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A royal trip spanning a dozen time zones
King Charles III, who is 75 and battling cancer, will travel halfway around the world to Samoa this month to take his seat as ... -
A pastry brought to Mexico by British miners is still popular after 200 years
Isabel Arriaga Lozano carefully fills a small pastry with a savory mix of meat, potatoes and chili pepper. She is crafting a “paste” (pronounced ... -
How the tiny Caribbean island of Anguilla has turned the AI boom into a digital gold mine
The artificial intelligence boom has benefited chatbot makers, computer scientists and Nvidia investors. It’s also providing an unusual windfall for Anguilla, a tiny island in ... -
Ailing and silenced in prison, activist symbolizes the nation’s repression
The last time any of Maria Kolesnikova’s family had contact with the imprisoned Belarusian opposition activist was more than 18 months ago. Fellow inmates ... -
A rare discovery In Denmark, fifty well-preserved Viking Age skeletons have been unearthed
In a village in central Denmark, archeologists made a landmark discovery that could hold important clues to the Viking era: a burial ground, containing ... -
French authorities oppose 20-minute red cards promoted by World Rugby
French authorities are joining forces with players to oppose plans by World Rugby to change its regulations with the introduction of a 20-minute red card, saying ... -
A-bomb survivors use prize to share anti-nuke message with the young
The recipient of this year’s Nobel Peace Prize is a fast-dwindling group of atomic bomb survivors who are facing down the shrinking time they ... -
Woman pleads guilty to trying to smuggle 29 turtles across a Vermont lake into Canada by kayak
A woman from China pleaded guilty over the weekend to attempting to smuggle 29 eastern box turtles, a protected species, across a Vermont lake ... -
Tribunal orders ex-official to repay $58.8 million lost in bad deals while getting perks
A U.N. tribunal has ordered a former high-ranking official to repay the United Nations $58.8 million lost in deals he made with a British ... -
FOREX: The greenback edges down against yen after uptick in US inflation
The U.S. dollar edged lower against the yen yesterday after data showed a higher-than-expected rise in U.S. inflation in September even though prices were ... -
Woodward book reveals Trump’s calls with Putin and Biden’s private remarks on Obama and Netanyahu
Donald Trump has had as many as seven private phone calls with Vladimir Putin since leaving office and secretly sent the Russian president COVID-19 ... -
More top aides to NYC mayor resign as federal investigations swirl
Embattled New York City Mayor Eric Adams said yesterday [Macau time] that he had accepted the resignation of his deputy mayor for public safety, ... -
States sue TikTok, claiming its platform is addictive and harms the mental health of children
More than a dozen states and the District of Columbia have filed lawsuits against TikTok yesterday, alleging the popular short-form video app is harming ... -
US spends a record $17.9b on military aid to Israel since last Oct. 7
The United States has spent a record of at least $17.9 billion on military aid to Israel since the war in Gaza began and ... -
New analysis suggests national debt could increase under Harris, but it would surge under Trump
No one is likely to be happy with the projected higher deficits laid out in a new analysis of Kamala Harris’ and Donald Trump’s ... -
Pro-Palestinian and pro-Israeli crowds rally across the world
Crowds were participating in pro-Palestinian and pro-Israeli protests and memorial events across Europe, North Africa and Asia on Sunday on the eve of the ... -
Woman gets reply to her dream job application – 48 years on: BBC
A woman who spent 48 years wondering why an application for her dream job was never answered has finally found out why, BBC has ... -
Shock of deadly floods is a reminder of Appalachia’s risk from violent storms
Hurricane Helene dumped trillions of gallons of water hundreds of miles inland, devastating communities nestled in mountains far from the threat of storm surge ... -
UK will give sovereignty of Chagos Islands to Mauritius
The UK has announced it is giving up sovereignty of a remote but strategically important cluster of islands in the Indian Ocean after more ... -
Hezbollah’s acting leader vows to fight on after Nasrallah’s death
Hezbollah’s acting leader vowed yesterday to keep battling Israel and said the Lebanese militant group was prepared for a long fight even after much ... -
Kris Kristofferson, singer-songwriter and actor, dies at 88
Kris Kristofferson, a Rhodes scholar with a deft writing style and rough charisma who became a country music superstar and an A-list Hollywood actor, ... -
Biden and Harris call the Israeli strike killing Hezbollah’s Nasrallah a ‘measure of justice’
The Israeli strike that killed Hezbollah’s Hassan Nasrallah was a “measure of justice” for victims of a four-decade “reign of terror,” President Joe Biden ... -
Iran Revolutionary Guard general died in Israeli strike that killed Hezbollah leader, reports say
A prominent general in Iran’s paramilitary Revolutionary Guard died in an Israeli airstrike that killed Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah in Beirut, Iranian media reported Saturday. The ... -
What is the 2006 UN resolution that some hope could help to end the Israel-Hezbollah conflict?
In 2006, after a bruising monthlong war between Israel and Lebanon’s powerful Hezbollah militant group, the United Nations Security Council unanimously voted for a ... -
Contenders to lead Britain’s defeated Conservatives woo members at a key party conference
Members of Britain’s defeated and divided Conservative Party gathered yesterday for an annual conference dominated by the search for a new leader capable of bringing the ... -
Moscow adaptability to US sanctions stymied their effectiveness, economists say
Waves of sanctions imposed by the Biden administration after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine haven’t inflicted the devastating blow to Moscow’s economy that some had ... -
Zelenskyy visits Washington as election year divide grows over Ukraine war
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy huddled with U.S. leaders today [Macau time] to shore up American support for his country’s fight against Russia as the war faces ... -
China test-fires an intercontinental ballistic missile into the ocean
China test-fired an intercontinental ballistic missile into the Pacific Ocean yesterday, stirring security concerns in the region already tense over Beijing’s territorial claims and ... -
Iranian president accuses Israel of seeking wider regional war
Iran’s new president accused Israel yesterday [Macau time] of seeking a wider war in the Middle East and laying “traps” to lead his country ... -
World leaders are gathering as outlook is gloomy
Facing a swirl of conflicts and crises across a fragmented world, leaders attending this week’s annual U.N. gathering are being challenged: Work together — ... -
Long-forbidden French anti-riot force sent to Martinique as thousands defy bans on protests
France has sent a group of special anti-riot police that’s been banned for 65 years to the French Caribbean island of Martinique, where protesters have ... -
Lack of birth certificates puts Cameroon’s Indigenous people on the brink of statelessness
The morning sun filtered through the forest canopy, casting dappled light on this village in Cameroon. For the Baka Indigenous community, it was a ... -
Shocking rape trial highlights the systematic struggles sexual abuse victims face
The trial of dozens of men accused of raping an unconscious woman whose husband repeatedly drugged her over the course of nearly a decade ... -
Deadly bus accident claims lives of 3 Brazilian football players
A bus carrying a Brazilian football team flipped on a road south of Rio de Janeiro on Saturday, killing three people and injuring at ... -
Portuguese PM declares a state of calamity as wildfires rage out of control
More than 100 wildfires stretched thousands of firefighters to the limit in northern Portugal today (Wednesday), with seven deaths since the worst spate of ...
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