HONG KONG, Oct 28 - China is now supporting more people aged 65 and above than children, underscoring the impact of its rapidly ageing population and a declining birth rate.
October 28, 2026The US Department of Energy said on Wednesday it has closed a $5.1 billion loan package to Alliant Energy to expand power generation and bolster the
October 28, 2026A federal judge says he is considering appointing a special master to evaluate claims by the Trump administration that California has some 20,000 noncitizens on its voter rolls
October 27, 2026A federal judge has scolded the Justice Department for its unorthodox handling of a criminal case against two former FBI officials accused of making false statements to Congress about their participation in and knowledge of investigations involving Hunter Biden, the son of former President Joe Biden
October 27, 2026President Donald Trump says he's “terminating” a Biden-era rule that aimed to reduce planet-warming emissions of methane from oil and gas drilling
October 27, 2026Twenty-one US states and the District of Columbia sued President Donald Trump's administration on Tuesday over its rollback of reporting requirements
October 27, 2026King Charles III has arrived in the Bahamas as part of a nine-day trip to the Caribbean, where he faces calls for an apology and slavery reparations
October 27, 2026The Environmental Protection Agency’s response to the disastrous 2023 East Palestine train derailment will be investigated after dozens of residents of the small town on the Ohio-Pennsylvania and Vice President JD Vance requested the review
October 27, 2026Donald Trump’s social media posts on the closure and renovation of a historic golf course in the nation’s capital are putting Justice Department lawyers in the uncomfortable position of explaining whether the president of the United States should be believed
October 27, 2026Florida mom arrested at airport for leaving 4 kids home alone during work trip to Vegas
October 27, 2026A federal judge on Tuesday temporarily blocked US President Donald Trump's administration from implementing a new rule that would cut the amount of time
October 27, 2026Newsom signs order protecting Pacific Coast Highway from El Niño’s powerful storms
October 27, 2026Humanity is losing more ground in its fight against climate change
October 21, 2026The New York Stock Exchange is preparing to start trading a new type of options contract that lets investors make all-or-nothing bets on whether a stock
October 27, 2026Colorado pilot fights for approval to fly electric plane to commute to work
October 27, 2026Manhunt underway for convicted killer who escaped through Tennessee prison fence and fled in stolen truck, officials say
October 27, 2026Indian authorities have evacuated tens of thousands of people from vulnerable coastal areas in the eastern state of Andhra Pradesh as a severe cyclone over the Bay of Bengal is expected to make landfall along the country’s east coast
October 27, 2026South Africa claims it has sent the longest freight train in the world on a test run
October 27, 2026The U.S. military says it has attacked a boat it accused of smuggling drugs in the eastern Pacific Ocean
October 27, 2026The Supreme Court has declined to intervene in a dispute over a Biden-era immigration regulation
October 27, 2026California's golden mussel invasion sparks increased concerns from Stockton-area leaders
October 27, 2026The Ethiopian Orthodox Church reports that two attacks in Oromia have killed at least 60 Orthodox Christians
October 27, 2026The Norwegian Nobel Committee said on Tuesday it welcomed the return of opposition leader Maria Corina Machado to Venezuela, saying it hoped her presence would
October 27, 2026The most prominent glaciers in Colorado thinned dramatically over the past year due to record low mountain snow and record warm temperatures
October 27, 2026Disease-carrying mosquitoes are moving deeper into the US. Climate change is only part of the problem.
October 27, 2026A clutch of ultra-wealthy executives who made fortunes in and around the cryptocurrency business have become influential players in US politics, collectively spending more than $56
October 27, 2026India has deployed hundreds of additional security personnel in its remote northeast, authorities said on Tuesday, after youth protesters clashed
October 27, 2026Gunmen killed at least 62 people in an attack on a community in northeastern Nigeria
October 27, 2026The European Union expects a wave of investment into the Australian critical minerals sector as it pushes to diversify its supply chain away from China,
October 27, 2026Judge slams Justice Department for asking her to ‘disbelieve’ Trump in golf course case
October 27, 2026A bus fitted out with oxygen tanks is providing a sanctuary in a city on Indonesia's Borneo island where people are
October 27, 2026A US judge extended on Monday a court order blocking President Donald Trump's plans to renovate a historic Washington golf course where she had deemed
October 27, 2026A US appeals
October 26, 2026A federal judge has agreed to extend an order blocking the Trump administration’s renovation plans for a century-old public golf course in the nation’s capital
October 26, 2026The Trump administration is asking Washington state to set aside any ballots received from more than 400 people it suspects registered to vote without U.S. citizenship
October 26, 2026The Four Corners region of the Southwestern U.S. is warily eyeing a forecast for still more rain
October 26, 2026Family loses 'everything' to catastrophic flooding
October 26, 2026Stockyards in New Mexico that had closed due to the New World screwworm outbreak are bustling again
October 26, 2026Black bear sightings causing a stir in Massachusetts town
October 26, 2026The Israeli military is pressing ahead with a massive operation in the occupied West Bank that has displaced hundreds of Palestinians
October 25, 2026San Francisco mayor declares local emergency to prepare for El Niño storm effects
October 26, 2026The Saamaka people in Suriname are using modern technology to map their ancestral lands
October 26, 2026Audi chief Gernot Doellner drew heavy criticism on Monday for appearing alongside US President Donald Trump at a campaign rally in the
October 26, 2026A U.N.-commissioned group of independent experts accuses Israel of committing genocide in Gaza despite a ceasefire agreement
October 26, 2026The Saamaka people in Suriname are using modern technology to map their ancestral lands
October 26, 2026A German climber died after a fall while descending from the summit of a Himalayan peak in northeast Nepal, a hiking company official said on Monday.
October 26, 2026Five decades ago, he charted two paths for energy use in the US. His soft path rightly emphasized efficiency and renewables but underestimated the importance of electricity.
October 26, 2026An oil spill from a damaged tanker off the coast of the United Arab Emirates has widened, satellite images showed, triggering more beach
October 26, 2026Rutland-Dundee Fire Protection District firefighter dies after suffering medical emergency
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