1+ week, 4+ day ago  (1333+ words) Asian Americans are the fastest-growing demographic group in the U. S. , but across American history, their stories and the discrimination they faced have often been overlooked. For her series, America at a Crossroads, Judy Woodruff looks at how that past continues to…...

10+ hour, 3+ min ago  (323+ words) The spacecraft blasted off from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwestern China. The much-anticipated launch comes as China prepares for its first crewed lunar landing by 2030. The astronauts on the mission are Zhu Yangzhu, the commander, Zhang Zhiyuan and…...

4+ hour, 50+ min ago  (760+ words) The deal the Republican president had said was "largely negotiated" has left a range of lawmakers, former Cabinet members and conservative analysts wondering aloud whether the terms as currently known will render the conflict all "for naught." Sen. Ted Cruz,…...

5+ hour, 55+ min ago  (275+ words) Other parts of Syria voted for the People's Assembly last October, almost a year after the Assad dynasty was ousted in a rebel offensive. However, at that point, large swaths of country's northeastern region were still under the control of…...

7+ hour, 1+ min ago  (515+ words) The United States is close to reaching a deal with Iran that would end the war, reopen the Strait of Hormuz and see Iran give up its stockpile of highly enriched uranium, regional officials told The Associated Press on Sunday....

7+ hour, 37+ min ago  (707+ words) It was a violent end to a standoff between members of the Republican Peoples' Party, or CHP, and a leadership team appointed by an appeals court, escalating tensions between the opposition and the government of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. Supporters…...

9+ hour, 7+ min ago  (977+ words) Rubio's first official visit to the South Asian country came amid an economic and diplomatic downturn between the United States and India, largely strained by U. S. President Donald Trump's'tariff policies,'which raised duties on several Indian exports. WATCH: Alienated by Trump,…...

8+ hour, 13+ min ago  (980+ words) Iran has not publicly committed to giving up its uranium, a key demand of U. S. President'Donald Trump, who on Saturday said a deal had been "largely negotiated," after calls with Israel and other regional allies. The sides have previously seemed close…...

9+ hour, 49+ min ago  (961+ words) This article originally appeared on The Conversation Punishing regimens of facial exercises. Intentional starvation. Reshaping the jawline or cheekbones by smashing them with a hammer or chisel. These are some of the more extreme behaviors in a practice called looksmaxxing…...

10+ hour, 38+ min ago  (383+ words) Briton Kenton Cool this week scaled the peak for the 20th time, breaking his own record for the most ascents of the world's highest mountain by a non-Sherpa guide. "Maybe another two or three more times," Cool told reporters after flying…...