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President Joe Biden's son Hunter Biden is speaking out following his recent indictments on tax and gun charges.

From the director of Ex Machina and Annihilation.

Diving deep into the recent change to MVP voting rules

House Republicans are set to vote on an inquiry despite no evidence of Biden’s wrongdoing.

The European Parliament and EU member states struck a deal Wednesday on rules to strengthen conditions for those working through apps, such as ride-hailing drivers.

Federal officials are proposing modifications and additional inspections on nearly 2,000 Boeing planes in the United States to prevent a repeat of the engine-housing breakup that killed a passenger on a Southwest Airlines flight in 2018.

Chinese President Xi Jinping met Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida in San Francisco on the sidelines of the APEC meetings on Thursday afternoon local time, reaffirming the position of comprehensively advancing the strategic and mutually beneficial relations between China and Japan and stressing that the foundation of bilateral relations should not be damaged or shaken, especially when it comes to major questions of principle related to history and Taiwan.

Disputes over maritime territory and historic rights and interests should be resolved through friendly consultation between parties directly concerned, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi said during a maritime forum on Wednesday, stressing that bloc confrontation and zero-sum game at sea must be firmly rejected.

Security authorities in Shanghai recently disclosed a fresh new espionage case targeting personnel working with the government, in which a young man enrolled into the civil service at the encouragement of a foreign spy.

Sikkim Urja Limited’s 1,200-megawatt hydroelectric project Teesta-III at the Chungthang dam on river Teesta gave way on October 4, killing at least 94 people in the downstream areas of Sikkim and West Bengal. The devastation has reignited wide worries surrounding two of three India-built mega hydropower projects under construction in Bhutan, local newspaper The Hindu reported on October 15.

China's national security authorities have disclosed a new espionage case in which a man, while processing immigration for his entire family, provided materials to foreign entities, 14 of which were classified as intelligence according to Chinese law. He was sentenced to six years in prison at the first trial.

Trade between China and Australia reached $189.88 billion from January to October, up 4 percent year-on-year, according to statistics from the General Administration of Customs (GAC).

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China’s release of an action plan to reduce methane emissions reflects China’s positive response to climate change and marks the country’s contribution to global climate actions, said China’s Ministry of Ecology and Environment (MEE) on Thursday. Experts said the release of the plan is in accordance with China’s pace of reducing emissions and should not be interpreted as tactics to reach a climate agreement with the US.

Foreign trade in China-Mongolia port and border city Ceke in North China’s Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region hit historical heights in 2023, as cross-border trade was continuously upgraded by the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI).

J-10C fighter jets of the Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA) Air Force’s Bayi Aerobatic Team have arrived in the UAE to participate in the upcoming Dubai Airshow next week, as China looks to deepen defense cooperation with countries in the Middle East, analysts said on Thursday. After traveling more than 7,000 kilometers from China, seven J-10C fighter jets arrived in Dubai on Wednesday to participate in the 18th Dubai Airshow scheduled to be held from Monday to November 17, the PLA Air Force said in a press release on Thursday.

Editor’s Note: Chinese people believe that letters are as valuable as gold. For thousands of years, letters, across mountains and oceans, have been delivering the writers’ sentiments, friendship, and expectations. Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, has managed to find time to reply to some letters from different parts of the society and the world despite his busy work schedule. Xi is also Chinese president and chairman of the Central Military Commission. Through his letters, Xi has corresponded with international friends from all walks of life on numerous occasions. His letters have also been delivered to “home” senders such as Chinese experts and artists. The Global Times traced and contacted some of the addressees of Xi’s letters to hear the inspiring stories behind the letters. This installment tells the story of letters exchanged between Xi and Matias Tarnopolsky, president and CEO of the Philadelphia Orchestra.

Thai officials announced on Sunday a decision to invite Chinese police officers to participate in patrols in several tourist cities in a bid to boost the confidence of Chinese tourists amid public safety concerns following a deadly shooting in Bangkok in early October that killed one Chinese tourist and injured another.

China's Ministry of Public Security has started to solicit public opinions on punishment measures for telecom fraud perpetrators, media reported on Monday, a day after Chinese police offered a cash reward for information related to four telecom fraud ringleaders in northern Myanmar.

Looking back on the incident of his visa cancelation on the so-called