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CHINA The reprieved death sentence of former railways minister Liu Zhijun was commuted yesterday to life in prison by the Beijing Higher People’s Court. The Second Intermediate People’s Court of
Just a month after the Paris attacks, France has surmounted that atrocity to help achieve a seemingly unachievable triumph: uniting the world to seal a global climate pact. The Paris climate agreement, adopted
A preliminary investigation into the crash of a Russian passenger plane has found no indication yet of any “illegal or terrorist act,” Egypt’s chief investigator said in a statement released
Marine Le Pen’s far-right National Front collapsed in French regional elections Sunday, failing to take a single region after dominating the first round of voting, pollsters projected. The conservatives surged
Speed limits on motorways will remain 112kph, but on dual carriageways they will become 96kph, and on all other roads 80kph. Motorists could previously drive up to a limit of 112kph.
Israeli-American violinist Itzhak Perlman has been awarded this year’s “Jewish Nobel” for his accomplishments as a musician, teacher and advocate for the disabled, organizers of the USD1 million prize announced
A Chinese billionaire arrested in a United Nations bribery scandal needs a speedy trial because his businesses are being damaged, his lawyer told a judge last week. Attorney Benjamin Brafman demanded
CHILE A helicopter working for an MTV reality show crashed in western Argentina on Saturday and both people on board were killed, local authorities said. RUSSIA A fire swept through a
Nearly 200 nations adopted the first global pact to fight climate change on Saturday, calling on the world to collectively cut and then eliminate greenhouse gas pollution but imposing no
The ousted President of Iraq, Saddam Hussein, is under arrest after he was captured by US soldiers.”Ladies and gentlemen, we got him,” US administrator Paul Bremer told journalists in Baghdad.
Israel’s first canine is in the doghouse after biting two guests at the Prime Minister’s Hanukkah candle lighting ceremony. Benjamin Netanyahu posted a family portrait — including his wife, two sons
The world is about to go on a carbon diet. It won’t be easy — or cheap. Nearly 200 nations across the world on Saturday approved a first-of-its-kind universal agreement to
More than 1,300 Russians are reading Leo Tolstoy’s notoriously lengthy novel “War and Peace” aloud in a 60-hour marathon on national television. The public readings, pre-recorded at locations all over Russia,
A new exhibition focusing on the architecture of the Forbidden City is being hosted by the Macau Museum of Art in partnership with the Palace Museum in Beijing. The exhibition
AUSTRALIA Thailand’s highest-ranking police investigator in charge of human trafficking has fled to Australia, telling Australian media yesterday that he feared for his life after his findings implicated “influential people”
After 12 years of often divisive rule and heavy spending on social welfare programs, Argentina’s president-elect promises to usher in an era of more civil discourse and roll back much of the
Mexican health authorities approved the first vaccine to gain official acceptance for use against the dengue virus, which sickens about 100 million people every year, mostly in Asia, Africa and Latin America. The
Sleep-deprived and increasingly tense, diplomats and climate negotiators outside Paris struggled yesterday to narrow down a 29-page draft of an unprecedented deal to tackle climate change— but countries remained at
The company previously said it was to launch a £1.2bn cost-cutting package but today’s news was the first indication of the scale of the jobs affected. Consignia’s Chief Executive John Roberts
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