The sheriff is waiting. The villain is coming. But dramatic tension done left town, in High Noon

Thea Sharrock's production misses the sense of the small town's vulnerability, all alone in the wide-open spaces of the dusty Midwest.

China’s birth rate drops to record low as economy hits target despite US trade war

China clocked its lowest birth rate on record in 2025 as its population shrank for the fourth year in a row, deepening a demographic challenge that could drag on the world’s second-largest economy for ...