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An unidentified Foreign Ministry official calls the deal an “extremely dangerous act” that will upset the security balance in the Asia-Pacific and trigger a “chain reaction of arms races.” (Image credit: Chief Petty Officer Amanda Gray/AP)

ByteDance introduced a TikTok-style service for China’s youth that sets strict controls on daily usage after Beijing stepped up efforts to protect minors from the internet’s risks. The app, called Xiao Qu Xing or “Little Fun Star,” offers a personalized

The used car market is getting another major infusion of venture capital today, with one of the faster scaling startups out of India picking up a major round of financing to double down on growth: Cars24 — a site and

In ‘The Almost Legendary Morris Sisters,’ Julie Klam travels the globe to separate the truth from the lore about her grandmother’s 4 philanthropic chain-smoking millionaire cousins

Taha Ahmed and Rooshan Aziz left their jobs in strategy consulting and investment banking in London earlier this year in order to found a mobile-only education platform startup, Maqsad, in Pakistan, with a goal “to make education more accessible to

Wins for Netflix, Apple TV reinforce their growing dominance; Olivia Colman, Josh O’Connor take best acting awards for roles of UK royals

Critics claim fraud in ‘sham’ vote, after tech giants said threatened by authorities into removing candidate lists pushed by backers of jailed opposition chief Navalny

In recent days, more than 15,000 Haitians crossed into the US country from Mexico and found themselves stranded for days in Texas under a bridge spanning the Rio Grande river, blocked from moving onwards Port-au-Prince (AFP) – Migrant families sent

As French anger grows over US-Australia-Britain defense pact, Paris nixes meeting between French and UK defense ministers; North Korea warns of ‘nuclear arms race’

Democrats unlikely to get immigration measure in $3.5 trillion budget proposal after Senate parliamentarian ruling  CNN Democrats blocked from including immigration reform in party-line spending bill  POLITICO Democrats Dealt a Blow on Immigration Plans  The New York Times Senate parliamentarian deals blow to