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Macau,
Norway has voted to reject membership of the European Union in a referendum, for the second time in its history. With 92% of the referendum votes counted
THAILAND The trial of a Thai billionaire construction tycoon charged with poaching an endangered black panther and other animals in a wildlife sanctuary began yesterday after months of delay.
Italian film-maker Bernardo Bertolucci, who won Oscars with “The Last Emperor” and whose erotic drama “Last Tango in Paris” enthralled and shocked the world, died yesterday. He
Four Turkish soldiers died while another was fighting for life after their helicopter crashed yesterday into a residential area of Istanbul. Even though the helicopter
Iranian authorities said yesterday that the number of injured in the magnitude 6.3 earthquake in western Iran the previous night has risen to 716. No fatalities were
A Vermont woman whose family peacock ran off with a flock of turkeys says she’s hopeful to get close enough to catch it with a net.
The French President, Charles de Gaulle, has for a second time said he will veto Britain’s application to join the Common Market. He warned France’s five
CAMBODIA Police yesterday arrested more than 200 Chinese citizens accused of defrauding people in China over the internet. JAPAN Police said yesterday they found six bodies
Three Chinese nationals will be charged by the country’s anticorruption authority for paying a bribe to influence the outcome of fraud investigations, Kenya’s director of public prosecutions said
Misinformation, as opposed to disinformation, was chosen yesterday as Dictionary.com’s word of the year on the tattered coattails of “toxic,” picked earlier this month for the
In a bittersweet landmark, European Union leaders yesterday approved an agreement on Britain’s departure next year — the first time a member country will have left the
Police used tear gas and water cannons to control thousands of protesters on the Champs- Elysees in Paris, some of whom were setting fires, as a week-long
After coming face to face with “unpredictable” gun-waving children almost 25 years ago, the former commander of the failed U.N. peacekeeping mission during the Rwandan genocide
A British monarch is to pay income tax for the first time since the 1930s. The Prime Minister, John Major, told the House of Commons the Queen
Jose Bautista has a new namesake buzzing around. Entomologist Bob Anderson of the Canadian Museum of Nature has dubbed a newly discovered species of beetle Sicoderus bautistai
Hong Kong developers are offering discounts at new projects in the latest sign the city’s housing boom is coming off the boil. Country Garden Holdings Co. and Wang
The New York trial of a prominent Hong Kong businessman charged in a United Nations-linked bribery conspiracy is set to begin with jury selection today.
THAILAND Police have arrested two brothers from Britain wanted on drug trafficking charges in their homeland. INDIA Tens of thousands of Hindus gathered in northern India
Chancellor Angela Merkel rejected calls from nationalist lawmakers for Germany to drop its support for a U.N.-backed agreement on migration. Several countries — including
British Prime Minister Theresa May said that a good Brexit deal is within reach, after the European Union and her government agreed on a draft declaration outlining
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