A local government in China has been panned by internet users for making two cleaners spend four hours in the scorching heat searching for a small watch lost by a tourist. In early July, a woman from Shenzhen, southern China, took her child to Datong in the northern province of Shanxi by train. She accidentally…
WASHINGTON (AP) — The State Department is warning U.S. diplomats of attempts to impersonate Secretary of State Marco Rubio and possibly other officials using technology driven by artificial intelligence, according to two senior officials and a cable sent last week to all embassies and consulates. The warning came after the department discovered that an impostor…
The Hong Kong firm whose management of two ports at either end of the Panama Canal sparked US President Donald Trump’s ire flouted the conditions of its contract, an audit by Panama’s authorities found on Monday. The audit found “many breaches” of the concession awarded to a subsidiary of ports giant CK Hutchison to operate…
Dozens of public officials in Lancaster County have said they don’t conduct government business over message-deleting apps like Signal. For now, the public will need to take them at their word. Experts warned during a March 24 state Senate Intergovernmental Operations Committee hearing that there are no laws requiring officials to disclose their use of…
TOKYO (AP) — Japan’s beloved former Empress Michiko received greetings from her relatives and palace officials to celebrate her 90th birthday Sunday as she steadily recovers from a broken leg, officials said. Michiko is the first commoner to become empress in modern Japanese history. Catholic-educated Michiko Shoda and then-Crown Prince Akihito married on April 10,…
There was a shooting outside of a county fair in South Carolina Saturday night as the event was being shut down early because of incidents involving groups of youngsters, officials said. The gunfire was reported at the Orangeburg County Fair, according to a Sunday morning news release from the fair association’s board of directors. At…