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Macau,
CHINA While the global economy will dominate at this weekend’s summit of the Group of 20 industrialized and emerging-market nations, politics and security issues form the backdrop to the gathering
Brazil’s president, Dilma Rousseff, mounted a forceful defense of her time leading Latin America’s most populous nation at her own impeachment trial, warning senators that ousting her would hurt a
The European Union says Ireland has given illegal tax benefits worth up to 13 billion euros (USD14.5 billion) to Apple Inc. and must now recover the unpaid back taxes from
Italian naval ships and vessels from non-government groups rescued thousands of migrants off the Libyan coast on Monday, the latest surge in desperate attempts to flee to Europe driven by
She was taken to hospital in the early hours of Sunday morning where surgeons tried for two hours to save her life but she died at 0300 BST. In a statement
A lobster bought from a Massachusetts fish market for USD210 and set free by twin brothers who didn’t want it to become someone’s dinner has apparently died. Chris and David Schmidt,
A lawyer for a Massachusetts man found with 95 packets of heroin in his car says his client shouldn’t be punished for unknowingly buying a vehicle from a drug dealer. The
MYANMAR Peace talks aimed at ending more than half a century of conflict between Myanmar’s army and an array of armed ethnic rebel groups are due to start in the
Portugal’s former prime minister Antonio Guterres topped the third successive poll of candidates seeking to succeed Ban Ki-moon as the next U.N. secretary-general, making him the clear front-runner for the
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry called yesterday for Bangladesh to step up efforts to fight extremist violence and protect and promote human rights amid increasing concern about terrorism in the
Fighting to save her job, suspended Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff told senators yesterday that the allegations against her have no merit and that history would judge the country if she
The leader of the Palestine Liberation Organisation (PLO) has left his Beirut headquarters after more than a decade. Yasser Arafat has been forced out of Lebanon following the Israeli invasion of
More than 300 wild reindeer have been killed by lighting in central Norway in what wildlife officials are calling an unusually large natural disaster. The Norwegian Environment Agency has released eerie
Attackers rammed a car through the gates of Belgium’s crime institute early yesterday and set fire to a lab containing crime scene samples, apparently in an effort to destroy evidence,
PHILIPPINES-CHINA President Rodrigo Duterte told China’s ambassador yesterday that he will not immediately press Beijing to comply with an international tribunal’s ruling that invalidated Chinese territorial claims in the South
Beyonce proved once again she is the contemporary rock star, and she used the MTV Video Music Awards stage to showcase her skills and outshine her peers, from Rihanna to
Pavlina Pizova says she couldn’t free her partner after he slipped down an icy bank and became wedged between rocks and branches. After he died, she stayed with him through
The national identity crisis exposed by France’s burkini controversy is threatening to set the tone for the country’s presidential campaign. Along with the economy, the relationship between France’s Muslims and non-Muslims
One Turkish soldier was killed and eight others wounded in two separate blasts yesterday in the country’s Kurdish-dominated southeast, and Kurdish militants launched a rocket-propelled grenade at a civilian airport,
Brazilian senators on Saturday questioned the last two witnesses summoned by the defense for President Dilma Rousseff in her impeachment trial for allegedly breaking fiscal rules in the management of
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