352: Pope Liberius celebrates the first official Christmas mass in Rome; the birth of Jesus Christ had been celebrated as ...

Liu Xiaobo (1955-2017) was a firebrand literary critic, poet, and democracy activist. He was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2010, just months into an 11-year prison sentence that would eventually ...

A world leader finally said the quiet part out loud about Taiwan. Last month, Japan’s new prime minister, Takaichi Sanae, ...

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Hong Kong was once the freest territory with a majority ethnic Chinese population. Although the British colony was undemocratic, it protected civil liberties, provided for the rule of law, and enjoyed ...

Allusion to Liu Xiaobo, who was prevented from receiving the Nobel Peace Prize in 2010. Some bloggers who used the term "empty chair" in their posts had their accounts blocked, while others who ...

Researchers at National University of Singapore used multiple interpretable machine learning methods to predict traffic congestion in in Alameda ...

The tariff rollback is a relief for many restaurant chains and packaged-food makers, that have seen substantially more expensive input costs.