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The head of the Hong Kong Jockey Club will give the keynote address when the club’s North American counterpart gathers for its annual thoroughbred racing conference in Saratoga Springs. The Manhattan-based Jockey Club says Hong Kong Jockey
CHINA A female Chinese swimmer tests positive for a banned substance at the Rio Olympics, China’s swimming association says, the first competitor in the sport to fail a test at
The 400-mile trek of a radio-collared moose named Alice is the inspiration for a proposed hiking trail from Ontario’s forested Algonquin Park to the heart of New York’s Adirondack Mountains. Planners
It is one of Rio's most renowned favelas, the Cidade de Deus made infamous in a film that helped cement a stereotype of the other side of the "Marvelous City"
Portugal’s public debt stood at 240.1 billion euros or 131.6 percent of gross domestic product at the end of June, the highest indebtedness ever, the Technical Budget Support Unit (UTAO)
Ukraine’s president ordered the army to be on combat alert yesterday on the country’s de-facto border with Crimea and on the front line in eastern Ukraine following Moscow’s accusations that
Germany’s interior minister yesterday unveiled proposals to boost security after recent attacks, including making it easier to deport foreigners deemed dangerous and stripping dual nationals who fight for extremist groups
Some of America’s greatest leaders in history have had mental health problems and it may have helped in times of crisis, psychiatrists and psychologists said. Presidents Abraham Lincoln and John F.
It wasn’t a record breaker, but it was still a helluva halibut. Petersburg radio station KFSK reports that fishermen Brian Mattson and Doug Corl hauled in the catch of a lifetime
Legislators in St. Vincent and the Grenadines are scheduled to consider a cybercrime bill today that would allow prison sentences of up to two years for online defamation. Local rights organizations
CHINA-US For the third year in a row, U.S. soybean production is expected to set a record, the best such string since 1979. Yet, with output dropping elsewhere, a flurry
Two rare one-cent coins from the earliest days of the U.S. Mint have sold for a pretty penny. The copper coins, both dating to 1792, went for a combined total of
Three elderly people died in their burned homes in Portugal’s Madeira Islands as a wildfire spread into the capital, Funchal, authorities said yesterday. “Unhappily, we have three deaths to report —
A fire ripped through a maternity ward at a Baghdad hospital overnight, killing 12 newborn babies, an Iraqi spokesman said yesterday, a deadly blaze that was likely caused by faulty
The notorious East End gangsters Ronnie and Reggie Kray have been allowed out of prison for their mother’s funeral. Violet Kray, 72, died of cancer last week. It was the first time
Drivers who drink coffee behind the wheel don’t need to worry about getting a ticket in New Jersey any time soon. The sponsor of a bill targeting distracted driving says his
The Welsh football federation says 10 people have been arrested for an alleged plot to fix a match in the Welsh Premier League in April. The federation says “seven men and
RUSSIA-S. KOREA Growing Chinese anger at South Korea over a U.S. anti-missile defense system bodes ill for everything from pop star appearances to United Nations action against North Korea’s nuclear
Two years ago, the U.S.-led coalition launched the first airstrikes on the Islamic State group, ushering in a deeper phase of intervention that dramatically changed the fight against the militant
Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump is playing the “China-bashing card” in an attempt to rescue his falling poll numbers but has no real ideas to resolve the two nations’ differences,
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