The order temporarily approves a policy requiring passports to display a person’s sex assigned at birth, even if it differs from their gender identity.
Self-reliance has been a cornerstone of Chinese policymaking not just under Xi Jinping, the country’s top leader since 2012, but also under his predecessor, Hu Jintao.
A volatile mayoral election this Tuesday appears poised to reshuffle and reconstitute the long-standing power structures of a city that so often sets the political, cultural and financial course well beyond its boroughs.
JPMorgan said in its report that it was flagging about 4,700 transactions, totaling more than $1 billion, because they were potentially related to reports of human trafficking involving Epstein.
Trump agreed to reverse some of his tariffs and paused new fees on Chinese ships. China said it would suspend the rollout of rare earths restrictions introduced in October.
The United States spends tens of billions of dollars every year on its large arsenal of the world’s deadliest weapons and the infrastructure that supports it.
When a group of French researchers set out to answer which infectious diseases helped fell the troops, they did not have much to go on: only 13 teeth from men buried in a mass grave in Vilnius, Lithuania.
On Sunday, Israel launched its heaviest wave of attacks on Gaza since the cease-fire took hold on Oct. 10. and said it had temporarily suspended humanitarian aid.
Now in her seventh decade, she is loved by generations of Afghans at home and abroad for sharing their pain and their longing through more than four decades of war.
As companies increasingly turn to AI to sift through thousands of job applications, candidates are concealing instructions for chatbots within their resumes in hopes of moving to the top of the pile.
Within minutes, when he reached a depth of 123 feet, he spotted a 9-foot-long Galápagos shark, a migratory species. He took aim with his pole spear and released a tag. It met its mark, embedding in the base of the shark’s dorsal fin.
Toyoake’s ordinance, which was approved in a 12-7 vote by the city assembly last week, is largely symbolic. Authorities will not track residents’ smartphone use and there will be no penalties, city officials say, for exceeding the two-hour recommendation.
The catch, of course, is that Lil’ Miquela isn’t real. She is one of a slew of influencers created through artificial intelligence who have gained popularity in recent years, despite the fact that they don’t exist.
In some cases, entire aid parcels — still emblazoned with the flags of their donating countries and meant to be distributed for free — were stacked on sidewalks and sold for prices few could afford.
