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In the central Chinese province of Hubei, one small city is going the extra mile to reverse falling birth rates. Grass-roots volunteers in Tianmen are playing matchmaker for its young singles, combing through the details of all unmarried people in the area, putting the information on community posters and offering their services, according to Guangzhou-based Southern Weekend. Video footage posted …

A huge multi-billion-pound technology city is being developed in one of Africa‘s most well-known countries. Konzo Technopolis, also known as Silicon Savannah, is a £11 billion project by Kenya’s Government that involves the construction of a planned city designed to strengthen science, innovation, and technology, thereby boosting the country’s economic growth. The development is being constructed 39 miles south of …

Washington’s exact intentions remain unclear, the Russian foreign minister has said Moscow has not received any clarifications from Washington regarding the nuclear weapons tests ordered by US President Donald Trump, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has said. The Kremlin is still working on a proportionate response if the US does resume full-fledged nuclear trials, he told journalists on Saturday. Last …

Ghislaine Maxwell says she is “much happier” in the minimum-security Texas prison she was moved to after meeting with top officials from the US Department of Justice (DoJ) in July. The Jeffrey Epstein associate is serving a 20 year sentence for sex trafficking, at Federal Prison Camp Bryan in Bryan, Texas, after previously being locked up in Tallahassee, Florida. Maxwell, …

Former Deputy Defense Minister Andrey Bulyga will now serve as deputy to Russian Security Council Secretary Sergey Shoigu Russian President Vladimir Putin has appointed Colonel General Andrey Bulyga as deputy secretary of the National Security Council, according to a decree issued on Saturday. The top general has concurrently been relieved of his role as the Russian deputy defense minister, a …

A tornado killed at least six people and injured more than 700 as it destroyed most of a town in southern Brazil, authorities said on Saturday. The twister on Friday evening flipped cars like toys and wrecked buildings in Rio Bonito do Iguacu, a town of 14,000 people in Parana state, the local weather service reported. The storm lasted only …

Donald Trump’s top-secret nuclear missile has reportedly been photographed for the first time while on a test flight in California. The public sighting of the city-destroying weapon could be a show of strength to Russia and China as Vladimir Putin and Xi Jinping also expand their nuclear arsenals. Photos taken in late October by aviation photographer Ian Recchio appear to …

A 65-year-old man has died after plunging 130ft into the Grand Canyon, prompting a rescue effort to retrieve his body. The unnamed man fell over the edge of Guano Point on the western rim of the canyon within the Hualapai Reservation, according to the Mohave County Sheriff’s Office. A search and rescue team was dispatched to the scene and located the …

The National Games officially open in Guangzhou on Sunday, but Hong Kong is already well into its role as co-host and a pivotal centre for the action and organisation over the next two weeks. Tens of thousands of athletes, officials and tourists are expected to descend on the city, which is hosting eight events and there were sell-out crowds at …

Ulf Kristersson has pledged to contribute to the military budgets of European NATO members, citing the alleged threat from Moscow Europe’s NATO member states should brace for a lasting rupture with Moscow, Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson has said, urging them to focus on supporting Kiev. The Western nations have introduced multiple rounds of sanctions in an effort to economically …