At the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party, China’s president, Xi Jinping, gave a lengthy address during which he hailed the party’s accomplishments in preserving social stability and national security while also promising to pursue the cause of Taiwan’s reunification. Around 2,300 party delegates heard Xi say on Sunday that “the Taiwan subject is a concern for the... 

A woman who ‘married’ herself in a commitment ceremony attended by friends and family divided viewers when she appeared on This Morning. Meg Taylor Morrison, 35, a life and business coach from Atlanta, Georgia, explained she ‘married’ herself as a symbol of ‘self-love’ after splitting from her fiancé four months before their planned October 2020 wedding. She decided... 

Concerns for German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s health grow once more as she was filmed struggling to keep her composure and visibly shaking during an official ceremony for the second time this month, RT.com writes. The incident happened during the formal appointing of the new justice minister in Berlin’s Bellevue Palace on Thursday morning. The chancellor began shaking while standing next to... 

Zimbabwe—already world-famous for having destroyed the prosperous economy and infrastructure inherited from its former white rulers—this week collapsed beyond parody when its finance minister was photographed in a ribbon-cutting opening ceremony for a trash bin. As reported—in all seriousness—by the Zimbabwe News (ZWNews) newspaper, Finance Minister Patrick Chinamasa “officially opened”... 

US President Obama in Hanoi Sunday night receives bouquet of flowers. Barack Obama arrived in Communist Vietnam on Sunday night. The country’s top officials skipped the welcoming ceremony. Poor Barack. Nobody respects him, not even the Communist Vietnamese. As a consolation prize they did give him a pretty bouquet. The Communists Cubans snubbed Obama in Havana in March, too. Here’s a list of the... 

Detroit on Saturday became the setting for the unveiling of an 8-foot-tall, bronze, satanic monument during an event that organizers called the “largest public satanic ceremony in history.” The location of the event was disclosed only to $25-ticket holders, whom The Satanic Temple group welcomed for “a night of chaos, noise, and debauchery.” The group also urged party goers to “dance with...