Coal miners walked out at midnight in their first national strike for almost 50 years. Three months of negotiations with the National Coal Board ended
CHINA Officials in Beijing have announced a new environmental police squad to root out illegal burning, the latest government response to the widespread public anger over China’s persistent
A Chinese-born U.S. nuclear engineer has pleaded guilty to helping a state-controlled Chinese nuclear energy company build reactors in that country using U.S. technology. The U.S. Department of Justice
The suspect in a deadly shooting at a Florida airport used a gun that he had stored in his checked luggage, raising questions about airport security and
In sunny Israel, solar energy supplies only a small percentage of the nation’s power needs, leaving it far behind countries with cloudier and colder climates. Now the
The decorative clock bearing the name of America’s incoming 45th president has yet to start at the Trump International Golf Club in Dubai, but the developers behind
Protests over a sharp gasoline price hike erupted into looting of gas stations and stores in various parts of Mexico on Wednesday, with dozens of businesses reportedly sacked.
Turkish police are closing in on the gunman who killed 39 people at an Istanbul nightclub, a senior official said yesterday, insisting his possible whereabouts and contacts had
Gray is a dying town, its residents lament. Big businesses have moved away, taking jobs with them. Though it still lives up to its nickname “Gray la
The music publisher EMI has ended its contract with the Sex Pistols punk rock group because of their notorious behavior in public. In a statement, the company
A survey of Britain’s services sector, which accounts for the bulk of the economy, shows it grew at a 17-month high at the end of 2016. The purchasing managers’
CHINA A falling roof triggered a gas outburst in a central Chinese coal mine that killed five people and trapped seven others. The outburst occurred Wednesday night when
Bahrain announced yesterday that it has restored the power of its domestic spy service to make some arrests, reversing a key reform recommended in the wake of
Swedes looking forward to a six-hour workday just got some bad news: the costs outweigh the benefits. That’s according to the preliminary results of a two-year
What if your room on a cruise ship were to unlock automatically as you approach, or if the wait staff could bring your favorite cocktail before you
Turkey has identified the gunman in the Istanbul nightclub massacre, the foreign minister said yesterday as the president vowed that the country won’t surrender to terrorists or become
The British Prime Minister, Winston Churchill, has arrived in the United States for an official visit, his first since re-election last October. He arrived in
Former Nigerian rulers have banded together in singing a hymn for peace and unity in their troubled nation, with their video getting both favorable and derogatory comments on
Authorities say a western New York woman has been charged with stealing more than USD1 million from the auto dealership where she worked. Police in the Buffalo suburb of Orchard
Surging oil prices caused inflation in the 19-country eurozone to spike in December to its highest rate in more than three years, official figures showed yyesterday.
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