Spain entered a governing void, facing weeks or months of uncertainty over what political party or parties will lead the country following a national election that fragmented the status quo.
Decked out in their school uniforms, young Spanish school children in Madrid’s stately Teatro Real opera house sang out lottery numbers on live TV yesterday (Macau time)for Spain’s massively popular
Historians have long been fascinated by the Nazi leader’s time in Landsberg, where he and several followers were incarcerated after the unsuccessful Beer Hall Putsch of 1923, when Hitler tried
The climax of the mission began at 0959 GMT, when Frank Borman, James Lovell and William Anders were about 78 miles (125 km) from the Moon. Right on schedule, the crew
A team of professionally trained comfort dogs at Dulles International Airport are helping ease travelers’ stresses this holiday season. The dogs are part of the United Airlines United Paws Program. For
The Siberian city of 650,000 people, which lies 2,900 kilometers east of Moscow, is to get a new mayor next week when a commission comprising the city council and the
CHINA Fourteen construction managers were sentenced yesterday to prison terms of three to six years for a deadly scaffolding collapse at one of Beijing’s most prestigious schools, a court said.
A strong showing Sunday by a pair of upstart parties in Spain’s general election upended the country’s traditional two-party system, with the ruling Popular Party winning the most votes but falling
Journalists and members of the public were kept well away from the heavily guarded Skibo Castle near Dornoch in Sutherland. Among those on the star-studded guest list were Sting, dressed
The critically endangered animal is the largest amphibian on the planet. In a statement Sunday, the zoo says Karlo, a Chinese giant salamander it received 19 months ago from the State
Sheldon Adelson, a Republican mega-donor and casino magnate, revealed in an editor’s note in yesterday’s edition of the Las Vegas Review-Journal that he had bought the newspaper through an anonymous
JAPAN US Ambassador to Japan Caroline Kennedy defends a controversial proposal to relocate a U.S. Marine Corps base on Okinawa as the best of many options considered. USA Martin Shkreli, the
Russia is ready to improve ties with the United States and work with whomever is elected its next president, President Vladimir Putin said yesterday. He said his talks with U.S.
The Labour Party has abandoned its policy on trade union closed shops in line with European legislation. The decision is seen by many to be a move away from the party’s
Airport and airline authorities in India have begun investigating the death of a technician who was sucked into an aircraft engine at an airport in Mumbai. Air India chief Ashwani Lohani
Investors around the world have one clear focus yesterday (today) – the Fed. The central bank is expected to raise interest rates from near zero percent, which would be its
Violent drug gangs rule in most of the sprawling Central Prison in the southern Brazilian city of Porto Alegre, bursting with over twice its capacity of fewer than 2,000 inmates.
US-TAIWAN The Obama administration is planning its first arms sale to Taiwan in four years, congressional aides said, a move that typically draws stiff criticism from Beijing but is unlikely
In a presidential race reshaped by national security concerns, Republican front-runner Donald Trump defended his provocative call for banning Muslims from the United States yesterday as the candidates debated their plans for fighting Islamic
The nation’s two biggest school systems — New York City and Los Angeles — received threats earlier this week of a large-scale jihadi attack with guns and bombs, and LA
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