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Australia & Oceania 11/24/19, 20:49

Being able to prebook an organ transplant is real—in China. Organs on demand is happening; innocent people are constantly being arrested, blood typed, organ checked and kept on demand for a needy patient desperate and ...

Australia & Oceania 11/22/19, 10:36

A talk show personality revealed in a prerecorded interview he no longer felt pride in the United States on Nov. 19. CBS Late Show Host Stephen Colbert recently admitted in a national broadcast that he did ...

Australia & Oceania 11/20/19, 00:27

Homelessness is an issue that has always been prominent in our world. They don't have a home, a job, or money. This can be the result of many social and economic factors and it is ...

Australia & Oceania 10/14/19, 09:20

Upon delivering the 12.9-pound infant last Monday, Oct. 7, an Australian mum jokingly likened her newborn daughter to a "mini sumo wrestler." Wollongong couple Emma and Daniel Millar told Illawarra Mercury, a local news source, that ...

Australia & Oceania 09/03/19, 21:46

A dying father had his final wish granted by kind medics, who went out of their way to help. Brave Chris Shaw, 45, wanted to see his favorite beach one last time after being told his ...

Australia & Oceania 08/13/19, 23:51

Hong Kong hospital staff Tuesday Aug. 13, stepped forward to protest against police brutality and the island territory’s government. Employees from 13 hospitals across Hong Kong participated in the protest, according to a local cable television. Workers ...

Australia & Oceania 08/08/19, 09:09

An angry KFC customer who claimed she was served raw chicken by the fast-food giant has posted pictures of her meal—and claimed her complaint was ignored for nearly a week, according to The Daily Mail. The ...

Australia & Oceania 08/07/19, 20:23

In January 2017, Brendan Lee Burton assaulted his neighbor Anita Christanga, 78, while she was in bed. As a consequence of the assault, the elderly woman suffered many severe wounds, including a broken eye socket, broken ...

Australia & Oceania 08/05/19, 20:38

U.S. Secretary of Defense Dr. Mark Esper arrived in Auckland on Monday, Aug. 5, to meet his New Zealand counterpart Defense Minister Ron Mark, after Esper attended the Australia-US Ministerial meetings in Sydney over the ...

Australia & Oceania 07/13/19, 02:56

Nearly 60 native birds died after "falling from the sky" in front of horrified onlookers in a suspected case of mass poisoning in South Australia, rescuers say. Bird rescuers said it was like “something out of ...

Australia & Oceania 06/26/19, 18:30

A self-driving shuttle bus service has taken to the roads on a route around a university district in South Australia as a part of a five-year trial. South Australia is the one of the first to ...

Central America 12/02/19, 13:06

At least 21 people were killed after security forces engaged in a gun battle with suspected cartel members on Saturday, Nov. 30, in Villa Union, a town in Coahuila State near the U.S. border with ...

2020 Campaign 11/08/19, 10:41

An independent candidate promised on Nov. 7 to decommission immigration agencies and weaken the nation's ability to enforce immigration law, if he wins the 2020 presidential election. Presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) has proposed a ...

Central America 11/05/19, 18:37

At least nine dual US-Mexican citizens, including six children and three women, were shot to death on Monday, Nov. 4, near Rancho La Mora on the border between Sonora and Chihuahua—a shooting attack that relatives ...

Central America 11/03/19, 22:25

Relatives of women and girls murdered or missing in Mexico marched through the capital Sunday carrying over 100 purple crosses inscribed with the names of victims, demanding justice for their loved ones and improved efforts ...

Central America 09/06/19, 13:26

Mexico said it has met a U.S. 90-day deadline to reduce migrant flows across its territory. Foreign Secretary Marcelo Ebrard is to deliver a final report on the Mexican government initiatives on Friday, Sept. 6, three ...

Central America 08/22/19, 23:19

U.S. Acting Homeland Security Secretary Kevin McAleenan was in Panama City on Thursday, Aug. 22, to meet with security officials and ministers from Central America and Colombia. He tweeted his arrival for the Ninth Northern Triangle ...

Central America 08/10/19, 11:11

Mexican police discovered 19 dead people, some people hanged from an overpass and others butchered and dumped on the road, in what authorities believe is a gang turf war, according to The Associated Press. In the ...

Central America 08/07/19, 00:19

The United States is ready to target any individual or country that supports Nicolás Maduro’s socialist regime. On Tuesday, speaking from Peru's capital Lima, U.S. National Security Adviser John Bolton said the Trump administration will start ...

Central America 08/03/19, 15:54

Mexico's Secretary of Foreign Affairs Marcelo Ebrard announced on July 30, that the number of illegal immigrants heading to the United States from Central America has been greatly reduced. Ebrard explained that although 144,278 immigrants ...

Central America 07/25/19, 19:34

Mexico is building a huge shelter for illegal immigrants on its northern border. The facility will allow these people to await for a response to their asylum applications in the United States. In the city of ...

Central America 07/22/19, 15:54

As part of his visit to Latin America, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and El Salvador's President Nayib Bukele met last Sunday at the Presidential House in San Salvador to discuss economic cooperation and measures ...

Central America 07/22/19, 10:30

The Costa Rican Health Ministry said it has confirmed 19 deaths from the consumption of alcohol tainted with methanol. The ministry said in a Friday report that the investigation is continuing, but it has counted 14 ...

Central America 07/12/19, 20:25

Two weeks ago, the Cuban Ministry of Finance published a new list of prices for products sold in CUC (the Cuban equivalent of the dollar) and in pesos. The inventory of prices of food and hygiene ...

Central America 07/12/19, 19:17

As a contingency plan to curb immigration, the Mexican government unveiled the first two U.S. investment projects in the south of the country. The $800 million granted for the region would be for the construction ...

Central America 07/10/19, 19:40

Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador fired Mexican doctors or will not renew their contracts this December, and will import Cuban professionals. Due to the socialist president's huge health cut—44%—at least 10,000 Mexican workers in the ...

South America 12/11/19, 11:06

Brazil’s President Jair Bolsonaro called Swedish climate change campaigner Greta Thunberg a “brat” on Tuesday, Dec. 10, after her comment on two Indigenous people Brazilians' death in the Amazon. The fight ignited on Monday after Thunberg ...

South America 12/10/19, 08:29

Chile's air force lost radio contact with a transport plane carrying 38 people on a flight Monday evening to the country's base in Antarctica, and authorities indicated several hours later that they were not optimistic ...

South America 12/09/19, 12:06

Out of 90 contestants, Miss South Africa Zozibini Tunzi took the crown for Miss Universe 2019, and Madison Anderson, Miss Puerto Rico, coming in as first runner-up. The new #MissUniverse2019 is... SOUTH AFRICA!!!! 🇿🇦 pic.twitter.com/gRW8vcuT3A — Miss ...

South America 11/16/19, 18:53

When children, who usually bring fun to the family, are born, they need the love and care of adults because they can't drink or feed themself, and they also can't say they're hungry. But as ...

South America 11/13/19, 17:40

After the protests of Bolivian citizens intensified following the controversial electoral elections of Oct. 20, which led President Evo Morales to resign as head of state, various senators of the Democratic wing such as Bernie ...

South America 11/12/19, 22:44

President Donald Trump praised the Bolivian people for forcing the resignation of socialist leader Evo Morales. In a statement published by the White House, the president stressed that the fall of Morales, after almost 14 years ...

South America 11/10/19, 21:41

Bolivian President Evo Morales resigned Sunday under mounting pressure from the military and the public after his re-election victory triggered weeks of fraud allegations and deadly protests. The decision came after a day of fast-moving developments, ...

South America 11/08/19, 05:13

Brazil's Supreme Court delivered a ruling that could release almost 5,000 inmates still appealing their convictions, including former President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva and other powerful figures jailed in a sprawling corruption investigation. The court ...

South America 11/01/19, 18:38

The U.S. government is considering sanctioning Spain for the aid that the socialist government of Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez would be provide to Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro. According to Bloomberg, the Treasury Department is studying economic ...

South America 11/01/19, 15:43

Amid Chile's social crisis, President Donald Trump said he supports Chilean President Sebastián Piñera's government in its efforts to "restore national order" in the South American country. President Trump called Piñera on Wednesday to express his ...

South America 10/30/19, 12:36

A 13-year-old Brazilian girl has been arrested over the murder of her pregnant sister who she is accused of killing before cutting out her baby and stoning another child to death. Fabiana Santana, 23, was eight ...

South America 10/29/19, 09:50

Fresh protests and attacks on businesses erupted in Chile Monday despite President Sebastián Piñera's replacement of eight key Cabinet ministers with more centrist figures and his attempts to assure the country he has heard calls ...

South America 10/25/19, 13:25

A sick Brazilian boy died after his father blew up the money that was raised for the child's medical treatment on hookers, drugs, and parties instead, according to reports. Two-year-old Joao Miguel Alves died at his ...

South America 10/18/19, 18:26

The U.S. ambassador to the United Nations said Venezuela’s election to the Human Rights Council “is an embarrassment to the United Nations and a tragedy for the people of Venezuela.” Venezuela won a contested election for ...

South America 10/15/19, 20:08

A seven-story building collapsed Tuesday in an upscale part of the Brazilian city of Fortaleza, killing one person and leaving others trapped with some communicating with family members by cellphone from under debris, officials said. Fire ...

Inspired Stories 09/18/19, 12:10

A garbage man created a community library in his own home and donates books to children, believing that education can break the cycle of poverty. Jose Alberto Gutierrez, 55, a garbage man who lives in Bogota, ...

South America 09/17/19, 17:45

The former president of Venezuela, Hugo Chávez, ordered his subordinates to coordinate actions to flood the United States with cocaine produced by the Marxist guerrilla FARC, since 2005. U.S. federal prosecutors reported these attempts by the ...

South America 09/13/19, 22:24

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo met his visiting Brazilian counterpart, Foreign Minister Ernesto Araujo, at the State Department in Washington, D.C., on Friday. Speaking at the press conference, the two men affirmed the strategic partnerships between ...

South America 08/30/19, 23:01

Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro's son and the country's foreign minister visited the White House, on Friday, Aug. 30, seeking U.S. help, as firefighters battled to contain the ravaging wildfires in the Amazon. The Brazilian leader said ...

South America 08/24/19, 17:32

Backed by military aircraft, Brazilian troops on Saturday prepared to deploy in the Amazon to fight fires that have swept the region and prompted anti-government protests as well as an international outcry. Some 44,000 troops will ...

America 11/29/19, 00:16

Police in the Canadian city of Kingston say seven people have died after a small plane crashed in the area Wednesday evening. The Transportation Safety Board of Canada has sent a team of four investigators to ...

Trending 11/28/19, 08:53

An Ontario man is behind bars after allegedly dumping poo on several victims between Nov. 22 and 25. Toronto Police confirmed local Samuel Opoku, 23, has been arrested and charged with five counts of assault with ...

America 11/08/19, 04:34

As Mexican soldiers stood guard, a mother and two sons were laid to rest in hand-hewn pine coffins in a single grave dug out of the rocky soil Thursday at the first funeral for the ...

America 11/06/19, 09:34

The eight children, some mere infants, who survived the ambush in northern Mexico not only escaped the drug cartel gunmen who killed their mothers but managed to hide in the brush, with some walking miles ...

America 11/01/19, 22:58

A Winnipeg, Canada toddler, who was stabbed multiple times while he slept in his bed on Wednesday, Oct. 30, is to be taken off life support. Hunter Haze Straight-Smith, 3, who suffered severe brain damage, is ...

America 10/18/19, 19:54

Mexican security forces aborted an attempt to capture a son of imprisoned drug lord Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman after finding themselves outgunned in a ferocious shootout with cartel henchmen that left at least eight people ...

America 07/05/19, 21:21

A campaign of pro-life groups has been collecting donations for migrant children arriving at the U.S.-Mexico border. The initiative is called Bottles to the Border and is led by former employees of abortion clinics and pro-life ...

South America 07/05/19, 17:34

Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro once again said he would like U.S. President Donald Trump to visit South America to discuss the Venezuelan crisis with the presidents of the region. On Wednesday night, July 3, during an ...

America 07/03/19, 20:23

Mexican authorities are investigating several reports of illegal immigrants trying to buy children to enter the United States, and obtain family unit benefits. According to testimony gathered by the Seattle Times from locals and the police, ...

South America 07/02/19, 15:23

Tens of thousands of tourists flocked to cities and towns across northern Chile to stake out spots in one of the world's best locations to witness Tuesday's total solar eclipse. Millions are expected to gaze at ...

America 06/28/19, 23:03

An engineer shouted for the young migrant woman to hurry up and climb aboard the freight train or she'd be left behind. In her bright red tennis shoes, she quickened her pace and was the ...

America 06/28/19, 21:28

Megan Rapinoe went from controversy to triumph, scoring twice for the United States in the much-anticipated clash with host France to send the defending champions into the semifinals of the Women's World Cup with a ...

America 06/28/19, 05:35

About 100 Mexican soldiers and immigration agents raided a freight train in the southern state of Chiapas on Thursday and detained dozens of Central American migrants riding atop the cars. Such raids had been rare since ...

America 06/26/19, 14:57

U.S. Special Representative for Venezuela Elliott Abrams assured that President Donald J. Trump supports political change in Venezuela during a briefing session on Tuesday, June 25. Abrams’s affirmative declaration came after a Washington Post article, citing ...

America 06/25/19, 02:36

Around 15,000 soldiers and National Guard policemen have been deployed by the Mexican government to the U.S. border in a bid to check migration flow from Central America, the country's defense chief told reporters on ...

America 06/21/19, 22:16

Mexico has completed its deployment of 6,000 National Guardsmen to help control the flow of migrants headed to the United States and filled 650 immigration agency posts to regulate border crossings, the government said on ...

America 06/21/19, 21:58

The deaths of eight American tourists in the Dominican Republic this year are not part of a mysterious wave of fatalities but a medically and statistically normal phenomenon that has been lumped together by the ...

America 06/21/19, 00:55

íMexico and El Salvador signed a cooperation agreement Thursday that includes a $30 million Mexican donation for reforestation in the Central American nation, amid increased pressure from the United States to slow a surge of ...

Trending 06/18/19, 18:26

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) announced Monday, June 17, that it is ready to send women to the moon—50 years after the first Apollo mission! The new space mission is aptly named Artemis, after ...

America 06/17/19, 21:18

The huge blackout that left tens of millions of people in the dark in Argentina, Uruguay and Paraguay over the weekend raised serious questions about the vulnerability of the power grid in South America and ...

Europe 12/16/19, 03:56

President Trump's personal attorney, Rudy Giuliani, has returned from a trip to the Ukraine and Hungary, where he unearthed proof of money-laundering by Burisma and the former Vice President Joe Biden and his son, Hunter. Not ...

Europe 12/15/19, 13:53

Dubliners in Ireland have been encouraged to hang their unwanted coats on a pedestrian bridge in an effort to keep the homeless warm during the cold winter months. On Ha'penny Bridge in the city center, dozens ...

Europe 12/12/19, 22:41

An exit poll in Britain’s election projected Thursday that Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s Conservative Party would likely win a solid majority of seats in Parliament, a decisive outcome that should allow Johnson to fulfill his ...

Europe 12/07/19, 19:35

Recently, a video of the NATO summit circulated on social networks where France's President Emmanuel Macron is seen along with other world leaders in what could be interpreted as a sort of mockery in reference ...

Europe 12/07/19, 16:42

President Donald Trump, who is known for conveying his ideas very clearly to both his voters and the opposition, made the French president very nervous with a simple question during the NATO summit. President Trump appeared ...

Europe 12/06/19, 15:20

A gas explosion in an apartment building in eastern Slovakia killed at least five people and injured more than 40 Friday. Firefighters rescued people trapped in the building, which officials said is still in danger ...

Inspired Stories 12/04/19, 12:10

Kathleen Saville and Olive Woodward, both 89 of Nottinghamshire, have been best friends for almost 80 years and recently have moved into the same care home together, BBC reported. Saville and Woodward became friends when they ...

Europe 12/01/19, 13:57

Thousands of people took to Hong Kong’s streets Sunday, Dec. 1, in a new wave of pro-democracy protests, but police fired tear gas after some demonstrators allegedly threw bricks and smoke bombs, breaking a rare ...

Europe 11/30/19, 11:08

Two doctors from the Gender Identity Development Service (GIDS) in England question the procedures followed by the health system to change the gender of people seeking its services. " This whole area of transgender medicine is ...

Europe 11/29/19, 22:55

British metropolitan police shot and killed a terror suspect, Friday, Nov. 29, in a harrowing incident on London Bridge that had been the location of a deadly Islamist attack about two years ago. At least three ...

Europe 11/26/19, 12:31

Rescue crews used excavators to search for survivors trapped in toppled apartment buildings Tuesday after a powerful pre-dawn earthquake in Albania killed at least 14 people and injured more than 600. The 6.4 magnitude quake was ...

Europe 11/26/19, 12:10

Two helicopters collided in midair and killed 13 French soldiers fighting Islamic extremists in Mali, France said Tuesday, in its biggest loss since its mission in West Africa’s Sahel region began in 2013. The deaths draw ...

Inspired Stories 11/21/19, 23:55

A photographer who works full time at a special needs secondary school in the U.K. launched a heartwarming campaign called Down with Disney to spread awareness and show people the beauty of Down syndrome. Nicole Perkins ...

Europe 11/21/19, 11:39

A former Ukrainian politician was suspected of misusing state funds at an energy company that he founded and is subject to the continuing impeachment inquiry on Nov. 20. Ukraine's Prosecutor General Ruslan Ryaboshapka confirmed the Eastern ...

Washington 11/20/19, 07:38

A key member of the nation's forum on national security, military, and foreign policy matters admitted he added incorrect information to a summary of the president's phone call with Ukraine on Nov. 19. U.S. National Security ...

Europe 11/13/19, 11:09

A man resigned from his job in the most hilarious way possible by giving his boss a condolence card instead of a letter of notice. The outside of the card reads, "So very sorry for your ...

Europe 11/12/19, 16:01

Controversial multimillionaire George Soros, whose organizations and establishments have been expelled from several countries accused of interfering in sovereign policies, could face an investigation for illegally funding a campaign to take down Boris Johnson. The complaint, ...

Europe 11/11/19, 20:25

The dazzling rise of the conservative VOX party in Sunday's elections in Spain has shaken the foundations of the "progressive consensus" that had dominated institutions, the media, and political life for the last two decades. The ...

Inspired Stories 11/11/19, 11:03

Being born at 23 weeks and weighing less than 1 pound each, Joe and Ashley Keates were each only the size of their mother Talia's hand. The twin boys are believed to the smallest newborns ...

Europe 11/10/19, 12:35

Police and organizers say more than 100,000 people took part in an open-air party celebrating the 30th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall. Despite the cold and damp, crowds flocked to Berlin's Brandenburg Gate ...

Africa 11/27/19, 12:23

A male lecturer from the University of Calabar, Nigeria, is being celebrated on social media network for babysitting twins for his student while she writes her examinations. The lecturer identified as Frederick Bassey took to his ...

Africa 11/21/19, 11:22

According to a story from News24 in South Africa, in a desperate attempt to eventually get their insurance payout, Sifiso Mtshali's parents, 46, hauled his corpse to an Old Mutual branch in eastern South Africa. This ...

Politics 11/08/19, 11:31

Ivanka Trump on Friday, Nov. 8, echoed her father's view that the House impeachment investigation is an attempt to overturn the 2016 election. But she called the identity of the impeachment whistleblower "not particularly relevant." President ...

Africa 10/17/19, 00:57

An extraordinary haul of 20 wooden coffins dating back to Ancient Egypt and pharaonic times has been revealed by archaeologists. Archaeologists found the coffins in an ancient necropolis in Al-Assasif, an ancient cemetery on the west ...

Africa 10/15/19, 10:05

Mariam Nabatanzi, a 40-year-old woman from the Mukono District of Uganda, was named the most fertile woman in the African country after it was confirmed that she had given birth to 44 children. Nabatanzi is known as ...

Africa 10/11/19, 10:19

The story of a man from Nigeria is proof that dreams come true, especially when you work hard and never lose faith. His dream of becoming a pilot if finally realized after 24 years of ...

Africa 09/06/19, 10:50

A pastor, in south Africa, who has been spearfishing for the past decade miraculously survived without any major injuries after he accidentally shot himself straight through his head with a speargun. The horrific incident occurred on ...

U.S. 08/31/19, 14:52

Thousands of African immigrants who arrived on the southern border of the United States demanded immediate entry into the country. In a statement the 3,000 immigrants from some 16 African countries such as Angola, Burkina Faso, ...

Africa 08/30/19, 19:58

The United States sanctioned a Lebanese bank on Thursday for facilitating the financial activities of the terrorist group Hezbollah. The Treasury Department accused the Jammal Trust Bank, and its subsidiaries, of "brazenly enabling" the financial activities ...

News 05/30/19, 22:55

Over 1,200 people have died in the latest Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo (Congo). According to Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), also known as Doctors Without Border, this is the worst ever reported ...

Africa 05/30/19, 09:24

Sudan's protesters are threatening a civil disobedience campaign if the ruling military refuses to hand over power to civilians.The threat comes after a two-day strike meant to pressure the military showed no tangible effects.The coalition ...

Africa 05/30/19, 08:55

Mozambique says it needs $3.2 billion to recover from a pair of powerful tropical cyclones that ripped into the southern African nation earlier this year and left hundreds dead, raising alarm about the effects of ...

Africa 05/30/19, 01:42

The fate of several teams vying for places in the Super Rugby playoffs is likely to be sealed in this weekend's 16th round.If the Chiefs can't beat the Crusaders in Fiji, if the Waratahs can't ...

Africa 05/29/19, 18:35

Farmers in Kenya are swapping high-risk crops for silkworms. In a bid to find a profitable crop to sustain their livelihoods, many farmers are turning to silk production and ditching traditional cash crops such as ...

Africa 05/29/19, 16:36

Yasir Arman says he wants to help resolve the ongoing standoff on who should lead Sudan's transitional government

Africa 05/29/19, 15:15

WHO officials say success hinges on improving security in Congo's conflict zones

Africa 05/29/19, 12:14

A prominent Egyptian militant wanted for scores of terror attacks in his country was handed over by Libyan forces loyal to a commander pushing to take the capital of Tripoli and flown back to Egypt ...

Africa 05/29/19, 12:08

Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari began his second term as head of Africa's most populous nation on Wednesday, facing heightened pressure to defeat Islamic extremism and boost the oil-dependent economy amid concerns over his health.The 76-year-old ...

Africa 05/28/19, 15:55

Report alleges that security forces, who have been conducting military operations against Islamist insurgents in region, have engaged in unlawful action against civilians

Africa 05/28/19, 14:56

Malawi's President Peter Mutharika on Tuesday called for unity as he was sworn in for a second five-year term after an election in which top opposition parties alleged irregularities.The 78-year-old Mutharika began his acceptance speech ...

Asia & Pacific 12/11/19, 09:37

For Hong Kong spectators mentally and physically drained from six months of pro-democracy protests that have convulsed the city, a rousing performance of “Les Miserables” proved almost too much to bear. Audience members wept, dabbing their ...

Asia & Pacific 12/11/19, 06:45

The eruption was so silent that Lillani Hopkins didn't hear it over the hum of the boat’s engines. She didn't turn around until her dad whacked her. Then she saw it. Huge clouds of ash and ...

Asia & Pacific 12/10/19, 09:37

Australia’s prime minister said Tuesday that 11 Australians remained unaccounted for and 13 had been hospitalized after a volcano eruption in New Zealand. Three Australians were suspected to be among the initial five confirmed dead, Prime ...

Asia & Pacific 12/09/19, 09:26

A volcanic island in New Zealand erupted Monday in a tower of ash and steam while dozens of tourists were exploring the moon-like surface, killing five people and leaving many more missing. Police said the site ...

Asia & Pacific 12/05/19, 12:31

Homeless people often have to face a misconception that they don't contribute anything to society, but this homeless man showed just how compassionate and charitable the homeless community can be when he helped clear a ...

Asia & Pacific 12/03/19, 06:47

Iranian state television on Tuesday acknowledged security forces shot and killed what it described as “rioters” in multiple cities amid recent protests over the spike in government-set gasoline prices — the first time that authorities ...

Asia & Pacific 11/27/19, 04:10

A company in Japan is offering an extra six days of paid time off per year for its nonsmoking employees to make up for smokers’ cigarette breaks, The Telegraph reported. Piala Inc., a marketing firm in ...

Asia & Pacific 11/25/19, 23:55

Hong Kong pro-democracy activists are jubilant. The island’s pro-democracy candidates won almost 90% of the 45 district council seats in Sunday, Nov. 24, election in a historic landslide victory. The pro-democracy opposition took over at least ...

Asia & Pacific 11/25/19, 12:44

After nearly half a year of unrest and violence, Hong Kongers made their stance loud and clear at the vote for district councilors on Nov. 24: Pro-democracy. The final results recorded a big win for opposition ...

Asia & Pacific 11/24/19, 22:17

Pro-democracy candidates won nearly half of the seats in Hong Kong’s local elections, according to partial returns on Monday, as voters sent a clear signal of support for the anti-government protests that have rocked the ...

Washington 11/21/19, 07:05

Free press has become the next target amid Hong Kong rising violence against pro-democracy protesters, with an arson attack on Hong Kong Epoch Times’ printing shop on 19 Nov, reported the Epoch Times.  Arson attack Four masked men ...

Asia & Pacific 11/21/19, 00:46

Congress has approved two bills aimed at supporting human rights in Hong Kong following months of unrest in the semi-autonomous Chinese city. The House overwhelmingly approved the bills Wednesday, a day after the Senate passed them ...

Asia & Pacific 11/20/19, 11:19

U.S. Defense Secretary Mark Esper on Wednesday accused China of using coercion and intimidation against smaller Asian nations to impose its will in the South China Sea. He urged Vietnam and others in the region ...

Asia & Pacific 11/20/19, 10:53

Pale and thin, a teenager wandered the nearly deserted campus of Hong Kong Polytechnic University at about 1 a.m. Wednesday. He hugged his body with his arms, whether because of the chill in the air ...

U.S. 11/19/19, 17:19

Amid intensifying violence between protesters and the Hong Kong violence, U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) urged President Donald Trump to speak out on behalf of the protesters in Hong Kong. Speaking on the Senate ...

Asia & Pacific 11/19/19, 09:45

The Taliban said it freed on Tuesday, Nov. 19, an American and an Australian hostage held since 2016 in exchange for three top Taliban figures who were released by the Kabul government and flown out ...

Asia & Pacific 11/19/19, 00:30

Police tightened their siege of a university campus where hundreds of pro-democracy protesters remained trapped overnight Tuesday, Nov. 19, local time, in the latest dramatic episode in months of protests against growing Chinese control over ...

Asia & Pacific 11/18/19, 00:31

Police attacked a Hong Kong university campus held by pro-democracy protesters early Monday, Nov. 18, [local time] after an all-night siege that included firing repeated barrages of tear gas and water cannons. Pro-democracy protesters barricaded themselves ...

Asia & Pacific 11/17/19, 15:59

Police launched a late-night operation Sunday, Nov. 17 to try and flush about 200 protesters out of a university campus on a day of clashes in which an officer was hit in the leg with ...

Asia & Pacific 11/17/19, 01:26

Protesters angered by Iran raising government-set gasoline prices by 50% blocked traffic in major cities and occasionally clashed with police Saturday after a night of demonstrations punctuated by gunfire, in violence that reportedly killed at ...

World 11/22/19, 11:21

Minghui.org, the website dedicated to reporting on Falun Gong (an ancient Chinese self-cultivation practice) just published a list of perpetrators involved in the persecution of Falun Gong in mainland China.  Minghui 's collection list of perpetrators This ...

Washington 11/15/19, 16:44

Senate Foreign Relations Committee members Rep. Jim Risch (R-Idaho) and Rep. Marco Rubio (R-Florida) are seeking to have the Hong Kong rights bill quickly passed by the Senate.  The bill supporting pro-democracy protesters in Hong Kong ...

U.S. 09/18/19, 17:19

U.S. Senator Mr. Patrick Leahy of Vermont issued a statement on September 12 calling on the Chinese government to end its persecution of Falun Gong. His statement has been included in the congressional record. Senator Leahy ...

Asia & Pacific 09/04/19, 21:50

Pro-democracy legislators and activists on Wednesday, Sept. 4, denounced Hong Kong Chief Executive Carrie Lam’s announcement to withdraw the controversial China extradition bill that triggered months of massive demonstrations. They said Lam’s concession came “too little” ...

Asia & Pacific 08/27/19, 20:30

Pro-democracy lawmakers in Hong Kong on Tuesday, Aug. 27, condemned Hong Chief Executive Carrie Lam for “trashing all the conventional, traditional values" of the territory. The legislators denounced Lam for threatening to silence pro-democracy voices with ...

Asia & Pacific 07/26/19, 18:58

If you were a visitor arriving on Friday at the Hong Kong Chek Lap Kok International Airport, this would be the scene, you saw on your first steps on to ‘Asia’s world city.’ A sea of ...

Asia & Pacific 07/19/19, 19:49

Hong Kong young activists are no greenhorns when it comes to protests. As another huge rally is organized for Sunday, protesters’ strategies are getting more creative. From hand signs to colorful post-it notes, these young activists ...

World 07/04/19, 21:41

An independent tribunal in the UK recently attracted widespread news coverage after announcing a judgment that the Chinese Communist regime is killing its detained citizens for organs. A 60-page summary of the judgment was released on ...

Asia & Pacific 07/02/19, 17:43

Tens of thousands of Hong Kong people gathered on Monday afternoon for the annual July 1 march that is held on the anniversary of Britain's return of Hong Kong to China in 1997. This year’s ...

Trending 06/27/19, 16:17

Thousands of residents participated in Hong Kong’s rally on Wednesday night, June 26, to oppose the proposed extradition bill that they fear will take away the city’s freedom. They were rallying to appeal to world leaders ...

Europe 06/25/19, 18:26

Speaking at a meeting in Geneva on Monday, June 24, the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet emphasized human rights violations in several regions of the world. Bachelet expressed disappointment at Saudi Arabia's ...

World 06/24/19, 21:33

There are 25 million adults and children suffering from labor and sex trafficking all over the world, including in the United States, according to Secretary of State Mike Pompeo. The U.S. Department of State (DOS) released ...

World 06/18/19, 02:05

A panel of experts and lawyers from the China Tribunal in London has concluded that China has in fact been murdering Falun Gong practitioners and harvesting their organs for transplant. The tribunal said on June ...

Europe 06/12/19, 17:22

The Russian Interior Affairs Ministry has, under public pressure, dropped drug-dealing charges against a prominent investigative journalist, in a sudden turn of events. Interior Minister Vladimir Kolokoltsev surprised the nation and the world on Tuesday after ...

Europe 06/10/19, 17:31

A prominent Russian investigative journalist was arrested and allegedly beaten while in detention. Ivan Golunov, who works for the independent Latvia-based Meduza online news agency, was charged with drug dealing. Four grams of synthetic stimulant mephedrone ...

World 06/03/19, 21:42

November 1989 marked the fall of communism in Eastern Europe, when thousands of Germans brought down the Berlin Wall—the most visible symbol of the Cold War, built by communists to separate East and West Berlin. The ...

World 06/03/19, 15:56

June 4, 2019, marks the 30th anniversary of the 1989 Tiananmen Square massacre. Former Associated Press (AP) journalist Jeff Widener, who was present at the scene to cover the story, recollects his experience of the ...

Asia & Pacific 06/03/19, 14:19

Thirty years have passed since the June 4 Tiananmen Square protests. Former Chinese pro-democracy activists speak about how the 1989 student-led demonstrations in Beijing have left a lasting impact on their lives. Lawyer and former student ...

World 05/31/19, 23:13

A 73-year-old woman who was sentenced to two years in March 2019 for practicing Falun Gong was denied admission by Shandong Province Women's Prison after she failed the required physical exam. The authorities hired two ...

World 05/13/19, 01:29

Falun Gong (also called Falun Dafa) practitioners from Canada and supportive lawmakers celebrated the 27th annual World Falun Dafa Day in front of Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Wednesday. The attendees condemned the persecution of ...