Norway’s prime minister, finance minister and central bank governor are holding an extraordinary meeting to assess just how bad the deepening plunge in the price of oil will be for
The Opportunity rover touched down at 0505 GMT, on the opposite side of Mars from where its sister rover, Spirit, landed three weeks ago. After a promising start sending back
Kotoshogiku won the New Year Grand Sumo Tournament yesterday to become the first Japanese-born wrestler to win a championship in 10 years. Kotoshogiku, whose real name is Kazuhiro Kikutsugi, beat fellow
Millions of Americans were preparing to dig themselves out yesterday after a mammoth blizzard with hurricane-force winds and record-setting snowfall brought much of the U.S. East Coast to an icy
Even under extended police questioning, Samy Amimour never hid his disdain for France, his desire to leave, or his belief that the apocalypse was near. But he told investigators he
The 8b yuan (USD1.2b) factory operated with its main Chinese partner, Shanghai Automotive Industries Corp., will have an annual production capacity of 160,000 vehicles. Cadillac began selling in China in 2004,
Scientists have found grisly evidence of a massacre in Kenya about 10,000 years ago, providing rare evidence of violence between groups in ancient hunter-gatherer societies. Researchers said the discovery casts light
CHINA A magnitude-6.4 earthquake struck a remote region of northwest China early yesterday, damaging a few dozen homes but causing no casualties. Xinhua News Agency said the epicenter of the
President Vladimir Putin probably approved a plan by Russia’s FSB security service to kill a former agent-turned-Kremlin critic who died after drinking tea laced with radioactive poison, a British judge
Five people were indicted in federal court on charges they took part in an alleged scheme to steal biopharmaceutical trade secrets from GlaxoSmithKline and sell them to competitors in China. The
The four major public service unions angry at the government’s attempt to impose a 5% pay ceiling called out their 1.5 million members. They included hospital workers, rubbish collectors, school caretakers,
The event was part of the bizarre ‘Jarramplas’ festival which is held in Piornal each Jan 19-20. Following the yearly tradition, a town volunteer donned a costume of multicolored ribbons and
The NBA is celebrating the Chinese New Year with a TV spot featuring Jeremy Lin, Stephen Curry and James Harden. The ad is called “Dining Table” and shows the stars sharing
On a typical day at the Chinese Garden at the Huntington Library in San Marino, the smell of flowers —jasmine, camellias — floats across the garden’s man-made lake in the
CHINA A deputy head of the Chinese Cabinet’s Taiwan Affairs Office is placed under investigation for apparent corruption amid renewed scrutiny of Beijing’s policies toward the island following its election
Satellite photos obtained by The Associated Press confirm what church leaders and Middle East preservationists had feared: The oldest Christian monastery in Iraq has been reduced to a field of
Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump received the endorsement yesterday of conservative firebrand Sarah Palin, giving the billionaire businessman a potential boost less than two weeks before Iowa’s kick-off caucuses. The endorsement
Fresh off his Golden Globe win, Leonardo DiCaprio drew ooohs, ahhs and smiles from a crowd as he was honored for his work against the climate crisis at the World
Until the last, news had been positive and it was hoped Mr Orwell was improving. On Friday morning he had a long talk with a friend about his plans for the
Prosecutors in the United Arab Emirates have filed an arrest warrant for two men who wore military uniforms and danced in an Internet video. The state-run WAM news agency announced that
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