China's parliament passes new ethnic unity law Taiwan officials fear law's language could be applied to Taiwan China views Taiwan as its own territory China's legal system has no jurisdiction in ...

China’s top legislature on Thursday passed an "Ethnic Unity and Progress Promotion Law," formalizing Beijing’s long-running push to strengthen national identity and ethnic integration. The legislation ...

China has just passed a new law promoting a unified national identity and penalizing those who undermine its so-called unity. Officials and analysts in Taiwan are raising concerns over how the statute ...

ARRESTED AFTER REFUSING TO LEAVE THE PREMISES. CALIFORNIA’S OFFICE OF EMERGENCY SERVICES IN THE HOT SEAT AT THE STATE CAPITOL TODAY AS IT TRIES TO SCRAP A NEW 911 SYSTEM THAT SO FAR HAS COST TAXPAYERS ...

Spring training continues apace even though many eyeballs and rooting interests are locked into the World Baseball Classic. The exhibition games continue to provide a sneak peek into how the ...

The poll found that a broad bipartisan majority of 89% of respondents agreed that Democrats and Republicans “need to stop fighting and start working together.” Respondents were also anxious about the ...

As Bainbridge Island leadership continue to search for a new city manager, public input is key — but it’s up to the public to provide their voice, city councilmembers say. Deputy Mayor Kirsten ...

It’s out with the old, in with the new at the FDA as the agency is unveiling a new adverse events monitoring system that joins several reporting systems into one unified platform, an effort that’s ...

San Francisco’s iconic commuter trains may be heading for the end of the line. The Bay Area Rapid Transit system — known to millions simply as BART — is staring down a massive financial crisis as ...

Almost a week after his appointment as Iran’s supreme leader, Mojtaba Khamenei remains in the shadows. Iranians got their first sense of his thinking on Thursday, when a lengthy statement attributed ...

A new counter-drone system with a proven record defending Ukraine's skies is headed to the Middle East. The US Army is deploying the Merops system, which has scored over 1,000 Shahed kills in Ukraine.

PAINESVILLE TOWNSHIP, Ohio -- Riverside Local Schools is asking parents and community members to help shape the district’s future as it begins developing its next strategic plan. District officials ...