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Chinese Premier Li Qiang told the National People’s Congress on Wednesday that the Chinese government will provide child care subsidies and expand free preschool day care available to young couples to boost the country’s declining population. Li’s pledges were welcomed by Chinese netizens. Click here for the full story in Mandarin.

Human rights sources reported on March 6 that five prisoners were executed in Tabriz and Ardabil. Additionally, the judicial authorities of the Islamic Republic carried out the executions of three more people in the prisons of Hamedan, Qom and Qazvin. Click here for full story in Persian.

The Iranian judicial authorities shut down 17 businesses in Dorud, Lorestan Province, under the pretext of their “nonobservance of the rites of Ramadan.” Click here for full story in Persian.

Many professional women work in different fields when they move to the United States. An Uzbek psychologist who has a green card now enjoys American life. "No matter what, females have to find a job and should have their destiny," she said while working at a local restaurant in Nashville, Tennessee. Click here for the full story in Uzbek.

President’s temporary reprieve from tariffs makes little difference as uncertainty continues to reign

Facing the prospect that the United States might cut them adrift under President Donald Trump, European Union leaders launched a day of emergency talks Thursday in a bid to beef up their own security and ensure that Ukraine will still be properly protected. The 27-nation bloc woke up to news that French President Emmanuel Macron would confer with EU leaders about the possibility of using France’s nuclear deterrent to protect the continent from Russian threats. We talk with Nicolas Tenzer is...

The rocket took off smoothly from the European spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana

The case marks an early test of the Republican president's ability to rein in independent agencies and replace their leaders as part of his efforts to reshape the federal government

This week on The Inside Story: President Donald Trump addresses a joint session of Congress. Join us for comprehensive coverage of the speech and the impact of the second Trump administration at home and abroad.

Potential US-Ukraine talks come as European leaders meet Zelenskyy and commit to amped-up security spending

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A four-week pause also likely on levies on Canadian goods, US Commerce chief says

Since November, Nigerian authorities have arrested at least 400 Chinese nationals suspected of cybercrime, telecom fraud and illegal mining

At a summit in Brussels, Europeans call for ‘peace through strength’ in response to Russian aggression

The Public Health Agency of Canada said it has recorded 227 measles cases as of March 6, more than all of last year

A Hamas spokesperson in Gaza says US President Trump’s repeated threats endanger the ceasefire

In the latest detailed medical update on his condition, the Vatican said the pope had not had a fever and his blood tests had remained stable

The State Department says efforts to get hostages is ongoing, but there are no updates yet

Crackdown has left more than 7,000 people from various countries stranded in a Myanmar border town