Marco Polo revolves around the adventures of the real-life Venetian explorer of the same name. In his youth, the famed historical figure is left behind by his father at the court of Kublai Khan ...

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Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Warm bowls of snake soup are on the menu in some Hong Kong snake shops, as the Lunar New Year approaches ...

Secretary of State Marco Rubio’s order to pause nearly all foreign aid has halted funding to the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR), an African HIV-prevention program launched ...

By Sophie Stuber After a deadly fire swept through a ski lodge in Turkey on Tuesday, killing at least 79 people, multiple surviving guests and hotel workers said that they did not hear fire alarms ...

India's External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar with US Secretary of State Marco Rubio in Washington, The meet with Jaishankar was Rubio's first as secretary of state. Image Courtesy: @DrSJaishankar/X ...

On his first full day as US Secretary of State, Marco Rubio is engaging with the Quad — comprising the US, India, Japan, and Australia — aiming to strengthen diplomatic ties and counter China’s rising ...

Simply sign up to the Investment Banking myFT Digest -- delivered directly to your inbox. Chinese banks have been pitching to work on the blockbuster Hong Kong secondary listing of the world’s ...

Newly confirmed Secretary of State Marco Rubio notified US diplomats Tuesday that the State Department will no longer promote programs that “open the door to censorship.” The departure from ...

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