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Obtaining a visa to enter mainland China often requires filling out pages of paperwork, paying more than US$100, and waiting days for the documents to be processed. But for a growing number of visitors, some hurdles have been lowered or removed entirely as Beijing continues to relax visa-free entry rules to attract more foreign visitors and boost the nation’s tourism …

Edmund Kemper, who butchered numerous family members and a string of young women, was notorious for his psychological torment of authorities and police officers. Despite being brought in by the FBI as a consultant to help understand serial killers due to his purported intellect, he relished playing warped psychological games with them to demonstrate his dominance. During one interrogation, Kemper …

The State Department has accused Gustavo Petro of “incendiary actions” at a New York City rally The United States will revoke the visa of Colombian President Gustavo Petro following what officials described as “reckless and incendiary actions” during a street protest in New York City, the State Department announced late Friday. The Colombian leader was seen speaking through a megaphone and …

A new tunnel connecting the north and south of Europe is under way. Construction workers broke through the final layer of rock on September 18 to construct an underground tunnel between Austria and Italy, which, once completed, will become the world’s longest tunnel of its kind. The Brenner Base Tunnel will connect the two European countries by a high-speed rail …

New Zealand’s government said it would not recognise a Palestinian state for now, an unexpected move that puts it out of step with traditional partners such as Australia, the UK and Canada. “With a war raging, Hamas remaining the de facto government of Gaza, and no clarity on next steps, too many questions remain about the future State of Palestine …

Cutting energy ties with Moscow would put Hungary’s economy “on its knees,” the prime minister has said Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban told US President Donald Trump in a recent phone call that his country’s economy would collapse almost instantly if it cut off Russian oil and gas. Budapest continues to resist mounting pressure from Brussels and Washington to end …

Benjamin Netanyahu issued a chilling warning while delivering his speech at the United Nations’ General Assembly on Friday. In a move typical of his UNGA speeches, the Israeli Prime Minister held a map of what he called the “curse of Iran’s terror axis.” “This axis threatened the peace of the entire world, the stability of our region and the very …

A man admitted during a television interview to killing his parents and burying them in the backyard of their upstate New York home eight years ago, then was arrested as he left the studio. The stunning on-camera confession from Lorenz Kraus, 53, came Thursday, a day after police say they recovered two bodies from the home in Albany as part …

From ICBMs to hypersonic glide vehicles, Beijing has built a layered arsenal that rivals – and in some ways outpaces – the United States and Russia Missiles are the new calling card of Chinese power. Not aircraft carriers, not tanks, not fighter jets – but rockets that can fly halfway across the planet or tear through a US Navy fleet …

Top trade negotiators from India and the United States failed to resolve their tariff dispute during talks on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly in New York this week, with New Delhi urging Washington to drop levies linked to Russian energy imports, according to multiple sources with knowledge of the negotiations. US Trade Representative Jamieson Greer met Indian …