2+ day, 15+ hour ago   (685+ words) “The era of gentle diplomatic pleasantries and calculated silence, which has been misinterpreted as tacit consent, has come to an end,” protest leader Sondhi Limthongkul, a media mogul and political activist, told the crowd while reading from an open letter…...

2+ day, 11+ hour ago   (321+ words) The Smithsonian's National Museum of American History is honoring the 25th anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks this week with displays of dozens of rarely seen objects that tell the story of that day in often searingly personal terms. The exhibit, which…...

2+ day, 11+ hour ago   (342+ words) In recent weeks, new cases and deaths have declined in Ituri province, the outbreak’s epicenter, but risen sharply in neighboring North Kivu and Haut-Uele, the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention said at a weekly briefing. According to the…...

2+ day, 11+ hour ago   (284+ words) The South Kivu provincial government said in a press release that 19 girls and seven boys were killed, adding that the death toll could rise. The spokesperson for rebel M23 group that controls the city, Lawrence Kanyuka, said earlier that 24 students were…...

2+ day, 4+ hour ago   (1014+ words) With Vance taking the primetime speaking slot just ahead of the president, the convention is also teeing up a potential post-Trump future. Vance has not said whether he will run for the White House, and Trump has yet to name…...

2+ day, 4+ hour ago   (1700+ words) Trump pledged Wednesday during the convention to send every American adult $5,000 if Republicans retain control of the House and Senate in the midterm elections. The dubious promise would likely cost more than $1 trillion and require congressional approval, and would further…...

2+ day, 8+ hour ago   (783+ words) The sprawling snack-food factory in upstate New York appeared to be closed when a small army of immigration officers arrived after 9 a.m. Following a brief discussion of whether to force their way inside, a manager opened the front door. Over the…...

2+ day, 19+ hour ago   (285+ words) Passenger car exports in August jumped 67.1% from the year before to around 890,000 units, driven by plug-in hybrids and pure electric vehicles, according to the China Association of Automobile Manufacturers (CAAM). China exported more than 6.2 million passenger vehicles in January-August. Exports…...

3+ day, 18+ hour ago   (663+ words) He issued a decree dissolving the 250-member Parliament and paving the way for the vote. He said a snap election was necessary because of ongoing tensions and divisions in the Balkan country. Vucic, who cannot run for another presidential term,…...

4+ day, 3+ hour ago   (518+ words) Officials said that they were just over a month away from completing a major upgrade to the sole 12.5-mile-long (20-kilometer) Transcanyon Waterline, which supplied water for millions of visitors to the Grand Canyon’s South Rim and about 1,600 residents of Grand…...