China one-child policy: Member of first generation looks back at rule’s impact
Beijing – Growing up in Shanghai in the 1980s, I never thought much of the fact that most of my classmates were only children. Years later… Read More ›
Beijing – Growing up in Shanghai in the 1980s, I never thought much of the fact that most of my classmates were only children. Years later… Read More ›
Woman lightly hurt in attack on street of Israel’s southernmost city; Arab teen taken in for questioning A stabbing attack that left an Israeli… Read More ›
Security forces come under fire, are targeted by stones and Molotov cocktails in Jerusalem and West Bank; no injuries Two Israeli women were injured… Read More ›
Young Hebron male residents to be distanced from Jewish settlement; army said set to separate Jews, Palestinians at Etzion Junction The army began implementing… Read More ›
After the cultural and academic boycotts of Israel, it’s time for the culinary boycott: The Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) Movement has launched an international… Read More ›
On Tuesday, Cisco announced its intent to acquire a privately held company out of Alpharetta, Georgia, called Lancope for $452.5 million. Lancope was founded in 2000… Read More ›
Walgreens Boots Alliance just announced a deal to buy Rite Aid, and there is one clear winner on Wall Street. Swiss bank UBS is the… Read More ›
Apple has recorded the biggest annual profit in corporate history, with record sales of the iPhone helping it to make $53.4bn (£35bn) in the… Read More ›
Florida – On the eve of the his party’s third debate, Republican presidential candidate Ben Carson promised not to curb his penchant for using… Read More ›
Tel Aviv – Israel’s central bank said interest rates were likely to stay at record lows for longer than expected, given a weaker economic outlook… Read More ›
Washington – U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren said 13 major U.S. life insurers had admitted to using incentives such as expensive vacations and gifts, which… Read More ›
Washington – Defending the Black Lives Matter movement, President Barack Obama said Thursday that the group is giving voice to a specific problem happening… Read More ›
San Diego – Mexican authorities said Thursday they seized about 10 tons of marijuana in an elaborate tunnel with a rail car system that… Read More ›
Torrance, CA – Fresh & Easy will shutter all 97 of its remaining stores in California, Arizona and Nevada and cease operations after nearly… Read More ›
A masked man wielding a sword or a knife killed a teacher and a student in an attack Thursday at a school in Trollhattan, Sweden,… Read More ›
Bill Maris, founder of Google Ventures, is happy that his firm decided not to invest in biotech-company Theranos. It’s been a tense few weeks for… Read More ›
US Rep. Paul Ryan (R-Wisconsin) says he’d seek the House of Representatives speakership if he is the “unity candidate” for the party. Ryan is seeking assurances… Read More ›
The number of employers saying that they can’t fill open jobs is surging while the number of people being hired each month is starting to fall.… Read More ›
Newark, NJ – New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie wants the bistate agency that controls the state’s airports to reject any efforts to launch flight… Read More ›
Buffalo, NY – Felimina Rotundo works 11 hours day, six days a week at a Buffalo laundromat and says she has no plans to quit… Read More ›