By reaching back to Maoist tactics of “rectification,” the Chinese leader is signaling that control over the gun requires a state of perpetual cleansing.
President Xi Jinping of China at a ceremony with members of the Chinese People’s Liberation Army last year. Over the past two years, Mr. Xi has removed five of the six generals in China’s top military body.
It hosted Olympic hockey in 1956 and James Bond a quarter-century later. Cortina’s beloved Olympic Stadium is now bursting with excitement for curling.
A standoff over the security of Taiwan has led to a steep decline in the number of Chinese visitors to Japan, which is heavily dependent on the tourists.
A Chinese tour group in Tokyo last year. A decline in visitors has followed remarks by the Japanese prime minister suggesting Japan would come to Taiwan’s defense in the event of a Chinese invasion.
Funding for the Department of Homeland Security lapsed on Saturday amid a standoff over restrictions that Democrats have demanded for federal immigration agents. But much of its work continues.
Congress members said that President Trump’s coveting of Greenland had left a mark, even as they expressed hope for a less bellicose approach to foreign relations.
President Trump’s statements on Greenland loomed large at Munich Security Conference, though top lawmakers said his threat to take the territory was “put to bed.”
As the U.S. message veered from shared heritage and values to shared interests and back again, Europeans wondered what kind of alliance they were left with.
A passageway hidden below a dresser at the Merchant’s House Museum had long been a mystery. Then researchers learned that the home’s original builder was an abolitionist.
Emily Hill-Wright, director of operations at the Merchant’s House Museum, alongside a recently identified passageway linked to the Underground Railroad.
Fractured politics, disruptive technologies and a distrust in institutions are making it harder to focus on the traditional tasks of growing sales and profits.
With matter-of-fact precision, “A Hymn to Life” powerfully chronicles the shock of discovering her husband’s sex crimes, and the rallying cry that followed.
Tax hikes made cigarettes in Australia the most expensive in the world. They have also helped fuel a multibillion-dollar criminal enterprise in bootleg tobacco.
Natalie and Dan Slagle run Fyooz Financial Planning together. One tax mistake they made was using money from an I.R.A. to pay taxes while converting it to a Roth, which resulted in a penalty.
The artificial intelligence frenzy is creating personal fortunes rarely seen in modern technology and changing people’s attitudes about fairness and money in relationships.
Akash Samant is a co-founder of Coverflow, an A.I. start-up that serves insurance agencies. He hopes to make enough money from his company going public or being acquired to give his girlfriend the choice to opt out of working.
The greatest impact is expected across Northern California, where a pair of powerful storms are expected to begin on Sunday night and last into the week.
Some of Washington’s diplomatic outposts in Asia are raising millions for events to mark the 250th independence anniversary. One ambassador offered to sing and dance.
The Washington Monument illuminated on New Year’s Eve. In December, President Trump announced a campaign to organize celebrations of America’s 250th birthday.
Forecasters said snowfall totals of one to two inches were likely Sunday night, with isolated amounts of up to three inches across New York City, northeastern New Jersey and much of Long Island.
In Woodside, Queens, where snow is still piled in the streets from earlier storms. Forecasters are predicting up to two more inches of snow, with isolated amounts of up to three inches, across New York City from Sunday into Monday.
Margot Robbie and Jacob Elordi in “Wuthering Heights.” The director, Emerald Fennell, and Ms. Robbie, a co-producer, went with Warner Bros. because it promised a wide theatrical release.
A federal law taking effect in November severely limits the amount of THC, the euphoric cannabis compound, allowed in over-the-counter items. Many groups are fighting back.
Speaking over the weekend at the Munich Security Conference, Secretary of State Marco Rubio said, “We are part of one civilization: Western civilization.”
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