The leaders of China and Taiwan have been meeting:

November 7, 2015

The leaders of China and Taiwan have held historic talks in Singapore – their first in more than 60 years.

Eastern Orthodox Patriarch Bartholomew and Anglican Archbishop Welby have spoken out in favor of the climate change agenda that Pope Francis and the United Nations have also been promoting:

The Chancellor of Germany has faced some challenges for her pro-migrant stances:

November 5, 2015

Angela Merkel has struck a truce with a key right-wing coalition partner unhappy about her stance on migration.

The United States Department of Education has ordered a school district in Illinois to allow a boy to be able to shower with girls:

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November 3, 2015

Two kinds of genetically modified pigs are on their way to becoming pork on our dinner plates. If they do, they’ll be some of the very first genetically modified animals to enter our 

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November 1, 2015

The leaders of Japan, China and South Korea say they have “completely restored” trade and security ties, at their first meeting in three years.

The South China Sea has been in the news as China has made claims that other nations do not accept:

The Senate of the USA has now passed a budget deal with an increase to debt which is expected to last until after Barack Obama’s second term in office ends:

About three years ago, I reported that there was a possibility that China may change its “one-child” policy (see China May Change its ‘One-Child’ Policy), and it has:

BEIJING—

After 35 years of limiting most couples to having just one child, China’s Communist Party on Thursday announced that it will change existing laws to allow all families to have two children without penalty.

The Islamic State has been continuing its horror:

October 27, 2015

The Islamic State executed three detainees in the ancient Syrian city of Palmyra by strapping them to pillars and then blowing them up along with the antiquities, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported.