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Imagine planning a vacation and not being able to check Airbnb or another online booking site for an apartment in which to spend a few days living among the locals

Chinese state media say 11 people were killed after a mudslide hit a house in southeastern China as heavy rains drenched the region

Chinese state media say 12 people were killed after a mudslide hit a homestay house in a mountainous tourist area as heavy rains drenched southeastern China

Chinese state media say 15 people were killed after a mudslide hit a homestay house in a mountainous tourist area as heavy rains drenched southeastern China

Venezuelans are voting in a presidential election whose outcome will either lead to a seismic shift in politics or extend by six more years the policies that caused the world’s worst peacetime economic collapse

Venezuelans are waiting anxiously for the results of a presidential election that could pave the way to an end to 25 years of single party rule, even as some polls remained open more than an hour after a deadline to close

Venezuela’s opposition claimed victory defeated in Sunday’s presidential election, setting up a showdown with the government, which earlier declared President Nicolás Maduro the winner

Venezuela’s opposition claimed victory in Sunday’s presidential election, setting up a showdown with the government, which earlier declared President Nicolás Maduro the winner

Japanese and U.S. defense chiefs and top diplomats are meeting in Tokyo for security talks aimed at further bolstering their military cooperation, including by upgrading U.S. forces command and strengthening American-licensed missile production in Japan

Japanese and U.S. defense chiefs and top diplomats agreed to further bolster their military cooperation by upgrading the command and control of U.S. forces in the East Asian country and strengthening American-licensed missile production there, describing the rising threat from China as “the greatest strategic challenge”