradually since an anonymous 4chan post in late 2017, the QAnon movement has rapidly expanded its followers in 2020 due to COVID-19 conspiracy theorists and the “Save the ...

Chinese giant Alibaba Group Holding Limited is reportedly in talks to invest a US$3 billion sum in premier South East-Asian ride-hailing firm, Grab Holdings Inc.

After months of relative silence, former New York City mayor and short-lived Democratic presidential nominee Michael Bloomberg has committed to spending US$100 million in Florida to support the candidacy of ...

Apple Inc. has updated its App Store guidelines to allow game streaming services, such as Microsoft’s xCloud and Google’s Stadia, to run on the platform under certain conditions.

China released a white paper, the first-of-its-kind, on Thursday September 17 claiming that the country’s far western Xinjiang region provided “vocational training” to nearly 1.3 million workers every year on ...

On September 8, “Always Believe the Victim” trended on Twitter. Multiple new Twitter accounts had been created to make claims that a popular K-pop singer, Kim Woojin, had committed sexual ...

2020 has not been kind to Huawei. The Chinese telecoms and 5G giant has faced targeted sanctions and restrictions, both on its services and its ability to acquire crucial components. ...

On September 1, Hong Kong initiated a universal COVID-19 testing program amid boycott calls from some of the city’s activists and medical professionals.

Two Chinese anti-submarine aircraft violated Taiwan’s airspace, according to a statement by Taiwan’s Defence Ministry on Thursday September 17.

Carlos Ghosn, the former chairman of The Nissan Motor Company, Ltd., remains a fugitive in Lebanon as his right-hand man Greg Kelly goes on trial in Japan over allegedly conspiring ...

Much of the United States’ West Coast is on fire in what has become the worst wildfire season on record for California and one of the worst for Oregon and ...

Since mid-August, hundreds of thousands have staged protests and school boycotts in China’s Inner Mongolia, prompted by a modified, government-imposed teaching curriculum that ethnic Mongolians are calling a form of ...

On September 3, Hong Kong authorities arrested 15 people on charges of money laundering and suspicion of conspiracy to defraud in connection with last month’s surge in shares of Next ...

On Tuesday, September 15, the leaders of Israel, the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain met at the White House with United States President Donald Trump to sign the Abraham Accords. ...

China’s government announced through the state-operated Xinhua News Agency on September 6 that it had completed the successful launch and landing of its first-ever reusable spacecraft.

On Monday, Oracle Corp. won the bid to acquire the United States operations of the popular Chinese app TikTok after the app’s parent corporation Bytedance Ltd. rejected Microsoft’s acquisition offer.

On July 21, the United States ordered the immediate shutdown of the Chinese Consulate General in Houston, which was followed by Beijing issuing a statement that accused the US of ...

In April, TMS first compared the broad policy positions of President Donald Trump and former Vice President Joe Biden. In the months since then, Biden secured the delegates to become ...

Citigroup Inc. recently announced 53-year-old Jane Fraser as its new chief executive officer. The move makes Fraser Citi’s first ever female chief executive and one of the few women leading ...

Before the COVID-19 pandemic wreaked havoc on global economies, “Mulan,” Disney’s latest live-action update of an animated classic, was expected to be one of the year’s biggest theatrical draws. There ...

The diplomatic tussle between China and the United States carved another chapter as Beijing on Saturday announced fresh restrictions on the activities of US diplomats in China, including those in ...

Xi Jinping is the leader of the Chinese Communist Party, which is now in essence China’s only ruling political party.

Amid protests for criminal justice reform, names can be heard echoing down the streets in an effort to immortalize the victims of police brutality, some of whom have become emblems ...

Since COVID-19 spread from China to countries around the world, researchers have been attempting to develop a vaccine against the virus. In addition to approximately 900,000 deaths worldwide, the economic ...

Despite recent international oil finds and impetus from an oil-friendly President Donald Trump, oil, which has been drilled for continuously in the United States since 1859, may be facing its ...

The White House on Tuesday walked back an attack from President Donald Trump in which he claimed that top officials at the Pentagon, who he alleges to be indebted to ...

Cheng Lei, an anchor with the state-owned CGTN since 2012, has been detained by Chinese authorities, leading to speculation that they may be using her as a political hostage.

The seemingly never-ending dispute over the Pentagon’s JEDI cloud contract is no closer to ending, despite the Pentagon recently upholding its decision to award the contract to Microsoft in October ...

On September 3, the Hong Kong media tycoon Jimmy Lai was cleared of criminal intimidation charges dating from 2017, bringing to a close one of several pending cases against him.

The increasing uncertainty over TikTok’s future may be coming as a benefit to other social media rivals, with Snapchat posting good figures for August and looking forward to capitalizing on ...

United States President Donald Trump on Sunday strongly refuted the claims made in a media report that he had disparaged fallen troops.

Nvidia chief executive officer Jensen Huang revealed Nvidia’s latest line of Graphics Processing Units (GPUs) in an online event last week, claiming the company’s latest range would prove to be ...

Political tensions between the United Kingdom and Beijing have intensified in recent weeks, as the UK continues to push back on China’s policies. The UK’s most recent point of contention ...

During President Donald Trump’s 2016 campaign in the United States, the real estate mogul revived the “America First” slogan that first gained prominence – and infamy – in the 20th ...

As the presidential elections draw near, security authorities in the United States remain on alert for signs of interference from foreign actors. Russia is clearly rooting for Trump, reports state, ...

In a Department of Defense (DOD) Report published September 2 – titled, “Military and Security Developments Involving the People’s Republic of China” – the United States warned of Beijing’s increasing ...

On Monday, August 31, former Vice President Joe Biden spoke out against the violence and rioting that had occurred amid protests against police brutality in cities across the United States. ...

India’s Ministry of Information and Technology banned 118 Chinese mobile applications on Wednesday, citing national security concerns.

Human trafficking has gained greater attention in recent years due in part to the arrests of Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell. Yet, the issue has also become fodder for one ...

While Hong Kong was once a refuge for Vietnamese and mainland Chinese seeking political asylum, some Hong Kongers are now fleeing their own city in a similar manner.

The end of August saw some positive news for the American financial markets, leading some to claim that the United States might finally be on the road to recovery from ...

In yet another sign of the growing disharmony between the United States and the World Health Organization (WHO), President Donald Trump’s administration stated on Tuesday that it would not be ...

In a study published last month, climate researchers found that the Greenland ice sheet had melted to such a severe degree that the long-term effects could not be reversed. The ...

Massachusetts is experiencing an unprecedented moment in its more recent electoral history, as 74-year-old Senator Ed Markey won the Democratic Senate primary election on September 1 to cement what may ...

Flights and passenger numbers plummeted from February and March of this year as governments around the world adopted drastic measures to curtail the spread of the novel coronavirus within their ...

Few industries have experienced as cataclysmic an effect from the COVID-19 pandemic as live music and entertainment. Even as cities reemerged from lockdowns, music venues and nightclubs remained closed or ...

Neuralink Corporation, Elon Musk’s brain-interface technology company, gave a presentation on August 28 in which a pig fitted with implant technology was featured.

On August 15, a routine reentry screening at the Hong Kong airport revealed the first documented case of COVID-19 reinfection: a 33-year-old Hong Kong man returning after traveling in Europe.

While the specifics of the QAnon conspiracy theory can be difficult to parse, even the most casual observer of the movement likely knows it all revolves around the anonymous Q. ...

In late 2018, a wave of orders were issued from the White House in response to the rise of the Middle Kingdom. Trump had accused China of stealing the United ...

On Sunday, August 23, a confrontation with police in Kenosha, Wisconsin resulted in a 29-year-old Black man, Jacob Blake, being shot seven times by a white officer. As has become ...

On August 31, news broke that a further deadly confrontation between Indian and Chinese soldiers along a disputed border in the Himalayas had been narrowly averted, making clear that the ...

On Sunday, August 16, a message posted to Telegram, the encrypted messaging app, read, “Ring the doorbells of your neighbors, call your friends and relatives, write to your colleagues. We ...

According to a new report from CloudResearch, a research company run by a team of academics, a significant number of voters who support Trump could be keeping their opinions to ...

The secretive data analytics company Palantir announced this week that it would begin preparations for its Initial Public Offering, with shares of the private company to be sold publicly for ...

As a Christian, I do believe that we are known by what comes out of us – our words, our actions. Nothing Trump says or shows reflects faith in Jesus, ...

While schools in the United States are grappling with how they’ll safely reopen for the fall semester, the British education system is facing its own coronavirus-related crisis. A decision to ...

First Lady Melania Trump, President Donald’s Trump’s wife, gave a speech at the Republican National Convention on August 25. In her speech, she sought to defend her husband’s record and ...

In the wake of the 2016 election in the United States, social media giants like Facebook, Inc, YouTube, Inc and Twitter, Inc spent billions of dollars trying to bolster their ...

The escalating trade war between the United States and China has made economic opportunities and future ties between the two nations increasingly uncertain.

According to a Pew Research poll released in July, Trump’s approval rating with white Evangelical Christians remains high, with 59% of them approving of Trump’s handling of the job and ...

Amid all the debate over whether voting by mail should be allowed in this election, former President Barack Obama and many others have urged people to vote early. While Election ...

The shutdown of the ride-hailing apps Uber Technologies, Inc. and Lyft, Inc. in the state of California was narrowly avoided this week when a judge temporarily halted an order that ...

During a campaign stop on August 17, President Donald Trump told supporters the decision to move the United States embassy in Israel to Jerusalem was “for the Evangelicals.” Looking to ...

For years, commentators have written about the possibility of a “tech exodus” from Silicon Valley spurred by high rental prices and the difficulty of achieving homeownership in the Bay Area, ...

Across social media platforms in recent weeks, the #SaveTheChildren hashtag has been spreading, sometimes linked to snippets from a controversial documentary known as “Out of Shadows.” While that documentary does ...

With the Democratic Convention now concluded, it is now the turn of Republicans to make the case to the American people for why President Donald Trump should be reelected.

Pundits from across the political spectrum are taking note of the tone of the Democratic convention. Instead of relying on facts, figures and policy proposals, Democrats are largely making arguments ...

Bumble’s founder and chief executive officer Whitney Wolfe Herd wants the female-centric dating app to grow its expanding world reach and its mission-based focus, according to a recent piece by ...

Apple Inc. has come under increasing fire in the last few months over the policies of its iOS App Store, which some developers claim breaches antitrust rules and stifles competition.

The Senate Intelligence Committee has released the fifth and final volume of its investigation into Russian interference in the United States’ 2016 election. Like the fourth volume, released in April ...

This year’s Democratic convention started on August 17 and runs through Thursday, August 20. Originally scheduled to take place in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, the event was moved to a livestream video ...

For years, the United States Postal Service (USPS) has struggled financially. While in the 1990s USPS was routinely turning a profit, the advent of digital services and the popularization of ...

The budget deficit in the United States has hit a record US$2.81 trillion amid wider fallout over the coronavirus pandemic and continuing debate over the next round of economic stimulus.

For many residents of New Orleans, Louisiana, August 29, 2005, marks a turning point, not just in their lives but in the character of their city. A decade and a ...

On Tuesday, August 11, former Vice President Joe Biden made history in selecting Senator Kamala Harris to be his running mate. When Biden officially accepts the Democratic Party’s nomination for ...

Chinese state-backed hackers have pillaged Taiwan’s semiconductor industry, according to reports. The hack once again shows that cyber warfare is likely to be the primary battleground between nations in the ...

The coronavirus pandemic has affected the entire world, with the number of cases having passed 21 million worldwide. But in the United States, millennials – generally defined as those born ...

Longtime Washington Post journalist Bob Woodward is set to release a new book on September 15 about the Trump administration titled “Rage.”

In an interview on Sunday, August 9, White House national security adviser Robert O’Brien stated that China may use cyberattacks during the 2020 election to “intervene with our democracy.” O’Brien, ...

On Tuesday, Joe Biden announced that he had chosen Kamala Harris to be his running mate. The selection of Harris, a 55-year-old United States Senator from California, was received well ...

Few figures inspire greater antagonism and conspiracy-mongering than Hungarian-American billionaire George Soros. Among many on the right of the political spectrum, Soros is the ultimate boogeyman, a billionaire who uses ...

In a recent opinion piece in The New York Times, economist Paul Krugman claimed that the United States is headed for a “Greater Recession” without a new round of stimulus ...

Since the coronavirus crisis took hold in the United States, many aspects of social life have been altered, postponed or canceled, including professional sports.

With the world’s largest economies projecting downturns for the rest of this year and likely into the future, it’s clear that the coronavirus pandemic has affected the economy on a ...

In a presidential election year, politicians and pundits tend to view everything through a political lens. It is standard practice for talking heads and opinion writers to discuss what an ...

According to a recent report from The New York Times, Wall Street donors are funneling money into Joe Biden’s campaign despite the record gains many investors have seen during the ...

Hong Kong media tycoon and outspoken China critic Jimmy Lai was arrested yesterday for allegedly breaching the new national security law. Lai’s was part of a new round of arrests ...

August 18, 2020 marks 100 years since the ratification of the 19th Amendment, which prohibited states from denying a person the right to vote based on their sex. It marked ...

In late July, President Donald Trump suggested in a tweet that the November election should be delayed due to the prospect of mail-in voting fraud.

In a 2017 article, The Economist announced that “the world’s most valuable resource is no longer oil, but data,” pointing to the unstoppable growth of America’s tech giants, which the ...

It’s been more than 60 years since a new state was admitted into the United States of America, though not for a lack of options. Both Washington, DC, the nation’s ...

As tensions between the United States and China continue to rise, the possibility that the Trump administration may adopt a “nuclear option” by cutting Hong Kong off from its supply ...

With the presidential election in the United States now less than three months away, the candidates are heading into the final stretch of the campaign. Although the coronavirus has significantly ...

Masayoshi Son, the founder and chief executive officer of SoftBank Group Corp., the Japanese telecom and investment giant, has long attracted attention due to his enigmatic personality and bold investments, ...

Juan Carlos I, the king emeritus and father of the current king, Felipe VI, had abruptly left the country. The Spanish monarchy has been embroiled in scandal for much of ...

With November 3 rapidly approaching and the COVID-19 pandemic still raging in the United States, it increasingly appears that the US Postal Service will play a pivotal role in the ...

The popular social media and video sharing platform TikTok has continued its meteoric rise to become one of the most popular social media platforms worldwide.

According to data from the Pew Research Center released at the end of July, Americans who get their news primarily on social media are less informed, less engaged and more ...

With the COVID-19 pandemic taking up a significant amount of the world’s collective attention, anxieties and resources, one of its impacts has been the nature of relationships between countries.

In news that could lead to increased relations between China and Latin America, Pan American Health Organization head Dr. Carissa Etienne has labeled Latin America the new “epicenter” of the ...

Amid rising tensions between China and the United States, Apple has announced that it will move production of the iPhone 11 to India to avoid any issues related to the ...

In a recent interview with Fox’s Maria Bartiromo, billionaire investor Ray Dalio suggested that the United States could soon find itself facing a “capital war” with China in which the ...

Amid a renewed focus on social justice and structural inequalities in America, some commentators have argued that there is a growing hostility toward opinions that deviate from the norms of ...

In 2015 and 2016, while Donald Trump was making his pitch to the American people as to why he should become president, one of his selling points was his “tremendous ...

Dr. Julio Antonio del Marmol, a former freedom fighter for Fidel Castro’s revolution in Cuba, is the son of Leonardo del Marmol, one of Castro’s principal funders in the run ...

Twitter chief executive officer Jack Dorsey announced this month that, in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic and civil unrest across the United States, the social media platform would make ...

The 1MDB corruption scandal embroiling Malaysia today reached a new chapter as former Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak was found guilty of corruption in connection with the disappearance of some ...

Over the past several months, China’s international and domestic policies have become increasingly problematic in the eyes of many Western governments.

On July 26, 1990, President George H.W. Bush signed the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) into law, prohibiting discrimination on the basis of disability – formally defined as an individual ...

President Donald Trump is one of the most famous men in the world, a politician who is equal parts showman and conspiratorial populist. Well before he was the president of ...

As American influence recedes around the world, China appears poised to push forward with its superpower ambitions. However, China’s path is by no means an easy one and the United ...

As the 2020 presidential election in the United States grows closer, the polling lead established by Trump’s Democratic challenger, former Vice President Joe Biden, appears increasingly unassailable, buffeted by Biden’s ...

In late March, the United States government passed a nearly US$2 trillion economic relief package aimed at buttressing the economy and providing economic relief for workers and families, including the ...

In April, as much of the country entered into lockdowns in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, the United States liquor industry immediately experienced a contraction in sales. While sales of ...

With the 2020 presidential election only four months away, this election cycle remains one of the most unusual in recent history. In addition to the candidates trying to figure out ...

Over the past several years, calls to break up American tech industry giants have become more prevalent across the political spectrum in the United States. Advocates for breaking up the ...

A week ago, Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s admission into the hospital for a “possible infection” was enough to spark breaking headlines. For most public figures, an unconfirmed infection ...

Though it is highly unlikely that a President Kanye West will be in office to meet with any world leaders in 2021, the rapper and fashion mogul’s unusual presidential campaign ...

According to reports, the United States government owns a portfolio of HK$41 billion (approximately US$5.2 billion) in Hong Kong property, including its Consulate-General office which alone is valued at HK$24.7 ...

On July 7, Harper’s Magazine published an “Open Letter” signed by around 150 luminaires from the fields of academia, writing, music and more. Its abstract title, “A Letter on Justice ...

Over the weekend, the 20-year-old son of US District Judge Esther Salas was assassinated by a man disguised as a FedEx driver. Salas’ husband was also critically wounded in the ...

For years, even before his presidency, Donald Trump has been an outspoken advocate for taking a hard line against China. Whether in addressing the ongoing trade imbalance, China’s behavior on ...

Last week, a video of unidentified law enforcement officers in Portland, Oregon grabbing a protester off the street appeared online. In the video, two men dressed in military camouflage with ...

Vice President Joe Biden, both on a policy front and as a leader, would be a drastic improvement for our local communities, our nation, and our world. Vice President Biden ...

On July 14, a study published in The Lancet medical journal revealed that global fertility rates and population growth were both expected to drop by 2100. The study, funded by ...

For generations, the global economy has relied heavily on the United States dollar as a reserve currency. This means that much of the flow of international investments, transactions and debt ...

I believe Biden serving his hinted one-term will continue the dissatisfaction many of us feel and continue the status-quo political arena where a candidate like Trump can even be competitive. ...

During Donald Trump’s 2016 campaign for president of the United States, one of his popular slogans was “Drain the swamp,” which was a promise to rid Washington, DC of corruption. ...

On the evening of August 24, 2019, 23-year-old Elijah McClain was killed by three police officers in Aurora, Colorado. In what has become a familiar chain of events, police were ...

As the number of new coronavirus cases reaches all-time highs in the United States, recently surpassing 60,000 confirmed cases per day, the Trump administration appears to be planning on pushing ...

On July 13, Tucker Carlson took some time during his Fox News show, Tucker Carlson Tonight, to address a report that his top writer had anonymously posted racist and sexist ...

Donald Trump has in the last three years built up the economy and removed many of the restrictive federal laws that had been tying the hands of industry. Even though ...

Following the 2016 presidential election, Russia’s interference in American politics has regularly been discussed by intelligence agencies in the West and in the media. These reports have suggested that Russian ...

In June 2019, Eindhoven University of Technology in the Netherlands announced it would restrict new job vacancies to women in an attempt to balance out the staff’s gender disparities over ...

In Australia, coronavirus cases are starting to rise more rapidly since tapering off in April. The country has seen just over 9,000 confirmed cases and 106 people have died. Although ...

On Tuesday, July 7, the state of New York imposed a US$150 million fee on Deutsche Bank, based in Frankfurt, Germany, for dealings it had with the now-deceased convicted sex ...

This week, the Small Business Administration (SBA) released a full list of the 4.9 million Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loans given out since the CARES Act was passed in March ...

Ever since President Donald Trump labeled concerns over his handling of COVID-19 a “hoax,” the United States’ pandemic response has been deeply politicized. At times, the Republican president has publicly ...

On the United States’ Independence Day, the Gettysburg National Park in Pennsylvania was once again to be the setting of a great battle. According to social media posts, anti-fascist protesters ...

Despite the continued impact of the global coronavirus pandemic, especially in places like the United States, Brazil and Russia, global airline companies are looking to restart operations, albeit with caveats.

In mid-May, with cases of COVID-19 steadily declining, Spain was among a number of countries that began a phased approach to ending its lockdown. Through an abundance of caution, which ...

After President Trump’s speech at Mount Rushmore on July 3, the evening before Americans celebrated their Independence Day, many observers noted that the president seemingly went out of his way ...

The brutal civil war in Syria that has lasted since March 2011 has killed hundreds of thousands of people and led millions to flee the country in search of refuge ...

Since its inception, with an anonymous post on the 4chan messageboard in October 2017, the QAnon conspiracy movement has been labeled a cult.

The rapid industrialization and high economic growth rate Hong Kong saw in the 1960s led to it being labeled as one of the four “Asian Tigers,” with seemingly limitless potential.

As cases of COVID-19 in the United States have seen a worrying increase in recent weeks, a film industry that was already experiencing a difficult year is facing the possibility ...

Following reports last weekend that Russia was offering Taliban combatants a bounty for killing American troops and their allies, United States President Donald Trump denied knowing about the scheme. A ...

Wednesday, July 1, was the last day of a week-long voting period in which Russians reportedly approved multiple amendments to their constitution. Among the controversial changes proposed by President Vladimir ...

Joseph James DeAngelo, one of the most prolific serial killers and rapists in California history, pleaded guilty to 13 counts of murder on Monday, June 29.

Over the past several weeks in the United States, coronavirus cases have increased significantly. According to data from Johns Hopkins University, which has become one of the most popular virus ...

With Twitter recently adding warnings to some of President Donald Trump’s tweets, the platform has been accused of actively censoring conservative voices.