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Decades after being stolen in Italy, an ancient statuette and an 18th-century painting were returned to the country’s government yesterday after turning up in New York. The handover marked the latest
Amid appeals for bipartisanship, President Barack Obama in just three days has provoked Republicans on issues as disparate as immigration, Wall Street and the Keystone XL pipeline — a combative mix of
A former Marine was convicted Tuesday (yesterday, Macau time) in the deaths of “American Sniper” author Chris Kyle and another man at a Texas shooting range two years ago, as jurors
Human Rights Watch said Tuesday it has identified nearly 1,500 sites where the Syrian government has carried out indiscriminate air attacks over the past year using barrel bombs and other
Thousands of Iraqi troops began leaving the city after an order from President Saddam Hussein, broadcast this morning, to withdraw immediately. He said he was ordering the retreat because of “the
Judge Dariusz Mazur was not expected to make a ruling yesterday and scheduled another hearing, buying time to study documents that arrived this week from Switzerland, which in 2010 refused
Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy says Spain’s economy will grow by a better-than-expected 2.4 percent in 2015, claiming it as strong evidence that the country has emerged from the severe economic
AFGHANISTAN Gunmen in southern Afghanistan kidnap 30 members of the Hazara ethnic community, in what appears to be the latest in a series of attacks on Shiites in the predominantly
These programs are part of a national, data-driven movement to drive down prison populations, reduce recidivism and save billions. They include questionnaires often with more than 100 questions about an
Greece’s creditors in the 19-country eurozone yesterday approved a list of reforms Athens proposed to get a 4-month extension to its bailout, which should keep the country afloat over the coming
Alaska yesterday became the third U.S. state to legalize the recreational use of marijuana, but organizers don’t expect any public celebrations since it remains illegal to smoke marijuana in public. In
Russian-backed rebels in eastern Ukraine said yesterday they have begun a large-scale pullback of heavy weapons in line with an international peace plan that aims to form a wide buffer
Israel’s Mossad spy agency in October 2012 had a less alarmist view of Iran’s nuclear program than an assessment delivered by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the United Nations just
Divided Republicans are searching for a way out of an impasse over immigration that is threatening to shut down the Homeland Security Department within days. With the agency’s budget set to
Clay, from Kentucky, was announced the winner after the hot favourite retired at the end of the sixth round in Miami. When the bell rang for the start of the seventh
Universal’s erotic drama starring Dakota Johnson and Jamie Dornan earned USD22.2 million at No. 1 in its second weekend at the box office. The total domestic haul for the adaptation
Pope Francis has declared St. Gregory of Narek, a 10th-century mystic and poet revered in particular by Armenian Catholics, a doctor of the church. Yesterday’s designation of one of the highest
TAIWAN A black sport utility vehicle (SUV) crashed into a security barrier outside the office building of Taiwan leader Ma Ying-jeou early yesterday, his office spokesperson Ma Wei-kuo said. The
The diversity of the workforce at the casinos, which cater heavily to Asian gamblers from New York, is changing the complexion of nearby public schools that have been hiring more
Birdman” captured Hollywood’s top honor at the Academy Awards yesterday, where the jazzy, surreal comedy about an actor fleeing his superhero past won best picture at a ceremony punctuated by
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