Month: May 2021

Nonstop subway service should be restored in New York City, Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) said on Sunday. “The city that never sleeps has a name we have to live up to everywhere, including within our […]

ROME—Two Italian ports faced an influx of hundreds of migrants on Saturday, as a charity ship sailed toward a Sicilian port with 236 people rescued in the Mediterranean from traffickers’ boats, while Italian coast guard […]

Ľuboslav Štora, the former director of the Confucius Institute (CI) in Slovakia’s Bratislava, drew attention for sending intimidating messages in emails to Matej Šimalčík, one of the key independent experts on China in Central and […]

Colorado’s governor on Sunday extended his mask order again for another 30 days. Gov. Jared Polis, a Democrat, amended and extended his mandate just before it was set to expire. The extension means that children […]

Two teenage sweethearts who first met in 1994 have rekindled their love for each other after realizing they are soulmates—marrying 20 years later. Joy Streatfield, 44, met her first love, Graham, 47, while she was […]

MOSCOW—Russia’s state statistical service says the number of deaths nationwide in the first three months of 2021 was more than 25 percent higher than the same period a year ago, and it reported thousands more […]

BERLIN—At least 93 police officers were injured and 354 protesters were detained after traditional May Day rallies in Berlin turned violent, the city’s top security official said Sunday. More than 20 different rallies took place […]

Members of European Parliament have vowed to reject the EU-China Investment Agreement that was awaiting ratification over China’s human rights abuses and sanctions by the ruling communist party. More than 30 MEPs took the floor […]

The U.S. State Department will soon sign-off a US$2 billion arms deal to the Australian government for 160 new Abrams tanks and four Chinook helicopters. The sale comes amid Prime Minister Scott Morrison’s pledge last […]

A city in Texas voted on Saturday to become a “sanctuary city for the unborn” after its residents approved an ordinance that outlawed abortion within the city. Sixty-two percent of voters in Lubbock, a city of […]