WASHINGTON - Demonstrators in major cities across the United States marched on Saturday to demand that US President Donald Trump release his tax returns. Hundreds of demonstrators gathered in Washington around noon on the West Front Lawn of the US Capitol and marched toward the Lincoln Memorial.
ROME - Emma Morano, at 117 the world's oldest person who is also believed to have been the last surviving person born in the 1800s, died on Saturday at her home in northern Italy, her physician said.
ROME - The Italian Coast Guard and others rescued some 3,000 migrants from unseaworthy boats off the Libyan coast on Saturday, as the good weather pushes the numbers up, a participating NGO said.
China's high-income families take their kids on holiday at least twice a year, with each family member spending 120,000 yuan to 150,000 yuan ($17,400 to $21,800) on each trip, according to a report released by travel website HHtravel last week.
As the popular soap opera Ode to Joy has swept the country, some of its filming locations have also risen to fame: the Primus Hotel and the Primus Residence Shanghai Hongqiao, both of which are scheduled to open on Saturday, and the Qube Hotel Shanghai Hongqiao, which will be unveiled in October.
In a queue that stretched about one kilometer, Chinese tourists waited patiently to complete border procedures to enter Vietnam, unaware that some of them had fallen victim to dishonest travel agencies.
SEOUL - Lawmakers of the biggest Minjoo Party of the Republic of Korea on Tuesday criticized the deployment of the US Terminal High Altitude Area Defense missile defense system in their territory, calling for a resolution through dialogue and negotiations.
KATHMANDU - A Nepali who was once the oldest climber to scale Qomolangma, also known as Mount Everest in the West, is attempting to regain that title, at age 85, with hopes that the feat will help him spread a message of peace.
MOSCOW - Russian President Vladimir Putin has said that Moscow will demand a United Nations investigation into the use of chemical weapons in Syria as it expected new provocations with toxic agents in the war-torn country.
LONDON - Queen Elizabeth II on Tuesday visited an elephant reserve in England before its opening to the public and came face to face with the herd's youngest member named after her.
UNITED NATIONS - China's Belt and Road Initiative can contribute to the implementation of a United Nations facilitated sustainable development agenda, which aims to end poverty and promote prosperity, said UN Under-Secretary-General for Economic and Social Affairs Wu Hongbo on Tuesday.
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