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The new Chinese year is the one to go bananas over. Today the zodiac calendar enters the Year of the Monkey — the ninth of 12 animal signs. Plastic monkeys
Brazilian officials will soon decide whether to amend the South American nation's rigid procedures for sharing Zika samples, the Cabinet chief's spokeswoman said, as officials announced that they were sending
When Cromwell Coulson heard that an obscure Chinese real estate firm had agreed to buy the Chicago Stock Exchange, he was shocked. “My first reaction was, ‘Wow, that’s who they’re selling
Trade ministers from 12 Pacific Rim countries including the United States gathered yesterday in New Zealand for the ceremonial signing of a free-trade deal they say will significantly boost trade. But
When members of the Explorers Club gathered for their lavish annual dinner in New York City in 1951, one account said they feasted on meat from a prehistoric woolly mammoth
THAILAND Police in Bangkok say they have identified a man whose body parts were found floating in the city’s Chao Phraya River as a Spanish consultant, surnamed David, and also
The body of a missing Italian student was found with signs of torture, including multiple stab wounds and cigarette burns, by the side of a highway on the outskirts of
Revelers streamed onto the streets of Cologne yesterday for the start of the city’s annual street Carnival, amid heightened security following an unprecedented series of robberies and sexual assaults mostly
It is the worst single atrocity in the 22-month old conflict between Bosnia’s Serbs, Muslims and Croats. UN inspectors are examining the crater left by the bomb to determine where it
Almost three dozen mostly elderly bridge-playing Westerners have found themselves the surprise targets of a vice crackdown under Thailand’s military government. Police in the resort city of Pattaya — a hive
The Sacramento Kings canceled a Lunar New Year promotional giveaway after DeMarcus Cousins complained the Year of the Monkey design was insensitive on the first day of Black History Month. The
Producers of Kentucky bourbon and Tennessee whiskey are toasting another year of strong sales and revenue growth, led by consumers increasingly ordering high-priced, super- premium brands. Combined U.S. revenues for bourbon, Tennessee
CHINA A court in Xinjiang has reduced the sentences of 11 Uighurs convicted of terrorism and endangering state security, including a naturalized Canadian preacher whose life term had been sharply
On to New Hampshire. But first, before it fades, here’s what’s in the rear-view mirror in Iowa. 1. For the Democrats, there are two ways of interpreting what was basically a
The mosquito behind the Zika virus seems to operate like a heat-driven missile of disease. The hotter it gets, the better the mosquito that carries Zika virus is at transmitting
The International Commission of Control and Supervision (ICCS) was created at the Paris Peace Accords - signed by the US, the Vietcong, North Vietnam and South Vietnam - on 27 January
Police are working with a Hague-based company that trains eagles and other birds to catch drones to investigate whether the birds can be used above large events or near airports,
The U.S. says the disappearance of five Hong Kong residents associated with a publisher specializing in books banned in mainland China raises serious questions about Beijing’s commitments to the territory’s
European Council President Donald Tusk yesterday unveiled proposals that he hopes will keep Britain in the 28-nation European Union. The draft deal was made public in a letter to EU leaders. It must
ZIKA The World Health Organization declares a global emergency over the explosive spread of the Zika virus, which has been linked to birth defects in the Americas, calling it an
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