Sipping a hazy beer in a dimly lit Shanghai pub, Liang Xiao found himself immersed in a sociology lecture that astounded him. Beneath a projector screen, a Chinese PhD student at an elite American university was explaining how modern states were built to a crowd of more than 40 young…
Israel’s war conduct in Gaza “is consistent with the characteristics of genocide,” including mass civilian casualties and using starvation as a weapon, according to a new United Nations Special Committee report released Thursday. “Through its siege over Gaza, obstruction of humanitarian aid, alongside targeted attacks and killing of civilians and…
Warning: This story contains descriptions of self-harm that some readers might find distressing Iranian activist Kianoosh Sanjari, who died by suicide this week in protest at political imprisonments by the regime, was buried Friday in the capital Tehran. Sanjari took his own life Wednesday at the age of 42, jumping…
The proposal, which Johnson outlined to Lebanon’s Speaker of Parliament Nabih Berri – who is close to Hezbollah – is the first to be submitted by the US and Israel since a temporary ceasefire was negotiated in late September. Those efforts were upended when Israel killed Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah…
Protesters stormed the parliament of the Russian-backed breakaway Georgian region of Abkhazia on Friday and opposition politicians demanded the resignation of the self-styled president over an unpopular investment agreement with Moscow. Protesters used a truck to smash through the metal gates surrounding the parliament in the capital Sukhumi. Video from…
At least 10 people died and others were injured in a blaze at a nursing home near Zaragoza, Spain, before firefighters managed to extinguish the flames, local authorities said Friday. The alarm was raised early Friday morning in Villafranca de Ebro, about 28 kilometers (18 miles) from the northeastern city.…
Ranked choice voting suffered a blow as several states, including Nevada, Oregon, Colorado and Idaho rejected measures last week. In Colorado, Proposition 131 would have created an open primary system for candidates of any party and the top four vote-getters would move on to the general election, after voters ranked…
Conservatives are pushing back after Democrats have criticized President-elect Trump’s Cabinet appointments for not being ‘qualified’ by pointing to several examples of members of the Biden-Harris administration and campaign having questionable qualifications for their roles. In recent days, Democrats in Congress and in the media have blasted Trump Cabinet nominees…
Months ago, President-elect Trump vaguely suggested that those who ‘like TikTok’ should vote for him, raising the hopes for users of the video-sharing app that he might thwart a ban that is soon to take effect. ‘We’re not doing anything with TikTok, but the other side is going to…
President-elect Trump made it official on Friday, announcing that North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum will lead the U.S. Department of the Interior. ‘I am thrilled to announce that Doug Burgum, the Governor of North Dakota, will be joining my Administration as both Secretary of the Interior and, as Chairman of…