Debbie Kaighn, who was riding in the popular annual event for the third time, wore shoes, socks and body paint. On her front were streaks and splashes of yellow and
With melting glaciers and rising seas as his backdrop, President Barack Obama will visit Alaska this week to press for urgent global action to combat climate change, even as he
When Matt Wisdom tried to round up investors for his three-D modeling company after Hurricane Katrina hit, people scoffed. “They treated us like we were part of the developing world,”
China stocks rose yesterday as a strong rally on Wall Street helped calm shaky global markets, prompting Chinese and foreign investors to hunt for bargains after a 20 percent plunge
CHINA A sinkhole in a northeastern Chinese city swallowed five people in a dramatic scene that was captured on security video and shared widely on Chinese social media. A provincial
Austrian police yesterday discovered the badly decomposing bodies of at least 20 — and possibly up to 50 — migrants piled in a truck parked on the shoulder of the
The fatal shooting of a reporter and cameraman unfolded on live TV during an early morning show and within hours the carefully scripted carnage carried out by a disgruntled former colleague spread
Mr Blair was giving evidence on the 11th day of the Hutton inquiry into the circumstances surrounding the apparent suicide of Dr Kelly. The government scientist was found dead near his
Israel’s leading museum said this week that a young visitor accidentally bumped into a display case and broke an ancient glass artifact, but later changed its account and said the
Macau gaming stocks hit a three-year low yesterday as reports emerge of an increasing crackdown on money laundering in China’s gambling hub. Shares of the six big Hong Kong-listed casino operators
Don’t set your watch by Big Ben. Officials say the famous clock at Britain’s Parliament — used by Londoners for decades to check the time — has recently been slow by
CHINA State media say China’s top official on work safety has been fired and is a suspect in a corruption investigation. The fall of Yang Dongliang, 61, has coincided with
A television reporter and cameraman were shot to death on the air during a live broadcast yesterday morning (local time) from a shopping center in Virginia. Jeffrey A. Marks, general manager of WDBJ-TV,
Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump has taken on another popular TV news personality, this time a Spanish-language broadcaster who was eventually removed from a news conference. The billionaire businessman engaged in a prolonged confrontation
Clambering over razor wire or scuttling under it, a growing tide of migrants surged across the Serbian border into Hungary yesterday, impatiently jostling to complete the formalities of entering the
One of the earl’s twin grandsons, Nicholas, 14, and Paul Maxwell, 15, a local employed as a boat boy, also died in the explosion. The attack was followed only hours later
Kimberly Triolet and Jorge Rodriguez exchanged their wedding vows underwater beside a 2.7-meter statue of Jesus Christ. The Miami couple were wed beneath the waves Tuesday to help mark the 50th
USA-CHINA National Security Adviser Susan Rice is headed for China to help lay the groundwork for President Xi Jinping’s visit to Washington next month. The White House said yesterday that
The Islamic State group released propaganda images yesterday that purport to show militants laying explosives in and then blowing up the 2,000-year-old temple of Baalshamin in Syria’s ancient caravan city
A Russian court convicted a prominent Ukrainian filmmaker yesterday of conspiring to commit terror attacks and sentenced him to 20 years in prison in what critics called a politically motivated
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