China's Ministry of Culture and Tourism issued a 15th Five-Year Plan for public cultural services, setting 2030 targets and 18 key engineering projects.
China's National Press and Publication Administration has issued a publishing industry plan through 2030, listing eight priority areas and 33 major project
Friedrich Merz's CDU received just 5% in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern on Sunday, its worst state result since WWII, but the German chancellor vowed to press on.
Iran's security chief says Tehran has sent Washington conditions to end the war through Qatar, including lifting the US naval blockade, as oil crosses $100
Ed Sheeran opened his Philadelphia concert Saturday calling the Gaza situation 'catastrophic and unjustifiable' in his most direct public comment amid tour
All four supporting acts withdrew from Ed Sheeran's Loop tour on Monday in solidarity with rapper Macklemore, who was removed after pro-Palestine comments.
Thai elephant parks, including Maetaeng Elephant Park & Clinic, are facing a significant decline in tourist numbers due to global travel disruptions and uncertainty stemming from the Middle East conflict.
Players wore black armbands and fans applauded three-year-old Noah Woods during Everton's match against Ipswich on Saturday, after the boy's death in Suffo
Armand Duplantis and Jakob Ingebrigtsen each won $150,000 on the opening night of the first World Athletics Ultimate Championship in Budapest on Friday.
Meta released its open-source Muse Glimmer AI model as CEO Mark Zuckerberg warned against concentrating advanced AI under a few companies or governments.
Bitdeer Technologies shares swung after reporting second-quarter earnings and revenue that missed Wall Street estimates, as investors weighed its AI pivot.
The Trade Desk shares fell sharply as investors reassessed the digital advertising firm's growth, exposing broader anxieties across the ad-tech sector.
Super Micro Computer shares surged after quarterly results, as Wall Street reassessed demand for its AI server systems amid a mix of optimism and caution.
U.S. retail sales fell 0.6% in July, the biggest drop since May 2025, as tax-refund spending faded and shoppers cut back on electronics and online purchase
The yen is sliding again weeks after intervention faded, but Japan's roughly $1 trillion in reserves leaves room for further yen-buying, Goldman Sachs says
