Aldona V. Barr passed away January 21, 2025, at Gardens at Escondido, a facility she had moved into very recently. She was a few days short of her 88th birthday. Aldona is survived by her son ...

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Join us for the kickoff of our Ang Lee retrospective with a 20th-anniversary, Valentine’s Day screening of the multiple-Academy Award-winning 'Brokeback Mountain'. Q&A w/ Ang Lee. Ang Lee's debut ...

WASHINGTON -- U.S. President Donald Trump's Asia team is taking shape, with a mixture of donors, military veterans and congressional staffers -- but not career diplomats -- assuming key positions ...

Chinese start-up DeepSeek’s multilingual capabilities and open-source nature serve as an attractive alternative for users in Southeast Asia, but its true potential can only be realised if ...

Central Asia – which includes the countries of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan – must be a strategic focus of American policy. The region offers a wealth of ...

Trump promised to impose tariffs of 60 percent on all Chinese exports and to boost the U.S. defense budget, focusing it more on Asia and possibly less on Europe, including Ukraine. But he also ...

India has 29 states with at least 720 districts comprising of approximately 6 lakh villages, and over 8200 cities and towns. Indian postal department has allotted a unique postal code of pin code ...

Law enforcement authorities in New York and New Jersey have begun inspecting gurudwaras targeting illegal immigrants following Trump's order to revoke protections for sensitive areas. The Sikh ...

Israel has banned the UNRWA from operating on its territory, effective immediately, despite international backlash. The move follows accusations from Israeli officials that the agency is linked to ...

China regards Southeast Asia as its periphery and seeks to shape the region to reflect its preferences. Beijing aims to dominate the region by establishing a Sino-centric hierarchy and regional order.