China Has a Plan for Its Housing Crisis. Here’s Why It’s Not Enough.
China has a housing problem. A very big one. It has nearly four million apartments that no one wants to buy, a combined expanse of unwanted living space roughly the…
Obama Is a Surprise Guest Among Allies at Biden’s State Dinner for Kenya
Yes, Barack Obama was there. State dinners are best known as bear hugs for overseas allies, and Thursday’s honoree was Kenya. But the sixth state dinner of President Biden’s term…
The Full Guest List for Biden’s State Dinner With Kenya
The White House invited more than 450 guests to the state dinner hosted by President Biden for President William Ruto on Thursday night, including business executives, musicians, leaders of the…
Is the Party That Ended Apartheid Losing Its Grip on South Africa?
The campaign to keep the African National Congress in power kicked off, unofficially, under a scorching January sun in a packed soccer stadium. Addressing the crowd was Cyril Ramaphosa, president…
What’s next for Toronto’s new WNBA team?
14 hours ago Nadine Yousif,BBC News Getty Images “The next great moment in Canadian sports history starts today.” These remarks were uttered in a video officially announcing that Toronto will…
Hurricane season in Atlantic to be ‘extraordinary’
20 hours ago Mark Poynting,Climate reporter NOAA/Getty Images The North Atlantic could get as many as seven major hurricanes of category three strength or over this year, which would be…
Diddy’s violence left me broken, says Cassie
Singer Cassie has posted her first statement since video emerged showing rapper Sean “Diddy” Combs attacking her. The star, whose full name is Casandra Ventura, said domestic violence “broke me…
Hollywood’s next big star is a mountain lion
In Hollywood, when one star fades, another is surely on the rise. And that’s exactly what happened when a new mountain lion was discovered in the Hollywood Hills. The exclusive…
Gaza protests: US university leaders grilled in Congress
The spotlight was on UCLA Chancellor Gene Block, whose university saw large protests and a camp that was attacked by counter-protesters. Police and school officials were slow to respond to…
Scottie Scheffler: Arresting officer disciplined for failing to turn on body-worn camera
The police officer who arrested world number one Scottie Scheffler last week has been disciplined for not activating his body-worn camera. Scheffler was arrested by Bryan Gillis after trying to…