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zodebala/iStock(LONDON) — The Chinese government has revoked the press credentials of three Beijing-based journalists from The Wall Street Journal as punishment for the headline of a recent opinion piece published by the U.S. newspaper that […]

Olkeksii Liskonih/iStock(WASHINGTON) — The State Department notified five Chinese media outlets on Tuesday that they must register as “foreign missions,” requiring them to share information on all their U.S.-based employees and properties with the U.S. […]

jarun011/iStock(WUHAN, China) — The director of a hospital in Wuhan, China, the epicenter of the novel coronavirus outbreak, died on Tuesday after contracting the virus. Liu Zhiming, 51, was a neurosurgeon and director of the […]

Medley of Photography/iStock(LONDON) — A British government job ad calling for “weirdos and misfits” has apparently backfired as an adviser hired resigned after a string of controversial statements emerged. The original job was advertised on […]

jarun011/iStock(BEIJING) — China’s mainland reported 1,886 new cases of the novel coronavirus and 98 more deaths on Tuesday, as recent data appears to show a decline in the number of new infections since early this […]

Tomohiro Ohsumi/Getty Images(LONDON) — More than 300 Americans who were passengers aboard the Diamond Princess cruise ship, which was quarantined at sea in Japan over the coronavirus outbreak, have evacuated the country on two flights […]

David Mareuil/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images(NEW YORK) — An Oscars screening, tons of movies, the internet and workout classes. Some would say this sounds like a great vacation — but it isn’t the kind of […]

iStockFourteen years after Colombia’s landmark decision to legalize abortions in some cases, the country is once more bracing itself for a historic vote. The Colombian Constitutional Court has until Feb. 19th to decide whether it […]

zabelin/iStock(WASHINGTON) — The United States and Taliban reached an agreement on Friday to reduce violence, which could open the door to the two sides finalizing the larger deal reached last year, per a senior State […]

Samara Heisz/iStock(BEIJING) — Chinese health officials have revealed for the first time the number of frontline workers who have been infected by the novel coronavirus. Zeng Yixin, vice minister of China’s National Health Commission, told […]