Chinese leader Xi Jinping spoke with President-elect Donald Trump on Friday on the heels of Beijing’s plan to dispatch the nation’s vice president to next week’s inauguration.

The country’s population fell for a third straight year as deaths outpaced births.

Israel and Hamas have yet to agree on a host of issues, deferring them to later stages of the multiphase cease-fire deal.

Three lawyers who defended the Russian opposition leader before his death were sentenced to up to five years as the biggest crackdown on dissent since the Soviet era deepened.

China said that its economy expanded by 5% last year, but a variety of weak signals have made some outside economists dubious.

In a quiet corner of the island, locals suddenly find themselves at the center of a geopolitical power play.

The American filmmaker drawn to the dark and surreal created movies and TV shows that became cult classics.

Carney promised an economic agenda focused on lifting the country from a period of stagnant growth.

The move comes after the Biden administration last week accused a Sudanese rebel group of committing genocide.

Prime minister’s maneuverings reflect divide in Israeli society over a deal.

A government inquiry called for legal action against an unnamed person involved in the foiled conspiracy.

The full cabinet is expected to vote on the cease-fire agreement later Friday.

As Donald Trump prepares for his second term, China’s dominance of global manufacturing is greater than ever.

Facilities have been preparing by conducting simulations and poring over medical records and Hamas videos.

The harsh climate, hazardous shipping, limited infrastructure and tiny local workforce have for years left a promised gold rush frozen in its tracks.

Terms of the cease-fire deal that Israel and Hamas reached after a year of fruitless talks aren’t very different from what was available to each side last spring. What changed was everything else.

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, who said this month he would step aside as leader of the country and Liberal Party, said he won’t run in the election that must be held this year.

Ex-President Jair Bolsonaro, banned from leaving Brazil due to allegations he plotted a coup, has appealed to the Supreme Court to attend the Jan. 20 ceremony in Washington.

The deal would open a pathway to end the 15-month and begin with an exchange of some of the hostages in Gaza for Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails.

The prospectors were trapped underground for months as police, on orders from South Africa’s government, attempted to starve them out.

Her most-famous subject: Pale Male, a red-tailed hawk who inspired protests after his nest was moved from a Fifth Avenue luxury apartment building.

Authorities detained the impeached Yoon Suk Yeol, a move some say prolongs the divisions that have racked South Korea since he declared martial law last month.

Nicholas Burns, the U.S. ambassador to China, also said he was leaving his post with deep concerns about the future of relations with China.

The action is part of a deal worked out with help from the Catholic Church to free political prisoners on the island.

Militant group has failed to respond to draft of the deal after all sides expressed optimism about pausing the fighting in the 15-month war.