Ten thousand people are feared dead after a two-hour earthquake ripped through the Nicaraguan capital of Managua. Initial reports suggest whole communities have been wiped out as an
CHINA has targets for just about everything, from ethanol production to reaching Mars. Now the top economic planning body wants to get more tourists to hit the road, and has
Puerto Rico's governor says developers are investing USD230 million to build a long-awaited Four Seasons resort in the island's northeast coast. Alejandro Garcia Padilla said Wednesday that the hotel will be
The Russian military said defense ministers of Russia, Turkey and Iran will meet in Moscow to discuss Syria. The meeting, due today, will coincide with
Christine Lagarde, the International Monetary Fund’s managing director, is awaiting the verdict of a special French court for alleged “serious negligence” over a huge payout to a business
The Australian and French defense ministers said yesterday that they have given top priority to concealing design details of a new Australian submarine after data was leaked from
American troops have invaded Panama in a bid to oust dictator Manuel Noriega. Around 200 civilians, 19 US soldiers and 59 Panamanian troops
Norman the booby bird may have clocked up the most unlikely air miles in aviation history. The red-footed booby, a native of tropical zones, was discovered on
CHINA Engulfed in choking smog, some northern Chinese cities limited the number of cars on roads and temporarily shut down factories yesterday to cut down pollution during a
Ukraine is nationalizing its largest bank following concerns over its stability. The cabinet agreed late Sunday to move PrivatBank into full state ownership, saying the move was
Dozens of buses and ambulances were poised to enter east Aleppo to resume evacuating rebel fighters and civilians from the opposition’s remaining districts in the city, pro-Syrian
A suicide bomber blew himself up outside a military camp in the southern Yemeni city of Aden yesterday morning, killing at least 48 soldiers, a Health Ministry official
Libya has made a surprise announcement undertaking to destroy its arsenal of weapons of mass destruction. The government of Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi has also agreed
California researchers have named a newly discovered rare plant after Jimi Hendrix. The plant, found in Baja California, Mexico, has been christened Dudleya hendrixii , or
CHINA says its military seized a U.S. Navy unmanned underwater glider in the South China Sea but it would give the drone back. But President-elect Donald Trump tweeted
A massive complex of amusement parks in the southern desert of Dubai has celebrated its opening. Organizers held the event yesterday for the Dubai Parks & Resorts project
Children scamper in the bush, jumping here and there to catch grasshoppers before they fly away. On a good day, many will walk away with plastic bags
Russia's doping cover-up went far beyond the Olympics, according to a vast archive of emails released by a World Anti-Doping Agency investigator. Besides the 12 medal winners from the
Hounded to abandon Donald Trump, Republican electors appear to be in no mood for an insurrection in the presidential campaign’s last voting ritual. This most untraditional of elections
The Queen has formally unveiled a £71m underground link from central London to Heathrow’s terminals - the first of its kind in the world from a capital
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