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
Hong Kong recorded 29,700 births between mid-2025 and mid-2026, a record low, as the government prepares its September 16 policy address and five-year plan
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.
Moody's affirmed Aon's credit rating but revised its outlook, tying the change to the broker's roughly $17 billion acquisition of USI Insurance Services.
