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The Democratic convention will feature speakers who had nothing to do with politics -- until now. President Donald Trump says he “never suggested” putting his face on Mount Rushmore. And Hawaii set a turnout record in its first all-mail primary.There are 85 days until the election. Other Developments:Democratic Convention ...

It’s only Monday, but there’s already a couple more reasons to wonder just how much worse U.S.-China ties are going to get this week — despite some friendly-sounding overtures from Beijing.Hong Kong police today used a new national security law to go after their highest-profile target yet: media tycoon ...

Photographer: Nelson Ching/Bloomberg Photographer: Nelson Ching/Bloomberg Pakistan’s anti-graft court indicted former President Asif Ali Zardari on charges of corruption, as the opposition groups accused the government of Prime Minister Imran Khan of persecution.Azam Khan, a judge of an accountability court, formally framed charges against Zardari for buying assets overseas ...

Monday When I was a teenager, the FA Cup final was always a red letter day in the football calendar. The TV coverage would start in the morning with loads of chat and clips of the teams leaving their London hotels by bus and I would be watching every ...

OTTAWA -- Canada is "profoundly concerned" about a Canadian citizen sentenced to death on drug charges in China Thursday, a spokesman for the federal government says. The Guangzhou Municipal Intermediate Court announced Xu Weihong's penalty on Thursday and said an alleged accomplice, Wen Guanxiong, had been given a life ...

On August 5, exactly a year after Jammu and Kashmir lost its special status and statehood, Lieutenant Governor Girish Chandra Murmu submitted his resignation to the president.On August 6, Rashtrapati Bhavan issued a press communique: “The President has been pleased to appoint Shri Manoj Sinha to be the Lieutenant ...

Pakistan’s move to unveil a new political map reasserting its claim to all of Indian-administered Kashmir – minus the parts claimed by China – is fuelling New Delhi’s fears of a two-front conflict with its neighbours, despite a lack of evidence that such a move is in the works.But ...

BEIJING -- China has sentenced a third Canadian citizen to death on drug charges amid a steep decline in relations between the two countries. The Guangzhou Municipal Intermediate Court announced Xu Weihong's penalty on Thursday and said an alleged accomplice, Wen Guanxiong, had been given a life sentence. Death ...

As the world’s largest multilingual federation, debates about language are common in India. The Union government’s New Education Policy, released on July 29, resurrects one of the country’s most common policy conundrums: in which language should Indian children be taught?The NEP’s recommendation that, “wherever possible, the medium of instruction ...

Former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister and National Conference leader Omar Abdullah on Wednesday criticised the Bharatiya Janata Party for not allowing his party to hold a meeting even as members of the saffron party gathered to celebrate the first anniversary of the abrogation of Article 370. On August ...