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Heralding social, financial change, China aims blow at iron rice bowl
China has ordered state firms to smash the decades-old system of providing cradle-to-grave welfare support, known…
Magnitude 8.0 quake hits east of Papua New Guinea
A strong earthquake with a magnitude of 7.9 struck 157 km (98 miles) east of Rabaul in Papua New Guinea on…
US to disclose estimate of number of Americans under surveillance
The U.S. intelligence community will soon disclose an estimate of the number of Americans whose electronic…
The last-ditch push for the Electoral College to stop Trump, explained
Donald Trump won last month's presidential election. But many liberals and progressives are still clinging to one…
Venezuela delays 100-bolivar banknote withdrawal
Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro has delayed the withdrawal of the 100-bolivar banknote until 2 January. The…
Trump’s pick for budget director has urged big spending cuts
Republican Rep. Mick Mulvaney, President-elect Donald Trump's choice as his budget director, is a fierce deficit…
Dangerous cold, snow forecast for parts of northern United States
The arctic air that has chilled large swaths of the northern United States for days will culminate this weekend…
Donald Trump accuses China of stealing underwater drone
A U.S. Navy underwater drone operating in international waters was captured by a Chinese warship in the South China…
Turkish bus attack: 13 off-duty soldiers killed by car bomb
A suicide car bomb in central Turkey has killed 13 soldiers aboard a bus and wounded 56 more, officials say. The…
Divisions in EU could help UK’s ‘lonely’ May in BREXIT talks
The complex political system in the European Union (EU) could give the upper hand to U.K.'s Prime Minister Theresa…