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The Spring Festival shopping season has been strong, with strong spending on shopping, dining, and travel across China (01:05). The US president is reportedly considering a limited strike against military and government targets to pressure Iran into a new nuclear deal (13:39). Fo ...  Show more

The latest trilateral talks on the four-year Ukraine conflict have come to an end without any breakthrough reported (01:04). A court in South Korea has sentenced the country's former president to life in prison on insurrection charges (10:34). Travel numbers in China, including v ...  Show more

Tuesday marks the 75th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China. Japan’s parliament has formally elected Shigeru Ishiba as the country’s new prime minister. The Israeli military says it has begun a limited ground operation against Hezbollah in southern Lebano ...  Show more

Israel and Hezbollah have been attacking each other amid growing fears of escalating tensions in the Middle East. Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida has canceled his planned visits to Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan and Mongolia after a magnitude 7.1 earthquake hit southwest Japan. Pol ...  Show more

Japan's Liberal Democratic Party and its ruling coalition partner lose their lower house majority for the first time in 15 years. Israel says its airstrikes hit Iran's defenses and missile production hard, while Iran vows a strong response. The Finnish president visits China as t ...  Show more

U.S. President Joe Biden addresses the nation on his exit from the 2024 presidential election, saying he is passing the torch to a new generation. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks to a joint session of the U.S. Congress to garner support for his country's military ...  Show more