In a meeting room decorated with a stylized hammer and sickle flag, Kelly Hu detailed her shortcomings. Since childhood, the 20-year-old student had wanted to join the longest-running and largest communist party in the world, having grown up hearing “red tales” of its revolutionary past from her family. In recent years, as she embarked on […]

Coronavirus pandemic has killed over 4.2 million people and infected over 197.8 million globally. Here are the coronavirus-related developments for July 31: People, with ages between 18 and 29, queue to receive a dose of the Sputnik V Covid-19 vaccine, in Mexico City, Mexico on July 30, 2021. (Reuters) Saturday, July 31: WHO urges action […]

The Biden administration on Friday announced its nominees for two key faith-related posts at the State Department, signaling an interest in stepping up its efforts to combat religious persecution around the world. Rashad Hussain, who is currently the director for partnerships and global engagement at the National Security Council, has been selected for the role […]

Four people have been killed along Turkey’s southern coast since Wednesday, as soaring temperatures fan wildfires in the region, with the Interior Ministry probing the cause. A firefighter tries to battle a massive wildfire that has engulfed a Mediterranean resort region along Turkey’s southern coast near the town of Manavgat, on July 29, 2021. (ILYAS […]

A new study shows the Delta Covid-19 variant produced similar amounts of virus in vaccinated and unvaccinated people if they get infected — illustrating a key motivation behind the federal guidance that now recommends most fully vaccinated Americans wear masks indoors. Experts say that vaccination makes it less likely that you’ll catch Covid-19 in the […]

As Turkish people wonder if the simultaneous fires in multiple Turkish cities are arson attacks, the country’s air force bombed around 40 targets of the PKK terror group in northern Iraq. More than 71 forest fires that blazed across at least 17 Turkish cities in three days between 28-30 July, left many wondering if the […]

The massive – but temporary – social safety net that Congress put in place to financially support millions of Americans reeling from the coronavirus pandemic is unraveling. Over the course of a year, Congress approved several sweeping legislative packages worth close to $6 trillion, setting up historic relief programs to help struggling individuals as the […]

Incident comes amid heightened tensions between Israel and Iran, with other Israeli ships targeted in recent months amid a shadow war between the two nations. This file photo shows a tanker in the Arabian Sea off Oman on July 17, 2019. (Ahmed Jadallah / Reuters) An oil tanker linked to an Israeli billionaire has come […]

It started two weeks ago as a small-scale demonstration over water shortages in a remote province, but like other Iranian protests in recent years, the outburst has now spread to several major cities and begun featuring large crowds calling for the downfall of the Iranian regime and chants of “Death to the Dictator!” What has […]

A Georgia mother is fighting back against the mask mandate in her children’s school and argued she is not willing to compromise anymore. Holly Terei, from Gwinnett County, the largest school district in Georgia, decided to pull her kids out of the school system after district officials on Tuesday reinstated mask mandates regardless of vaccination […]