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A day after a sweeping deal was announced between the Syrian government and the country’s main Kurdish-led force, the agreement appeared to be falling apart on Monday. After new outbreaks of clashes Monday, the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces issued a statement calling for “all of our youth” to “join the ranks of the resistance”. “Just as our comrades in 2014 forged a historic resistance in Kobani and turned it into a graveyard for (the Islamic State group) ... today we affirm with the same...

Police are investigating an alleged assault at Ala Moana Beach Park that sent a 42-year-old man to the hospital Sunday morning with a stab wound.

Are your loved ones in luck this year? See our predictions for all the zodiac signs in the Year of the Horse. In my years of interviewing fortune-tellers and feng shui masters for Lunar New Year content, the term “benefactor” – 貴人 or guiren in Chinese – comes up time and again. While I feel that is the best translation for what literally means a “precious” or “noble” person, it seems there is a lack of appreciation for how profound the concept is in Chinese culture. The character 貴 or gui in...

China and the European Union have reached a trade compromise over Chinese electric vehicles (EVs). Whether that will translate into broader bargaining over other contentious industrial sectors, such as rare earths and semiconductors, remains to be seen. But after years of dispute, the rare agreement over such a significant industry for China may help to ease tensions and normalise trade. China and the EU are two of the world’s largest trading partners with many common economic and trade...

Jerome Powell, the chair of the Federal Reserve, will attend the oral arguments at the Supreme Court on Wednesday over whether President Donald Trump has the authority to remove Lisa Cook, a governor at the central bank, according to a person familiar with Powell’s plans.